VA Legislation | 2018 | Regular Session | Senate

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SJR26	Intro Sine Die	United States Constitution; application for a convention of the states; balancing the federal budget. Makes application to the United States Congress to call an amendment convention pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States for t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Incorporated by Rules
SB289	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; public documents; redactions. Specifies that the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council shall not redact from any document or form made available to the public any business... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 To Senate Rules Committee
SB793	Intro Sine Die	Hampton Roads Transportation Commission; membership. Adds two legislative members, one from each house, to the Hampton Roads Transportation Commission. The bill provides that nonlegislative members shall have experience in at least one of the followi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Stricken at request of Patron in Rules (14-Y 0-N)
SB763	Intro Sine Die	State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; school boards and school board employees. Provides that school divisions located in Planning District 14, Commonwealth, are not subject to the prohibition against hiring, under certain circumstanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Incorporated by Rules
SJR28	Intro Sine Die	Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; decrease in driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated convictions; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the causes of the decrease over the past five years in convictions for driving a m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote
SJR16	Intro Sine Die	Commending Indian Americans in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SJR59	Intro Sine Die	Study; identification of and interventions for dyslexia; report. Establishes a one-year joint subcommittee consisting of seven members of the House Committee on Education and six members of the Senate to study the identification of and interventions ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Incorporated by Rules
SJR80	Intro Sine Die	World Hypnotism Day. Designates January 4, in 2019 and in each succeeding year, as World Hypnotism Day in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SJR56	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; costs of education; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the true cost of education in the Commonwealth and provide an accurate assessment of the costs to implement the Standards of Quality. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SR22	Pass	Celebrating the life of Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen III. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR22ER)
SJR7	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; impact of state-owned ports on local governments; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to review and update its 1999 study entitled "Review of the Impact of State-Owned Ports on Local Governments." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SJR54	Intro Sine Die	Study, Joint Commission on Health Care; access to Medicare supplement insurance policies for individuals under age 65; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study access to Medicare supplement insurance policies for individuals under... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote
SB764	Intro Sine Die	State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; school boards and school board employees. Excludes the Cumberland County School District from the prohibition against hiring, under certain circumstances, a school division employee who is related... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Incorporated by Rules
SJR55	Intro Sine Die	Working waterfronts in Virginia. Recognizing the importance of working waterfronts in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote
SJR15	Intro Sine Die	Commending Pakistani Americans in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SB816	Intro Sine Die	State and Local Government Conflict of Interests State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; disclosure by local government officers and employees. Provides that an officer or employee of local government who has a personal interest in a tr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 To Senate Rules Committee
SJR33	Intro Sine Die	Study; VDOT; Route 60 Corridor; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to review and update its 1999 study entitled "Route 60 Corridor Study: Amherst, Nelson, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, and Powhatan Counties." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 To Senate Rules Committee
SJR73	Intro Sine Die	Commemorating the anniversaries of the Hungarian Revolution and the establishment of the Third Republic of Hungary and recognizing the contributions of Hungarian Americans in the Commonwealth. Commemorates two key events in the history of modern Hung... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SJR6	Intro Sine Die	Study; Department of Education to study teacher licensing process; report. Requests to study the teacher licensure process and the assessment requirements therein for any inherent biases that may prevent minority teacher candidates from entering the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 To Senate Rules Committee
SJR30	Intro Sine Die	Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; free community college; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the feasibility of providing Virginians the opportunity to attend comprehensive community college... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SJR52	Intro Sine Die	Recognizing need for four lanes of traffic on U.S. Route 220 through Botetourt and Alleghany Counties to connect Interstate 81 and Interstate 64. Expresses the support of the General Assembly in creating four lanes of traffic on U.S. Route 220 throug... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SB189	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Department of Historic Resources; telecommunications; Section 106 review process work group. Directs the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to convene a stakeholder work group to study the efficiency of the review process as it is use... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
SJR120	Pass	Commending the Virginia Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ120ER)
SJR29	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; costs of education; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the true cost of education in the Commonwealth and provide an accurate assessment of the costs to implement the Standards of Quality. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SR8	Intro Sine Die	Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Green v. County School Board of New Kent County. The resolution is a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote
SJR64	Pass	Celebrating the life of Command Sergeant Major Jeffrey Scott Voelkel, USA. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ64ER)
SJR49	Intro Sine Die	Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; rising health insurance premiums; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to identify options to address rising premiums for health benefit plans sold in the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-09 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SB236	Intro Sine Die	Certificate of public need; exception. Authorizes the State Health Commissioner to accept, review, and issue a certificate of public need for the establishment of a new ambulatory surgery center located in Planning District 23 that will provide ortho... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
SR21	Pass	Celebrating the life of Sidney Belt Harvey III. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Bill text as passed Senate (SR21ER)
SB936	Intro Sine Die	Standards of Achievement Career and Technical Education Committee; established. Directs the Board of Education to establish the Standards of Achievement Career and Technical Education Committee (Committee) to make recommendations to the General Assem... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 To Senate Education and Health Committee
SB302	Intro Sine Die	School Divisions of Innovation; performance-based assessments. Provides that a local school board applying for its school division to be designated as a School Division of Innovation may apply to the Board of Education (Board) to replace certain Stan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (15-Y 0-N)
SB639	Intro Sine Die	Health care shared savings; incentive programs. Requires health carriers to establish a comparable health care service incentive program under which savings are shared with a covered person who elects to receive a covered health care service from a l... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB973	Intro Sine Die	Track and Trace Program. Establishes the Track and Trace Program for the monitoring of the movement of controlled substances. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 To Senate Education and Health Committee
SB516	Intro Sine Die	Public schools; regional charter school divisions. Authorizes the Board of Education (the Board) to establish regional charter school divisions consisting of at least two but not more than three existing school divisions in regions in which each unde... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB863	Intro Sine Die	Teacher licensure; alternate route. Requires the Board of Education to include in its regulations for teacher licensure an alternate route to licensure for elementary education preK-6 and an alternate route to licensure for special education general ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB806	Intro Sine Die	Certificate of public need; exception. Authorizes the State Health Commissioner to accept, review, and issue a certificate of public need for the acquisition of the medical equipment necessary for the provision of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ser... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB923	Intro Sine Die	Certificate of public need; exception. Authorizes the State Health Commissioner to accept, review, and issue a certificate of public need for the establishment of a new ambulatory surgery center located in Planning District 23 that will provide ortho... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB437	Intro Sine Die	School Divisions of Innovation; performance-based assessments. Provides that a local school board applying for its school division to be designated as a School Division of Innovation may apply to the Board of Education (Board) to replace certain Stan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB848	Intro Sine Die	Certificate of public need; definition of "medical care facility." Adds to the list of medical care facilities for which a certificate of public need is required any facility that has common ownership with an affiliated licensed hospital located with... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB804	Intro Sine Die	Reporting of controlled substance overdoses. Requires the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, state and local law-enforcement agencies, emergency medical services agencies, and hospitals to report information about overdoses of controlled substance... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Finance
SB354	Intro Sine Die	Certificate of public need; exception. Authorizes the State Health Commissioner to accept, review, and issue a certificate of public need for the establishment of a new ambulatory surgery center located in Planning District 15 for the provision of op... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB549	Intro Sine Die	Teacher licensure by reciprocity; grace period. Permits teachers with a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, to teach in a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth for up to one school year prio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB951	Intro Sine Die	Eastern Virginia; hydraulic fracturing prohibited. Prohibits hydraulic fracturing, as defined in the bill, in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (8-Y 8-N)
SB424	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Gaming Commission; regulation of charitable gaming; administration of fantasy contest registrations. Establishes the Virginia Gaming Commission (Commission) and vests the Commission with the control and regulation of charitable gaming in the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Passed by indefinitely in Finance (9-Y 7-N)
SB548	Intro Sine Die	Three-year provisional licenses; extensions. Permits the Board of Education to extend, for up to two additional years, the three-year provisional license of any teacher who requires additional time to satisfy the requirements for a renewable license.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB393	Intro Sine Die	Motor vehicle fuels sales tax in certain areas of the Commonwealth; price floor. Establishes a floor on the 2.1 percent sales tax imposed on motor vehicle fuels sold in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads by requiring that the average wholesale price... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Finance
SB409	Intro Sine Die	Teacher licensure; waiver of professional teacher assessments. Provides that a local school board or division superintendent may waive the requirements to complete professional teacher's assessments for any individual who holds a provisional license ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB370	Intro Sine Die	Delivery of prescription drug orders. Provides that whenever any pharmacy delivers a prescription drug order for which refrigeration is required by mail, common carrier, or delivery service, when the drug order is not personally hand delivered direct... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 To Senate Education and Health Committee
SB235	Intro Sine Die	Certificate of public need; exception. Authorizes the State Health Commissioner to accept, review, and issue a certificate of public need for the establishment of a new ambulatory surgery center located in Planning District 23 for the provision of he... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health
SB551	Intro Sine Die	Teacher licensure; prerequisites. Eliminates the requirements that teachers seeking initial licensure or renewal of a license (i) demonstrate proficiency in the use of educational technology for instruction and (ii) receive professional development i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-02-08 Incorporated by Education and Health