| SB581 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance plans; preauthorization for drug benefits. Requires contracts between an insurance carrier and a participating health care provider that require the carrier's prior authorization of a drug benefit to include a provision that if a pri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB488 | Intro
Sine Die | Statewide Fire Prevention Code; powers and duties of the Virginia Fire Services Board. Transfers primary authority for the adoption of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Virginia Fire Service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (10-Y 4-N 1-A) |
| SB949 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Public Procurement Act; Internet access service contracting; limitations; Internet neutrality and privacy. Limits public procurement of Internet access services to service providers that meet certain requirements related to Internet neutrali...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (6-Y 9-N) |
| SB54 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; subpoena duces tecum; costs. Provides that, if a licensee or regulant of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation or one of its regulatory boards is successful in a motion to q...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB98 | Intro
Sine Die | Expungement of police and court records; deceased persons. Provides that in the event that a person who is entitled to bring a petition for expungement dies before filing a petition, the next of kin of the decedent may file on the decedent's behalf w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| SB348 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Lottery; digital vendors. Authorizes the State Lottery Department (the Department) to establish regulations and procedures providing for the sale of drawing game tickets over the Internet by digital vendors. The bill defines drawing game tic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (4-Y 11-N) |
| SB731 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance plans; prior authorization for drug Health insurance plans; prior authorization for drug benefits or surgical procedures. Provides that prior authorization requirements currently applicable to drug benefits are applicable to the proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB578 | Intro
Sine Die | Suspension of driver's license for nonpayment of fines or costs. Removes the requirement that a court suspend the driver's license of a person convicted of any violation of the law who fails or refuses to provide for immediate payment of fines or cos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| SB938 | Intro
Sine Die | Withholding of income for child support; independent contractors. Requires any person who contracts with an independent contractor, as defined in the bill, to submit information regarding any new independent contractor to the Virginia New Hire Report...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| SB911 | Intro
Sine Die | Eminent domain; lost profits. The bill redefines lost profits for the purposes of calculating an award in an eminent domain proceeding as a loss of business profits from a business or farm operation for a period not to exceed three years from the dat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| SB607 | Intro
Sine Die | Electronic transmission of sexually explicit images by minors; penalties. Provides that a minor who (i) knowingly transmits, distributes, publishes, or disseminates to another minor an electronically transmitted communication containing a sexually ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| SB784 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniform Statewide Building Code; Board of Housing and Community Development; provisions for buildings and structures in rural areas in which commercial enterprises are located. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to make amendments...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB627 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; home inspectors; certain contract provisions prohibited. Prohibits a contract for home inspection services from including any provision limiting the liability of any home inspector arising from ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB624 | Intro
Sine Die | Open-end credit plans. Prohibits a person licensed as a motor vehicle title lender from extending credit under an open-end credit plan. The measure prohibits a person that extends credit under an open-end credit plan from (i) obtaining or accepting f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (8-Y 5-N) |
| SB773 | Intro
Sine Die | Alcoholic beverage control (ABC); food-to-beverage ratio. Reduces the current 45 percent food-to-beverage ratio for mixed beverage licensees. The bill requires that a mixed beverage restaurant, caterer's, or limited caterer's licensee meet or exceed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-26
To Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee |
| SB606 | Intro
Sine Die | Office of Immigrant Assistance created. Establishes in the Department of Social Services an Office of Immigrant Assistance (the Office) to assist persons lawfully entering the United States and the Commonwealth for the purpose of becoming citizens. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-26
Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N) |
| SB836 | Intro
Sine Die | Public institutions of higher education; tuition and room and board; enrollment. Requires, for the next two academic years, the tuition charged to Virginia students at each public institution of higher education to be capped at the rate charged to su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB25 | Intro
Sine Die | Dispensing drugs without a prescription. Authorizes a pharmacist to dispense up to a five-day supply of a Schedule VI drug to an individual who has been displaced from his residence by a natural or man-made disaster; has had his supply of the drug lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB599 | Intro
Sine Die | Industrial hemp; license. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to create a license, with certain application, review, and operation requirements, to grow industrial hemp outside of the industrial hemp research program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| SB956 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Health Care Access Program. Establishes the Virginia Health Care Access Program (the Program) to (i) develop and fund programs to improve access to health care services for recipients of medical assistance and other medically needy, low-inco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB577 | 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] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB696 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act. Directs the State Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulations establishing a carbon dioxide cap and trade program to reduce emissions released by electric generation facilities. The regulat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N) |
| SB928 | Intro
Sine Die | School boards; employment of certain individuals; certain contracts. Prohibits any school board from employing any individual who has been convicted of any felony or crime of moral turpitude, unless such individual (i) was previously employed in good...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB175 | Intro
Sine Die | Public animal shelters; dogs and cats; euthanasia notice. Requires a public animal shelter to wait three days before euthanizing a dog or cat when a person has notified the shelter of his intent to adopt or take custody of the particular animal. The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
To Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee |
| SB572 | Intro
Sine Die | Delivery of medical assistance services. Directs the State Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act a provision for the payment of medical assis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) |
| SB787 | Intro
Sine Die | Governor's Schools; enrollment. Requires any academic school Governor's School that has a focus on math, science, and technology and that has an overall enrollment of over 1,000 students to accept for enrollment (i) a sufficient number of students el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (13-Y 1-N) |
| SB891 | Intro
Sine Die | Assisted living facility administrator. Exempts from licensure by the Board of Long-Term Care Administrators any assisted living facility administrator who is a licensed practical nurse and serves as the administrator of an assisted living facility t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB464 | Intro
Sine Die | Licensed providers of treatment for persons with opioid addiction; Prescription Monitoring Program. Requires licensed providers of treatment for persons with opioid addiction through the use of methadone or other opioid replacements to comply with th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB455 | Intro
Sine Die | Clinics for the treatment of opioid addiction; location. Provides that the prohibition on locating clinics for the treatment of persons with opiate addiction through the use of methadone or opioid replacements other than opioid replacements approved ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB795 | Intro
Sine Die | CBD oil and THC-A oil; certification for use; dispensing. Provides that a practitioner may issue a written certification for the use of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB749 | Intro
Sine Die | Higher education; in-state tuition. Prohibits, without the prior statutory approval of the General Assembly, any percentage increase in in-state tuition for undergraduate students at Virginia's public institutions of higher education that exceeds twi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB635 | Intro
Sine Die | Prescribers; notice of administration of naloxone. Requires every hospital that operates an emergency department to develop and implement a protocol for (i) identifying every prescriber who has prescribed opioids to a patient to whom naloxone is admi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB158 | Intro
Sine Die | State plan for medical assistance; eligibility. Requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance provision for the payment of medical assistance on behalf of individuals described in 42 U.S.C. &sec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB507 | Intro
Sine Die | Stormwater management regulations; localities outside Chesapeake Bay watershed. Provides that in a locality that is located entirely outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the State Water Control Board and the Department of Environmental Quality sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 7-N 1-A) |
| SB373 | 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] | 2018-01-25
To Senate Education and Health Committee |
| SB914 | Intro
Sine Die | School calendar; opening day of the school year. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening day of the school year and eliminates the post-Labor Day opening requirement and "good cause" scenarios...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) |
| SB377 | 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] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB282 | Intro
Sine Die | State plan for medical assistance; eligibility. Requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance provision for the payment of medical assistance on behalf of individuals described in 42 U.S.C. &sec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB300 | Intro
Sine Die | School calendar; opening day of the school year. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening day of the school year and eliminates the post-Labor Day opening requirement and "good cause" scenarios...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB435 | Intro
Sine Die | Higher education; members of governing boards; duties. Provides that the primary duty of any member of a governing board of a public institution of higher education is to the Commonwealth. The bill requires that the educational programs for the gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) |
| SB910 | Intro
Sine Die | Right to abortion; provision of abortion. Provides that Right to abortion; provision of abortion. Provides that a pregnant person has a fundamental right to obtain a lawful abortion and that no statute or regulation shall be construed to prohibit the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) |
| SB110 | Intro
Sine Die | Marijuana field test; evidence at trial. Provides that a law-enforcement officer is permitted to testify as to the results of any field test approved by the Department of Forensic Science regarding whether or not any plant material is marijuana in an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| SB617 | Intro
Sine Die | Statute of limitations; discovery rule. Provides that the period of limitations for filing a cause of action for injury resulting from toxic substance exposure or prescribed or over-the-counter medications accrues from the time the person knew or sho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) |
| SB692 | Intro
Sine Die | Issuance of disabled parking placards. Allows mental health professionals to certify to the Department of Motor Vehicles a person's disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk, for the purpose of obtaining a disabled parking placard. The bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB700 | Intro
Sine Die | School bus video-monitoring systems; release of information by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to release vehicle owner data of a vehicle that failed to stop for a stopped school bus upon request of a vid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB32 | Intro
Sine Die | Animal Cruelty Conviction List established. Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish and maintain by 2020 an Animal Cruelty Conviction List that shall be available to the public on the website of the Department of State Police. The li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| SB156 | Intro
Sine Die | Annual reports by guardians; report by licensed physician, licensed psychologist, or other licensed professional. Provides that the annual report that is required to be filed by a guardian with the local department of social services must also includ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) |
| SB621 | Intro
Sine Die | Driver privilege cards. Authorizes the issuance of new driver privilege cards by the Department of Motor Vehicles to an individual who has (i) reported income from Virginia sources on an individual tax return filed with the Commonwealth in the preced...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (7-Y 6-N) |
| SB196 | Intro
Sine Die | Decertification of law-enforcement officers; Criminal Justice Services Board; statewide professional standards of conduct. Requires the Criminal Justice Services Board (the Board) to adopt, by July 1, 2019, statewide professional standards of conduct...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N) |
| SB800 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil action for trespass; vicarious liability. Provides that any person arrested for or convicted of criminal trespass shall be liable for any property damage caused during the commission of such trespass. The bill also provides that any person who ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
