Legislative Research: VA HB859 | 2016 | Regular Session

Other Sessions

SessionTitle/DescriptionLast Action
2026
Regular Regular Session

(Passed)
Department of Education; Farm to School Program Task Force; membership requirements. Amends the membership requirements of the Farm to School Program Task Force established in accordance with applicable law by requiring the membership to include (i) ...
[HB859 2026 Detail][HB859 2026 Text][HB859 2026 Comments]
2026-04-13
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684)
2025
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to register and issue licenses for human trafficking investigators. The bill provides that a human traff...
[HB859 2025 Detail][HB859 2025 Text][HB859 2025 Comments]
2024-11-18
Left in Public Safety
2024
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to register and issue licenses for human trafficking investigators. The bill provides that a human traff...
[HB859 2024 Detail][HB859 2024 Text][HB859 2024 Comments]
2024-02-09
Continued to 2025 in Public Safety by voice vote
2023
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Commissioner of Highways; roadways operating under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether it is in the public interest for ...
[HB859 2023 Detail][HB859 2023 Text][HB859 2023 Comments]
2022-11-22
Left in Transportation
2022
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Commissioner of Highways; roadways operating under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether it is in the public interest for ...
[HB859 2022 Detail][HB859 2022 Text][HB859 2022 Comments]
2022-02-03
Continued to 2023 in Transportation by voice vote
2020
Regular Session

(Passed)
Stormwater management facilities; private residential lots; disclosure. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations requiring the owner of residential property on which is located a privately owned stormwater management facility servin...
[HB859 2020 Detail][HB859 2020 Text][HB859 2020 Comments]
2020-03-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0313)
2018
Regular Session

(Passed)
Uniform Statewide Building Code; administration and enforcement; agreements for assistance between localities. Provides that the local governing body of a county or municipality may enter into an agreement with the governing body of another county or...
[HB859 2018 Detail][HB859 2018 Text][HB859 2018 Comments]
2018-03-09
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0222)
2016
Regular Session

(Passed)
Sales and use tax exemption; beer-making equipment. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for machinery, tools, equipment, and materials used by a licensed brewer in the production of beer and materials such as labels and boxes for future use in pac...
[HB859 2016 Detail][HB859 2016 Text][HB859 2016 Comments]
2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709)
2014
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Schools accredited with warning for three consecutive years or denied accreditation; alternative enrollment policy. Requires the Board of Education to establish and implement a policy, with certain conditions and limitations, to allow any student ass...
[HB859 2014 Detail][HB859 2014 Text][HB859 2014 Comments]
2014-02-12
Left in Education
2013
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Criminal history record information check for transfer of certain firearms; exemption for concealed handgun permittees. Provides an exemption from the required criminal history record information check upon firearms transfers in the Commonwealth for...
[HB859 2013 Detail][HB859 2013 Text][HB859 2013 Comments]
2012-11-29
Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2012
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Criminal history record information check for transfer of certain firearms; exemption for concealed handgun permittees. Provides an exemption from the required criminal history record information check upon firearms transfers in the Commonwealth for...
[HB859 2012 Detail][HB859 2012 Text][HB859 2012 Comments]
2012-02-10
House: Continued to 2013 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
2010
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
State Corporation Commission; formation of routine entities. Requires the State Corporation Commission (SCC), upon the filing of routine articles of incorporation for a stock or nonstock corporation or articles of organization for a limited liability...
[HB859 2010 Detail][HB859 2010 Text][HB859 2010 Comments]
2010-02-16
House: Left in Appropriations
2008
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Gift certificates. Prohibits the issuer of a gift certificate from (i) charging, within the 12 months following the date of its issuance, a maintenance fee or inactivity fee on a gift certificate or (ii) issuing a gift certificate that, within the 2...
[HB859 2008 Detail][HB859 2008 Text][HB859 2008 Comments]
2008-02-12
House: Left in Commerce and Labor

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Legislative Citation

APA
VA HB859 | 2016 | Regular Session. (2016, April 06). LegiScan. Retrieved June 12, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB859/2016
MLA
"VA HB859 | 2016 | Regular Session." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 06 Apr. 2016. Web. 12 Jun. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB859/2016>.
Chicago
"VA HB859 | 2016 | Regular Session." April 06, 2016 LegiScan. Accessed June 12, 2026. https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB859/2016.
Turabian
LegiScan. VA HB859 | 2016 | Regular Session. 06 April 2016. https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB859/2016 (accessed June 12, 2026).

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
581609.3(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB859
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB859+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB859S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB859ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0709+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1002V0033+HB0859
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H10V0099+HB0859
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0700+HB0859
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S05V0228+HB0859
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0784HB0859+HB0859
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0785HB0859+HB0859
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV1134+HB0859

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