| SJR200 | Pass | Commending the Gar-Field High School boys' basketball team. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ200ER) |
| SJR216 | Pass | Commending Washington Dulles International Airport. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ216ER) |
| SJR123 | Pass | Commending the Bath County High School volleyball team. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ123ER) |
| SJR199 | Pass | Commemorating the centennial of the Carroll County Courthouse tragedy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ199ER) |
| SJR142 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Kenneth Vincent Geroe. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ142ER) |
| SJR148 | Pass | Commending Roy Gordon. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ148ER) |
| SJR217 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Patricia Anne Zimmerman. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ217ER) |
| SJR122 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Patrick A. Rodio. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ122ER) |
| SJR198 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Michael A. Bucci. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ198ER) |
| SJR169 | Pass | Commending Leland M. Nye. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ169ER) |
| SJR121 | Pass | Commending Christian Stewardship Ministries on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ121ER) |
| SJR218 | Pass | Celebrating the life of John Boyd Noftsinger, Jr., Ed.D. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ218ER) |
| SJR191 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Steve Appleton. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ191ER) |
| SR4 | Pass | Commending Gwendolyn F. Bailey. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR4ER) |
| HB175 | Pass | Riparian blinds in Back Bay. Limits the placement of duck blinds by riparian landowners in Back Bay to the riparian owner's shoreline at the mean low water mark but allows blinds erected and licensed by riparian owners in 2011 to remain at their curr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) |
| HB1009 | Pass | Land-disturbing activities; service of order for violation. Specifies the means of serving an order for land disturbance where no plan has been approved or permit obtained, other than where an agricultural exemption applies. Current law refers only t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249) |
| HB995 | Pass | Payments from timber sales. Limits the payment made to localities by the Department of Forestry to one-fourth of the gross proceeds derived solely from the sale of timber harvested on state forest lands; however, the counties of Appomattox, Buckingha... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248) |
| HB753 | Pass | Juvenile offenses; sex offender registry; motion by the attorney for the Commonwealth. Amends the section that permits an attorney for the Commonwealth to file a motion for the court to determine whether circumstances warrant the placement of a juven... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243) |
| HB880 | Pass | Fishing licenses for partially disabled veterans. Establishes a special fishing 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] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244) |
| SB406 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; unlawful possession. Clarifies that ABC underage buyers acting for law enforcement may purchase alcohol in the performance of their duties. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260) |
| HB1161 | Pass | Methamphetamine precursors; sale and tracking; penalties. Requires the Department of State Police to enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish the Commonwealth's participation in a real-time electronic recordkeeping and monitoring system ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252) |
| SB323 | Pass | Purchase of handguns; eliminate limitation on handgun purchases. Eliminates the prohibition on purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257) |
| HB1147 | Pass | Garnishment; venue. Provides that a judgment creditor may institute garnishment proceedings in the jurisdiction where the judgment debtor resides even though the underlying judgment was entered by another court. The judgment creditor must file with t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251) |
| HB896 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores. Removes the current limitations on the operation of government stores on Sunday and authorizes the ABC Board to determine which such stores shall be open on Sunday after 1 p.m. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245) |
| HB336 | Pass | Virginia Land Conservation Fund; distribution of revenues. Provides that in distributing the revenues in the Virginia Land Conservation Fund generated by the sale of land conservation tax credits, funds shall not be distributed to federal government... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0232) |
| HB381 | Pass | Motorboat registration. Changes the expiration date for motorboat registration from three years from the first day of the month in which it was issued to three years from the last day of the month in which it was issued. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233) |
| HB558 | Pass | Virginia Housing Development Authority; mortgage credit certificates. Permits the Virginia Housing Development Authority to use its bond authority to issue mortgage credit certificates. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239) |
| HB579 | Pass | Electronic application for public assistance. Provides that applications for public assistance may be made electronically. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0240) |
| SB226 | Pass | Income tax; capital gains subtraction. Extends the subtraction from individual and corporate taxable income of capital gains from investments in qualified businesses from June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2015. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256) |
| HB95 | Pass | Bear hound training. Allows the training of dogs to hunt bears to occur from 4 a.m. until 10 p.m. Currently, the training of dogs to hunt bears is limited to one-half hour before sunrise until four and one-half hours after sunset. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226) |
| HB944 | Pass | Commitment of sexually violent predators; probable cause hearing; use of video and audio communication system. Provides that the hearing to determine whether probable cause exists to believe that a person is a sexually violent predator who should be ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246) |
| HB523 | Pass | Fire insurance; earthquake coverage notice. Requires fire insurance policies or contracts that exclude coverage for earthquake damage to provide a written notice that (i) conspicuously states that earthquake coverage is excluded unless purchased by e... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235) |
| SB476 | Pass | Confidential juvenile records; sharing with state, local, and regional correctional facilities. Provides for the sharing of juvenile records with state and local correctional facilities when such facility has custody of or is providing supervision fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262) |
| HB484 | Pass | Court records; secure remote access; interfacing computer systems. Provides that the operational expenses associated with providing secure remote access to land records includes locating technology in an offsite facility for purposes of improving pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0234) |
| SB540 | Pass | Real property tax exemption for disabled veterans. Provides that the tax exemption for the primary residence of a disabled veteran, a disabled veteran and his spouse, or a surviving spouse of a disabled veteran includes real property (i) held in a re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263) |
| HB684 | Pass | Coal mine safety. Requires the operator of a coal mine to submit (i) a map of the mine to the Chief of the Division of Mines of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy before producing coal and (ii) any revisions that show directional changes w... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241) |
| SB445 | Pass | Permanent protective orders. Provides a circuit court jurisdiction to hear petitions to modify, dissolve, or extend a permanent protective order if the circuit court issued the order. The bill requires the court, when a protective order is issued, to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 261 (effective 7/1/12) |
| HB990 | Pass | Authorization of nonlethal control measures against elk. Grants the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries the option to authorize nonlethal control measures against elk found to be responsible for damage. The current statute grants ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0247) |
| HB307 | Pass | Fee for use of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries property. Waives a facility use permit fee that will be imposed by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries on visitors to Rural Retreat Lake Park who are engaged in land-based recreational ac... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0231) |
| SB405 | Pass | Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; board of directors; membership. Adds the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry and the Secretary of Technology as voting members of the board of directors of the Virginia Economic Development Partn... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0259) |
| HB687 | Pass | Virginia Resources Authority. Allows designees of the State Treasurer and the State Health Commissioner to serve on the Board of the Virginia Resources Authority. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242) |
| HB217 | Pass | Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; not applicable to certain records of the Department of Social Services. Provides that the provisions of the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act do not apply to persona... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229) |
| SB42 | Pass | City of Richmond tax amnesty program. Expands the scope of the City of Richmond's tax amnesty program to include all local taxes and accrued interest. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254) |
| SB87 | Pass | Charter; City of Falls Church. Shifts elections for city council from May to November. Council members shall have their four-year terms shortened by six months during the transition. The bill also provides that candidates shall be nominated only by p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255) |
| HB196 | Pass | Haul seine nets. Requires a haul seine net that is longer than 1,000 yards and is anchored at one end to the shore and the other end mechanically drawn, without the aid of a boat or vessel, to have up to 400 feet of two-and one-half inch mesh. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228) |
| HB1091 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; unlawful possession. Clarifies that ABC underage buyers acting for law enforcement may purchase alcohol in the performance of their duties. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250) |
| HB555 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage license for certain motor sports facilities. Creates an annual mixed beverage motor sports facility license for persons operating concessions at an outdoor motor sports facility that hosts a NASCAR national ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237) |
| HB293 | Pass | Dam safety; consultation with Department of Emergency Management. Requires the Soil and Water Conservation Board to consult with the Department of Emergency Management in implementing the dam safety program and makes clarifying amendments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230) |
| HB537 | Pass | Dangerous dog registry. Changes the procedure by which dangerous dogs are registered in Virginia. The bill requires an animal control officer, instead of the State Veterinarian, to post dangerous dog registration information on the registry website. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236) |
| HB557 | Pass | Virginia Housing Development Authority; powers. Authorizes the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) to provide the requisite indemnifications for the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) as well as for any other transactions re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0238) |