| SB401 | Engross
Sine Die | Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes. Authorizes localities not to pay interest on the refund of local taxes when the refund is due to errors made by the taxpayer. This bill has technical amendments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 Senate: Failed to pass in Senate |
| SB348 | Engross
Sine Die | Agency Effectiveness Review Commission. Establishes the Agency Effectiveness Review Commission to review state agencies on a five-year cycle and advise the General Assembly on the efficiency and effectiveness of such agencies. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB317 | Engross
Sine Die | Drug Treatment Courts. Provides for the establishment of drug treatment courts in the City of Danville and the Counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Goochland, Montgomery, Russell, and Washington, and a drug treatment court in the County of Wise that shal... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| SB644 | Engross
Sine Die | Foreclosure counseling pilot program. Directs the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a pilot program for Prince William County and the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park under which qualified employees of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB345 | Engross
Sine Die | Recruitment of persons for criminal street gang; penalty. Raises the penalty for a person who solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, or otherwise causes or attempts to cause another to actively participate in or become a member of what he knows to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB4 | Engross
Sine Die | Castle doctrine; self-defense and defense of others. Codifies a version of the "castle doctrine," allowing the use of physical force, including deadly force, by a person in his dwelling against an intruder in the dwelling who has committed an overt a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| SB127 | Engross
Sine Die | Sex offender registry; juvenile registration. Requires registration on the sex offender registry for juveniles who were over the age of 13 at the time of the offense who were adjudicated delinquent on or after July 1, 2012, of rape, forcible sodomy, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 Senate: Failed to pass in Senate |
| SB587 | Engross
Sine Die | Special license plates; Virginia's Eastern Shore. Changes the special license plates promoting tourism on Virginia's Eastern Shore from nonrevenue sharing to revenue sharing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Transportation Committee |
| SB130 | Engross
Sine Die | Building Revitalization Grant Fund. Establishes the Building Revitalization Grant Fund administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to award grants of up to $100,000 to businesses that make a capital investment of $1 million in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB446 | Engross
Sine Die | Bipartisan Redistricting Commission created. Establishes a seven-member temporary commission to prepare redistricting plans in each year ending in one for the House of Delegates, state Senate, and congressional districts. Appointments to the Commissi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SB623 | Engross
Sine Die | Higher education; mental health treatment coordination. Requires the governing board of each four-year public institution of higher education to establish a written memorandum of understanding with their local community services board or behavioral h... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Education Committee |
| SB552 | Engross
Sine Die | Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families assistance shall not be denied assistance solely because he has been convicted of a felony offense of pos... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB255 | Engross
Sine Die | Thomas Nelson Community College; pilot program for high school seniors. Requires Thomas Nelson Community College to create a pilot program to allow certain high school seniors to enroll in Thomas Nelson Community College full-time. Tuition and fees w... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB467 | Engross
Sine Die | Smoking; prohibition on the grounds of public elementary, intermediate, and secondary schools. Expands the prohibition on smoking in the interior of public elementary, intermediate, and secondary schools to include the grounds of such schools. The bi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House General Laws Committee |
| SB468 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in public buildings prohibited; penalty. Prohibits smoking in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, and authorizes each locality to enact ordinances prohibiting smoking in any b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House General Laws Committee |
| SB549 | Engross
Sine Die | Machinery and Tools Investment Grant Program. Creates a grant program that would allow a person to apply for a grant for machinery and tools in service less than two years equal to the amount of local machinery and tools taxes paid. The amount of the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB620 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal government contractor grant program. Establishes a federal government contractor grant fund and program beginning January 1, 2013, for federal contractors with at least 250 full-time employees that subcontract with small or minority-owned, ve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House General Laws Committee |
| SB262 | Engross
Sine Die | Microenterprise investment grant program. Creates a grant program for individuals who make a qualified investment in a microenterprise. The amount of the credit shall be 25 percent of an investment in a green business microenterprise or a microenterp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House General Laws Committee |
| HB117 | Engross
Sine Die | Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes. Authorizes localities not to pay interest on the refund of local taxes when the refund is due to errors made by the taxpayer. This bill has technical amendments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 House: Failed to pass in House |
| SB205 | Engross
Sine Die | Collection of forensic evidence; consent. Allows the collection of forensic evidence in cases of suspected sexual assault where the alleged victim may not be legally capable of giving consent. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| SB250 | Engross
Sine Die | Department of Minority Business Enterprise; small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; enhancement or remedial measures. Authorizes the Department of Minority Business Enterprise to investigate complaints alleging that a business certified as... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB236 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia Public Procurement Act; multiple project contracts for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction. Raises, for certain local public bodies, the maximum cost of all projects in one contract term of a multiple ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House General Laws Committee |
| SB508 | Engross
Sine Die | In-state tuition; members of the Virginia National Guard. Provides that any member of the Virginia National Guard residing in Virginia who is not eligible for in-state tuition shall be eligible for a grant for an amount up to the difference between ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB1124 | Engross
Sine Die | Capital outlay plan. Updates the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 House: Failed to pass in House |
| SB486 | Engross
Sine Die | Harassment by computer by prisoners; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a prisoner or a person acting on behalf of a prisoner to use a computer, computer network, or social networking site to harass, intimidate, or threaten a crime victim. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| SB188 | Engross
Sine Die | Absentee voting; application by electronic mail or other electronic means. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall implement a system to accept absentee ballot applications electronically. Currently, an applicant may request and receive, but... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SB261 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia Preschool Initiative Local Grant Program. Creates a grant program to be administered by the Virginia Department of Education to improve training for preschool educators; create, outfit, or expand preschool classrooms; implement the Virginia ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB535 | Engross
Sine Die | Capital outlay plan. Updates the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 Senate: Failed to pass in Senate |
| SB464 | Engross
Sine Die | Hunting on Sundays. Allows the hunting of wild birds or wild animals including nuisance species on Sundays (i) by a landowner or the landowner's immediate family on his property or by any person on private property with the written permission of the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee |
| SB125 | Engross
Sine Die | Line of Duty Act. Allows a political subdivision with employees eligible for coverage under the Line of Duty Act to make an irrevocable election, on or before July 1, 2013, to self-fund the benefits available under the Line of Duty Act. The bill cont... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB136 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as police chief in certain towns. Provides that a retiree receiving retirement benefits may be hired as a police chief in any town with a population less than 10,000 without interruption of his retirement be... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB111 | Engross
Sine Die | Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE) probation program created. Creates a specialized probation program available to offenders who are on probation pursuant to a suspended sentence and have not been convicted of a violent felony. The progr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB85 | Engross
Sine Die | Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. Broadens eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by the federal government using the fa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB84 | Engross
Sine Die | Foster care; independent living services. Extends the time during which a person who was in foster care on his eighteenth birthday and who has not reached the age of 21 years may request restoration of independent living services from 60 days to 180 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB104 | Engross
Sine Die | Higher education; partial tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty. Requires public institutions of higher education to grant a 50 percent tuition waiver to dependent students of current full-time faculty members who have been employed full t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB482 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors; examination; initial asbestos worker license applicants. Provides for the Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors to require initial applicants for an asbestos worker license t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House General Laws Committee |
| SB420 | Engross
Sine Die | Sex Offender Registry; listing of laws. Requires the Attorney General to annually prepare a listing of laws containing requirements and prohibitions affecting persons who must register as sex offenders and to communicate the list to the Departments o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| SB359 | Engross
Sine Die | Trap, Neuter, and Return Programs. Permits a pound, animal shelter, or humane society to operate a program of trapping, vaccinating, and sterilizing feral cats before returning them to the sites where they were trapped. The bill excludes a person who... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee |
| SB585 | Engross
Sine Die | Psychiatric hospital admissions; local inmates. Amends the criteria for psychiatric inpatient admission for inmates at local correctional facilities to add mentally ill inmates for whom there exists a substantial likelihood that they will suffer seri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB66 | Engross
Sine Die | Failure to report missing child; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child under the age of 12 who, with intent to conceal the fact that the child is missing, fails to report to law enforcement t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB958 | Engross
Sine Die | Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is "taken into custody" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring inquiries o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 House: Failed to pass in House |
| SB431 | Engross
Sine Die | Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; penalty. Provides that it is a felony punishable by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than 20 years to knowingly and without legal justification, by... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB570 | Engross
Sine Die | Circuit courts; number of judges; Tenth Circuit. Adds a fourth circuit court judge to the Tenth Judicial Circuit. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB355 | Engross
Sine Die | Land preservation tax credits; information about approved credits. Requires the Department of Taxation to publish and annually update a list that indicates the aggregate number of acres in each county or city for which tax credits were issued. The l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Finance Committee |
| SB365 | Engross
Sine Die | Judgments for motor vehicle accident damages; orders for suspension. Provides that a suspension of a judgment debtor's driver's license shall not extend (i) beyond 10 years from the date of judgment for any civil judgment obtained in a general distri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| SB386 | Engross
Sine Die | Conversion of leased property. Removes the provision that a person who fails to return leased property within 10 days after expiration of the lease or rental period stated in a written lease is deemed guilty of larceny. The bill also removes the prov... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| HB624 | Engross
Sine Die | Sex offender registry; juvenile registration. Requires registration on the sex offender registry for juveniles who were over the age of 13 at the time of the offense who were adjudicated delinquent on or after July 1, 2005, of rape, forcible sodomy, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 House: Failed to pass in House |
| SB100 | Engross
Sine Die | Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program. Establishes the Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program to provide matching funds to two-year college foundations and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. Funds paid shall not exceed ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10 To House Education Committee |
| HB1301 | Engross
Sine Die | Budget Bill. Appropriations of the Budget providing a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 2013, and the thirtieth day of June, 2014. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-09 Senate: Continued to a 2012 Special Session of the General Assembly (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB1300 | Engross
Sine Die | Budget Bill. Amending Chapter 890, 2011 Acts of Assembly. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-09 Senate: Continued to a 2012 Special Session of the General Assembly (15-Y 0-N) |