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| State | Bill Number | Summary/Title | Action | Date |
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| VA | HB4 | Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee. Removes the cap on reappointments for nonlegislative citizen members of the Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee. Currently, nonlegislative citizen members may only be reappointed to three consecutive two-yea... Read More... | Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB10 | Health insurance; Virginia Health Care Freedom Act. States that no law shall restrict an individual's right and power to choose private health care systems or private plans. The measure states that no law will infringe on an individual's right to pay... Read More... | House: Placed on Calendar | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB42 | Transportation programs; performance audit by Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC). Requires JLARC to perform a performance audit of the Commonwealth's transportation programs. | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB42ER) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB46 | Virginia Disaster Response Fund; hazardous materials in dwellings. Authorizes funds from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund to be disbursed to political subdivisions for the removal of hazardous materials from, and subsequent repair of, dwelling uni... Read More... | House: Delegates: Oder, Sherwood, Miller, P.J. | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB63 | In-person absentee voting; late applications and emergencies. Expands the scope of persons defined as members of the voter's immediate family, and whose death or hospitalization permits the registered voter to submit a late application for in-person ... Read More... | House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (95-Y 2-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB190 | Motor vehicle buyer's order. Revises the kinds of notice that dealers are required to provide customers in transactions that involve dealer-arranged financing. | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB190ER) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB215 | Campaign telephone calls; caller identification. Prohibits any candidate, candidate campaign committee, person, corporation, or political committee making campaign telephone calls to intentionally modify caller identification information in order to ... Read More... | House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB278 | Funeral services; disposition of remains. Requires a funeral services provider to either embalm or refrigerate human remains within 48 hours of the receipt of such remains, and clarifies that a body shall not be embalmed and shall be refrigerated if ... Read More... | House: Placed on Calendar | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB411 | Shaken baby syndrome; distribution of information. Requires the Department of Social Services to make information about shaken baby syndrome, its effects, and resources for help and support for caretakers available in a printable format, and informa... Read More... | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB411ER) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB467 | Hampton Federal Area Development Authority. Expands the board from seven to nine members. | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB467ER) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB472 | Special license plates. Authorizes issuance of special license plates bearing the legend FRIENDS OF COAL and special license plates for supporters of the Washington Capitals hockey team. The bill also repeals authorizations for issuance of special li... Read More... | Senate: Passed by for the day | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB473 | Weight limits for trucks hauling gravel, etc. Extends "sunset" on increased weight limits applicable to trucks hauling gravel and certain other cargoes in coal-producing counties to July 1, 2011. | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB473ER) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB476 | Regulation of polygraphs and other detection devices. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to approve the use of mechanical devices used to detect deception or verify truthfulness other than polygraphs... Read More... | Senate: Passed by for the day | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB553 | Regulation of signage in highway rights of way. Allows county employees and volunteers who are acting as agents of the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to remove and confiscate signs from the public right-of-way. If a sign is confiscated by a... Read More... | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB553ER) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB559 | Compensation for wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction. Clarifies individuals granted an absolute pardon by the Governor may be considered under the wrongful incarceration compensation statute. The bill also provides that the amount of compe... Read More... | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB563 | Equipment used to determine the decibel level of sound. Authorizes a law-enforcement officer to use certain equipment to determine the decibel level of sound, including noise. The results of such determinations shall be accepted as prima facie evide... Read More... | House: Placed on Calendar | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB714 | Foreclosure sales; trustee to pay taxes. Clarifies that, in the event of a foreclosure sale, the trustee shall cause the proceeds of the sale to be applied to the payment of taxes on the property. The bill also eliminates a redundancy in the Code pe... Read More... | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB892 | Virginia Retirement System; withdrawal of member contributions. Requires a member of the Virginia Retirement System to be vested before being eligible to withdraw that portion of his accumulated contributions made by his employer on his behalf prior ... Read More... | House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 1-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB967 | Assisted living facilities; zoning. Expands certain provisions that currently apply to the Counties of Arlington and York statewide. The existing provisions declare that zoning ordinances for all purposes shall consider a residential facility in whic... Read More... | House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB974 | Technological efficiencies in circuit court clerks' offices; fees. Makes technical changes in circuit court clerks' handling of electronic or digital filing and their maintenance and support of electronic filing. This bill incorporates | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB979 | Destruction of exhibits. Relieves the clerk of notifying a defendant of the destruction or donation of certain exhibits used at trial: drugs, weapons, or exhibits deemed contraband. The defendant's attorney still receives notice. Any exhibits which a... Read More... | House: Placed on Calendar | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB1057 | Elections; qualifications of candidates. Directs the State Board of Elections or the general registrar, as appropriate, to evaluate whether a person meets the residency requirements to qualify as a candidate and entitle him to have his name printed o... Read More... | Senate: Passed by for the day | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB1058 | Virginia Condominium Act; the Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; amending association documents using technology. Provides that unless declaration expressly provides otherwise, any notice required to be sent or received or any signature, vot... Read More... | House: Placed on Calendar | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB1162 | Statewide Fire Prevention Code; State Fire Marshal; regulation of pyrotechnicians and fireworks operators. Provides for the State Fire Marshal to establish a certification program for pyrotechnician or fireworks operator to design, setup, conduct or ... Read More... | House: Placed on Calendar | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HJR25 | Designating the Virginia Rail Heritage Region in the Commonwealth. Designates the Virginia Rail Heritage Region in the Commonwealth, consisting of the Counties of Allegheny, Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, and Roanoke, and the Cities of Bedfor... Read More... | Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HJR27 | Study; indigent health care in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to (i) determine the volume of indigent health care provided by private, specialty, and not-for-profit hospitals in the Commonwealth; (ii) determine ... Read More... | Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HJR32 | Recognition of the Nottoway Indian Tribe. Recognizes the existence of the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia within the Commonwealth and grants the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated, representation on the Virginia Council on Indians. | Senate: Passed by for the day | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB8 | Statewide Fire Prevention Code; State Fire Marshal; regulation of pyrotechnicians and fireworks operators. Provides for the State Fire Marshal to establish a certification program for pyrotechnician or fireworks operator to design, setup, conduct or ... Read More... | House: House requested conference committee | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB18 | Special license plates. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates (i) to supporters of the Virginia Kids Eat Free program, (ii) to supporters of the Professor Garfield Foundation, (iii) bearing the legend: TRUST WOMEN/RESPECT CHOICE, (iv) bea... Read More... | Senate: Senators: Lucas, Deeds, Wagner, Ticer | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB66 | Nondiscrimination in state employment. Prohibits discrimination in public employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or st... Read More... | House: VOTE: --- AGREE TO (55-Y 42-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB68 | Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; conduct of interrogations. Provides that firefighters or emergency medical technicians may have a witness of their choice present during an interrogation, as long as the intervi... Read More... | House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB137 | Lists of registered voters; disclosure to commissioners of the revenue and treasurers. Allows the State Board of Elections to furnish, for a reasonable fee, lists of registered voters to commissioners of the revenue and city or county treasurers for ... Read More... | House: Passed by for the day | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB201 | Auditor of Public Accounts. Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to issue a request for proposals for a management consulting firm to conduct a performance audit of the Commonwealth's transportation programs. | House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB216 | Fair Housing Board certification program. Requires the Fair Housing Board to promulgate regulations establishing fair housing training and certification for persons in the business or activity of selling or renting dwellings without a real estate bro... Read More... | House: House requested conference committee | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB431 | State Government Spending Accountability Act. Directs the Auditor of Public Accounts to include on a searchable database a register of all funds expended for major agencies of the Commonwealth. In regard to the registry, the database would include th... Read More... | Senate: Title replaced 10105767D-H1 | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB445 | Notice of lien on financial institutions. Provides that any judgment creditor serving a notice of lien on a financial institution shall, within five business days of such service, mail to the judgment debtor at his last known address a copy of the no... Read More... | House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SB486 | Juvenile records; gang information; exceptions to confidentiality. Places an affirmative duty on the Department of Juvenile Justice to provide information to law-enforcement that may aid in initiating or furthering an investigation of a criminal stre... Read More... | House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SJR11 | Commemorative commission; honoring the contributions of the women of Virginia with a monument on the grounds of Capitol Square. Establishes a commemorative commission consisting of the Governor, the Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Rules, the Sp... Read More... | House: Passed by for the day | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | SJR21 | Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the effectiveness of tax preferences. | House: Agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB1389 | College Partnership Laboratory Schools. Allows for the establishment of college partnership laboratory schools by any public institution of higher education that operates an approved teacher education program. Such schools shall be public schools est... Read More... | To Senate Education and Health | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB1388 | Establishment of virtual school programs. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop, and the Board of Education to approve, criteria for approving and monitoring multi-division providers of online courses and virtual school program... Read More... | To Senate Education and Health | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB109 | Certain firearms taxes; destruction of records. Repeals local authority to impose a license tax of not more than $25 on persons engaged in the business of selling pistols and revolvers. Also, a recordkeeping requirement for such persons is deleted an... Read More... | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB193 | Aerospace Advisory Council. Removes the sunset provision, thereby making the Aerospace Advisory Council a permanent council. | Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB197 | Acceptance of subdivision streets into state secondary highway system. Provides that any street or segment of a street within a network addition that meets one or more of the public service requirements addressed in the regulations can be accepted in... Read More... | Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB201 | Funeral services; handling of human remains. Provides that, upon taking custody of a dead human body, a funeral service establishment shall maintain the body in a manner that provides complete coverage and is resistant to leakage or spillage. If the ... Read More... | House: Placed on Calendar | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB203 | Writ of actual innocence; available after parole or pardon. Provides that the statutory guidelines employed by the General Assembly for determining compensation of persons who have been wrongfully incarcerated also apply to a person granted a writ of... Read More... | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB485 | Financial and management review of all state agencies. Directs the Governor to initiate on July 1, 2010, an operational and programmatic performance review of (i) the agencies under the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Secretary of Pub... Read More... | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB485ER) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB604 | Center for Rural Virginia Board of Trustees; membership. Adds the Lieutenant Governor and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade or their designees to the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Rural Virginia. | Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB676 | Aerospace Advisory Council. Removes the sunset on the Aerospace Advisory Council and adds three nonlegislative citizen members to the Council. In addition to advising the Governor, the Council shall advise the Joint Commission on Technology and Scien... Read More... | Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) | 2010-03-09 |
| VA | HB682 | Gang-free zones; penalties. Expands current "gang-free school zones" to the broader "gang-free zones" and includes any publicly owned or operated community center or recreational center. Engaging in criminal street gang activity i... Read More... | House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (1-Y 96-N) | 2010-03-09 |