| SB964 | Veto | Health insurance; catastrophic health plans. Authorizes health carriers to offer catastrophic plans on the individual market and to offer such plans to all individuals. The measure provides that a catastrophic plan is deemed to provide an essential h... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| HB1351 | Pass | Joint legal or physical child custody. Provides that the court shall consider and may award joint legal, joint physical, or sole custody of a child and there shall be no presumption in favor of any such form of custody. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0857) |
| SB844 | Veto | Health insurance; short-term plans. Authorizes health insurance carriers in the Commonwealth to offer short-term health plans. Short-term health plans are defined as plans with a duration of 364 days or less. Short-term health plans are required to i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| SB934 | Veto | Benefits consortium. Authorizes an association organized as a nonstock corporation whose members are employers conducting business in the Commonwealth to sponsor a trust. The measure authorizes the trust, called a benefits consortium, to sell benefit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| SB856 | Pass | Mass transit in the Commonwealth. Makes numerous changes to the administration of and revenues for mass transit in the Commonwealth, specifically as it relates to funding of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the disbursem... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0856) |
| SB378 | Pass | Coal tax credits. Reinstates the Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit. The credit, which expired on July 1, 2016, can be earned on and after January 1, 2018, but before January 1, 2023, and only for metallurgical coal. This bill is identical t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0855) |
| HB1144 | Veto | Voter registration; persons assisting with the completion or collection of completed voter registration applications; certain identifying information required. Requires any person who assists an applicant with the completion of a voter registration a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| HB638 | Pass | Trespass; unmanned aircraft system; report; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the property of another and come within 50 feet of a dwelling house (i) to coerce, intimidate, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0851) |
| SB834 | Veto | Voter registration list maintenance; voters identified as registered in multiple states. Requires the Department of Elections to provide to the general registrars a list of registered voters who have been found through list comparisons and data-match... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| SB526 | Pass | Trespass; unmanned aircraft system; report; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the property of another and come within 50 feet of a dwelling house (i) to coerce, intimidate, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0852) |
| HB665 | Pass | Coal tax credits. Reinstates the Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit. The credit, which expired on July 1, 2016, can be earned on and after January 1, 2018, but before January 1, 2023, and only for metallurgical coal. This bill is identical t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0853) |
| SB106 | Veto | Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts. Provides criteria by which congressional and state legislative districts are to be drawn, including equal population, racial and ethnic fairness, respect for existing political... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| HB1539 | Pass | Mass transit in the Commonwealth. Makes numerous changes to the administration of and revenues for mass transit in the Commonwealth, specifically as it relates to funding of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the disbursem... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0854) |
| SB935 | Veto | Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations. Replaces references to "bona fide association," as used in provisions applicable to health care plans in the small employer market, with the term "sponsoring association." The measure defines "spons... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| HB1598 | Veto | Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts. Provides criteria by which congressional and state legislative districts are to be drawn, including equal population, racial and ethnic fairness, respect for existing political... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| HB1595 | Veto | Vested rights; existing landscape cover materials. Provides that, notwithstanding any local ordinance to the contrary, an owner of real property who has an occupancy permit issued as of January 1, 2018, shall not be required to retrofit existing land... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| SB972 | Veto | Vested rights; existing landscape cover materials. Provides that, notwithstanding any local ordinance to the contrary, an owner of real property who has an occupancy permit issued as of January 1, 2018, shall not be required to retrofit existing land... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17 Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| HB523 | Pass | Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects; membership. Adds two nonlegislative citizen members to the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified In... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0824) |
| HB158 | Veto | House of Delegates and Senate district boundaries. Authorizes the General Assembly to make technical adjustments to legislative district boundaries subsequent to the decennial redistricting solely for the purpose of causing legislative district bound... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 House sustained Governor's veto |
| HB543 | Pass | Department of General Services; lease of surplus property. Permits the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to allow charitable organizations exempt from taxation under ?§501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0825) |
| HB770 | Pass | Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. Clarifies (i) that the members of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) Authority appointed by the Governor and the Joint Rules Committee are voting members of the Authority and (ii)... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0829) |
| HB680 | Pass | Motor vehicle sales and use tax; semitrailers. Reduces the minimum motor vehicle sales and use tax on semitrailers from $75 to $35. The bill contains a reenactment clause regarding this change. The bill also directs the Commissioner of the Department... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0826) |
| HB286 | Pass | Wineries; dogs allowed inside. Provides that dogs may be allowed within a designated area inside or on the premises of a licensed winery or farm winery, distillery, or brewery or farm brewery, except in any area used for the manufacture of food produ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819) |
| HB375 | Veto | Prohibit certain local government practices that would require contractors to provide certain compensation or benefits. Prohibits local governing bodies from establishing provisions related to procurement of goods, professional services, or construct... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 House sustained Governor's veto |
| SB823 | Pass | Wireless support structures; public rights-of-way use fees. Establishes an annual wireless support structure public rights-of-way use fee to be charged to wireless services providers and wireless infrastructure providers in connection with a permit f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0848) |
| HB511 | Pass | Child abuse or neglect; sex offenders; investigations; reports to local attorney for the Commonwealth. Requires local departments of social services to notify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of all complaints of suspected child abuse or negle... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0823) |
| HB1167 | Veto | Jury commissioners; lists of unqualified persons provided to general registrars. Requires jury commissioners to collect the information obtained from those persons not qualified to serve as jurors as a result of (i) not being a citizen of the United ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 House sustained Governor's veto |
| HB1568 | Veto | Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; small business development programs. Transfers the administration of the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program and the Small Business Investmen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 House sustained Governor's veto |
| SB942 | Pass | State sales and use tax; Historic Triangle. Creates a one percent state sales and use tax in the Historic Triangle. Fifty percent of the revenues will be used to market, promote, and advertise the Historic Triangle as an overnight tourism destination... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0850) |
| HB1204 | Veto | Real property tax; open space; special and separate assessment in certain counties. Requires the assessing official in any county that experienced at least a 14 percent increase in population from 2010 to 2016 to specially and separately assess real ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 House sustained Governor's veto |
| SB278 | Pass | Eminent domain proceedings; payment of funds to owner or attorney. Requires that any funds due to the owner, whether such funds are in the possession of the court or are outstanding, shall be payable to the owner or, with consent of the owner, to the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0842) |
| HB765 | Pass | Transportation processes in the Commonwealth; responsibilities of transportation entities; funding. Expands the responsibilities of the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation (Office). The bill clarifies the r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828) |
| HB110 | Veto | Employees; franchisees excluded. Provides that, notwithstanding any voluntary agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and the franchisee or franchisor, neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 House sustained Governor's veto |
| HB376 | Pass | Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel; membership. Changes the appointing authorities for the members of the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel who are selected from the Subcommittees on Public Safety of both houses from the subcommittees them... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0822) |
| HB1450 | Pass | The BVU Authority. Authorizes the BVU Authority to execute, assign, or transfer property without implementing the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act any internal contract between the divisions of the Authority that following such execu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0839) |
| HB1257 | Veto | Sanctuary policies prohibited. Provides that no locality shall adopt any ordinance, procedure, or policy that restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (51-Y 48-N) |
| SB249 | Pass | Taxation of all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles. Provides that all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road vehicles shall be subject to the motor vehicle sales and use tax but exempt from the retail sales and use tax. Current law pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840) |
| SB405 | Pass | Zoning for wireless communications infrastructure. Establishes parameters regarding applications for zoning approvals for certain wireless support structures. Applications for certain new wireless support structures that are 50 feet or less above gro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0844) |
| SB521 | Veto | Reports of registered voters and persons voting at elections. Requires local electoral boards to direct general registrars to investigate the list of registered voters whenever the number of registered voters in a county or city exceeds the populatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto |
| HB919 | Pass | Public institutions of higher education; course credit. Makes several changes relating to course credit at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Virginia Community College System to develop a 15-cred... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0832) |
| SB902 | Pass | Property tax exemption for solar energy equipment and facilities. Limits the property tax exemption for solar equipment and facilities owned and operated by a business, which exemption currently applies to 80 percent of the assessed value of certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0849) |
| SB755 | Pass | Pension de-risking; annuities. Limits the subsequent transfers of group annuity contracts that are purchased to fund retirement benefits pursuant to a pension de-risking transfer. The measure requires that a transfer to an insurer that does not have ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0847) |
| HB1441 | Pass | Taxation of all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles. Provides that all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road vehicles shall be subject to the motor vehicle sales and use tax but exempt from the retail sales and use tax. Current law pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838) |
| HB1427 | Pass | Wireless support structures; public rights-of-way use fees. Establishes an annual wireless support structure public rights-of-way use fee to be charged to wireless services providers and wireless infrastructure providers in connection with a permit f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0837) |
| SB926 | Veto | Office of the Attorney General; employment of special counsel. Limits the contingency fee that may be charged by special counsel employed by a state agency, depending on the amount recovered. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto |
| HB763 | Pass | Revenue Reserve Fund created. Creates the Revenue Reserve Fund to be used to offset shortfalls in the budget of two percent or less of general fund resources collected. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0827) |
| HB192 | Pass | Rainwater and gray water; regulations. Directs the State Board of Health (the Board) to adopt regulations regarding the use of gray water and rainwater. The regulations shall provide standards for the use of rainwater harvesting systems, which shall ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0817) |
| SB343 | Pass | School boards; employment of certain individuals. Permits any school board to employ an individual who, at the time of the individual's hiring, has been convicted of a felony, provided that such individual (i) was employed in good standing by a schoo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0843) |
| HB83 | Pass | Feminine hygiene products; no cost to female prisoners or inmates. Directs the State Board of Corrections and the Director of the Department of Corrections to each adopt and implement a standard or procedure to ensure the provision of feminine hygien... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0815) |
| HB1270 | Veto | Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; prohibition on participation by Commonwealth. Prohibits the Governor or any state agency from adopting any regulation establishing a carbon dioxide cap-and-trade program or bringing about the participation by the C... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18 House sustained Governor's veto |