| SB1496 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act. Requires the Governor to seek to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or other carbon trading program with an open auction of carbon allowances. The Department of Environmental Quality is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| HJR720 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; placement of group homes, residential care facilities, and detention centers; report. Requests the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to (i) identify and make ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR578 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; study of the long-term effects of marijuana use on individuals and populations; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the long-term effects of marijuana use on individuals and populations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| SB1519 | Intro
Sine Die | Required immunizations; meningococcal conjugate. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing the immunization of school children a requirement for one dose of meningococcal conjugate (MCV4) administered before the child enters th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB885 | Intro
Sine Die | Testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C virus; order of magistrate. Allows a magistrate to issue an order requiring a person to provide a blood specimen for testing for human immunodeficiency virus or the hepatitis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| HJR702 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC to study the current and future funding needs of modern elections administration in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the current and future funding needs of modern elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR630 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; study the efficacy of the sheriff of any locality supervising animal control officers; report. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to study the efficacy of the sheriff of any locality supervising animal control officers and rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR691 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Virginia Department of Transportation; noise abatement remedies. Requests the Virginia Department of Transportation to develop, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, procedures to measure and assess the noise impact on neighb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR633 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; incentives for grocery stores to donate unsold, unspoiled food to charitable organizations; report. Requests the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in consultation with relevant st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR579 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; joint committee to study implementation of the National Voter Registration Act in Virginia; report. Establishes a joint committee of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to conduct a one-year study of the implementation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR682 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; long-term effects of Drugs used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on individuals and populations; report.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR704 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Secretary of Natural Resources and Secretary of Education; environmental education; report. Requests that the Secretary of Natural Resources and the Secretary of Education convene and consult with a group of stakeholders to study the delivery ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| SB1404 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Medical Assistance Services; eligibility for services under waiver. Prohibits the Department of Medical Assistance Services from reducing, terminating, suspending, or denying services for an individual enrolled in a waiver who is otherw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (14-Y 1-N) |
| SB1162 | Intro
Sine Die | Teacher licensure; industry certification credential; local waiver. Permits the division superintendent or the local school board to waive the requirement that prospective teachers in the school division seeking an initial license with an endorsement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| HJR781 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC; study of adequacy of foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the adequacy of foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth. In conducting its stud...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR619 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Tax Commissioner to study disincentives to upgrade machinery and tools; report. Requests that the Tax Commissioner study disincentives in the Code of Virginia that discourage investment in upgrades to machinery and tools and propose modificati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| SR117 | Pass | Commending Marshall Price.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Bill text as passed Senate (SR117ER) |
| HJR607 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Providing material support for a terrorist organization. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study feasibility and need for a criminal offense related to providing material support for terrorist organizations that would allow state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR568 | Intro
Sine Die | Study;Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR636 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; economic impacts of litter on fishing, farming, and water quality in urban streams; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the economic impact of litter on fishing, farming, water quality, and other components of Vir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR708 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hate crimes; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the prevalence of hate crimes in the Commonwealth and the adequacy of the current criminal Code provisions in addressing such offenses i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HB1550 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and Medical Assistance Services to study use of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund; report. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in cooperation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR709 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Secretary of Technology; interfacing of electronic medical records and information; report. Requests the Secretary of Technology to (i) study the development of an effective and efficient system that interfaces electronic medical records and i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR576 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC to study the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act in Virginia; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act in Virginia and to evalu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR616 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study quality of health care services provided to inmates in jails and prisons in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the quality of health care services provided to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR700 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Broadband Advisory Council; broadband availability and the most cost-effective means to provide broadband coverage to the greatest number of people; report. Requests the Broadband Advisory Council to develop a system for rating communities whe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR688 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; joint committee to study the expansion of the Norfolk Airport Authority membership; report. Establishes a joint committee of the House Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation to study the expansion of the Norfolk...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR779 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impact of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services in jails; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the impact of requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| SR106 | Pass | Commending the Graham High School competition cheer team.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Bill text as passed Senate (SR106ER) |
| HB2202 | Intro
Sine Die | Employment; abusive work environment. Prohibits an employer from (i) permitting an employee to be subjected to an abusive work environment, (ii) subjecting an employee to an abusive work environment, or (iii) retaliating against an employee because t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
| HJR638 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Department of Taxation to study unitary combined reporting of corporate income; report. Directs the Department of Taxation to research unitary combined reporting of corporate income and develop a recommendation regarding its implementation in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| SB1215 | Intro
Sine Die | Public schools; possession of glucagon. Requires local school boards to adopt and implement policies for the possession and administration of glucagon in every school that one or more students with diabetes attend and requires the Board of Education ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB1549 | Intro
Sine Die | Performance of abortions; informed written consent. Eliminates all the procedures and processes, including the performance of an ultrasound, required to effect a woman's informed written consent to the performance of an abortion; however, the bill do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) |
| HJR695 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC; sentencing of drug offenders; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and report on the efficiency and effectiveness of the Virginia courts' sentencing of Schedule I and Schedule II drug offenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| SR119 | Pass | Commending the Lebanon High School softball team.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Bill text as passed Senate (SR119ER) |
| HB1677 | Intro
Sine Die | General Assembly; introduction of legislation; recorded vote. Requires all legislation introduced by a member of the House of Delegates or the Senate to be considered by the committee of purview or a subcommittee thereof and receive a recorded vote. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| SB828 | Intro
Sine Die | Family life education; child sexual abuse. Requires the Board of Education to include in its standards of learning for family life education standards for age-appropriate instruction in the prevention, recognition, and awareness of child abduction, c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 6-N) |
| HJR675 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study the creation of a registry of cases of abuse or neglect of an individual receiving waiver services by a service provider. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care (JCHC) to study creation of a regist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR544 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC to study the Virginia's workers' compensation system; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study Virginia's workers' compensation system. In its study, JLARC is directed to (i) examine whether clai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR570 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC; effectiveness of requiring seat belts on school buses in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the effectiveness of requiring seat belts on every school bus in the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR676 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Department of Education; effect of local use value assessment of certain real estate on the composite index of local ability to pay; report. Requests the Department of Education to (i) determine, for each of the 95 localities that have adopted...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| HJR738 | Engross
Sine Die | Commending Captain Thomas W. Turner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Agreed to by Senate by voice vote |
| HJR615 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Joint Commission on Technology and Science; robots, automation, and artificial intelligence; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to convene an advisory committee to study the opportunities and challenges related to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Tabled in Rules by voice vote |
| SR107 | Pass | Commending Tom Harding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Bill text as passed Senate (SR107ER) |
| HB1438 | Intro
Sine Die | Natural gas companies; right of entry. Requires that a natural gas company's notice to the owner of property of the company's intent to enter upon the property set forth the "specific" date of the intended entry. Currently, a company's notice of inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
| SB1247 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulation of private wells. Adds Stafford County to the list of counties and cities authorized to establish standards for the construction and abandonment of private wells that are more stringent than those standards adopted by the Board of Health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| SR116 | Pass | Commending Muslim Lakhani.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Bill text as passed Senate (SR116ER) |
| SB985 | Intro
Sine Die | Higher education; in-state tuition. Prohibits any percentage increase in in-state tuition or instructional fees for undergraduate students at Virginia's public institutions of higher education that exceeds the annual percentage increase, as determine...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Finance (16-Y 0-N) |
| SB863 | Intro
Sine Die | Operating a motor vehicle; obstructed view; secondary offense. Changes the offense of operating a motor vehicle with an object suspended in such vehicle that obstructs the driver's clear view of the highway from a primary offense to a secondary offen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-25
Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (3-Y 10-N) |
| SB1124 | Intro
Sine Die | Adultery; civil penalty. Reduces the penalty for adultery from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a civil penalty of not more than $250.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N) |
