VA Legislation | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB1747	Engross Sine Die	Voter registration; registration activities by third parties. Requires individuals and groups conducting voter registration drives, when obtaining 25 or more voter registration applications from the State Board of Elections or local offices, to regis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in House
HB1751	Engross Sine Die	Crimes; assault and battery. Includes an employee or other individual who provides control, care, or treatment of sexually violent predators committed to the custody of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services within the enhance... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in House
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
SJR266	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of voting rights. Provides that a person convicted of a nonviolent felony who has completed service of his sentence and paid in full any restitution, fines, costs, and fees assessed against him... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections 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
HB1336	Engross Sine Die	Tax credit for employees who telework. Creates a $250 income tax credit for employees who telework a minimum of 20 hours per week during at least 45 weeks of the taxable year. The employee would apply for tax credit to the Department of Taxation. The... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in House
SJR327	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); statewide school division for schools denied accreditation. Authorizes the General Assembly to establish a statewide school division to supervise and administer schools that have been denied accreditation ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in Senate
HB2235	Engross Sine Die	Use, display, or discharge of firearm in committing felony. Increases (exclusively mandatory minimum) penalties for use or display of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies from three to four years for a first offense and from five to si... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in House
HJR910	Engross Sine Die	Richmond Ballet; Leap Week. Designates the third full week in March, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia, Leap Week in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To Senate Rules Committee
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
HB259	Engross Sine Die	House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Makes technical changes in House of Delegates Districts 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 59, 60, 64, 67, 7... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in House
HB2229	Engross Sine Die	Detention and removal of a citizen from the Commonwealth by the federal government. Provides that the Secretary of Public Safety shall request from the U.S. Secretary of Defense that, when an agency of the federal government detains any citizen pursu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 Failed to pass in House
HB1653	Engross Sine Die	Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration verification. Provides that the Department of Corrections or other supervisory personnel may cause to be physically verified the registration information on the Sex Offender and Crimes Aga... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB2096	Engross Sine Die	Opportunity Educational Institution established. Creates the Opportunity Educational Institution to be administered and supervised by the Opportunity Educational Institution Board. The bill requires any school that has been denied accreditation and p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-21 Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)
HJR909	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]	2013-02-21 Rejected by Senate (15-Y 24-N)
HR220	Engross Sine Die	Nominating a person to be elected as a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-20 Agreed to by House by voice vote
HB2295	Engross Sine Die	Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; duties of the Assistant to the Governor. Provides for the Assistant to the Governor for Intergovernmental Affairs to convene at least annually a meeting of the Virginia Congressional Delegation and a delegation re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-20 Chair votes No
HB1725	Engross Sine Die	Delivery of completed absentee ballot applications by third parties. Provides that no person, with certain exceptions, shall offer to mail or deliver 25 or more completed absentee ballot applications on behalf of voters for any election. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-19 To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR590	Engross Sine Die	Study; joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of a metallic-based monetary unit; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study whether the Commonwealth should adopt a metallic-based monetary unit to serve as a contingency currency for the Co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-19 Rejected by Senate
HJR693	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); statewide school division for schools denied accreditation. Authorizes the General Assembly to establish a statewide school division to supervise and administer schools that have been denied accreditation ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-19 To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
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