| SR12 | Pass | Sergeant Bowe R. Bergdahl; rescue efforts. Recognizes efforts to secure the release of Sergeant Bowe R. Bergdahl, U.S. Army, POW, from the Haqqani Network in Pakistan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate (SR12ER) |
| SR48 | Pass | Celebrating the life of William T. Patrick, Jr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate (SR48ER) |
| SJR210 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Lawrence Garnell Stamps, Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ210ER) |
| SB552 | Pass | Gas severance tax. Extends the sunset date from December 31, 2014, to December 31, 2015, for the local gas severance tax that is dedicated to (i) the Gas Road Improvement Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund, and (iii) water, s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187) |
| SJR102 | Pass | Move Over Awareness Month. Designates June, in 2014 and in each succeeding year, as Move Over Awareness Month in Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ102ER) |
| SB294 | Pass | Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber requirements. Requires prescribers to be registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program by the Department of Health Professions upon filing an application for licensure or renewal of a license, if the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178) |
| SJR104 | Pass | Brown v. Board of Education. Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ104ER) |
| SB432 | Pass | Compensation for livestock or poultry. Establishes a $750 cap on the fair market value that the owner of livestock that has been killed or injured by dogs or hybrid canines is entitled to receive as compensation, provided certain procedures are follo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160) |
| SJR24 | Pass | Study; expungement of juvenile records; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study expungement of juvenile records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ24ER) |
| SJR46 | Pass | Study; VDOT to study location of regional Hampton Roads VDOT office; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the location of its regional Hampton Roads office and whether or not a new location could better serve the highway constru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ46ER) |
| SR51 | Pass | Commending Oakland Baptist Church.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate (SR51ER) |
| SB119 | Pass | State Corporation Commission; availability of records. Requires the State Corporation Commission to make available for public inspection records that are related to matters related to the Commission's operational responsibilities and operational func...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174) |
| SB603 | Pass | Condemnation of oyster grounds. Prohibits localities from exercising the right of eminent domain to condemn privately leased riparian and general oyster planting grounds. These planting grounds are assigned to persons under a lease agreement approved...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162) |
| SJR76 | Pass | Virginia Women's Monument Commission; membership. Increases the membership of the commemorative commission to honor the contributions of the women of Virginia with a monument on the grounds of Capitol Square by adding one member, the immediate past S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ76ER) |
| SB117 | Pass | Location of methadone clinics near schools and day care centers; exemptions for existing facilities and providers. Provides that licensed providers of methadone treatment that are exempt from restrictions regarding proximity to a school or day care c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0173) |
| SB338 | Pass | Local property and license taxes on mineral lands. Permits a commissioner of the revenue to enter into agreements with taxpayers regarding the fair market value of mineral lands and deems any such agreements entered into on or after January 1, 2013, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0179) |
| SB183 | Pass | Critical congenital heart defect screening test of newborns. Requires every hospital in the Commonwealth having a newborn nursery to perform a critical congenital heart defect screening test on every newborn in its care when the child is at least 24 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175) |
| SB514 | Pass | Virginia Energy Plan; schedule for updates. Postpones the due date for quadrennial updates to the Virginia Energy Plan from July 1 to October 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0161) |
| SB359 | Pass | Banks; director ownership of shares. Provides that a bank director shall be deemed to be the sole owner of, and have in his personal possession or control, shares of stock that are (i) held through a brokerage account or similar arrangement, provided...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0156) |
| SB360 | Pass | Health care policy, group health benefit plan, and health plan; definitions. Updates references to federal programs in the definitions of "health care policy," "group health benefit plan," and "health plan."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0157) |
| SB269 | Pass | Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits. Provides that tax credits issued for monetary or marketable securities donations made beginning in taxable year 2014 can be claimed for the taxable year of the donation. Under current law, Education Imp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176) |
| SB414 | Pass | Tax contributions for restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Requires the Secretary of Natural Resources to submit a report to the committees of oversight and the Virginia delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission by November 1 of each year describing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182) |
| SB626 | Pass | Christopher Newport University; Board of Visitors. Requires at least six of the 14 members of the Christopher Newport University Board of Visitors to be alumni of the University.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190) |
| SB416 | Pass | Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; eligibility. Eliminates the requirement that an individual under the age of 19 must have been without health insurance for at least four months or must meet the requirements set forth in the Virginia ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183) |
| SB285 | Pass | Civil penalty; untaxed tobacco products. Creates a civil penalty for the import, transport, possession, or resale of untaxed tobacco products and delineates the respective penalty for first, second, and third or subsequent offenses. The bill also spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0177) |
| SB70 | Pass | Insurer insolvencies; refunds of surplus funds. Designates the Department of Taxation as the agency to handle refunds of surplus funds from members of the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association with respect to an insurer'...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154) |
| SB86 | Pass | Annuity contracts; interest on proceeds. Clarifies that an insurance company is required to pay interest on a death benefit claim under a variable annuity contract commencing from the date of the insurer's receipt of a completed claim form.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155) |
| SJR75 | Pass | Study; Manufacturing Development Commission; report. Directs the Manufacturing Development Commission to examine the economic and environmental benefits of the use of recycled material in the manufacturing process in Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-05
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ75ER) |
| SB633 | Engross
Sine Die | Higher education; tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty. Authorizes public institutions of higher education to grant full or partial tuition waivers to dependent students of faculty members employed by the institution, to be paid out of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB158 | Engross
Sine Die | Bipartisan Virginia Redistricting Commission. Provides for a statewide referendum on the question of whether a bipartisan advisory commission should be created to propose redistricting plans for the House of Delegates, state Senate, and congressional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SB499 | Engross
Sine Die | Opportunity Educational Institution. Delays the initial transfer of supervision of certain public schools from the local school boards to the Opportunity Educational Institution by one year, from after the 2013-2014 school year to after the 2014-2015...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| SB437 | Engross
Sine Die | Child day programs; radon testing. Requires regulated child day programs that are located in jurisdictions designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as High or Moderate Risk areas for indoor radon to test for radon at least once every fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| SB426 | Engross
Sine Die | State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families; regulations. Provides that the State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out its ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB27 | Engross
Sine Die | Individual income tax refunds; payment. Requires the Tax Commissioner and State Comptroller to implement procedures to allow an individual to elect to have his income tax refund paid by check mailed to his address. If the individual makes no election...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Finance Committee |
| SB225 | Engross
Sine Die | Opening and closing motor vehicle doors. Requires drivers and passengers to wait for a reasonable opportunity to open vehicle doors on the side adjacent to moving traffic. A violation constitutes a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB539 | Engross
Sine Die | Secretary of Education; annual report. Requires the Secretary of Education, on or before October 1 of each year, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the Commonwealth's efforts to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathema...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| SB56 | Engross
Sine Die | Persons not guilty by reason of insanity; court-appointed counsel fees. Increases from $25 to $75 the fee paid to court-appointed counsel representing a person in a civil commitment proceeding under Title 19.2 (Criminal Procedure). The bill also prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB144 | Engross
Sine Die | Standards of Learning assessments; revisions. Requires that all revisions to any Standards of Learning assessment are finalized by December 31 of the school year prior to the school year in which the revised assessment is administered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB446 | Engross
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] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB6 | Engross
Sine Die | DNA sample upon arrest. Adds indecent exposure and obscene sexual display to the list of crimes for which a DNA sample must be taken upon conviction or arrest for commission or attempted commission and adds sexual battery, peeping or spying into a dw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB277 | Engross
Sine Die | DSS; amend the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to include payments for individuals up to age 21. Directs the Department of Social Services to develop amendments to the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance, including p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB420 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia Retirement System; impact statements. Requires VRS impact statements to detail the financial impact of a proposed bill on members and beneficiaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB223 | Engross
Sine Die | Board for Charitable Gaming; authorization of electronic poker games for qualified organizations. Authorizes a qualified organization to allow the playing of electronic poker games. In order to obtain a permit to conduct electronic poker games, a qua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House General Laws Committee |
| SB314 | Engross
Sine Die | Elections; candidate filings; Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; candidates and campaign committees. Beginning July 1, 2016, requires that campaign finance documents be filed electronically with the State Board of Elections. Currently, the law allows G...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SB529 | Engross
Sine Die | Certificate of public need; conditions. Authorizes the Commissioner of Health to condition the approval of a certificate of public need upon an agreement of the applicant to support charitable organizations that specifically target providing health c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| SB604 | Engross
Sine Die | Office of Immigrant Assistance created. Establishes in the Department of Social Services an Office of Immigrant Assistance to assist persons lawfully entering the United States and the Commonwealth for the purpose of becoming citizens. The Office sha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB389 | Engross
Sine Die | Public schools; Standards of Learning tests. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to provide the same criteria for eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning test to each student regardless of grade level or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB227 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia - Korea Advisory Board. Establishes the Virginia - Korea Advisory Board to advise the Governor on ways to improve mutually beneficial trade relationships between the Commonwealth and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The provisions of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB325 | Engross
Sine Die | Standards of Quality; waivers from third grade Standards of Learning assessments in certain scenarios. Allows a public elementary school that had an adjusted pass rate of less than 75 percent on the third grade Standards of Learning reading assessmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| SB408 | Engross
Sine Die | Motor vehicle safety inspection; window tint. Requires the Department of State Police to amend its regulations to include inspection of window tint as part of the motor vehicle safety inspection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-04
VOTE:DEFEATED (44-Y 54-N 1-A) |
