VA Legislation | 2014 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB96	Engross Sine Die	Driving recklessly on a suspended or revoked license and causing the death of another person; penalty. Provides that any person convicted of reckless driving who, when he committed the offense, (i) was driving on a suspended or revoked operator's lic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-17 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
HB422	Engross Sine Die	Prohibiting certain local government practices that would require contractors to provide certain compensation or benefits. Prohibits local governing bodies from establishing provisions that would require a wage floor of any other employee benefit or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-17 Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N 1-A)
HB994	Engross Sine Die	Human trafficking offenses. Directs the Virginia Code Commission to add the term "human trafficking" to the catchline of § 18.2-47 ("Abduction and kidnapping defined; punishment") in order to emphasize that section's applicability to offenses in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-17 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
HB523	Engross Sine Die	Registration of juveniles; petition for removal from registry. Requires juveniles adjudicated delinquent of rape, forcible sodomy, or object sexual penetration to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill also provides... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-17 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
SB590	Engross Sine Die	Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $8.25 per hour effective July 1, 2014, and to $9.25 per hour effective July 1, 2015, unless a higher minimum wage is required by the federal Fair ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-13 Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
HB392	Engross Sine Die	Assault and battery; emergency health care provider. Provides that the commission of an assault or an assault and battery against an emergency health care provider in an emergency room of a hospital or clinic or on the premises of any other facility ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-12 Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)
HB428	Engross Sine Die	Registration of vehicles; false statement or affidavit and revocation. Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel or revoke registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer for false statements or affidavits. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-12 Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N)
HB705	Engross Sine Die	Out-of-state concealed handgun permits. Eliminates certain requirements for an out-of-state concealed handgun permit to be recognized in Virginia and provides that such a permit authorizes the holder of the permit to carry a concealed handgun so long... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-12 Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)
HB472	Engross Sine Die	Student conduct; parental responsibility to prevent bullying. Authorizes principals to request that parents meet with the principal or his designee to receive training in bullying prevention. The bill also authorizes the relevant juvenile and domesti... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-12 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB196	Engross Sine Die	Appeals by the Commonwealth; Class 1 misdemeanors. Allows the Commonwealth a pretrial appeal from a circuit court to the Court of Appeals in a case involving prosecution of a Class 1 misdemeanor where the circuit court dismissed the indictment agains... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-12 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
HB878	Engross Sine Die	Law-enforcement certification of certain firearms. Requires that when certification of a chief law-enforcement officer is required by federal law for the transfer of a firearm, as defined in the National Firearms Act, such certification must be provi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-12 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
SB618	Engross Sine Die	Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortions in any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in Vi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-11 Read third time and defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N)
SB422	Engross Sine Die	Hybrid retirement program; local deferred compensation and cash match plans. Allows political subdivisions the option of establishing and administering their own deferred compensation and cash match plans if they elect not to participate in those pla... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-11 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
HB555	Engross Sine Die	Blocking highway drains and culverts. Allows localities by ordinance to prohibit interfering with or impeding storm water runoff into drains or culverts on VDOT-controlled highway rights-of-way. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-11 VOTE: DEFEATED (37-Y 61-N)
HB437	Engross Sine Die	Convention to amend the United States Constitution; selection and participation of Virginia delegates. Provides for the selection by the General Assembly of delegates and alternates to attend the convention, for instructions to the delegates and alte... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-06 VOTE: DEFEATED (40-Y 58-N)
SB465	Engross Sine Die	Opportunity Educational Institution; supervision of schools. Increases the number of years, from four to five, that a school must fail to meet the requirements to be rated fully accredited before the supervision of such school is transferred to the O... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-02-04 Chair votes No
SB629	Engross Sine Die	Navigation on certain waters. Provides that no person who is recreationally floating upon certain waters in a nonmotorized vessel shall be liable for civil or criminal trespass. The bill provides that existing ownership rights in real property shall ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-30 Read third time and defeated by Senate (10-Y 30-N)
SB180	Engross Sine Die	Mature driver crash prevention. Provides for a course in mature driver motor vehicle crash prevention and provides that such course is an option for the court in adjudicating defendants. The bill also lowers the age at which drivers are required to a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-29 Chair votes No
SB319	Engross Sine Die	Elections; primary elections; date of June primary elections. Changes the date of primary elections held in the month of June from the second Tuesday in June to the third Tuesday in June and changes candidate filing deadlines to reflect that change o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-29 Read third time and defeated by Senate (17-Y 23-N)
SB326	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act; inclusion of deputy sheriffs; discriminatory and retaliatory action prohibited; remedies. Clarifies that deputy sheriffs employed by city or county sheriff's ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-23 Read third time and defeated by Senate (14-Y 24-N)
SB123	Engross Sine Die	Wind energy projects; regulations to mitigate adverse effects of turbine blades on wildlife. Directs the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to adopt regulations establishing mitigation measures to reduce the adverse effects of wind turbines on wildli... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-22 Defeated by Senate (18-Y 20-N)