VA Legislation | 2010 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills | Engrossed

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB683	Engross Sine Die	Elections; absentee voting procedures. Deletes the requirement that domestic absentee voters must provide detailed information concerning their legal residence in Virginia in their sworn statement on the envelope in which they return their marked abs... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-14 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SB495	Engross Sine Die	DUI; prior offenses. Provides a definition of "substantially similar" for the purpose of determining when an out-of-state DUI conviction can be used to enhance punishment for a current Virginia DUI offense. Out-of-state laws that criminalize driving ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-14 Senate: Failed to pass in Senate
SB624	Engross Sine Die	State Board of Elections; voter lists. Rewrites the provisions stating who may obtain the lists of registered voters and lists of persons who voted in elections. Adds nonprofit organizations that promote voter participation and registration to the pe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-10 House: Continued to 2011 in Privileges and Elections
SB460	Engross Sine Die	Uninsured motorist insurance coverage. Provides that a nonresident motor vehicle that is insured under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued in another state with coverage limits that are less than those required for Virginia-registered m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-08 House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote
SB463	Engross Sine Die	Primary schedule in 2011. Moves the June 14, 2011 primary date to September 13, 2011, in anticipation of the 2011 redistricting process and adjusts various deadlines for filings and election preparations to accommodate the new primary date. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-05 House: Tabled in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
SB186	Engross Sine Die	General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; establishment of a General Assembly Ethics Review Panel. Makes a number of revisions to the process followed by the Senate Ethics Advisory Panel, including requiring that proceedings beyond the preliminary... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-04 House: Continued to 2011 in Rules (12-Y 3-N)
SB267	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Commission on Energy and Environment. Requires the Division of Energy to present drafts of updates to the Virginia Energy Plan to the Commission on Energy and Environment; ensures the Commission's responsibility to review and consider the di... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-04 House: Failed to report (defeated) in Rules (6-Y 7-N)
SB242	Engross Sine Die	Intellectual property created by state employees. Adds new reporting requirements for agencies that seek patent protection or seek to license or transfer any interest in intellectual property developed by state employees. The bill also makes several ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-03 House: Passed by in Science and Technology with letter by voice vote
SB342	Engross Sine Die	Transient occupancy tax. Provides that any county may levy the transient occupancy tax on single-family residences and time-shares rented out fewer than 30 consecutive days. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-03 House: VOTE: --- DEFEATED (42-Y 56-N)
SB733	Engross Sine Die	State insurance license tax credit. Provides a tax credit against the state license tax liability on certain insurance companies for investments in Virginia small business investment companies. The tax credit will be administered by the Tax Commissio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-02 House: Continued to 2011 in Appropriations by voice vote
SB298	Engross Sine Die	Homeowners insurance; defective drywall. Prohibits an insurance company from canceling, refusing to renew, or increasing rates on a policy on an owner-occupied dwelling solely because the dwelling was built using defective drywall. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-02 House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
SB374	Engross Sine Die	Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals; installer of alternative onsite sewage systems. Provides a waiver from a written examination for applicants for licensure as an installer of alternative onsit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-02 House: Continued to 2011 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
SB452	Engross Sine Die	Taxes on room rentals. Provides that retail sales and hotel taxes on transient room rentals are computed based upon the total charges or the total price paid for the use or possession of the room. For those cases in which a hotel or similar establish... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-02 House: Continued to 2011 in Finance (13-Y 9-N)
SB471	Engross Sine Die	Defective drywall; penalties. Makes it a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to sell, offer for sale, or use in the construction, remodeling, or repair of any residential dwelling in Virginia, any drywall tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-02 House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
SB578	Engross Sine Die	Local cigarette tax. Authorizes James City County and Spotsylvania County to impose a local cigarette tax at a rate not to exceed the rate of the state cigarette tax, which is $0.30 per pack (based upon 20 cigarettes in a pack). Currently, Arlington ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-01 House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote
SB280	Engross Sine Die	County meals tax; rate of tax and approval required. Removes the current cap of four percent for the county meals tax and allows counties to impose an uncapped rate. The bill would also allow counties to adopt or increase a meals tax by a majority vo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-01 House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote
SB129	Engross Sine Die	Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program. Repeals the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program and creates a program to provide financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products u... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-01 House: Continued to 2011 in Appropriations by voice vote
SB657	Engross Sine Die	Income tax; corporate; renewable energy products tax credit. Provides an income tax credit for the manufacture of renewable energy products in Virginia by a facility that begins production of such products no later than January 1, 2012. The credit wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-01 House: Continued to 2011 in Appropriations by voice vote
SB517	Engross Sine Die	Wireless telecommunications devices in motor vehicles. Extends prohibition on use of wireless telecommunications devices in motor vehicles to initiating or answering a call on such device, unless the device is configured for hands-free operation and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-26 House: Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
SB523	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Disaster Response Fund; hazardous materials in dwellings. Authorizes funds from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund to be disbursed to political subdivisions to political subdivisions, for costs incurred for the removal of Chinese drywall ha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-26 House: Stricken from docket by Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
SB588	Engross Sine Die	Interference with transit operation or operator; penalty. Provides that any person who obstructs, hinders, or interferes with the operation or operator of a transit vehicle engaged in the performance of a public transportation service or a person eng... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-26 House: Continued to 2011 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
SB635	Engross Sine Die	Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; name of offender's employer not to be published. Provides that the name or company title of the employer of an offender included in the Registry shall not be made available on the database publicly ava... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-26 House: Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
SB19	Engross Sine Die	Disposal of solid waste fees; Isle of Wight and Southampton County. Allows Isle of Wight County and Southampton County to levy fees upon each household for disposal of solid waste as long as said fee does not exceed the fees paid by the county to the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-26 House: Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
SB266	Engross Sine Die	FAMIS eligibility. Changes the eligibility for the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan from children in families with an income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level to those with an income at or below 225 percent of the f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-25 House: Continued to 2011 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
SB235	Engross Sine Die	Solid waste management fees. Requires the Waste Management Board to periodically review the permit fees and the annual fees paid by sanitary landfills or other facilities that dispose, treat, or store nonhazardous solid waste. This review is to be do... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N)
SB285	Engross Sine Die	Unpaved secondary road fund. Provides that in any year in which the Commonwealth Transportation Board has not allocated funding for nonsurface treated secondary roads, no penalty will be applied to transfers of funding from unpaved roads to other sec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 House: Tabled in Transportation (11-Y 10-N)
SB539	Engross Sine Die	Water-damaged vehicles. Adds definition of water-damaged vehicles and exempts them from the salvage vehicle exam process. Also adds a $50 processing fee to the application process. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-11 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
SB601	Engross Sine Die	Royalties from offshore drilling. Requires that at least 80 percent of any revenues and royalties paid to the Commonwealth as a result of offshore natural gas and oil drilling shall be deposited to the Transportation Trust Fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 Senate: Continued to 2011 in Finance