VA Legislation | 2012 | Regular Session | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB228	Intro Sine Die	Tax credit for contracting with small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned businesses. Establishes a corporate income tax credit beginning January 1, 2013, for federal contractors with at least 250 full-time employees that subcontract wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Continued to 2013 in Finance by voice vote
SB449	Intro Sine Die	Board of Housing and Community Development; guidelines for anchoring movable soccer goals. Provides for the Board of Housing and Community Development to develop guidelines for anchoring movable soccer goals located in public recreational areas. The... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (10-Y 5-N)
SB650	Intro Sine Die	Hospitals and physicians; processing health insurance claims. Requires any hospital or licensed physician who treats a patient who presents proof of health insurance providing coverage within the applicable provider network to process such patient's ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 Senate: Continued to 2013 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
SB574	Intro Sine Die	Redirection of forfeited drug assets to construction of Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial. Provides that between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2014, state and local agencies may direct cash funds and proceeds from forfeited drug assets to the Virginia ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
HB795	Intro Sine Die	Food and beverage tax; Floyd County. Authorizes Floyd County to impose a food and beverage tax at a rate not to exceed four percent, provided that (i) the local governing body unanimously votes to impose it and (ii) the local governing body decreases... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote
SB390	Intro Sine Die	Juvenile life sentences. Provides a mechanism for persons who are sentenced to life for a nonhomicide offense committed while a juvenile to petition the court for a modification of sentence. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 Senate: Continued to 2013 in Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N)
SB316	Intro Sine Die	Dulles Greenway; tolls. Requires the SCC, if it grants a toll increase for use of the Greenway, to vary the amount of the toll in accordance with vehicle miles traveled. The bill also requires the SCC to hold a public hearing in Loudoun County prior ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N)
SB654	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]	2012-02-06 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
SB351	Intro Sine Die	Low-profit limited liability companies. Provides for the designation of a type of limited liability company as low-profit limited liability company. A low-profit limited liability company is a limited liability company that has both a business purpo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)
HB1155	Intro Sine Die	Taxation of trusts established for disabled individuals. Establishes an individual income tax deduction not to exceed $2,000 for the fair market value of contributions made during the taxable year to certain supplemental needs trusts established for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Continued to 2013 in Finance by voice vote
HB1157	Intro Sine Die	Local government taxing authority. Equalizes city and county taxing authority beginning January 1, 2013, by granting counties the same authority available to cities. In general, cities are not subject to maximum tax rates that may be imposed on meals... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote
HB478	Intro Sine Die	Gunston Hall; administration. Clarifies that, consistent with existing law, any administrative head of Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason bequeathed to the Commonwealth by a former owner, is appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. Ad... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote
SB28	Intro Sine Die	Payday loans; permitted interest. Removes provisions of the Payday Loan Act that authorize lenders to charge a loan fee or verification fee, thereby limiting permissible charges on payday loans to simple interest at a maximum annual rate of 36 percen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 5-N)
HB787	Intro Sine Die	Sales and use tax exemption; renewable energy equipment. Provides refunds of sales and use tax paid on the purchase of certain renewable energy equipment. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Continued to 2013 in Finance by voice vote
HB191	Intro Sine Die	Tax credit for small businesses hiring graduates of Virginia's colleges. Creates, beginning January 1, 2012, an individual and corporate income tax credit for certain small businesses creating new full-time jobs that are filled by persons holding ass... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Continued to 2013 in Finance by voice vote
HB712	Intro Sine Die	Coal severance tax. Codifies the manner in which the coal severance tax is calculated and is declarative of existing local practice. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote
HB1081	Intro Sine Die	Local taxes on cigarettes; administration and enforcement. Repeals the statute authorizing localities to utilize specific methods in administering and enforcing local taxes on cigarettes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Continued to 2013 in Finance by voice vote
HB518	Intro Sine Die	Individual income tax deductions; life, medical, and dental insurance premiums. Provides that beginning January 1, 2012, an individual age 66 or older with earned income of at least $20,000 for the year is allowed to deduct the amount he pays annuall... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Continued to 2013 in Finance by voice vote
HB517	Intro Sine Die	Individual income tax deductions; life, medical, and dental insurance premiums. Creates individual income tax deductions beginning January 1, 2012, for (i) life insurance premiums paid by the individual for a life insurance policy covering him and (i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-06 House: Continued to 2013 in Finance by voice vote
HB467	Intro Sine Die	Ignition interlock installation requirement. Removes the requirement that any person whose driving privilege is conditioned upon driving a motor vehicle only when there is an ignition interlock installed in the vehicle have such a device installed o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
SB569	Intro Sine Die	Contracts with child-placing agencies. Prohibits the Department of Social Services from contracting with or funding child-placing agencies that discriminate in providing placement services to children or prospective parents. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N)
HB1258	Intro Sine Die	Ignition interlock permit replaces restricted license post-DUI. Replaces the restricted license issued following a DUI with mandatory ignition interlock on every vehicle driven by the offender. The offender would be issued an "ignition interlock perm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
SB318	Intro Sine Die	Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance recipients. Requires local departments of social services to screen each VIEW program participant to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the participant is engaged in the u... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
HB1255	Intro Sine Die	Cable franchise renewal. Provides that the right of a cable operator to renew its authority by means of an ordinance franchise shall not apply to any locality where the cable operator is in material default of the terms and conditions of the franchis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Continued to 2013 in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
SB303	Intro Sine Die	Mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse; public and private college employees. Adds any person employed by a public or private institution of higher education to the list of individuals required to report suspected abuse or neglect of a child. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
SB296	Intro Sine Die	Suspected child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting; penalties. Reduces the time allowed for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect by a mandated reporter from 72 hours to 24 hours and provides that failure to report is punishable as a Class 1... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
HB951	Intro Sine Die	DUI ignition interlock. 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 ignition interlock is imposed only upon a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
SB622	Intro Sine Die	Mandatory reporting of child abuse; penalty; damages. Adds individuals associated with or employed by any public organization responsible for the care, custody, or control of children, any person employed by a public or private institution of higher ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
SB265	Intro Sine Die	Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported. Adds athletic coaches and directors in public or private schools or in institutions of higher education to the list of persons required to report child abuse or neglect to the Department of S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
HB1176	Intro Sine Die	Confidentiality of juvenile law-enforcement records. Provides that law-enforcement records of any juvenile charged with a violent juvenile felony shall be open to the public. Currently such records are public with respect to such juvenile only when h... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB1101	Intro Sine Die	Critical incident stress management teams; privileged information; penalty. Creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a member of a critical incident stress management team to disclose any information communicated to him by certain public safety personnel wh... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB1096	Intro Sine Die	Attorney fees; juvenile and domestic relations district courts. Emphasizes that an award of attorney fees and costs made in certain cases in juvenile and domestic relations district court must be reasonable. The bill also provides that such an award... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB1036	Intro Sine Die	Primary elections expenses. Gives local electoral boards authorization to establish procedures for political party committee elections on the primary date and at other times. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HB731	Intro Sine Die	Performance guarantees; street construction. Allows localities to retain full performance guarantees until streets in a new development are accepted by the state agency, local government department or agency, or other public authority that is respons... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
SB83	Intro Sine Die	Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance recipients. Requires local departments of social services to screen each participant in the Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW) to determine whether probable cause exists... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
HB597	Intro Sine Die	Eminent domain; lost profits and access. Provides definitions for the terms "lost profits" and "lost access" and how to determine the amount of just compensation, which includes lost profits and lost access resulting from the taking, that must be pa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
HB237	Intro Sine Die	Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; protective order registry; dissemination of information. Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Continued to 2013 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
HB760	Intro Sine Die	Water and sewer system connections. Adds Gloucester County to those counties that may require connection to their water and sewage systems by owners of property that may be served by such systems; however, those persons having a domestic supply or s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
HB50	Intro Sine Die	Penalty for DUI maiming. Provides that the punishment for DUI maiming, a Class 6 felony, shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of one year. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
SB647	Intro Sine Die	Contracts with child-placing agencies. Prohibits the Department of Social Services from contracting with or funding child-placing agencies that discriminate in providing placement services to children or prospective parents. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N)
HB1150	Intro Sine Die	Cash proffers. Removes the provision allowing the court to award attorney fees in certain cases involving collection of cash proffers. Also, the bill provides that the statute shall not apply to proffer agreements made prior to July 1, 2010. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Continued to 2013 in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
HB592	Intro Sine Die	Criminal history record information check for transfer of certain firearms; exemption for concealed handgun permittees. Provides an exemption from Virginia-specific criminal history record information checks upon the purchase of firearms from licens... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Continued to 2013 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
HB586	Intro Sine Die	Department of Corrections; confinement of local inmates in state correctional facilities. Allows sheriffs and regional jail administrators to sign agreements with the Department of Corrections for the housing of local inmates in state prisons. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Continued to 2013 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
HB204	Intro Sine Die	Charter; City of Franklin. Provides that neither the city council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to or the removal of any person from any office or employment by the city manager. The bill also sets forth... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
HB982	Intro Sine Die	Crimes against incapacitated adults; penalty. Provides that any person who commits an offense set forth in Chapter 4 (crimes against the person), Chapter 5 (crimes against property), or Chapter 6 (crimes involving fraud) of Title 18.2 knowing or havi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-03 House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
SB399	Intro Sine Die	Deaf and hearing-impaired children; special education. Requires local school divisions to ensure that Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams consider the specific communication needs of hearing-impaired children and address those needs as appro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-02 Senate: Continued to 2013 in Education and Health (11-Y 4-N)
SB361	Intro Sine Die	Solid waste landfill; Rockbridge County. Allows the Rockbridge County landfill to operate for an additional two years or until it reaches maximum capacity, whichever occurs sooner. The landfill is scheduled to be closed by the Department of Environme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-02 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
SB634	Intro Sine Die	Health Practitioners' Monitoring Program; impaired health care providers. Provides that the term "impairment" includes psychological and behavioral disabilities, including the mismanagement of countertransference, for the purposes of determining eli... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-02 Senate: Continued to 2013 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
SB13	Intro Sine Die	Disease prevention and control; Lyme disease. Adds both confirmed and suspected cases of Lyme disease to the list of diseases required to be reported to the Department of Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-02 Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (12-Y 0-N)
HB1240	Intro Sine Die	COPN; establishing a psychiatric service and adding psychiatric inpatient beds in Planning District 20. Directs the Commissioner of Health to accept applications and review such applications in any certificate of public need Batch Group C review cyc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-02-02 House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote