VA Legislation | 2020 | Regular Session | Resolutions | Introduced

Type

Status

Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HJR23	Intro Sine Die	Study; Department of Elections; use of blockchain technology to protect voter records and election results; report. Requests the Department of Elections to conduct a study to (i) determine the kinds of blockchain technology that could be used to secu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Appropriations Committee
HJR110	Intro Sine Die	Study; State Corporation Commission; requiring telecommunications facilities to be placed underground; report. Requests the State Corporation Commission to study the feasibility of requiring telecommunications facilities to be placed underground when... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR39	Intro Sine Die	Study; Board of Pharmacy; kratom; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to study whether Mitragyna speciosa, commonly known as kratom, should be classified as a controlled substance in the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR77	Intro Sine Die	Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding for two additional years, through the 2021 interim. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR83	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; Compensation Board funding for the offices of constitutional officers; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study Compensation Board funding for the offices of constitutional officers and to review the tr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR35	Intro Sine Die	Study; Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed in Virginia, including land use, stormwater, groundwater, storm information, and flora and fauna. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR106	Intro Sine Die	Study; Department of Health; use of alternative onsite sewage systems in the Commonwealth; report. Requests the Department of Health to study the use of alternative onsite sewage systems in the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR18	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; cost of implementing universal health care in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the cost of implementing universal health care in the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR59	Intro Sine Die	Study; facial recognition; artificial intelligence; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to convene a working group of relevant agencies, law enforcement, private industry, and academics to study the proliferation and implem... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR127	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; court-appointed guardians and conservators; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the operations and performance of court-appointed guardians and conservators in the Commonwealth. In conducti... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR20	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; feasibility of adjusting the composite index of local ability to pay and expanding access to the cost of competing adjustment; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the feasibility of adjusting the c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR31	Intro Sine Die	Study; Department of Housing and Community Development; Commonwealth-wide housing needs. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to (i) determine the quantity and quality of affordable housing across the Commonwealth, (ii) conduct... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR112	Intro Sine Die	Study; reasonableness of interest rates on motor vehicle title loans; report. Requests the Bureau of Financial Institutions of the State Corporation Commission to study the reasonableness of interest rates on motor vehicle title loans, including the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HR6	Intro Sine Die	Day of Women. Recognizes January 22 of each year as the Day of Women in Virginia and provides that January 22 of each year no longer be known as the Day of Tears in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR44	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; reinstatement of discretionary parole; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the reinstatement of discretionary parole, which was abolished in 1995. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR66	Intro Sine Die	Study; Department of Education; experiential learning and workforce development opportunities in high-demand fields; report. Requests the Department of Education to study experiential learning and workforce development opportunities for high school s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR84	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; sentencing of drug offenders; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and report on the efficiency and effectiveness of the Virginia courts' sentencing of Schedule I and Schedule II drug offenders. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR67	Intro Sine Die	Study; Virginia Housing Commission; definition of "affordable housing"; report. Directs the Virginia Housing Commission (the Commission) to study the definition of affordable housing. In conducting the study, the Commission shall examine the current ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR63	Intro Sine Die	Study; joint subcommittee to study the emergence and integration of blockchain technology in the economy of the Commonwealth; report. Establishes a 19-member, two-year joint subcommittee to identify research and economic development opportunities to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HR13	Intro Sine Die	Division I college football playoff tournament. Encourages the College Football Playoff to establish an eight-team playoff tournament for National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college football. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR128	Intro Sine Die	Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; commuter rail system in the Commonwealth; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study and develop best practices for constructing, operating, and maintaining commuter... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR132	Intro Sine Die	Study; Joint Subcommittee to Study the Development of a Framework for Regulated Adult-Use of Cannabis and Medical Cannabis; report. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR45	Intro Sine Die	U.S. Constitution; application for a convention of the states. Makes application to Congress to call a convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government and limit ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR27	Intro Sine Die	Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; equity and fairness in Virginia's criminal justice system; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study equity and fairness in Virginia's criminal justice system and to submit its findings and r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-11 To House Rules Committee
HJR147	Intro Sine Die	Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; commemoration of the American Revolution. Designates the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation as the official executive branch agency to assist the Commonwealth in establishing planning systems for commemorating the 250th anni... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-07 Stricken from docket by Rules (17-Y 0-N)
HJR98	Intro Sine Die	Study; Virginia Employment Commission; regional skills gaps for the fastest growing green industries; report. Requests the Virginia Employment Commission to study regional skills gaps for the fastest growing green industries. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-07 Stricken from docket by Rules (17-Y 0-N)
SJR74	Intro Sine Die	Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; commemoration of the American Revolution. Designates the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation as the official executive branch agency to assist the Commonwealth in establishing planning systems for commemorating the 250th anni... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-07 Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote
SJR87	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); immunity of legislators. Limits the immunity of legislators by allowing the arrest of a member of the General Assembly during the sessions of the respective houses upon issuance of process for arrest by a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-07 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SJR56	Intro Sine Die	Offshore oil and gas drilling. Recognizes opposition to exploration and drilling for oil and gas off the coast of Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-07 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
HJR22	Intro Sine Die	Study; substitute judges; retired district court judges subject to recall; report. Requests the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to study the current training and legal education requirements and performance standard... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-07 Tabled in Rules (16-Y 1-N)
SJR21	Intro Sine Die	Commending Mission BBQ. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-07 Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote
SJR58	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (second resolution); personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle owned by a veteran who is disabled. Provides that one motor vehicle of a veteran who has a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability sha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-05 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SJR12	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (second resolution); Constitutional amendment (second resolution); apportionment; Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, a 16-member Commission tasked with establishing districts... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-04 Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
SJR70	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (second resolution); apportionment; Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, a 16-member Commission tasked with establishing districts for the United States House of Representative... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-02-04 Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
HJR137	Intro Sine Die	Memorializing Congress; deported veterans of the United States Armed Forces; medical treatment and other benefits. Urges the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to provide medical treatment and other benefits for deported veterans of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N)
HJR58	Intro Sine Die	Transportation agreements. Recognizes that public-private transportation partnership agreements that contain provisions prohibiting or frustrating the construction of non-tolled transportation facilities as alternatives to tolled facilities through e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N)
HJR2	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax exemption; affordable housing. Provides that the General Assembly may authorize a locality to fully or partially exempt affordable housing, as such term may be defined by statute, from re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 To House Rules Committee
HJR61	Intro Sine Die	Opposing the exploration and drilling for oil and gas off the coast of Virginia. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly in recognizing the problem of exploration and drilling for oil and gas off the coast of Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N)
HJR87	Intro Sine Die	Memorializing Congress; Glass-Steagall Act; infrastructure bank. Urges the Congress of the United States to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act and develop an infrastructure bank. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N)
HJR93	Intro Sine Die	Bust of Oliver White Hill, Sr. Requests the Governor to direct that a bust of Oliver White Hill, Sr., be made and displayed in the Old House Chamber of the Virginia State Capitol. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N)
HJR80	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of voters; restoration of civil rights by general law. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felon... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 To House Rules Committee
SJR28	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC; feasibility of adjusting the composite index of local ability to pay; report. Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the feasibility of adjusting the composite index of local ability to pay by (i) reviewing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter by voice vote
HR2	Intro Sine Die	Recognizing that the Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund is performing an essential government service with respect to the Virginia Beach mass shooting. States that the House of Delegates recognizes that the Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund, which is administered... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Stricken from docket by Rules (18-Y 0-N)
HR14	Intro Sine Die	Memorializing the Congress of the United States to support the Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019. Urges the Congress of the United States to support S. 2886 and H.R. 5141, the Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N)
SJR57	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]	2020-01-31 Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote
HJR86	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of voters; 16-year-olds permitted to vote. Provides that, notwithstanding the requirement that a voter shall be 18 years of age, any person who is 16 years of age or older and is otherwise q... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 To House Rules Committee
HJR113	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 To House Rules Committee
HJR143	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); apportionment; Constitutional amendment (first resolution); apportionment; criteria for legislative and congressional districts; Virginia Citizens Redistricting Commission. Provides for the establishment o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 To House Rules Committee
HJR49	Intro Sine Die	Congress; amend ERISA to support state actions to expand access to health care. Memorializes Congress to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to support state actions to expand access to health care. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N)
HJR19	Intro Sine Die	Memorializing the United States Congress to enact the Virginia Beach Strong Act. Urges the United States Congress to enact the Virginia Beach Strong Act and to enact any other legislation necessary to resolve the tax consequences of donations and dis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-01-31 Stricken from docket by Rules (18-Y 0-N)