VA Legislation | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB1706	Engross Sine Die	Admissibility of judicial records. Provides that the relevant provisions of §8.01-389, and no other section, govern the admissibility into evidence of records of judicial proceedings and any other official records of any court of the Commonweal... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-27 House: Failed to pass in House
HJR852	Engross Sine Die	Memorializing Congress to adopt legislation requiring a balanced federal budget and to call a convention to amend to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced federal budget. Expresses the General Assembly's support for a balanced f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-27 To Senate Rules Committee
HJR511	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-27 House: Failed to pass in House
SJR363	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-27 Senate: Failed to pass in Senate
SB1371	Engross Sine Die	Capital outlay plan. Sets forth a six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-27 Senate: Failed to pass in Senate
HB2496	Engross Sine Die	Capital outlay plan. Sets forth a six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-27 House: Failed to pass in House
HJR983	Engross Sine Die	Election of a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-26 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee
SB1366	Engross Sine Die	Health benefits exchange; intent to develop. States that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Commonwealth create and operate its own health benefits exchange or exchanges that meet the relevant requirements of the federal Affordable Car... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 Senate: Stricken from Senate calendar (22-Y 18-N)
SB1341	Engross Sine Die	Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; regulation of locksmiths. Transfers the regulation of locksmiths and locksmith services from the Department of Criminal Justice Services to the State Board for Contractors... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House General Laws Committee
HB1397	Engross Sine Die	Residential energy efficiency standards. Exempts any residential building or manufactured home in Virginia from being subject to federal legislation relating to residential energy efficiency standards if such buildings comply with the Statewide Unifo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB1347	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Racing Commission; simulcast horse racing; allocations. Authorizes wagering on historical horse racing. The bill also allocates the proceeds from such racing with forty-two percent of the proceeds distributed to the Commonwealth Transportati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House General Laws Committee
SB1386	Engross Sine Die	State lottery; instant ticket game to benefit veterans. Creates an instant ticket lottery game to benefit veterans, to be available beginning January 1, 2012. Proceeds from the sale of the tickets shall be used by the Department of Veterans Services ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House General Laws Committee
SB781	Engross Sine Die	Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients. Requires local departments of social services to screen each VIEW program participant to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the participant is e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Appropriations Committee
HB2332	Engross Sine Die	Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is "taken into custody" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee
HB1421	Engross Sine Die	Enforcement of federal immigration law by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions. Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth, political subdivision of the Commonwealth or locality, or an employee of any of them acting in his official capaci... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee
HB2333	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for Virginia firms using E-Verify program. Provides that in the case of a tie bid, preference shall be given to goods or services or construction provided by persons, firms or corporations using the E-Verif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee
HB1430	Engross Sine Die	Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is "taken into custody" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring inquiries o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee
SB806	Engross Sine Die	Expert witnesses; literature designations. Provides that if any party, during the direct examination of his own expert witness, intends to rely on statements in treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets previously designated by an opposing party, copies ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB1429	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Racing Commission; net pool wagering; retainage. Changes the name of the Executive Secretary of the Commission to the Executive Director. The bill, among other things, also (i) increases the number of permissible satellite facilities (OTBs) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House General Laws Committee
HJR500	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to work. Provides that any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be denied the right ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
SB1233	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; membership. Adds conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation as members of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System. Conservation Officers would accrue retirement benefits unde... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Appropriations Committee
SB819	Engross Sine Die	Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program. Establishes the Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program to provide matching funds to two-year college foundations and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. Funds paid shall not exceed ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Appropriations Committee
SB821	Engross Sine Die	Office of the Children's Ombudsman. Creates the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to provide ombudsman services, including investigation of complaints, advocacy, and information for children, parents, and citizens involved with child-serving agencie... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House General Laws Committee
HB1465	Engross Sine Die	Admission of illegal aliens at institutions of higher education. Provides that notwithstanding any existing policies regarding limitations on enrollment eligibility, the boards of visitors of the public, post-secondary institutions of higher educatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee
HB1990	Engross Sine Die	Courts of record; courts not of record; judicial circuits and districts; number of judges. Establishes new boundaries for the various judicial circuits and districts of the Commonwealth and reallocates the number of judges serving such circuits and d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 Senate: Letter sent to Supreme Court
SB831	Engross Sine Die	Issuance of civil investigative demands under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. Provides that the Attorney General may not issue a civil investigative demand to a Virginia public institution of higher education when the claim relates to a mat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB981	Engross Sine Die	Renewable energy sources production tax credit. Establishes, beginning January 1, 2012 and ending July 1, 2016, a $1-per-megawatt-hour income tax credit for each megawatt-hour of electricity or megawatt-hour equivalent in thermal energy that an ener... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Finance Committee
SB832	Engross Sine Die	Green Public Buildings Act. Requires executive branch agencies and institutions entering the design phase for construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or renovating such a building where the cost of renovation exc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House General Laws Committee
SB898	Engross Sine Die	Photo-monitoring systems. Repeals the requirement that localities submit the list of intersections approved for installation of photo-monitoring systems to the Virginia Department of Transportation for final approval if the locality has a population ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
HB1997	Engross Sine Die	Accused released on recognizance; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange. Provides that information necessary to make reports to the Central Criminal Records Exchange required after the arrest of an accused, which must be accompanied by fingerp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee
SB837	Engross Sine Die	Foreclosure; use of false records, documents, or statements. Provides that any person who knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false or fraudulent record, document, or statement in support of any foreclosure upon property under this ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1934	Engross Sine Die	Enforcement of immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Provides that the Superintendent of State Police shall seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee
SB845	Engross Sine Die	Legislative speech or debate of local elected officials. Provides that an elected member of a local governing body shall not be compelled by law to be questioned on any speech or debate engaged in by the elected member during the exercise of his legi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 House: No action taken by Courts of Justice by voice vote
SB846	Engross Sine Die	Lien for water and sewer charges and taxes imposed by localities. Expands the authority localities have to impose liens against real estate served by the locality's waterline or sewer for unpaid taxes and charges. This legislation grants localities t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
HJR539	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); imposition of taxes and fees. Requires that any bill or ordinance passed by the General Assembly or a local governing body creating, imposing, or increasing a tax, license, fee, or any other charge pass by... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
HB1998	Engross Sine Die	Northern Virginia Transportation District; long-range planning. Establishes responsibilities for various entities for long-range transportation planning for the Virginia Department of Transportation in the Northern Virginia Transportation District. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB1086	Engross Sine Die	Motor vehicle sales and use tax; exemptions. Exempts from the motor vehicle sales and use tax certain four-wheel plug-in electric vehicles rated at 8,500 pounds unloaded gross vehicle weight or less and having a maximum speed capability of at least 5... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Appropriations Committee
HJR542	Engross Sine Die	United States Constitution; amendment. Makes application to the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment that permits the repeal of any federal law or regulation by the vote of two-thirds o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR593	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); free exercise of religion. Amends current free exercise of religion provisions of the Virginia Constitution to permit prayer and the recognition of religious beliefs, heritage, and traditions on public pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
SB972	Engross Sine Die	Retail sales and transient occupancy 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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Finance Committee
SB1451	Engross Sine Die	Licensure of behavioral health services; posting of information. Provides that the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall make certain information about behavioral health services providers licensed by the Department, includ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Appropriations Committee
SB978	Engross Sine Die	FAMIS Plan 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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Appropriations Committee
SJR284	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed service of their sentences... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SB1303	Engross Sine Die	Air pollution; outdoor wood-burning heaters. Requires the Air Pollution Control Board to develop a model ordinance for localities that could be used, in the discretion of the locality, to regulate air pollution emissions resulting from the use of out... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (19-Y 77-N)
HB2064	Engross Sine Die	Assault and battery of an employee of a prison contractor. Adds an employee of a prison contractor, as defined in §53.1-261, to the list of persons who, when a victim of assault or assault and battery, subject the perpetrator to enhanced punishm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
SB1464	Engross Sine Die	Medicaid; legal permanent residents. Requires the state plan to include a provision for payment of medical assistance services delivered to permanent residents who have been legally present in the United States for the federally required five-year wa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Appropriations Committee
SB997	Engross Sine Die	Street construction. Allows localities to retain full performance guarantees until streets in a new development are accepted by the state agency, local government department or agency, or other public authority that is responsible for maintaining and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
SB1470	Engross Sine Die	Sexually violent predators; civil commitment. Provides that the Crime Commission, with input from Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Attorney General's Office shall examine, as possible components of conditional releas... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Appropriations Committee
HB1718	Engross Sine Die	Uniform Commercial Code; negotiable instruments and bank deposits and collections. Updates Articles 3 (Negotiable Instruments) and 4 (Bank Deposits and Collections) of the UCC to reflect court decisions and advances in technology. The amendments cove... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB1028	Engross Sine Die	Drug Treatment Courts. Provides for the establishment of drug treatment courts in Buchanan, Dickenson, Goochland, Montgomery, and Russell Counties, and for the establishment of a drug treatment court in the County of Wise that will serve the Counties... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Courts of Justice Committee