VA Legislation | 2013 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB968	Intro Sine Die	Absentee ballots. Provides that officers of election shall not reject an absentee ballot on the basis that the voter failed to include a middle name or initial on the ballot envelope if such failure is not material to determining whether the individu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SB742	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Redistricting Commission created. Establishes a five-member commission to prepare redistricting plans for the House of Delegates, state Senate, and congressional districts. Appointments to the Commission shall be made one each by the four ma... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SB1114	Intro Sine Die	Prior sex offenses against children admissible in evidence. Provides that in a criminal case in which the defendant is accused of an offense of child sexual abuse, evidence of the defendant's conviction of another offense or offenses of child sexual ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB1120	Intro Sine Die	Department of Business Assistance (DBA); Center for Innovative Technology (CIT); Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC); Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP); marketing campaign. Directs the DBA, CIT, VTC, and VEDP to develop a marketing camp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1156	Intro Sine Die	Teacher compensation; goal. States that it is a goal of the Commonwealth that its public school teachers be compensated at a rate that is competitive with the national average teacher salary. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 Tabled in Education by voice vote
SB1157	Intro Sine Die	Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program established. Creates a Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program in which the Board of Education or a local school division in conjunction with a Virginia college or university with an approved education preparation ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1158	Intro Sine Die	Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations authorizing local school divisions to determine the date for administering Standards of Learning assessments. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Education Committee
SB978	Intro Sine Die	Special license plates supporting Eastern Shore business community. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates supporting education, charity, and scientific study for Virginia's Eastern Shore business community. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Transportation Committee
SB822	Intro Sine Die	Statewide Fire Prevention Code; State Fire Marshal; fees. Changes approval authority over fees that may be charged by the State Fire Marshal to recover enforcement costs from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Virginia Fire Service... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House General Laws Committee
SB991	Intro Sine Die	Department of Veterans Services; veterans identification card; discount on state-operated attractions. Provides a 50 percent discount on the admission fee to all state-operated attractions for a Virginia veteran who presents a valid veterans identifi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House General Laws Committee
SB1266	Intro Sine Die	Nonconsecutive jail time. Authorizes a court to sentence defendants convicted of a criminal offense, not just those convicted of a misdemeanor, who are sentenced to confinement in jail, to weekend days or nonconsecutive days to permit the defendant t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote
SB727	Intro Sine Die	Workers' compensation; presumptions; members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Adds full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles to those public safety employees who are entitl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB800	Intro Sine Die	Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 3, 2012 Special Session I Acts of Assembly. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1129	Intro Sine Die	General Assembly; general appropriation bills. Requires the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to issue reports concurrently with the budget conference report that specifically identify (i)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1283	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority Fund. Establishes the Fund with the purpose of assisting in the financing of the Authority's operations. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1105	Intro Sine Die	Biennial appropriation act. Provides that the Commonwealth's biennial appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years beginning with the biennial appropriation act for the period July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2017. The bill requires that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1134	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Jobs Investment Program. Moves the administration of the Virginia Jobs Investment Program from the Department of Business Assistance to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB781	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Public Procurement Act; women-owned and minority-owned businesses; remedial measures. Provides that the Governor shall require state agencies to implement appropriate enhancement or remedial measures consistent with prevailing law when a per... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1181	Intro Sine Die	IEIA; Commonwealth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Measurement System. Authorizes the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority to create the Commonwealth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Measurement System as a tool to measure areas within... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB734	Intro Sine Die	Foreclosure; use of false records, documents, or statements. Provides that any person who knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false or fraudulent record, document, or statement in support of any foreclosure shall be liable to the in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB1313	Intro Sine Die	Local income tax. Adds the City of Portsmouth to the list of localities authorized to impose a local income tax to generate revenue to be used for transportation purposes. The bill also removes the requirement that the local income tax be approved by... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Finance Committee
SB1253	Intro Sine Die	Smoking in certain public areas. Allows localities to ban smoking in designated public parks, public beaches, and similar outdoor public areas. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House General Laws Committee
SB875	Intro Sine Die	Provisional driver's license holders. Changes from a secondary offense to a primary offense use of a cell phone by a provisional driver's license holder. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB879	Intro Sine Die	Employee Misclassification Task Force. Establishes the Employee Misclassification Task Force to, among other things, develop and recommend legislation to provide a clear and consistent definition of "employee" to ensure conformance with relevant fede... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House General Laws Committee
SB1060	Intro Sine Die	Following too closely; passing other vehicles. Includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds among vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reaso... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 VOTE: DEFEATED (42-Y 55-N)
SB934	Intro Sine Die	Charter schools; personnel. Allows public charter schools to designate in their application whether their employees will participate in the Virginia Retirement System. The bill directs the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System to develo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB939	Intro Sine Die	Charter; City of Salem. Provides that no primary elections shall be held for nomination of candidates for the office of councilman. The bill also provides that all candidates for the office of councilman shall file their notice of candidacy and be no... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
SB1352	Intro Sine Die	Protective helmet ordinance. Provides that any locality may by ordinance require that every person shall wear a commercially manufactured protective helmet whenever riding or being carried on a bicycle, a skateboard, or roller skates on any publicly ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-15 Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
SB973	Intro Sine Die	Medical assistance services; fraud prevention; provider information database. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to develop and maintain a database of all health care providers currently eligible for reimbursement for medical assis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
SB1274	Intro Sine Die	Tanning facilities; age limit; parental consent. Prohibits minors younger than 15 years of age from using tanning devices at tanning facilities. The measure also prohibits unemancipated minors age 15, 16, or 17 years from using tanning devices at tan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
SB1366	Intro Sine Die	Electric utility regulation; schedule for biennial reviews; authority to petition for rate increase. Requires Appalachian Power, referred to as a Phase I utility, to delay the filing of its next biennial review from March 31, 2013, until March 31, 20... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote
SB1375	Intro Sine Die	Claims; Edna Twiddy. Grants relief in the amount of $50,000 to Edna Twiddy to allow her to purchase an easement to gain access to her land that is lost from road widening. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-13 Passed by indefinitely in Finance (10-Y 0-N)
SB1314	Intro Sine Die	Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response, determining territorial jurisdiction in crim... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-11 Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety
SB1358	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]	2013-02-06 To Senate Local Government Committee
SB1355	Intro Sine Die	Revenues and appropriations of the Commonwealth. Makes several changes to the revenues collected by the Commonwealth, and the distribution of such revenues, as follows: The bill raises the registration fees for vehicles and trailers and designates th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB1153	Intro Sine Die	Public schools; kindergarten instructional time. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations, by July 1, 2015, establishing standards for accreditation that include a requirement that the standard school day for students in kindergarten ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Education and Health Committee
SB717	Intro Sine Die	Establishing and adjusting sources of revenue for appropriations of the Commonwealth and its localities. Makes several changes to sources of revenue of the Commonwealth: Establishes a five percent tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide avera... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB1340	Intro Sine Die	Revenues and appropriations of the Commonwealth. Makes several changes to the revenues and appropriations of the Commonwealth, specifically relating to transportation funding, as follows: The bill raises the state sales and use tax rate from four per... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB1244	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Retirement System benefits. Provides for an increase, beginning July 1, 2013, of the monthly retirement allowance payable to any person who retired with at least 15 years of creditable service before January 1, 1990, under the Virginia Retir... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB855	Intro Sine Die	Transportation; funding and administration. Increases the base fuel tax rate in Virginia by 10 cents to $0.275 per gallon of gasoline, gasohol, and diesel fuel, and then increases or decreases the rate each year using a fuel efficiency index. The bil... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB859	Intro Sine Die	Taxable income; deduction for payment of certain tolls. Allows a qualified taxpayer to deduct from his Virginia adjusted gross income an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount paid by the taxpayer for tolls in a qualified locality. A qualified loca... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB1328	Intro Sine Die	Revenues and appropriations of the Commonwealth. Makes several changes to the revenues collected by the Commonwealth, and the distribution of such revenues, as follows: The bill raises the state sales and use tax from 4% to 4.5%, and designates the i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB1326	Intro Sine Die	Public schools; policies on concussion prevention. Requires the Board of Education to develop and distribute to local school divisions by July 1, 2014, guidelines for policies limiting the amount of contact experienced by student-athletes playing con... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Education and Health Committee
SB1321	Intro Sine Die	Assignment of general fund balance; Transportation Trust Fund. Provides that after the full deposit is assigned to the Revenue Stabilization Fund from any general fund surplus at the end of the fiscal year, the Comptroller shall assign the remaining ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB691	Intro Sine Die	Sales and use tax exemption; bullion and currency. Exempts from sales and use tax (i) gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion, and (ii) currency. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB692	Intro Sine Die	Elimination of the corporate income tax. Eliminates the corporate income tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, by setting the rate of the tax at zero percent. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB733	Intro Sine Die	Fuels taxes; indexing of tax rates. Increases or decreases each year the rates of Virginia's fuels taxes using a fuel efficiency index. The bill defines the fuel efficiency index as the quotient that is obtained when using as the numerator the total ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB730	Intro Sine Die	Exemptions for nonprofit entities; veterans organizations. Adds veterans organizations to those nonprofit entities that can qualify for sales and use tax exemption. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB872	Intro Sine Die	Assignment of general fund balance; Transportation Trust Fund. Increases from 67 percent to 75 percent the portion of the general fund surplus remaining at the end of each fiscal year that is deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund. Such deposit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB1312	Intro Sine Die	Release of accused to pretrial services only when indigent. Provides that, when a person is arrested for either a felony or a misdemeanor, any judicial officer may place the person in the custody and supervision of a designated person, organization, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-06 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee