VA Legislation | 2019 | Regular Session | House | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB2138	Pass	Prohibited inhalants or other noxious chemical substances; fluorinated hydrocarbons and hydrogenated fluorocarbons. Adds fluorinated hydrocarbons or vapors and hydrogenated fluorocarbons to the list of prohibited drugs or noxious chemical substances ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006)
HB2167	Pass	Deposition of corporate officer. Provides that when an officer, as defined in the bill, who is called as a deposition witness files a motion for a protective order because the discovery sought by the deposition is obtainable from some other source th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)
HB2287	Pass	Lease agreements; requirements; emergency. Specifies that a lease agreement or other written document conveying a non-freehold estate in land is not invalid, unenforceable, or subject to repudiation by the parties to such agreement on account of, or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)
HB2054	Pass	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental agreement; provisions made applicable by operation of law. Requires a landlord to offer the tenant a written rental agreement containing the terms governing the rental of the dwelling unit and sett... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)
HB2666	Engross Sine Die	Department of Criminal Justice Services; training standards and model policies for law enforcement; persons experiencing behavioral health or substance abuse crises. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (13-Y 2-N)
HB1853	Pass	Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; home-based businesses. Provides that if a development is located in a locality classifying home-based child care services as an accessory or ancillary residential use under the locality's zoning ordinance, t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)
HB2197	Pass	Summary judgment; limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits. Allows for the limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits in support of or in opposition to a motion for summary judgment, provided that the only parties to the action ar... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)
HB2665	Pass	Specialty dockets; report. Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to develop a statewide evaluation model and conduct ongoing evaluations of the effectiveness and efficiency of all local specialty dockets established in a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)
HB1712	Pass	Dismissal of summons for expiration of vehicle registration; proof of compliance. Authorizes courts to dismiss a summons issued for expiration of vehicle registration if the defendant provides to the court proof of compliance with the law on or befor... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014)
HB1624	Engross Sine Die	Sanctions; other frivolous pleadings. Provides that a court may consider other similar, previously filed pleadings, motions, or other papers filed by a person in violation of the sanctions statute in determining sanctions on the case immediately befo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-13 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N)
HB2682	Engross Sine Die	Absentee voting; deadline for returning absentee ballot. Provides that any absentee ballot that is returned to the general registrar after the closing of the polls on election day but before noon on the third day after the election and postmarked on ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-12 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N)
HB1929	Engross Sine Die	Campaign finance; disclosure of all out-of-state contributors. Requires all campaign finance reports to itemize each contributor who is not a resident of Virginia and disclose certain information regardless of the amount of the contribution. Current ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-12 Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 7-N)
HB1630	Engross Sine Die	Substitute judges; powers and duties; entry of a final order. Provides that a substitute judge has the power to enter a final order in any case heard by the substitute judge for a period of 14 days after the date of a hearing of such case. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-11 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (14-Y 1-N)
HB1718	Engross Sine Die	Electric utilities; fuel cost recovery. Requires an electric utility, as a condition of approval of any request by an electric utility for recovery through its fuel factor of costs incurred under a natural gas capacity contract not previously subject... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-11 Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (10-Y 3-N)
HB2552	Engross Sine Die	Unmanned aircraft systems; delayed notice of search warrant when deployed. Provides that within 10 days after an unmanned aircraft system is used during the execution of a search warrant, a copy of the executed search warrant shall be served on the p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-11 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)
HB1798	Engross Sine Die	Relocation of call centers to a foreign country; notification requirements. Requires the director of each state agency to ensure that new state agency contracts for the performance by a contractor of state business-related call center and customer se... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-11 Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 5-N)
HB2119	Engross Sine Die	School attendance officer; motion for a rule to show cause; child in need of supervision. Authorizes a school attendance officer or division superintendent or his designee acting as an attendance officer to complete, sign, and file with the clerk of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-11 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (11-Y 4-N)
HB2301	Engross Sine Die	Alcoholic beverage control; limited mixed beverage license for retail cigar shops. Creates a new limited mixed beverage license for retail cigar shops and sets out the privileges of this new license, including a requirement that at least 60 percent o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-08 Failed to report (defeated) in Rehabilitation and Social Services (6-Y 9-N)
HB2355	Engross Sine Die	Conformity of the Commonwealth's taxation system with the Internal Revenue Code. Advances conformity of the Commonwealth's tax code with the federal tax code to December 31, 2018, including conformity to the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-08 Incorporated by Finance
HB1827	Engross Sine Die	Tethering animals; adequate space. Provides that a tether meets the requirement that an animal be given adequate space if the tether is four times the length of the animal or 15 feet long, whichever is greater, and does not cause injury or pain or we... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-07 Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (4-Y 8-N 1-A)
HB2574	Engross Sine Die	School Divisions of Innovation; performance-based assessments. Allows a local school board, when applying for its school division to be designated as a School Division of Innovation, to apply to the Board of Education (the Board) to replace certain S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-07 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
HB2201	Engross Sine Die	State Forester; confidentiality of certain records. Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act certain records of the Department of Forestry (the Department). The records include trade secrets and fin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-07 Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (12-Y 0-N)
HB2136	Engross Sine Die	Evidence; accident reconstruction; criminal cases. Provides that in any criminal case, an accident reconstruction expert, when properly qualified, may testify as an expert witness in a court of law subject to the Rules of Supreme Court. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-06 Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (5-Y 10-N)
HB2594	Engross Sine Die	Traffic incident management vehicles. Adds traffic incident management vehicles, defined in the bill, when operated by persons who meet certain training requirements, to a list of vehicles exempt from certain traffic regulations when responding to an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-06 Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 7-N)
HB2273	Engross Sine Die	Use of handheld personal communications devices in certain motor vehicles while passing stopped school bus; penalty. Imposes a mandatory fine of $250 for using a handheld personal communications device for reading emails or texting while operating a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-06 Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (8-Y 5-N)
HB1688	Intro Sine Die	Disorderly conduct; students. Provides that a student at any elementary or secondary school shall not be guilty of disorderly conduct in public places if the disorderly conduct occurred on school property or a school bus. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1726	Intro Sine Die	Distribution of mail voter registration application forms; certain public and private institutions of higher education. Requires the Department of Elections to provide a reasonable number of mail voter registration application forms to public institu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HB2031	Intro Sine Die	Department of Education; task force; cyber centers of excellence. Requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint members to a task force for the purpose of establishing a program and standards for the designation of any public middle s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Science and Technology Committee
HB2249	Intro Sine Die	Timber sales; theft; accounting; penalty. Provides that a person who buys and removes timber from a landowner's property is guilty of larceny if he fails to pay the landowner by the date specified in their agreement, or if there is no written agreeme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
HB1680	Intro Sine Die	Certificate of public need. Makes changes to the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program. The bill (i) removes specialized centers or clinics or that portion of a physician's office developed for the provision of lithotripsy, magne... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
HB2116	Intro Sine Die	Disposition of the remains of a decedent; right to control. Establishes a priority order for the right to control the disposition of the remains of a decedent; the location, manner, and condition of disposition; and the arrangements for funeral goods... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
HB2461	Intro Sine Die	Conditional release of geriatric, terminally ill, or permanently physically disabled prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense, other than a Class 1 felony, who is terminally ill as defined ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2397	Intro Sine Die	Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) shall not be denied assistance solely because he has been convicted of a felony offense of possess... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1824	Intro Sine Die	Sick leave for state employees; certain disabled veterans. Provides an additional 96 hours of sick leave to disabled veterans, defined in the bill as veterans with a disability rating by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of at least 60 percent,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Appropriations Committee
HB2476	Intro Sine Die	Public institutions of higher education; tuition and mandatory fees. Declares the governing board of any public institution of higher education for which the average increase in the amount of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees over the most rec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Appropriations Committee
HB2603	Intro Sine Die	Apprenticeship program; discrimination. Prohibits a sponsor of a registered apprenticeship program from discriminating against an apprentice or applicant for apprenticeship on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Commerce and Labor Committee
HB2203	Intro Sine Die	Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal history background checks; repeal sunset and contingency expiration. Repeals the sunset and contingency expiration of the requirement that the following individuals undergo fingerprint-based national c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
HB2314	Intro Sine Die	Local enterprise zone; traffic plan. Requires that, upon petition of a locality that has adopted a local enterprise zone development taxation program, the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Virginia Economic Development Partnershi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Finance Committee
HB2331	Intro Sine Die	Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; Advisory Council. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (the Department) to create a Wildlife Corridor Action Plan (the Plan) that assesses the connections between core habitat areas, lists potential proje... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HB2431	Intro Sine Die	My Virginia Plan Program; multiple employer plan for My Virginia Plan Program; multiple employer plan for private employers and their employees. Establishes the My Virginia Plan Board (the Board) and directs the Board to create the My Virginia Plan P... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Commerce and Labor Committee
HB2695	Intro Sine Die	Crime victim rights; definition of victim. Expands the definition of "victim," for purposes of the Crime Victim and Witness Rights Act (§19.2-11.01 et seq.), to include (i) a person who has suffered physical, psychological, or economic harm as a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2516	Intro Sine Die	Health insurance rate reviews; minimum anticipated loss ratios; pharmacy benefit price spread. Requires the State Corporation Commission (Commission) to treat the price spread on any contract between the issuer of a health benefit plan and its pharma... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Commerce and Labor Committee
HB1903	Intro Sine Die	Dissemination of criminal history record information; limitations. Limits the criminal history information that the Central Criminal Records Exchange, or the criminal justice agency in cases of offenses not required to be reported to the Exchange, ma... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2162	Intro Sine Die	Kinship foster care; notice; family assessments. Requires local boards of social services, when identifying foster care placement options, to (i) determine whether the child has any relatives who may be eligible to become a kinship foster parent, (ii... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2330	Intro Sine Die	Environmental Justice Advisory Council established; consideration for environmental justice. Establishes the Environmental Justice Advisory Council (the Council), consisting of 19 members, to advise the Governor on environmental justice in the Common... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HB1875	Intro Sine Die	Official emblems and designations; state soft drink. Designates Northern Neck Ginger Ale as the official soft drink of the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House General Laws Committee
HB1949	Intro Sine Die	Rainwater harvesting; water for human consumption. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing rainwater harvesting systems a provision recognizing rainwater harvesting systems that produce water that meets minimum health and aes... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
HB2522	Intro Sine Die	Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage special events licenses; combined annual mixed beverage special events and mixed beverage caterer's licenses; agritourism resorts. Allows "agritourism resorts," as defined in the bill, to obtain annua... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House General Laws Committee
HB1781	Intro Sine Die	Vehicle safety inspections; maximum charges. Increases from $12 to $15 the maximum amount a safety inspection station can charge for an inspection of a motorcycle and increases from $16 to $25 the maximum amount a safety inspection station can charge... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Transportation Committee
HB2010	Intro Sine Die	Using flame producing instrument or device with intent to intimidate; penalty. Provides that any person who, with the intent of intimidating any person or group of persons, uses any flame producing torch or other flame producing instrument or device ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee