| SB1101 | Intro
Sine Die | Sales tax exemption; school supplies, clothing, and footwear. Moves the "back-to-school" sales tax holiday for certain school supplies, clothing, and footwear from the first weekend in August to the third weekend in August. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB834 | Intro
Sine Die | Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission; annual report of financial performance. Requires the Commission to have an independent certified public accountant prepare a report of financial performance each year. The bill also requires the Commission t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (13-Y 0-N) |
| SJR332 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Chris Yung. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ332ER) |
| SR25 | Pass | Commending Tonya Mallory. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Bill text as passed Senate (SR25ER) |
| HJR626 | Intro
Sine Die | Companion Animal Protection Day. Designates January 23, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Companion Animal Protection Day in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR88 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); the right to a secret ballot. Adds a provision to the Bill of Rights to preserve and protect the right to a secret ballot in elections for office, votes on ballot measures, and votes to designate or author... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Requires 21 affirmative votes for passage |
| SB873 | 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] | 2013-01-15 Incorporated by Privileges and Elections |
| HJR729 | Pass | Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and the Auditor of Public Accounts. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ729ER) |
| HB1967 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Jobs Investment Program; eligibility for assistance. Expands the criteria for eligibility for assistance in any of the component parts of the Virginia Jobs Investment Program to include areas that have a higher labor force participation rate... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote |
| HR125 | Pass | Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Bill text as passed House (HR125ER) |
| HR126 | Pass | Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Bill text as passed House (HR126ER) |
| HJR567 | Intro
Sine Die | VegWeek. Designates the last full week in April, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as VegWeek in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HR127 | Pass | Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Bill text as passed House (HR127ER) |
| HR128 | Pass | Nominating person to be elected as the Auditor of Public Accounts. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Bill text as passed House (HR128ER) |
| SB743 | Intro
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 an a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N) |
| SB747 | Intro
Sine Die | Income tax; industrial building rehabilitation tax credit. Creates a tax credit, not to exceed $100,000, for businesses that rehabilitate or retrofit vacant older industrial buildings in which a new business is located for taxable years beginning on ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-15 Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB752 | Intro
Sine Die | Clerks' fees; collection of restitution payments. Allows the clerk of a circuit court to assess a fee of 10 percent of the total amount of restitution for collection of restitution payments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N 1-A) |
| SB789 | Intro
Sine Die | Equal compensation of employees irrespective of sex. Amends existing law requiring equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex to (i) increase the penalty for a violation from double unpaid wages to triple unpaid wages plus reasonable attorney fees;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (5-Y 10-N) |
| SB755 | Intro
Sine Die | Payday lending. Repeals provisions authorizing payday lending in the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N) |
| SB711 | Intro
Sine Die | Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts. Provides that any trustee under a will of a decedent, whenever probated, shall be relieved of the duty to file an inventory or annual accounts with the commissioner of acc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (2-Y 12-N 1-A) |
| SB762 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandatory judicial retirement. Increases the mandatory retirement age under the Judicial Retirement System from 70 years of age to 73 years of age. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| HR123 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Chris Yung. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Bill text as passed House (HR123ER) |
| SB726 | Intro
Sine Die | Poker; definition of illegal gambling and charitable gaming; poker games authorized; regulation of poker tournaments. Defines "poker games" as games of skill and therefore not illegal gambling. The bill allows a qualified organization to conduct poke... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N) |
| SB784 | Intro
Sine Die | Number of judges; Henrico General District Court. Increases the number of general district court judges in Henrico County from four to five. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB735 | Intro
Sine Die | Charging orders entered against a member of a limited liability company. Entitles judgment creditors to levy upon the membership interest of a judgment debtor when the debtor is a member of a limited liability company that is operating as an instrume... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N) |
| SB910 | Intro
Sine Die | Statewide Fire Prevention Code; permissible fireworks. Redefines what constitutes permissible fireworks in Virginia, also known as consumer fireworks, to be ground or hand-held sparkling devices as defined in §§ 3.1.1, 3.2, and 3.5 of the 2... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N) |
| SB741 | Intro
Sine Die | Payday loans; permitted interest. Repeals provisions of the Payday Loan Act that authorize lenders to charge a loan fee or verification fee, thereby limiting permissible charges on payday loans to simple interest at a maximum annual rate of 36 percen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 11-N) |
| HB1995 | Intro
Sine Die | Condominium Act; convertible land. Provides that no mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien shall be subject to the provisions of a recorded declaration unless such mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien expressly so provides. The bill also provides t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-14 Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| SB941 | Intro
Sine Die | Alleged child abuse or neglect; authority to talk to child or sibling. Limits the authority of a person required to make a report or conduct an investigation or family assessment in cases of alleged child abuse or neglect to talk to a child or his si... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) |
| HR90 | Pass | Commending Andrew Dalton Rhinehart. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR90ER) |
| HR100 | Pass | Commending Carita J. Richardson. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR100ER) |
| HB1965 | Intro
Sine Die | Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission; annual report of financial performance. Requires the Commission to have an independent certified public accountant prepare a report of financial performance each year. The bill also requires the Commission t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote |
| HB1427 | Intro
Sine Die | Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority; eminent domain. Grants to the Authority the "quick take" condemnation powers that are currently available to the Virginia Department of Transportation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote |
| HR85 | Pass | Commending the Galax High School baseball team. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR85ER) |
| HR86 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Ralph E. McCray. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR86ER) |
| HR87 | Pass | Commending Glade Spring Middle School. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR87ER) |
| HR88 | Pass | Celebrating the life of John Bassett Vaughan. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR88ER) |
| SR21 | Pass | Commending the 2013 inductees into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed Senate (SR21ER) |
| HR110 | Pass | Commending the Town of Smithfield. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR110ER) |
| HR89 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Merle Martin Warren Dickert. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR89ER) |
| HR91 | Pass | Commending Justin Grimm. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR91ER) |
| HR101 | Pass | Commending Cathal Armstrong. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR101ER) |
| HR112 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Elmore Whitehurst. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR112ER) |
| HR92 | Pass | Commending Emma Buchanan. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR92ER) |
| HR102 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Harry Cecil Curtis, Jr. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR102ER) |
| HR113 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Chief Oscar C. Watson. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR113ER) |
| HR114 | Pass | Commending Suzanne M. Sherman. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR114ER) |
| HR115 | Pass | Commending the Bridging Communities Regional Career and Technical Center. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR115ER) |
| HR103 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Audrey Louise McCray Wheaton. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR103ER) |
| HR116 | Pass | Commending Richmond Hill. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-11 Bill text as passed House (HR116ER) |