| SB60 | Intro
Sine Die | Involuntary commitment; criteria. Changes the criteria for emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment so that a person may be taken into emergency custody, placed under temporary detention, or involuntarily commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB1272 | Intro
Sine Die | Financial literacy education. Provides that local school boards must require the completion of 12 class hours of instruction in financial literacy as a condition for graduation from the public schools in the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
House: Passed by indefinitely in Education by voice vote |
| HB260 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Conservation and Recreation. Allows the Department to acquire abandoned railroad corridors for use as greenways, linear parks, or potential transportation corridors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote |
| SB83 | Intro
Sine Die | Political candidate contribution tax credit. Increases the maximum amount of the annual tax credit for contributions to state and local candidates for office from $25 to $50 for individuals and from $50 to $100 for joint filers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (4-Y 11-N) |
| SB85 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil remedial fees on certain drivers. Repeals § 46.2-206.1, which provides for the imposition of civil remedial fees on certain drivers. This bill was incorporated into
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1-Houck) (8-Y 7-N) |
| SB346 | Intro
Sine Die | State Office of Accountability. Establishes the State Office of Accountability to be headed by a State Inspector General to investigate complaints alleging fraud, waste, abuse, corruption, or mistreatment of citizens of the Commonwealth by a localit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB108 | Intro
Sine Die | Impoundment of motor vehicle for driving without an operator's license. Provides that any adult who is convicted of two offenses of driving without an operator's license shall suffer a 30-day impoundment of his motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB111 | Intro
Sine Die | Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases. Provides that an indigent defendant who has been charged with a capital offense may move for the appointment of experts to assist in the preparation of his d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB369-Watkins) (13-Y 0-N) |
| SB374 | Intro
Sine Die | Real Estate Board; extension of deadline for compliance with education and continuing education requirements. Extends the deadline for compliance with education and continuing education requirements for licensees of the Real Estate Board on active m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB379 | Intro
Sine Die | Concealed weapons; box cutters; penalty. Adds box cutters to the list of weapons that are prohibited from being carried concealed and allows the court to exclude certain weapons from being prohibited if such item was carried for a legitimate occupat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB822 | Intro
Sine Die | Phosphorus prohibition; dishwashing detergents. Bans the use of phosphorus in detergents in for household dishwashing machines. Phosphorus is one of the primary sources of water pollution. The ban will take effect on January 1, 2010. This bill was i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
House: Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB233-Cosgrove) by voice vote |
| SB384 | Intro
Sine Die | Capital murder of certain firefighters and emergency rescue personnel; penalty. Provides that the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of a fire marshal, firefighter, or member of an emergency rescue squad is punishable as capital murder, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB659 | Intro
Sine Die | Office of Commonwealth Preparedness and the Department of Criminal Justice Services; gang prevention. Directs the Office of Commonwealth Preparedness to work with localities and other state agencies in identifying links between terrorism and gang-re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB664 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil remedial fees on certain drivers. Repeals § 46.2-206.1, which provides for the imposition of civil remedial fees on certain drivers. This bill was incorporated into
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1-Houck) (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB409 | Intro
Sine Die | Disqualification for appointment as special conservator of the peace. Provides that no person with a conviction for a criminal offense involving (a) moral turpitude, (b) assault and battery, (c) damage to real or personal property, (d) controlled sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB410 | Intro
Sine Die | Provision of care for former State Police dogs. Provides that from such funds as are appropriated, the Department of State Police would establish a program to make payments or reimbursements for the direct expenses for the provision of care to State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) |
| HB341 | Intro
Sine Die | Phosphorus prohibition; dishwashing detergents. Bans the use of phosphorus in detergents for household dishwashing machines. Phosphorus is one of the primary sources of water pollution. The bill contains a delayed effective date of July 1, 2010. This...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
House: Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB233-Cosgrove) by voice vote |
| SB167 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniform Statewide Building Code; use of noncombustible materials in the construction of certain structures. Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations establishing standards for requiring the use of noncombusti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Subject matter referred by letter to Housing Commission pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (L) |
| SB430 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil remedial fees on certain drivers. Repeals § 46.2-206.1, which provides for the imposition of civil remedial fees on certain drivers. This bill was incorporated into
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1-Houck) (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB443 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil remedial fees on certain drivers. Repeals § 46.2-206.1, which provides for the imposition of civil remedial fees on certain drivers. This bill was incorporated into
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1-Houck) (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB456 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniform Statewide Building Code; grading limitations. Provides that the Uniform Statewide Building Code shall not supersede counties’, municipalities’ and other political subdivisions’ grading regulations prescribing maximum slopes in the cons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Subject matter referred by letter to Housing Commission pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (L) |
| HB167 | Intro
Sine Die | In-state tuition; reclassification. Provides that if a student obtains a reclassification of domiciliary status from an out-of state-student to an in-state student and such initial out-of-state classification is due to administrative error, the diff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote |
| SB503 | Intro
Sine Die | Emergency Medical Services. Establishes the Department of Emergency Medical Services to replace the current Office of Emergency Medical Services and places the new Department under the Secretary of Public Safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB257 | Intro
Sine Die | State Interoperability Executive Committee. Codifies the State Interoperability Executive Committee, which assists the Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinator.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) |
| SB4 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil remedial fees imposed on certain drivers. Repeals § 46.2-206.1 of the Code of Virginia, which provided for imposition of civil remedial fees on certain drivers. The bill further provides for refunds of any fees paid, with interest. This bill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1-Houck) (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB6 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil remedial fees imposed on certain drivers. Repeals § 46.2-206.1 of the Code of Virginia, which provided for imposition of civil remedial fees on certain drivers. The bill further provides for refunds of any fees paid, with interest. This bill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1-Houck) (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB464 | Intro
Sine Die | Humane investigators. Restores the humane investigator program to its pre-2003 status. In 2003, the law was amended to limit (i) the number of humane investigators to those currently serving and (ii) the number of programs to those currently in oper...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote |
| SB281 | Intro
Sine Die | Offender registration; local fee. Allows local law-enforcement agencies to charge a fee, not to exceed $24, for registration or reregistration of certain offenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| HB980 | Intro
Sine Die | State Board for Community Colleges. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to establish guidelines for the placement of career coaches in public high schools in the Commonwealth and defines career coaches as a community college employee plac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
House: Stricken from docket by Education by voice vote |
| SB287 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil remedial fees on certain drivers. Repeals § 46.2-206.1, which provides for the imposition of civil remedial fees on certain drivers. This bill was incorporated into
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-16
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1-Houck) (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR7 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed service of their ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR8 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax exemption for certain veterans. Authorizes the General Assembly to exempt from taxation real property that is the principal residence of a veteran (or widow or widower of a veteran) if the ve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB82 | Intro
Sine Die | Elections; form of ballot. Provides that any candidate for a constitutional office who is nominated by a political party shall be identified on the ballot by the name of his party. Current law provides for party identification on the ballot of candi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) |
| HB530 | Intro
Sine Die | Freestanding birth centers; licensing. Requires freestanding birth centers to be licensed and regulated by the Department of Health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote |
| HB39 | Intro
Sine Die | Text messaging while driving. Prohibits operation of a motor vehicle, bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped on the highways in the Commonwealth while using any wireless telecommunications dev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote |
| HB48 | Intro
Sine Die | Motorcycles; driving two abreast in a single lane. Allows two motorcycles to travel abreast in a single lane.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (9-Y 9-N) |
| HB73 | Intro
Sine Die | Naming highways, etc. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Board to name a highway, bridge, or interchange for a living person, group, or business entity if the cost of construction of the bridge, highway, or interchange is paid by the person, gro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (14-Y 6-N) |
| HB83 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandated coverage for habilitative services for children. Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for habilitative services for children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Passed by in Commerce and Labor with letter by voice vote |
| HB89 | Intro
Sine Die | Immunizations; human papillomavirus. Removes requirement that girls receive the human papillomavirus vaccine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote |
| HB609 | Intro
Sine Die | Text messaging while driving. Prohibits operation of a motor vehicle, bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped on the highways in the Commonwealth while using any wireless telecommunications dev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote |
| HB106 | Intro
Sine Die | Utility Transfers Act; telephone companies. Eliminates the requirement that the State Corporation Commission approve the acquisition or disposal of the assets or of control of a telephone company. The measure will not apply to transactions for which...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
| HB110 | Intro
Sine Die | Truck weights; combinations of vehicles. Treats straight trucks the same as pickup trucks when determining the maximum allowable weight of vehicle combinations. This change does not involve tractor-semitrailer or tractor-semitrailer-trailer combinat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Tabled in Transportation by voice vote |
| HB129 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical professions; what constitutes practice. Adds "physician" to list of words that, when used in connection with a person's name, creates a presumption of intent to practice healing arts. This bill adds the requirement that no person o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote |
| HB404 | Intro
Sine Die | Private well construction; exemptions. Exempts any tract of land consisting of less than five acres from the prohibition on constructing a private well within 50 feet of the property line with an adjacent property used for agricultural operation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
House: Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote |
| HB399 | Intro
Sine Die | Dialysis patient care technician. Adds the administration of erythropoeitic agents such as Epoetin alfa, Vitamin D, iron, to the list of direct care activities a dialysis patient care technician may undertake.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-14
House: Stricken from House calendar |
| HJR199 | Intro
Sine Die | Commending the Monticello High School football team.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-11
House: Stricken from House calendar |
| HB22 | Intro
Sine Die | Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus; required to be reported. Adds methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to the list of diseases required to be reported to the Department of Health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-10
House: Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote |
| HB286 | Intro
Sine Die | Notice to recipients; earned income tax credit. Requires the Department of Social Services to provide notice of the earned income tax credit to all applicants for or recipients of assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-10
House: Failed to report (defeated) in Health, Welfare and Institutions (10-Y 12-N) |
| SB11 | Intro
Sine Die | Rail Enhancement Fund. Allows the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, with the approval of the Rail Advisory Board, to waive the requirement that projects funded by the Fund include a minimum of 30 percent cash or in-kind m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-10
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) |
| HJR97 | Intro
Sine Die | Commending Juanita Blick Evans-Fells. Commends Juanita Blick Evans-Fells on her outstanding achievement as the first African-American female television news reporter in Petersburg and for her faithful and generous spirit of service to the people of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-09
House: Stricken from House calendar |
