VA Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HR265	Pass	Commending the George Mason University Green Machine. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-05-06 Introduced bill reprinted 15105286D
HB1673	Veto	Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; collection and use of personal information by law-enforcement agencies. Provides that, unless a criminal or administrative warrant has been issued, law-enforcement and regulatory agencies sh... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB1879	Veto	Coal tax credits. Limits the aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated or claimed for the coal employment and production incentive tax credit to $7.5 million. An electricity generator must file an application with the Department of Taxation e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB1702	Pass	Transfer, etc., of firearms from licensed dealer; criminal history record information. Provides that a licensed firearms dealer may perform a criminal history record information check before selling, renting, trading, or transferring any firearm owne... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759)
HB2148	Pass	Virginia Public Procurement Act; small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. Defines "historically black college or university" and provides that the term "minority-owned business" includes historically black colleges or universities. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765)
HB2206	Pass	Special conservators of the peace; training, orders of appointment, registration, etc. Makes various changes to the laws providing for the appointment of special conservators of the peace, including (i) requiring the Criminal Justice Services Board t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0766)
HB2322	Veto	Health benefit plans; essential health benefits waiver. Authorizes health carriers to offer, sell, issue, or renew any health benefit plan in the individual and group markets that does not include the essential health benefits as required by the fede... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
SB1161	Veto	Coal tax credits. Limits the aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated or claimed for the coal employment and production incentive tax credit to $7.5 million. An electricity generator must file an application with the Department of Taxation e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB1835	Pass	Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA); methods of procurement; job order contracting and cooperative procurement. Clarifies that small purchase procedures include the procurement of non-transportation-related construction and that any such procedure... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0760)
SB1301	Pass	Use of unmanned aircraft systems by public bodies; search warrant required. Replaces the moratorium currently set to expire on July 1, 2015, on the use of unmanned aircraft systems by state and local law-enforcement and regulatory entities, except in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774)
SB1066	Veto	Vacancies in elected offices; terms of office; special elections. Prohibits a special election to fill a vacancy in an office from being held on the same day as the general election at which that office is regularly scheduled to be filled. The bill f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB1315	Veto	Jury commissioners; lists of unqualified persons provided to general registrars. Requires the jury commissioner to retain information obtained from those persons not qualified to serve as jurors as a result of (i) not being a citizen of the United St... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
SB1193	Pass	Academic transcripts; suspension, permanent dismissal, or withdrawal from institution. Requires the registrar of certain public and private institutions of higher education, or the other employee, office, or department of the institution that is resp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0771)
SB1350	Veto	Voter registration; cancellation of registration. Allows a voter to cancel his registration by notifying the Department of Elections through electronic means of his request to have his name removed from the registration records. The bill also allows ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
SB1196	Pass	Mandatory judicial retirement. Increases the mandatory retirement age under the Judicial Retirement System from 70 years of age to 73 years of age. The provisions of this bill apply to justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia and judges of the Court... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0773)
SB1424	Pass	State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act, and Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; certain gifts prohibited; approvals required for certain travel. Removes the distinction... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777)
SB1333	Pass	Virginia Public Procurement Act; small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. Defines "historically black college or university" and provides that the term "minority-owned business" includes historically black colleges or university. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775)
SB1371	Pass	Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA); methods of procurement; job order contracting and cooperative procurement. Clarifies that small purchase procedures include the procurement of non-transportation-related construction and that any such procedure... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0776)
HB1842	Pass	Performance and incentive grants. Provides (i) that no more than $20 million in Virginia Investment Performance Grants may be outstanding at any time on or after July 1, 2015, (ii) that grant payments under the Major Eligible Employer Grant Program w... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)
HB1296	Veto	Vacancies in elected offices; terms of office; special elections. Prohibits a special election to fill a vacancy in an office from being held on the same day as the general election at which that office is regularly scheduled to be filled. The bill f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB1570	Pass	Family day homes and child day centers; licensure; background checks; reporting; notice. Requires fingerprint-based national criminal history records checks for licensed child day centers and family day homes and requires employees and volunteers of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758)
HB2286	Pass	Possession, etc., of firearms, etc., by convicted felons; restoration of rights. Provides that the prohibition on the possession and transportation of firearms and ammunition by convicted felons does not apply to a felon whose right to possess firear... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)
SB1195	Pass	Special conservators of the peace; training, orders of appointment, registration, etc. Makes various changes to the laws providing for the appointment of special conservators of the peace, including (i) requiring the Criminal Justice Services Board t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0772)
SB1168	Pass	Family day homes and child day centers; licensure; background checks; reporting; notice. Requires fingerprint-based national criminal history records checks for licensed child day centers and family day homes and requires employees and volunteers of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770)
HB2125	Pass	Use of unmanned aircraft systems by public bodies; search warrant required. Replaces the moratorium currently set to expire on July 1, 2015, on the use of unmanned aircraft systems by state and local law-enforcement and regulatory entities, except in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764)
HB2070	Pass	State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act, and Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; certain gifts prohibited; approvals required for certain travel. Removes the distinction... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0763)
HB1984	Pass	Mandatory judicial retirement. Increases the mandatory retirement age under the Judicial Retirement System from 70 years of age to 73 years of age. The provisions of this bill apply to justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia and judges of the Court... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0762)
SB721	Pass	Seizure of property; inventory required. Requires the agency seizing property to, as soon as practicable, conduct an inventory of the seized property and provide a copy of such inventory to the property owner. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769)
SB965	Veto	Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; collection and use of personal information by law-enforcement agencies. Provides that, unless a criminal or administrative warrant has been issued, law-enforcement and regulatory agencies sh... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB2323	Pass	Information technology projects and services in the Commonwealth. Clarifies responsibilities related to information technology in the Commonwealth. The bill provides the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with the authority to approve and make decisions... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-30 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768)
HB1917	Pass	Certain contracts between governmental agencies prohibited. Requires any governmental agency that intends to purchase services for an amount over $25,000 from another governmental agency, which service is found on the commercial activities list, to p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0736)
SB1232	Pass	Administration and enforcement of cigarette laws. Modifies several provisions relating to the administration and enforcement of Virginia's cigarette laws by prohibiting persons convicted of certain offenses from being authorized holders, requiring th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)
HB1639	Pass	DUI; persons convicted under laws of other states or federal law; restricted license; ignition interlock. Provides that a person convicted in a federal court of an offense substantially similar to Virginia's DUI law may petition the general district ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)
HB1332	Veto	House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Changes district assignments of certain census blocks between Districts 5 and 6 in Smyth County and between Districts 42 and 43 in Fairfax County in order to reflect new precinct lines. All four di... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Passed by for the day
HB1833	Pass	Naloxone; administration in cases of opiate overdose. Provides that a pharmacist may dispense naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal pursuant to an oral, written, or standing order issued by a prescriber and in accordance wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)
HB2009	Veto	Law-enforcement certification of certain firearms. Provides that when the certification of a chief law-enforcement officer is required by federal law for transfer of a firearm as defined in the National Firearms Act, such certification must be provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
HB1608	Veto	Prohibiting certain local government practices that would require contractors to provide certain compensation or benefits. Prohibits local governing bodies from establishing provisions related to procurement of goods, professional services, or constr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
HB1626	Veto	Students receiving home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs. Prohibits public schools from joining an organization governing interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a student who (i) is receiving home... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Requires 66 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
SB1309	Pass	Charitable Gaming Board; membership. Increases the total number of members of the Charitable Gaming Board from nine to eleven and transfers from the Governor to the General Assembly the authority to appoint five of the eleven members. Of the five mem... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755)
HB2062	Pass	Elections administration; pre-election and post-election activities. Makes technical amendments to certain pre-election and post-election activities, including voter registration, voting system requirements in polling places, and recounts, that refle... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740)
SB848	Pass	Commonwealth's Twenty marksmanship award. Establishes the "Commonwealth's Twenty" marksmanship award to recognize the top 20 competitors in each of the rifle and pistol Excellence-in-Competition matches conducted at the annual Virginia State Champion... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747)
HB2395	Veto	Public works contracts; prevailing wage provisions. Prohibits state agencies from requiring bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors to pay, or require the payment of, wages, salaries, benefits, or other remuneration to persons employed to p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
HB1275	Pass	Veterans Care Center projects. Allocates and appropriates $66.7 million in aggregate of Virginia Public Building Authority bonds for the design, environmental assessments, and construction of the Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center and the Northern Vi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)
HB1444	Pass	Vision care plans; reimbursement for services. Prohibits a participating provider agreement between a vision care plan carrier and an optometrist or ophthalmologist that is entered into, amended, extended or renewed on or after January 1, 2016, from ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723)
HB1955	Pass	Administration and enforcement of cigarette laws. Modifies several provisions relating to the administration and enforcement of Virginia's cigarette laws by prohibiting persons convicted of certain offenses from being authorized holders, requiring th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)
SB675	Pass	Veterans Care Center projects. Allocates and appropriates $66.7 million in aggregate of Virginia Public Building Authority bonds for the design, environmental assessments, and construction of the Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center and the Northern Vi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743)
HB1908	Pass	Alcoholic beverage control; powdered or crystalline alcohol; penalty. Adds powdered or crystalline alcohol to the definition of alcoholic beverages, prohibits containers sold in or shipped into the Commonwealth from including powdered or crystalline ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735)
SB676	Pass	Veterans Care Center project. Allocates and appropriates $66.7 million in aggregate of Virginia Public Building Authority bonds for the design, environmental assessments, and construction of the Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center and the Northern Vir... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744)
HB1473	Veto	General registrars; appointment from adjoining locality. Permits local electoral boards to appoint a general registrar who is a qualified voter of a county or city that adjoins the county or city for which he is appointed. Current law requires the ge... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 House sustained Governor's veto
SB712	Pass	Institutions of higher education; reporting acts of sexual violence. Requires any responsible employee of a public or private nonprofit institution of higher education who in the course of his employment obtains information that an act of sexual viol... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)