VA Legislation | 2008 | Regular Session

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HB671Intro

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Parental notification; student's receipt of mental health treatment. Requires parental notification from administrative or instructional personnel and school counselors and psychologists who as a result of direct communication with a student have rea...
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2008-02-04
House: Incorporated by Education (HB1005-Bell) by voice vote
HR10Intro

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House of Delegates. Amends Rule 18(a) relating to the ability to Report without Recommendation by the Committee on Rules.
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2008-02-04
House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (42-Y 56-N)
HB1194Intro

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Corporate income tax; higher education research and development tax credit. Allows corporations that invest in research and development programs in Virginia's institutions of higher education a tax credit in the amount of 20 percent of such investme...
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2008-02-04
House: Incorporated by Finance (HB125-Purkey) by voice vote
HB170Intro

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Corporate tax subtraction and sales tax exemption for space flight entities. Provides a corporate income tax subtraction for any gain recognized as a result of (i) passenger ticket sales on a suborbital spaceflight and (ii) resupply services contra...
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2008-02-04
House: Incorporated by Finance (HB238-Cosgrove) by voice vote
SB759Intro

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Concealed handgun permits; access to permittee information. Protects from public disclosure permittee names and descriptive information held by the Department of State Police for purposes of entry into the Virginia Criminal Information Network. Howe...
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2008-02-04
Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB529-Houck) (13-Y 0-N)
HB442Intro

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Sales and use tax exemption; computers and computer-related equipment. Adds computers and computer-related equipment with a sales price of $1,500 or less to the school supplies and clothing that are exempt from sales and use tax during a three-day p...
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2008-02-04
House: Incorporated by Finance (HB57-Lingamfelter) by voice vote
SB518Intro

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Custody and visitation; ex parte orders. Limits when an ex parte order establishing or modifying custody or visitation to situations where the child would be (i) subjected to an imminent threat to life or health to the extent that severe or irremedia...
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2008-02-04
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
HB712Intro

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Judicial vacancies. Removes the requirement that the Committee on District Courts and the Supreme Court certify vacancies in the judiciary prior to the legislature filling those vacancies.
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2008-02-04
House: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (10-Y 10-N)
SB528Intro

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Marine Resources Commission; permits in emergency situations. Allows the Commissioner to waive the normal permitting requirements during emergency situations if he finds that such obligations are inadequate to protect, maintain, or repair existing pu...
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2008-02-04
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
HB971Intro

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Database breach notification. Requires a person or business that conducts business in Virginia and that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information to conduct a reasonable investigation to promptly determine the likelihood t...
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2008-02-04
House: Incorporated by Science and Technology (HB1469-Byron) by voice vote
SB21Intro

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Electric utility rates; margins from off-system sales. Eliminates the requirement that 75 percent of the total annual margins from an electric utility's off-system sales of power be credited against the utility's fuel factor expenses, in the absence...
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2008-02-04
Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor
SB541Intro

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Electrical transmission lines; State Corporation Commission review. Requires the State Corporation Commission, when verifying the applicant's load flow modeling, contingency analyses, and reliability needs presented to justify a new electrical trans...
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2008-02-04
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
HB987Intro

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State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; creation of nonstock corporation to support academic research. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establish a nonprofit, nonstock corporation under Chapter 10 (§ 13.1-801 e...
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2008-02-04
House: Continued to 2009 in Appropriations by voice vote
HB735Intro

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Involuntary commitment hearings; law students. Provides that it is not the unauthorized practice of law for a third-year law student enrolled at any law school in the Commonwealth to represent a petitioner in a commitment hearing for involuntary adm...
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB1252Intro

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Court ordered investigations; child custody. Clarifies that child custody investigations shall only be conducted by local department of social services.
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB489Intro

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Public institutions of higher education; crisis and emergency management plans. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education to develop, adopt, and keep current a written crisis and emergency ...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB1449-Crockett-Stark) by voice vote
HB1517Intro

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Temporary detention orders; voluntary and involuntary mental health treatment; purchase of firearms; reporting to Central Criminal Records Exchange. Prohibits a person who is the subject of a temporary detention order and subsequently agrees to volu...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB815-Albo) by voice vote
HB1268Intro

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Public institutions of higher education; crisis and emergency management plans. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education to develop, adopt, and keep current a written crisis and emergency ...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB1449-Crockett-Stark) by voice vote
HB1525Intro

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Infectious animal diseases; scrapie regulations for goats and sheep. Requires that any regulations adopted by the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services regarding the eradication and control of scrapie in goats and sheep limit intrastate identifi...
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
SJR45Intro

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Study; juvenile transfers; report. Requests the Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice to study the process of determining whether a juvenile should be tried as an adult.
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2008-02-01
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote
SJR50Intro

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Study; Craney Island Dredged Materials Management Area; report. Requests the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the impact of increased elevations at the Craney Island Dredged Materials Management Area. The Commission will study ...
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2008-02-01
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
HB1550Intro

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Service of process. Provides that if a plaintiff requesting the reissuance of service of process on a defendant where service was not had, the plaintiff must pay the requisite fee for each subsequent reissuance of process requested after two attempts...
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB1051Intro

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Medical malpractice; professional services. Defines the term "professional services" in the context of medical malpractice actions as services provided to a patient by a health care provider pursuant to federal or state statutes or regulations. The b...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB501-Hamilton) by voice vote
HB801Intro

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Elections; voting equipment; wireless communications at polling places. Provides exceptions to the prohibition on wireless communications to or from voting devices at the polls on election day. First, wireless communications to transmit results fro...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB1476-Rust) by voice vote
HB1316Intro

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Higher Education; threat assessment teams at each public institution of higher education. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of every public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to establish a threat assessment tea...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB1449-Crockett-Stark) by voice vote
SB366Intro

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Alcoholic beverage control; nonresident winery distributor license. Creates a new nonresident winery distributor license that authorizes the licensee to sell and deliver the wine produced by the licensee, in accordance with ABC Board regulations, in...
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2008-02-01
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
HB1321Intro

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Foster care plan for children 16 years of age or older; opt out option. Clarifies that a foster care plan can provide, for children 16 years and older, no substitute parental supervision and allows for, under the same plan, educational or vocational...
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
SB627Intro

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Commission on Climate Change; report. Establishes a Climate Change Commission in the executive branch to develop a Climate Change Action Plan that: (i) calculates the size of and contributors to Virginia's carbon footprint; (ii) addresses the effects...
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2008-02-01
Senate: Incorporated by Rules (SB464-Whipple) (16-Y 0-N)
SJR83Intro

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Study; mass transit options for Northern Virginia; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study mass transit options and potential improvements for Northern Virginia. This resolution has been incorporated into
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2008-02-01
Senate: Incorporated by Rules (SJ122-Colgan) by voice vote
HB53Intro

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Reporting designated campaign contributions. Requires political committees, out-of-state political committees, and federal political action committees to report contributions they receive that are designated for the election of a particular candidat...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB359-Cole) by voice vote
HB54Intro

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Reporting designated campaign contributions to PACs. Requires political action committees, including out-of-state political committees, to report contributions they receive that are designated by the contributor for the election of a particular cand...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB359-Cole) by voice vote
SB642Intro

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Eligibility for TANF and food stamps; drug-related felonies. Provides exemption to receive TANF benefits for persons who have been convicted of a felony drug offense pursuant to § 18.2-250 and comply with criminal court orders and treatment programs...
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2008-02-01
Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services (SB296-Puller) (14-Y 0-N)
SJR98Intro

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Study; Department of Social Services to study foster care code of ethics; report. Requests the Department of Social Services to study and develop a statewide foster care code of ethics and responsibility agreement. In conducting its study, the Depar...
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2008-02-01
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote
SJR100Intro

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Study; nuclear power; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study nuclear power within the Commonwealth. The joint subcommittee shall (i) address all aspects of the production of nuclear power, including the mining of uranium the impact of the...
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2008-02-01
Senate: Incorporated by Rules (SJ133-McEachin) by voice vote
HB1090Intro

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Civil penalties for violations of zoning ordinance. Requires the general district court, upon a finding of liability, to order a violator of a zoning ordinance to abate or remedy the violation in compliance with the zoning ordinance within a period n...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB679-Hull) by voice vote
HB843Intro

Sine Die
Concealed handgun permits; access to permittee information. Protects from public disclosure permittee names and descriptive information held by the Department of State Police for purposes of entry into the Virginia Criminal Information Network. Howev...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB982-Nutter) by voice vote
HB1101Intro

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Notice of certain zoning violations. Provides that localities may shorten the appeal period from 30 days to 10 days for notices of violations of zoning ordinances that limit occupancy in residential dwellings. This bill was incorporated into
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB1061-Amundson) by voice vote
HB338Intro

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Emergency plans; fee for review. Allows a locality to charge an administrative fee for the review of the emergency plans of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child day care centers located within the locality. Lo...
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
HB1370Intro

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Use of interpreters; not hearsay. States that if a person is testifying regarding the statement of another, and it would not be considered impermissible hearsay but for the use of an interpreter to communicate with such person, then the fact that an ...
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2008-02-01
House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB353Intro

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Reporting certain designated campaign contributions. Requires political action committees, out-of-state political committees and federal political action committees to report contributions they receive that are designated for the election of a parti...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB359-Cole) by voice vote
HB362Intro

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Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; materials to be provided by State Board of Elections and Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General to provide a written explanation of the provisions of the Act that prohibit the personal use of campaign funds ...
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HB619Intro

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Elections; prohibited activities at the polls. Adds campaign advertisements as defined in the "stand by your ad" law to the list of campaign materials that cannot be exhibited within the polling place or prohibited area around the polling ...
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HB1389Intro

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Reporting designated campaign contributions. Requires political committees, out-of-state political committees, and federal political action committees to report contributions they receive that are designated for the election of a particular candidate...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB359-Cole) by voice vote
HB1134Intro

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Reporting designated campaign contributions to PACs. Requires political action committees, including out-of-state political committees, to report contributions they receive that are designated by the contributor for the election of a particular cand...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB359-Cole) by voice vote
HB370Intro

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Concealed handgun permit applications; access to personal information. Prohibits a clerk of a circuit court and the Department of State Police from disseminating to the public any personal identifying information contained on an application for a co...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB982-Nutter) by voice vote
HB382Intro

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Medical advisory committees and consultants; privileged communications. Clarifies that information created by and shared with medical review or advisory committees is privileged and inadmissible in legal proceedings.
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB638Intro

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Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities; securing voting equipment after the election. Deletes the provision enacted in 2007 that prohibits the acquisition of direct recording electronic (DRE) machines by any locality on and after J...
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2008-02-01
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HB653Intro

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Concealed handgun permit applications; access to personal information. Prohibits a clerk of a circuit court and the Department of State Police from disseminating to the public any personal identifying information contained on an application for a co...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB982-Nutter) by voice vote
HB916Intro

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Supreme Court; circuit court case management system. Requires that any changes in circuit court clerks' technology plans which modify or supplant the statewide case or financial automated systems be approved by the Executive Secretary. The bill also...
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2008-02-01
House: Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote
HB685Intro

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Elections; voting equipment; wireless communications at polling places. Provides exceptions to the prohibition on wireless communications to or from voting devices at the polls on election day. First, wireless communications to transmit results fro...
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2008-02-01
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB1476-Rust) by voice vote
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