VA Legislation | 2013 | Regular Session | Senate | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB797	Intro Sine Die	Electric utilities; advanced meters. Prohibits any electric utility from installing an advanced meter on a customer's premises or requiring a customer to use any advanced meter unless the customer has requested it. An advanced meter is a meter that i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N 1-A)
SB808	Intro Sine Die	Juvenile sentences. Provides a mechanism for persons who are sentenced to more than 25 years for a nonhomicide offense committed while a juvenile to petition the court for a modification of sentence at age 35 or after serving 20 years of the sentence... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
SB1199	Intro Sine Die	Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety officers. Provides that a public safety officer who is injured in the course of his employment while on duty on a public or private street or highway in the Commonwealth is not required to prove that t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
SB1081	Intro Sine Die	Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 and Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; addition requirements for comprehensive agreements. Provides that no comprehensive agreement providing for the lease, operation, or tran... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
SB1332	Intro Sine Die	Abortion; optional ultrasound. Eliminates the requirement that a pregnant woman undergo a mandatory transabdominal ultrasound prior to the performance of an abortion to determine the gestational age of the fetus and provides that a pregnant woman sha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 3-N)
SB774	Intro Sine Die	Workers' compensation; disease presumption; correctional officers. Adds correctional officers to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to a presumption that hypertension and heart disease and certain infectious diseases are occupationa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N)
SB1292	Intro Sine Die	Human trafficking hotline; posted notices. Provides that any employer who operates a truck stop and who fails to post a specific notice in a clearly visible place on the premises thereof is subject to a $500 civil penalty. The measure expands a provi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 4-N 3-A)
SB852	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 if the facility is an offshore wind facility, located off... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N)
SB1295	Intro Sine Die	Enterprise zones; criteria. Permits a locality to apply for enterprise zone status based on distress factors in the area of the proposed enterprise zone, rather than in the entire locality. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
SB856	Intro Sine Die	Boards of visitors; rectors and terms. Requires members of boards of visitors of four-year public institutions of higher education to have served four years on the board prior to being elected or appointed rector. The bill stipulates that such rector... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 0-N)
SB1125	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Condominium Act; casualty insurance for common areas. Specifies the items that must be insured under a master casualty policy obtained by a unit owners' association or executive organ or the association to cover the common elements of a cond... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
SJR302	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); charter schools. Grants the Board of Education authority to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Requires 21 affirmative votes for passage
SB860	Intro Sine Die	Procurement by state entities using public-private partnerships; Public-Private Transportation Act; Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002. Provides that no real property asset that produces annual average revenue for the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (12-Y 3-N)
SB947	Intro Sine Die	Health insurance; modification of prescription drug coverage. Prohibits a health insurer, corporation providing accident and sickness subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization from making certain modifications in prescription drug co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
SB687	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the licensing scheme for casino gaming and provides penalties for viola... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
SB689	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming in the state. Under the bill, the conduct of casino gaming is limited to localities in which at least 40 percent of th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
SB1211	Intro Sine Die	Child Pornography Images Registry; exemptions from disclosure, etc. Provides that records related to child abuse and exploitation that are in the possession of the Department of State Police pursuant to its duties in maintaining the Child Pornography... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
SB1299	Intro Sine Die	Criminal history record information checks; protective order registry; dissemination of information. Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available to the Attorney General o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
SB1084	Intro Sine Die	State partnership health benefit exchange. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other state or federal agency as may be ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
SB1315	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; amendment of declaration; control of association by declarant. Provides that if there is any lot owner other than the declarant, then the declarant may not amend the declaration to extend the period of decla... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 6-N)
SB915	Intro Sine Die	Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety officers. Provides that an injury incurred by a public safety officer that occurs in the course of his employment at a location that is off the regular premises of his employment shall be deemed to hav... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
SB1087	Intro Sine Die	The University of Virginia; board of visitors. Changes the composition of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia from 17 visitors appointed by the Governor to 13 visitors appointed by the Governor and four visitors directly elected by th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 0-N)
SB889	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings; school boards. Allows local school boards to hold electronic communication meetings to the same extent allowed currently for state public bodies. The bill contains technical amen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (9-Y 0-N)
SB907	Intro Sine Die	Asset forfeiture; task forces. Provides that property forfeited from drug cases, which under current law may be used to promote law enforcement, may be used to fund salary and benefits for non-sworn personnel who are members of a law-enforcement task... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
SB895	Intro Sine Die	Service of process on domestic corporations. Allows process on a Virginia corporation to be served on its registered agent by posting a copy of the process on the front door or main entrance of the corporation's registered office. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N)
SJR293	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to work. Provides that any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization are denied the right to wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Requires 21 affirmative votes for passage
SB695	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Toll Relief Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for casino gaming and p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
SB696	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Toll Abatement Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulatory system for casino gaming an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
SB697	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Transportation Enhancement and Toll Abatement Act; Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the regulat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
SB708	Intro Sine Die	Assisted living facilities; self-administration of medications. Requires the Board of Social Services to include in regulations governing the administration and management of medications in assisted living facilities developed by the Board of Social ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-25 Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
SB1303	Intro Sine Die	Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license. Creates the annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license and sets out the privileges of the license and state and local license taxes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-25 Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
SB1096	Intro Sine Die	Adjustment of the calculation of the local composite index for public school funding. Directs the Department of Education to adjust its funding calculations for the local ability to pay by using the use-value assessment of real property, instead of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
SB1354	Intro Sine Die	Virtual school programs; regulations. That the Board of Education shall promulgate regulations requiring (i) any enrollment form for full-time virtual school programs to include an opportunity for the parents of nonresident students to provide the re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
SB955	Intro Sine Die	Public schools; teacher licensure. Directs the Board of Education to establish criteria in its regulations governing licensure that exempts any person seeking initial licensure from coursework and professional teacher's assessment requirements if suc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
SB814	Intro Sine Die	Nursing education programs; minimum examination passage rates. Requires approved nursing education programs to maintain a minimum passage rate among graduates taking the national licensing examination required for licensure as a professional or pract... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (12-Y 0-N)
SB1268	Intro Sine Die	Lake level contingency plans. Provides that any temporary reduction in wastewater releases from power generating facilities during drought conditions will not be considered in determining discharge or withdrawal limits for other existing downstream p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
SB1271	Intro Sine Die	New utility infrastructure in historic rivers. Allows the consideration of construction of underwater utility infrastructure as an alternative solution in the planning for use and development of water and related land resources along the Historic Low... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (14-Y 0-N)
SB1275	Intro Sine Die	Medical data. Prohibits any person that regularly stores medical data in an electronic or digital format from (i) participating in the establishment or implementation of the Nationwide Health Information Network; (ii) performing any analytic or stati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (13-Y 2-N)
SB1085	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments. Clarifies that the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments is required to evaluate potential appointees to higher education governing boards and to make recommendations to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (7-Y 5-N)
SB1254	Intro Sine Die	Pharmacies; access to the Prescription Monitoring Program. Requires every pharmacy permitted by the Board of Pharmacy to ensure that at least one pharmacist who is physically present at the pharmacy shall have access to the Prescription Monitoring Pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
SB877	Intro Sine Die	Continuing education for prescribers; substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices. Requires the Board of Dentistry, Board of Medicine, and Board of Optometry to require continuing education on the topics of subst... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
SB878	Intro Sine Die	Prescription Monitoring Program; required checks. Requires prescribers to request and review information from the Prescription Monitoring Program prior to dispensing any Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
SB880	Intro Sine Die	Inventory of nontidal waters that are available for public recreation. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to cooperatively inventory nontidal waters that flow above state-owned bottomlands... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (13-Y 0-N)
SB900	Intro Sine Die	Sale of commercial advertising space on school buses and real property. Permits a school board to sell advertising space on the exterior of school buses and real property with certain limitations. The limitations include requirements for the size and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-24 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
SB1001	Intro Sine Die	Transfer of firearms; criminal history records check; penalties. Adds a definition of "firearms show vendor" and requires that a criminal history record information check be performed on the prospective transferee before the vendor may transfer firea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-23 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
SB705	Intro Sine Die	Child restraint devices; penalty. Expands the violation of the Child Restraints article to include a misdemeanor for a violation where the child suffers injury or death. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-23 Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (8-Y 6-N)
SB1003	Intro Sine Die	Vehicle tire weight limitations. Prohibits over-the-road operation of certain vehicles whose tire weights exceed tire weight limit guidelines. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-23 Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (7-Y 6-N 1-A)
SB1174	Intro Sine Die	Electronic devices used to commit computer crimes. Prohibits use of an "electronic device" to commit numerous computer crimes. The bill defines electronic device. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-23 Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
SB1206	Intro Sine Die	Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits. Eliminates the requirement that schools with students who receive scholarships from tax-credit-derived sources report achievement test results to the Department of Education, and that the Department of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-23 Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (14-Y 0-N)
SB815	Intro Sine Die	Driver training schools; length of daily instruction. Authorizes a driver training school Class B licensee to determine the length of daily instruction. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-01-23 Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (14-Y 0-N)