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SB330PassGenetic counseling; licensure. Provides that no person shall practice or hold himself out as practicing genetic counseling without a valid, unrevoked license as a genetic counselor from the Board of Medicine. The bill establishes requirements and a p...
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2014-03-20
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0266)
SB418PassCertified pollution control equipment and facilities; solar equipment. Exempts from real and personal property tax business-owned or business-operated solar energy equipment, facilities, or devices that collect, generate, transfer, or store thermal o...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0259)
SB88PassInsurers; Own Risk and Solvency Assessments. Requires insurance companies to maintain a risk management framework to assist with identifying, assessing, monitoring, managing, and reporting on material and relevant risks. As part of this requirement, ...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248)
SB186PassCriminal Injuries Compensation Fund. Allows the Fund to extend the time for filing a claim if the attorney for the Commonwealth submits written notice that the crime is being investigated as a result of newly discovered evidence. The bill applies to ...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251)
SB383PassNew vehicle classification; autocycle. Defines a new class of vehicle, known as an autocycle, and provides for examination of drivers, registration fees, safety, inspection, and other requirements pursuant to creating this new class of vehicle. The b...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)
SB5PassRight to Farm Act; restoration of provisions. Restores application of certain provisions of the Right to Farm Act to cities and towns that currently only apply to counties. The proposed amendments were enacted in 2007 (Chapter 444 of the Acts of Asse...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246)
SB433PassDelay proposed modifications to the discretionary sentencing guidelines; possession of child pornography. Provides that proposed modifications to the discretionary sentencing guidelines for possession of child pornography adopted by the Virginia Crim...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260)
SB400PassKinship foster care; removal. Prohibits the removal of a child placed in kinship foster care from the physical custody of the kinship foster parent, provided the child has been living with the kinship foster parent for six consecutive months and the ...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)
SB203PassOccupational therapy; practice as a therapist or therapist assistant applicant. Provides that a person who has graduated from a duly accredited educational program in occupational therapy may practice under the title "Occupational Therapist, License ...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252)
SB470PassMaximum speed limit on nonsurface-treated highways. Applies statewide the 35 mph maximum speed limit on nonsurface-treated highways that is currently applied only in Albemarle, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Montgomery, Nelson, Page, Rappahann...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0261)
SB402PassOverweight permits for truck cranes. Allows the DMV Commissioner and cities and towns to authorize overweight permits for truck cranes.
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258)
SB138PassVehicle safety inspection approval; armed services grace period. Increases the grace period for vehicle safety inspection from five business days to 14 calendar days for members of the armed services on active duty.
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250)
SB349PassDrugs and paraphernalia forfeited to law enforcement. Provides that seized drugs and drug paraphernalia, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to which cannot be ascertained, may be forfeited to a law-enforcement agency for t...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)
SB545PassReforestation Operations Fund. Changes the current Reforestation Operations Fund to a nonreverting special fund in which the interest generated by the Fund is credited to the Fund.
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263)
SB128PassCommitment of juvenile to Department of Juvenile Justice; consideration of social history. Requires a judge to review and take into consideration the results of an investigation of the social history of a juvenile before ordering the juvenile to be c...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249)
SB371PassTerms of hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses and permits. Allows the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses valid for one year from a future effective date. Under current law, such licenses are va...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255)
SB536PassDepartment of Health Professions; use of implantable medical devices distributed by physician-owned distributorships. Directs the Department of Health Professions to consider any issues related to the use of implantable medical devices distributed by...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)
SB342PassForensic Science Board; Scientific Advisory Committee; membership. Provides that the positions on the Scientific Advisory Committee that are required to be filled by members of the Board of the International Association for Identification and the Boa...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)
SB654PassDepartment of Criminal Justice Services; human trafficking policy. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to publish and disseminate a model policy or guideline for law-enforcement personnel involved in criminal investigations or assign...
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0265)
SB74PassReal estate loans; flood insurance. Prohibits a lender from requiring a borrower to provide flood insurance coverage against risks to improvements on real property securing its loan in an amount that exceeds the replacement value of the improvements.
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0247)
SB612PassDesignating the Master Trooper Jerry L. Hines Memorial Bridge. Designates two bridges over the Maury River in Rockbridge County as the Master Trooper Jerry L. Hines Memorial Bridge.
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2014-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0264)
SJR3PassStudy; recurrent flooding; report. Establishes an 11-member joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding. The joint subcommittee is charged with r...
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2014-03-08
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ3ER)
SJR212PassCelebrating the life of George Walker Patteson.
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2014-03-08
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ212ER)
SR11Intro

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Commending the Giles High School football team.
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2014-03-08
Failed to pass in Senate
SB44Engross

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State and Local Conflict of Interests Act; disclosure; gifts. Requires the Governor and Attorney General to disclose gifts to the members of their immediate families by appending additional information to their statements of economic interests.
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2014-03-08
Failed to pass in Senate
SR4Intro

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Celebrating the life of the Reverend Carl Terrie Tinsley, Sr.
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2014-03-08
Failed to pass in Senate
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Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Thomas Bowles.
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2014-03-08
Failed to pass in Senate
SJR152PassConfirming Governor's appointments of certain persons. Confirms appointments of certain persons made by Governor McAuliffe and communicated to the General Assembly February 14, 2014.
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2014-03-08
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ152ER)
SR50PassCommending the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project partners.
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2014-03-08
Bill text as passed Senate (SR50ER)
SB102Engross

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Life insurance for retired state employees. Provides that the basic life insurance coverage for retired state employees with 30 or more years of creditable service shall not be reduced to less than $8,000, increased by the same percentage as annual p...
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2014-03-08
Failed to pass in Senate
SJR47PassStudy; joint subcommittee to study the mental health services in the Commonwealth; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study mental health services in the Commonwealth in the 21st century. The joint subcommittee shall consist of 12 legislativ...
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2014-03-08
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ47ER)
SB163Engross

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Commission on Local Government; local mandates. Expands the size of the task force appointed by the Governor to review state mandates on localities from five members to seven members, of whom two are required to be non-governmental appointees with a ...
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2014-03-08
Failed to pass in Senate
SB167Engross

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Weekend jail time. Allows the court to sentence a felon to nonconsecutive days or weekend jail time upon a showing of good cause if the felony was not an "act of violence" as defined in § 19.2-297.1 and the active portion of the sentence remaini...
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2014-03-08
Failed to pass in Senate
SR37Intro

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Commending Steven C. Stombres.
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2014-03-08
Failed to pass in Senate
SR10Intro

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Commending the Northside High School football team.
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2014-03-08
Failed to pass in Senate
SR53PassCommending Lawrence Distributing Company, Inc.
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2014-03-07
Bill text as passed Senate (SR53ER)
SJR180PassDesignating Historic Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg as "a Family Homestead of Virginia Governors."
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2014-03-07
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ180ER)
SB304PassDisposition of dead bodies. Establishes a process for the disposition of unclaimed dead bodies. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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2014-03-07
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228)
SR52PassCelebrating the life of Armand James DeBellis.
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2014-03-07
Bill text as passed Senate (SR52ER)
SJR182PassCelebrating the life of Joe S. Ritenour.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ182ER)
SB35Engross

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Capital cases; appointment of counsel. Provides that when the defendant whose capital offense was charged by warrant in district court requests appointment of counsel, the case must be referred to the circuit court for appointment of counsel. This bi...
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2014-03-06
Stricken from Senate calendar (38-Y 1-N)
SJR200PassCelebrating the life of Thomas Joseph Sullivan, MD, FAAP.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ200ER)
SJR190PassCommending the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation at James River.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ190ER)
SJR209PassCelebrating the life of the Honorable Benjamin Joseph Lambert, III.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ209ER)
SJR168PassVirginia is for Lovers; anniversary. Commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Virginia is for Lovers.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ168ER)
SJR189PassCommending the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ189ER)
SJR172PassCelebrating the life of Madena Jane Chittenden Seeman.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ172ER)
SJR185PassCommending the Agudas Achim Congregation.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ185ER)
SJR169PassCommending Eddie Sturgill.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ169ER)
SJR195PassCelebrating the life of Winston Leigh Plymale, Sr.
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2014-03-06
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ195ER)
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