| SB847 | Pass | Purple Heart State; Department of Transportation. Directs the Department of Transportation to place and maintain signs along certain highways reflecting the 2016 designation by the General Assembly of Virginia as a Purple Heart State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0366) |
| SB695 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; Internet beer retailers. Creates an Internet beer retailer license, establishes the privileges of and fee for the license, and defines "Internet beer retailer." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0337) |
| SB72 | Pass | Electric distribution lines; minimum height. Requires that electric distribution lines installed on or after July 1, 2018, upon or over agricultural land shall be placed at a height that is not less than the minimum height requirement that applies to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354) |
| SB961 | Pass | Public schools; homeless children. Aligns provisions regarding when a homeless child or youth is deemed to reside in a school division with Subtitle VII-B of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. ?§11431 et se... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0394) |
| SB248 | Pass | Virginia Retirement System; technical amendments. Makes technical amendments to Title 51.1, Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement, including clarifying that medical boards may be composed of not only physicians but also other health care professionals a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305) |
| SB550 | Pass | Charter; Town of Front Royal. Makes extensive updates to the Town of Front Royal's charter by deleting outdated provisions and updating references to current law. Other changes include granting certain powers regarding blighted or derelict structures... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0329) |
| SB953 | Pass | Health instruction; mental health. Requires health instruction to incorporate standards that recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and the relationship of physical and mental health so as to enhance student understand... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393) |
| SB84 | Pass | Temporary registration of fleet vehicles; penalty. Provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles may issue to fleet logistics providers, defined in the bill, a temporary registration for certain fleet vehicles. The bill requires that such temporary ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0355) |
| SB925 | Pass | Signs or advertisements. Removes the requirement that a sign placed on real property visible to traffic proceeding on any Interstate System highway and advertising activities being conducted on the real property be located no more than 250 feet from ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353) |
| SB213 | Pass | Public aircraft; definition. Provides that the definition of "public aircraft" includes any fighter or attack jet, defined in the bill, that is leased or owned by a private entity, provided that the aircraft operations are conducted exclusively for t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357) |
| SB943 | Pass | Medical assistance services; renewal information. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to provide a quarterly report to each managed care organization that is contracted with the State Department of Health to provide services throug... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0382) |
| SB832 | Pass | Prescription Monitoring Program; covered substances. Adds controlled substances included in Schedule V for which a prescription is required and naloxone to the list of covered substances the dispensing of which must be reported to the Prescription Mo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379) |
| SB699 | Pass | Stormwater management; inspections; natural gas pipelines; stop work instructions. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) to conduct inspections of the land-disturbing activities of interstate and intrastate natural gas p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298) |
| SR81 | Pass | Commending the Wakefield High School boys' basketball team. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-10 Bill text as passed Senate (SR81ER) |
| SR76 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Timothy Scott Edwards. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-10 Bill text as passed Senate (SR76ER) |
| SJR249 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Neilson Jay November. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-10 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ249ER) |
| SB698 | Pass | Erosion and sediment control; inspections; natural gas pipelines; stop work instructions. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) to conduct inspections of the land-disturbing activities of interstate and intrastate natura... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297) |
| SJR224 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Mary Speake Humelsine. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-10 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ224ER) |
| SB363 | Pass | Delegate Lacey E. Putney Memorial Highway. Designates the portion of U.S. Route 221 between the Town of Bedford and the City of Lynchburg the "Delegate Lacey E. Putney Memorial Highway." The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235) |
| SB503 | Pass | Admissions tax in Washington County. Clarifies that Washington County is authorized to impose an admissions tax to either a multi-sports complex or an entertainment venue, or both, subject to certain requirements. This bill is identical to HB 1553. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0289) |
| SB413 | Pass | Delivery of Schedule VI prescription devices. Provides that a permitted manufacturer, wholesale distributor, warehouser, nonresident warehouser, third-party logistics provider, or nonresident third-party logistics provider or registered nonresident m... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242) |
| SB818 | Pass | Transient occupancy tax; Rockingham County. Adds Rockingham County to the list of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed 5%. The revenue attributable to a rate in excess of 2% shall be used solely for tourism and t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293) |
| SB758 | Pass | Professions and occupations; real estate licenses; real estate teams. Requires real estate teams as defined in the bill to obtain a business entity salesperson's license from the Real Estate Board (the Board). The bill requires a principal broker to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0224) |
| SB979 | Pass | Professions and occupations; appraisal management companies. Amends the definition of appraisal management company and adds definitions for appraisal management services and appraiser panel. The bill also requires applicants for an appraisal manageme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230) |
| SR79 | Pass | Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR79ER) |
| SB575 | Pass | Vehicle registration extension for satisfaction of certain requirements. Expands eligibility for a one-month extension of a vehicle registration period to include persons whose vehicle registration has been withheld for failure to pay tolls. This bil... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288) |
| SB908 | Pass | Electric vehicle charging stations; local and public operation. Authorizes any locality or public institution of higher education, or the Department of Conservation and Recreation, to locate and operate a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging st... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295) |
| SB228 | Pass | Recapture of deferred real estate taxes. Clarifies when the amount of real estate taxes deferred pursuant to a local ordinance become due. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291) |
| SB966 | Pass | Electric utility regulation. Provides that, in lieu of the biennial review proceedings previously required, Dominion Energy Virginia (DEV) and Appalachian Power (APCo) will be subject to triennial reviews of their rates, terms, and conditions for gen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296) |
| SR61 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Louis Edwin Graziano. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR61ER) |
| SB197 | Pass | Landlord and tenant law; notice requirements; landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation. Changes the landlord and tenant law notice requirements for landlords to accept full or partial rent while continuing to proceed with a court action to obta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233) |
| SB906 | Pass | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; license requirements. Creates the occupational title of master barber and requires the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology to issue a license to practice as a ma... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237) |
| SJR218 | Pass | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Robert Purkey. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ218ER) |
| SR75 | Pass | Commending the Child Protection Partnership. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR75ER) |
| SR80 | Pass | Nominating a person to be elected to a juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeship. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR80ER) |
| SR64 | Pass | Celebrating the life of the Reverend William Franklin Graham, Jr. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR64ER) |
| SB511 | Pass | Optometry; scope of practice. Provides that the practice of optometry includes the evaluation, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal or diseased conditions of the human eye and its adnexa by the use of medically recognized and appropriate... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280) |
| SB125 | Pass | Value engineering. Raises the minimum project cost requiring the use of value engineering from $5 million to $15 million. The bill exempts projects that are designed utilizing (i) a design-build contract or (ii) the Public-Private Transportation Act ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290) |
| SR77 | Pass | Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR77ER) |
| SB120 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; substance abuse prevention; Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Substance Use Advisory Committee established. Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (Board) to establish a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210) |
| SR69 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Sol Waite Rawls, Jr. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR69ER) |
| SR74 | Pass | Commending Debbi Miller. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR74ER) |
| SR63 | Pass | Celebrating the life of John D. Miller. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR63ER) |
| SR70 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Kermit Marshall Cook. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR70ER) |
| SJR245 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Captain Paul F. Hollandsworth, Jr., USN, Ret. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ245ER) |
| SR71 | Pass | Commending James Puckett. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR71ER) |
| SB873 | Pass | Inspections prior to sale; exception; certain special orders. Exempts from the requirement that motor vehicles be inspected prior to retail sale transactions (i) a motor vehicle that is sold on the basis of a special order placed with a dealer or man... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294) |
| SR66 | Pass | Commending Curry Martin. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR66ER) |
| SB121 | Pass | Child care providers; criminal history background check; sunset and contingency. Extends from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2020, the expiration date and contingency on the requirement that the following individuals undergo fingerprint-based national crim... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0278) |
| SR73 | Pass | Commending Haleigh Hamlin. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate (SR73ER) |