VA Legislation | 2013 | Regular Session

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SB866Intro

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Health insurance; mandated coverage for enteral formulas necessitated by short bowel syndrome. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage, under a policy, contract, or plan that ...
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2013-01-21
Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (14-Y 0-N)
SB961Intro

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Board of Housing and Community Development; Statewide Fire Prevention Code; annual operational permits for certain open burning. Provides for the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations to allow food vendors servicing com...
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2013-01-21
Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
HB1812Intro

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Real property owned by the Commonwealth; local service charges. Alters the provisions governing local service charges on property owned by the Commonwealth (i) by including the value of hospitals and educational institutions owned by the Commonwealth...
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2013-01-21
Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote
SB1057Intro

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Insurers; Own Risk and Solvency Assessments. Requires insurance companies to maintain a risk management framework to assist with identifying, assessing, monitoring, managing, and reporting on material and relevant risks. As part of this requirement, ...
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2013-01-21
Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
HB1661Intro

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Authority to require safety equipment on mobility aids. Authorizes localities to require the attachment of safety equipment, such as safety flags, to electric personal assistive mobility devices and other mobility aids, such as wheelchairs, walkers, ...
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2013-01-18
Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
SB1136Intro

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Firearm transfers; penalties. Creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person who is not a licensed dealer to sell, rent, trade, or transfer a firearm to any other person who is not a licensed dealer. The bill also creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a pers...
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2013-01-18
Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N)
HB1459Intro

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Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of "law-enforcement officer." Adds certain employees of the Department of Corrections to the definition of "law-enforcement officer" for purposes of the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural...
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2013-01-18
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
HB1378Intro

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Advertisement of legal notices on websites. Allows a locality to publish required legal notices on its website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality.
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2013-01-18
Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns
HB1854Intro

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Prisons; telephone systems. Provides inmate phone services commissions paid to the Commonwealth shall not exceed 10 percent of the overall net revenue realized by the provider. All commissions or revenues received by the Commonwealth on prisoner tele...
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2013-01-18
Passed by indefinitely in Militia, Police and Public Safety (15-Y 7-N)
HB1910Intro

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Voter registration; Department of Motor Vehicles; changes of address. Provides an online option for a registered voter to change his registered voter address while changing his address on his driver's license or special identification card online thr...
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2013-01-18
Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
SB1232Intro

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Sale of firearms; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm transfer and requires the Department of State Police to establish a process for sellers to obtain such a check from licensed firearm dealers. A seller who fails to obtain such a c...
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2013-01-18
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
HR121PassMemorializing James Ewell Brown Stuart.
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2013-01-18
Bill text as passed House (HR121ER)
HR122PassCommending Chris Nalley.
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2013-01-18
Bill text as passed House (HR122ER)
HB1938Intro

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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.
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2013-01-18
Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
HB1942Intro

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Vote centers; pilot program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to provide for a pilot program in which localities may establish vote centers for use in primary elections instead of having to operate a polling place for every precinct in the loc...
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2013-01-18
Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
HR124PassCommending Dr. Margaret S. Meara.
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2013-01-18
Bill text as passed House (HR124ER)
HB1394Intro

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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.
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2013-01-18
Tabled in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
SB728Intro

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Court adoption of jails. Clarifies that when a county or city is without an adequate jail the court can adopt a regional jail until it can obtain an adequate jail. Currently the statute provides for the adoption of the jail of another county or city ...
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2013-01-18
Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services by voice vote
SB964Intro

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Hours polls to be open. Provides that polls shall close at 8:00 p.m. rather than 7:00 p.m.
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2013-01-18
Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (5-Y 8-N)
HB1428Intro

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Appointment, compensation, and offices of general registrars. Provides that all general registrars shall serve on a full-time basis.
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2013-01-18
Tabled in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
SB1281Intro

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Sale of firearms; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm purchase and requires the Department of State Police to establish a process for sellers to obtain such a check from licensed firearm dealers. A seller who fails to obtain such a c...
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2013-01-18
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)
SB1150Intro

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Elections; minimizing voting lines. Requires each electoral board to develop a plan to ensure that no voter waits for more than one hour to cast his vote on election day. Each board would submit to the State Board of Elections and the governing body ...
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2013-01-18
Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 5-N)
HR120PassCommending Olivia Wilson.
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2013-01-18
Bill text as passed House (HR120ER)
SB965Intro

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Lost or stolen firearms; failure to report; penalty. Provides that a person who fails to report to the appropriate law-enforcement agency that a firearm he owns or lawfully possesses has been stolen or lost within 24 hours from the time the person kn...
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2013-01-18
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
SB1012Intro

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Possession of handguns in legislative buildings. Prohibits the possession of a firearm in Capitol Square, including the Capitol and other buildings predominantly used to conduct the business of the General Assembly. The Capitol Police are required to...
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2013-01-18
Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N)
HB1343Intro

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Amendment of service district boundaries. Allows localities to amend service district boundaries after notice and a public hearing.
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2013-01-18
Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns
SR24PassCelebrating the life of Charles L. McGowan.
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2013-01-18
Bill text as passed Senate (SR24ER)
HB1621Intro

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Vacant building registration. Increases the maximum registration fee required of an owner of a building that has been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months from $25 to $250.
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2013-01-18
Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns
SB1062Intro

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Elections; voter access reforms. Provides for numerous reforms to improve voter access to the polls, including (i) extending the hour that polls close on election day from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; (ii) allowing for early voting by qualified voters for...
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2013-01-18
Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 5-N)
SB1148Intro

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Prohibition of sale, transfer, etc. of certain firearms magazines; penalties. Prohibits any person from selling, bartering, or transferring a firearms magazine designed to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. A violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. ...
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2013-01-18
Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 7-N)
HR132PassCommending Grant Bradley.
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2013-01-18
Bill text as passed House (HR132ER)
SB1228Intro

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Control of firearms; property owned or leased by localities. Repeals provisions preventing localities from adopting ordinances and taking administrative actions regarding firearms and authorizes localities to adopt ordinances that prohibit firearms, ...
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2013-01-18
Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N)
SB883Intro

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Voter registration cards. Provides that the general registrar shall issue and mail a new Virginia voter registration card to all registered voters in his county or city no later than October 1 of each year.
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2013-01-18
Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 4-N)
HR131PassCommending the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department.
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2013-01-18
Bill text as passed House (HR131ER)
SB911Intro

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Transfer of firearms; criminal history records check; penalties. Adds a definition of "firearms show vendor" and requires that a criminal history record information check be performed on the prospective transferee before the vendor may transfer firea...
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2013-01-18
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
HB1362Intro

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State holidays; Election Day. Designates the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, i.e., Election Day, as a legal holiday.
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2013-01-18
Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
SR22PassCelebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Guy Stanley Hagy, Jr.
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2013-01-18
Bill text as passed Senate (SR22ER)
SB785Intro

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Use of firearm in commission of crime; civil liability. Provides that a person may be held civilly liable for injury to the person or property of another or for wrongful death resulting from the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime if it can...
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2013-01-18
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N)
SB1082Intro

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Ultrasound prior to abortion. Removes the requirement that a woman undergo a transabdominal ultrasound prior to an abortion.
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2013-01-17
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
SB1107Intro

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Lake level contingency plans. Provides that any temporary reduction in wastewater releases from power generating facilities during drought conditions will not be considered in determining discharge limits for other existing downstream permitted facil...
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2013-01-17
Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
SB1115Intro

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Classification as hospitals of certain facilities in which abortions are performed. Eliminates language classifying facilities in which five or more first trimester abortions per month are performed as hospitals for the purpose of compliance with reg...
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2013-01-17
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
SB1116Intro

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Design and construction standards for certain facilities. Provides that regulations of the Board of Health for the construction, maintenance, operation, staffing, and equipping of hospitals shall apply to facilities in which five or more first trimes...
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2013-01-17
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
HJR587PassCelebrating the life of Dr. Lucie Anne Pelletier.
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2013-01-17
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ587ER)
HJR589PassCommending Sheriff Elizabeth F. Arthur.
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2013-01-17
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ589ER)
HJR591PassCelebrating the life of John Robert Slaughter, Sr.
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2013-01-17
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ591ER)
HJR592PassCelebrating the life of Benjamin Rice Lacy IV.
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2013-01-17
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ592ER)
HJR593PassCommending Robert M. Berry.
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2013-01-17
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ593ER)
HJR596PassCelebrating the life of William Lyle Pugh, Sr.
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2013-01-17
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ596ER)
HJR597PassCommending Callan Bentley.
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2013-01-17
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ597ER)
HB1382Intro

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Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification. Provides that an individual is ineligible for unemployment benefits if he has been discharged because he lost or failed to renew a license or certifica...
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2013-01-17
Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote
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