| HB596 | Intro
Sine Die | Presence of methamphetamine lab in same place as child, mentally incapacitated person, or physically helpless person; penalty. Provides that any adult who knowingly allows a child or a mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person to be presen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB594 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Retirement System; general registrars. Permits a general registrar who (i) is involuntarily separated and (ii) has 20 or more years of creditable service to retire with an unreduced allowance upon attaining age 50.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB287 | Intro
Sine Die | Expansion of gang-free zones. Adds school bus stops and publicly owned parks, libraries, and hospitals to the list of places denoted "gang-free zones." Criminal gang activity that occurs in gang-free zones receives additional punishment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB575 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation funding; Salem Highway Construction District. Provides for transportation funding in the Salem Highway Construction District by allocating revenue attributable to a portion of economic growth due to or facilitated by the Inland Port in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB1103 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminal history record information check; making false statements; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly makes a materially false statement on criminal history background check forms required for the purchase and transfer of firearms is g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB569 | Intro
Sine Die | Elections; identification to register to vote and to vote. Requires the following: (i) posting notice of legally required voting qualifications and penalties for violations in at least two languages at all polling places; (ii) proof of citizenship wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB1090 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicaid eligibility; determination of assets. Provides that for the purpose of determining eligibility for medical assistance, the sale or transfer of real property at a price that is less than the assessed value of the property shall be considered...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB898 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation funding. Dedicates to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund (i) one-third of the total revenue from the insurance license tax and (ii) the amount of current state sales and use tax revenue attributable to a 0.25 percent sales and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB547 | Intro
Sine Die | Local school divisions; unexpended state funds. Provides that local school divisions may elect to use any unexpended state funds to provide a one-time bonus to all teachers of up to three percent of the annual base salary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB23 | Intro
Sine Die | Sales and use tax revenue dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund. Increases the amount of sales and use tax revenue dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund from an amount generated by a 0.5 percent tax rate under current law to an amount gener...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB575 | Intro
Sine Die | Alcoholic beverage control; transfers of wine or beer. Allows a retail off-premises or on-and-off-premises licensee to transfer any wine or beer from one licensed place of business to another licensed place of business under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
House: Referred to Committee on General Laws |
| HB40 | Intro
Sine Die | Standards for use of coastal primary sand dunes; exemption. Authorizes the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to determine which structures or properties are in imminent danger from erosion or storm damage. If such structures or properties are found to b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB350 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor vehicle insurance; premiums based on credit information. Prohibits insurers from setting rates for motor vehicle insurance on the basis of a person's credit history or credit score. The measure will become effective January 1, 2013.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB664 | Intro
Sine Die | Advertisement of legal notices by localities. Allows localities to meet certain notice requirements by utilizing their websites, radio, or television rather than being limited to a newspaper of general circulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
To Senate Local Government Committee |
| HB915 | Intro
Sine Die | Habeas corpus; oral argument on the motion. Provides that in habeas corpus actions, oral argument on any motion shall be heard only at the request of the court. The court shall rule on the record whenever possible.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB174 | Intro
Sine Die | Stormwater program assistance. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, if requested by a local government, to provide technical and staff assistance in managing the local stormwater municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
To Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee |
| HB25 | Intro
Sine Die | Concealed handgun permits; confidentiality of permittee information. Prohibits the clerk of the court from disclosing information contained on a concealed handgun permit application or on an order issuing a concealed handgun permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) |
| HB16 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoration of civil rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies (excepting felony drug and election fraud crimes) upon completion of sentence, including any term of probation or parole, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee |
| HB15 | 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 Education ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Education Committee |
| HB1046 | Intro
Sine Die | Real property tax exemption; elderly and disabled. Removes the requirement that "income" be restricted to that which is taxable under federal income tax laws, for purposes of a locality that elects to have income caps in determining eligibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HB846 | Intro
Sine Die | Use of compression brakes within the Town of St. Paul. Authorizes the Town of St. Paul to regulate the use of compression brakes by operaters of motor vehicles within the Town boundaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB309 | Intro
Sine Die | Elections; absentee voting. Provides that persons age 65 and older on the day of an election for which an absentee ballot is requested are entitled to vote absentee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| HB605 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; board of directors; duty of care; enforcement of rules. Establishes a duty of care for officers and members of the board of directors. The bill also authorizes a board to increase the total charges that may ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House General Laws Committee |
| SB635 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate districts; technical adjustments. Makes technical changes in Senate Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 36, 37, and 39 in order to eliminate split voting precincts and otherwise facilitate admi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections |
| HB1039 | Intro
Sine Die | Street maintenance payments. Provides for increased highway maintenance payments by the Commissioner of Highways to municipalities where traffic volumes exceed the statewide average by more than 20 percent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB495 | Intro
Sine Die | Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission. Adds the City of Petersburg as a member of the Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee |
| HB415 | Intro
Sine Die | Operation of moving motor vehicle while distracted; penalties. Prohibits the operation of a moving motor vehicle while engaged in other activities, such as using a wireless telephone or other wireless telecommunications device without a hands-free ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee |
| HB494 | Intro
Sine Die | Failure to report death of child by parent, guardian, etc.; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child or a person standing in loco parentis to a child who, with intent to conceal the death, fails to report the death o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| HB590 | Intro
Sine Die | Renewable energy facilities; eligibility for incentives. Establishes a requirement that electricity generated from renewable sources be generated from a facility located in the Commonwealth, or a facility off the Commonwealth's coastline if it is an ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Commerce and Labor Committee |
| HB12 | Intro
Sine Die | Reporting boating accident. Requires the operator of a vessel, if he is involved in an accident, to immediately report the accident to law enforcement and to notify the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. An operator who fails to provide the app...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| HB311 | Intro
Sine Die | Open season for hunting bear. Provides that when the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries establishes an open season for the hunting of bear any legal hunting method, including the use of dogs, may be used for the entire season.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee |
| HB1031 | Intro
Sine Die | Advanced placement tests; course credit. Requires that all public institutions of higher education grant course credit to any student who earns a three or higher on an Advanced Placement examination or a comparable score for courses in the Internatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Education Committee |
| HB1051 | Intro
Sine Die | Primary elections; voter registration by political party. Adds party affiliation to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The applicant may indicate that he is an independent. Voters registered prior to Janu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| HB485 | Intro
Sine Die | Expungement of certain drug charges. Provides that any person who has been convicted of a charge of possession of marijuana or had a charge of possession of marijuana or other drug discharged and dismissed in accordance with the provisions of §1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| HB1175 | Intro
Sine Die | Public employment; nondiscrimination. Prohibits discrimination in public employment in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 11 of the Constitution of Virginia, or the Virginia Human Rights Act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House General Laws Committee |
| HB179 | Intro
Sine Die | Uninsured motor vehicles; fees. Raises the uninsured motor vehicle fee from $500 to $600.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB834 | Intro
Sine Die | Fines under certain local ordinances paid to local school division and Literary Fund. Provides that fines imposed under certain local ordinances dealing with DUI, disposition of children in juvenile and domestic relations district courts, and appropr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| HB1024 | Intro
Sine Die | Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; use of Fund. Specifies that at least 50 percent of the grants or loans to political subdivisions of the Commonwealth shall be used for economic development projects that involve the creation of at least 1,000 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House General Laws Committee |
| HB178 | Intro
Sine Die | Continuing care facilities; residents meetings. Requires that the issues discussed at meetings between the governing body of a continuing care facility and the residents of the facility or their representatives include income, expenditures, and finan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| HB828 | Intro
Sine Die | Elections; voter integrity and identification provisions. Requires the following steps to emphasize integrity in the voting process: (i) posting notice of legally required voting qualifications and penalties for violations in at least two languages a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| HB566 | Intro
Sine Die | Rental inspections under the Uniform Statewide Building Code; City of Fairfax ordinance. Requires the City of Fairfax to conduct a study to identify which residential rental dwelling units within the City meet the requirements for rental inspection ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House General Laws Committee |
| HB1187 | Intro
Sine Die | Noncompetition agreements. Makes unlawful any contract that serves to restrict an employee or former employee from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind. Exceptions are created for persons selling a business, former partners...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Commerce and Labor Committee |
| HB653 | 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] | 2012-02-14
To House Education Committee |
| HB6 | Intro
Sine Die | Failure to report death of child by parent, guardian, etc.; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child or a person standing in loco parentis to a child who, with intent to conceal the death, fails to report the death o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| HB1241 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor fuels tax; indexed. Requires that the motor fuels tax rate be indexed on January 1, 2014, and each year thereafter, to the average percentage change in the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Services Index for the three years en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HB473 | Intro
Sine Die | Charitable gaming; jumbo bingo. Authorizes the conduct of a new charitable game known as jumbo bingo. The bill sets out the terms and conditions under which jumbo bingo may be conducted, provides for the licensing of jumbo bingo network providers, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House General Laws Committee |
| HB174 | Intro
Sine Die | Bail bondsmen; requirements for property bail bondsmen; suspension of license. Provides that a property bail bondsman or his company must own the real estate that serves as the collateral on his bonds. The bill also provides that a property bail bond...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| HB1014 | Intro
Sine Die | State employee associations; payroll deductions. Prohibits the Department of Accounts and other state agencies and institutions from establishing, supporting, or administering payroll deductions regarding a state employee's membership fees, dues, or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House General Laws Committee |
| HB322 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor vehicle rental tax; exclusions from the tax. Provides exclusions from the gross rental proceeds upon which the motor vehicle rental tax is imposed. The exclusions include cash discounts taken on a rental contract; finance, carrying, and other s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HB4 | 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] | 2012-02-14
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
