VA Legislation | 2013 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills | Engrossed

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB1374	Engross Sine Die	Schools that have been denied accreditation and fail to make progress toward accreditation; turnaround specialist. Requires local school boards, when a school has been denied accreditation and has failed to make satisfactory progress toward full accr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Appropriations Committee
SB724	Engross Sine Die	Elections; absentee voting. Provides that persons age 65 and older on the day of an election for which an absentee ballot is requested are entitled to vote absentee. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SB1252	Engross Sine Die	Policies on concussions in student-athletes. Requires each non-interscholastic youth sports program utilizing public school property to establish policies and procedures based on either the local school division's guidelines or the Board of Education... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB971	Engross Sine Die	Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients. Requires physicians to provide to each patient for whom a test for the presence of Lyme disease is ordered a written notice about Lyme disease, about testing for Lyme disease, and about the need fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in Senate
SB830	Engross Sine Die	Elections; absentee voting and procedures; secure return of voted military-overseas ballots. Directs the State Board of Elections to provide instructions and procedures so that uniformed-service voters can return voted military-overseas ballots secur... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SB1294	Engross Sine Die	Senate districts; technical adjustment. Reassigns the Fairways Precinct in the City of Chesapeake from District 5 to District 14. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in Senate
SB739	Engross Sine Die	Voting devices; number required. Provides that there shall be at least one voting device for each 500 registered voters in a precinct. The current requirement is for one device for each 750 registered voters. The bill has a delayed effective date of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SB1086	Engross Sine Die	University of Virginia Board of Visitors; quorum. Changes the number of board members that constitutes a quorum from five members to a majority of members. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in Senate
SB786	Engross Sine Die	Lost or stolen firearms; duty of law enforcement. Provides that whenever a person reports the theft or loss of a firearm to law enforcement, the law-enforcement agency must enter, to the extent such information is known by the officer or department, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
SB701	Engross Sine Die	Nondiscrimination in state employment. Prohibits discrimination in state employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House General Laws Committee
SB1095	Engross Sine Die	Bond issuance for wastewater treatment facilities. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional $179 million in bonds to continue installing nutrient removal technology in eligible wastewater treatment facilities to comply... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB996	Engross Sine Die	Temporary detention orders; duration. Increases the maximum duration that a person may be detained pursuant to a temporary detention order from 48 to 72 hours. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014, and is contingent upon an approp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB791	Engross Sine Die	Performance review of state agencies. Requires the Office of the State Inspector General to develop and implement an audit work plan using existing funding and in coordination with other pertinent agencies, as appropriate, to schedule executive branc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House General Laws Committee
SB757	Engross Sine Die	No-contest clauses; exceptions. Allows the beneficiary of a will or trust to institute an action to seek interpretation or enforcement of a provision of a will or trust without triggering the penalties of a no-contest clause. This bill does not elimi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB1151	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Student Achievement Fund; established. Establishes the Virginia Student Achievement Fund that shall be used solely for the purposes of awarding grants on a competitive basis to any local school division or other qualified entity to fund stud... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Education Committee
SB1162	Engross Sine Die	Public schools; Standards of Learning tests. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to provide the same criteria for eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning test to each student regardless of grade level or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB809	Engross Sine Die	Juvenile offenders; sentences. Provides that the punishment is a Class 2 felony (20 years to life) for persons convicted of a crime committed when a juvenile for which the only available punishment is a life sentence. This bill is in response to Mill... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB719	Engross Sine Die	Elections; polling place procedures; voter identification requirements. Removes several items from the list of acceptable identification documents that a voter must present when voting at the polls on election day: a copy of a current utility bill, b... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1230	Engross Sine Die	Unemployment compensation; short-time compensation program. Establishes a short-time compensation program that provides employers with the option of reducing the hours worked by employees, while permitting the employees whose hours are reduced to rec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Commerce and Labor Committee
SB767	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]	2013-02-18 To House Finance Committee
SB831	Engross Sine Die	Gold-Certified Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program. Creates the Gold-Certified Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Gold-Certified Veteran Employment Grant Program. Businesses who obtain the gold level of certification in the Department of Veteran... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1267	Engross Sine Die	Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; licensure of tree care service providers; penalties. Requires the licensure of tree care service providers by the Board for Contractors as of January 1, 2014. The Board sh... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB835	Engross Sine Die	Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families assistance shall not be denied assistance solely because he has been convicted of a felony offense of pos... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
SB1273	Engross Sine Die	Forced prostitution; expungement. Provides for expungement of a prostitution charge and vacation of a prostitution conviction when the person was abducted for the purpose of prostitution in violation of § 18.2-48. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB838	Engross Sine Die	State employees not participating in Virginia Sickness and Disability Program; purchase of state service. Provides members of the State Police Officers' Retirement System and the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System who commenced employment or we... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB840	Engross Sine Die	Vacation of criminal conviction for fraud upon the court. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code or any rule of court to the contrary, a person convicted of a felony or a juvenile found delinquent of an offense that would be a felony... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB1280	Engross Sine Die	Fox and coyote enclosures; penalty. Makes it unlawful for any person to (i) stage or participate in any competition where a fox or coyote is pursued by dogs in an enclosure or (ii) award or accept any prize, money, or compensation resulting from part... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
SB1290	Engross Sine Die	Higher education; tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty. Authorizes public institutions of higher education to grant full or partial tuition waivers to dependent students of faculty members employed by the institution, to be paid for out o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB952	Engross Sine Die	Child support arrearage reduction program. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish a statewide child support arrearage reduction program whereby the total amount of an arrearage owed to the Department for the payment of public assistan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
SB1161	Engross Sine Die	General Assembly; consideration of the conference committee report on the biennial budget or general appropriation act. Provides that no legislative action shall be taken on the conference committee report on the biennial budget until the conference ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB862	Engross Sine Die	Foster care; independent living services. Extends from 60 days to 180 days the period after discontinuation of independent living services during which a person in foster care who has not yet reached the age of 21 may request restoration of independe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1170	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Public Procurement Act; resident employment and apprenticeship participation; required contract provisions. Requires all public bodies to include in every contract of more than $100,000 that involves the performance of work within the Common... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House General Laws Committee
SB1188	Engross Sine Die	Career Pathways System Advisory Council; established. Establishes the Career Pathways System Advisory Council. The purpose of the Council is to ensure the coordination and collaboration of career and technical education, adult education, and workforc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Education Committee
SB1251	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school security officers. Provides that retired law-enforcement officers may be hired as local school board security personnel without interruption of their retirement benefits under certain conditions. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1069	Engross Sine Die	Public schools; Virginia Longitudinal Data System established. Requires the Board of Education to establish the Virginia Longitudinal Data System to track and examine student progress from early childhood to postsecondary education to the student ent... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB871	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; examination; initial asbestos worker license applicants. Requires employers to provide each licensed asbestos worker with a written notice containing the following information: (i) a statement t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House General Laws Committee
SB740	Engross Sine Die	Mandatory judicial retirement. Increases the mandatory retirement age under the Judicial Retirement System from 70 years of age to 73 years of age. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB864	Engross Sine Die	Possession or transportation of firearms; protective orders; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for the physical possession of a firearm while in the residence of the alleged victim or the transport of a firearm by a person who has been served wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB1311	Engross Sine Die	County food and beverage tax. Adds to the list of counties that may collect a food and beverage tax counties that have withdrawn from the secondary state highway system and therefore maintain their own roads and are adjacent to a city that also opera... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Finance Committee
SB865	Engross Sine Die	Tolling Interstate Highway System components. Requires General Assembly approval before tolls are imposed or collected on any component of the Interstate Highway System in existence prior to July 1, 2013, except for high-occupancy toll lanes and high... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Transportation Committee
SB1377	Engross Sine Die	Possession of explosive devices or firearms with intent to commit violent felony; penalties. Provides that any person who possesses an explosive device within any public, private, or religious elementary, middle, or high school, or within any buildin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote
SB929	Engross Sine Die	Department of State Police; variable housing allowance. Provides a housing allowance for full-time, sworn State Police officers, based upon pay grade and geographical location, from funds that are appropriated for such purpose. The rates of the varia... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1301	Engross Sine Die	Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; export of Virginia products and services. Authorizes the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to undertake whatever activities the Authority deems appropriate to provide bridge loans... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB1364	Engross Sine Die	Standards of Quality; waivers from third grade Standards of Learning assessments. Requires the Board of Education to grant a two-year waiver from the science and the history and social science Standards of Learning assessment requirement for third gr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House Appropriations Committee
SB748	Engross Sine Die	Building Revitalization Grant Fund. Establishes the Building Revitalization Grant Fund administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to award grants of up to $100,000 to businesses that make a capital investment of $1 million in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-18 To House General Laws Committee
SB981	Engross Sine Die	School zones; use of certain devices by drivers prohibited. Provides that any person who operates a moving motor vehicle within a reduced-speed school crossing zone or on school property while using any handheld personal communications device is guil... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-15 Incorporated by Courts of Justice
SB1339	Engross Sine Die	Electric utility ratemaking. Revises certain incentives and other provisions applicable to investor-owned electric utilities under the 2007 re-regulation legislation. The measure (i) eliminates the 50 basis point performance incentive that has been a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote
SB884	Engross Sine Die	Impoundment structures; notice of increase in the flow of water; penalty. Prohibits an owner of a high hazard potential impounding structure from increasing the flow of water in a manner that increases water depths below the structure by more than tw... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-13 Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
SB816	Engross Sine Die	Payment of wages to employees. Requires employers to maintain and preserve records regarding the rate of pay, hours worked, earnings due, wages paid, and related matters for each employee. The measure provides a standard for how an employee, in an ac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-12 Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (6-Y 10-N)
SB945	Engross Sine Die	Health insurance; installment payments of cost-sharing obligations. Directs the Virginia Department of Health to convene a work group, which is to develop recommendations regarding issues relating to patient assistance programs for specialty drug nee... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-12 Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote