| HB1457 | Pass | Direct access to physical therapy. Provides that a physical therapist who has completed a doctor of physical therapy program approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education or who has obtained a certificate of authorization ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0724) |
| SB1059 | Veto | Office of the Attorney General; employment of special counsel. Provides that when entering into a contract with special counsel, the Office of the Governor or Office of the Attorney General, as applicable, must make a copy of the contract available t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto |
| HB1752 | Veto | Board of Education; Common Core State Standards. Prohibits the Board of Education from replacing the educational objectives known as the Standards of Learning with Common Core State Standards without the prior statutory approval of the General Assemb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto |
| HB1417 | Veto | House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Makes technical changes to House of Delegates Districts 7, 8, and 12 in Montgomery County in order to eliminate split voting precincts. Each district will have a deviation of less than one percent ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Passed by for the day |
| HB1402 | Pass | Highway maintenance payments; bicycle and transit lanes. Provides that cities and towns that receive highway maintenance payments from the Commonwealth based on moving-lane-miles of highway will not have such payments reduced if moving-lane-miles of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722) |
| SB986 | Veto | Senate districts; adjustment. Changes district assignments of two census precincts in Louisa County. The bill moves Fredericks Hall from District 17 to District 22 and South Anna from District 22 to District 17. The population deviation for both dist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Passed by for the day |
| SB1049 | Pass | Regional jail construction and contracts; state reimbursement. Reduces from one-half to one-fourth the maximum state reimbursement for capital costs for construction, enlargement, or renovation of regional jails and jails where there is a regional co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749) |
| HB1612 | Pass | School service providers; student personal information. Requires each entity that, pursuant to a contract with a local school division, operates a website, mobile application, or online service that (i) is designed and marketed solely for use in elem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728) |
| HB1318 | Veto | Applications for absentee ballots; photo identification required. Requires that any voter submitting his application for an absentee ballot by mail or by electronic or telephonic transmission to a facsimile device shall submit with his application a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Requires 66 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto |
| HB1854 | Pass | Virginia Public Procurement Act; small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; enhancement or remedial measures. Requires state contracts awarded pursuant to enhancement or remedial measures implemented to enhance participation by small, women-o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733) |
| HB1564 | Pass | Schedule I drugs. Adds N-(1-amino-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)indazole-3-carboxamide (other name: AB-CHMINACA), N-(1-amino-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(5-fluoropentyl)indazole-3-carboxamide (other name: 5-fluoro-AMB), and 3,4-methyl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726) |
| HB1857 | Pass | Charter; Town of Weber City. Extends the terms of council members, the mayor, the treasurer, the clerk of the council, and the town sergeant from two to four years and deletes outdated language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0734) |
| SB891 | Pass | Mechanics' liens; subcontractor's waiver of lien rights. Provides that a subcontractor, lower-tier subcontractor, or material supplier may not waive or diminish his lien rights, right to assert bond payment claims, or the right to assert claims for a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0748) |
| SB1186 | 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 with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752) |
| SB1052 | Pass | Developmental disabilities; definition. Defines "developmental disability" as a severe, chronic disability of an individual that (i) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment, or a combination of mental and physical impairments, other than a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750) |
| HB1826 | Pass | Virginia Racing Commission (VRC); powers. Revises the Virginia horse racing statute in light of Colonial Downs' surrender of its unlimited license to own and operate the racetrack in New Kent County and the nine satellite facilities (OTBs) in Virgini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731) |
| SB1084 | Veto | General Assembly districts; technical adjustments. Changes district assignments of certain Loudoun County census blocks between Senate Districts 13 and 33 and House of Delegates Districts 10, 32, 33, 67, and 87 in order to follow new precinct boundar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Passed by for the day |
| HB2368 | Pass | Involuntary civil admissions; evaluations. Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, to review the current practice of conducting emergency evaluations for individuals subject...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742) |
| SB1237 | Veto | Senate districts; adjustments. Changes district assignments of census blocks in Albemarle County between Districts 17 and 25 in order to exchange two precincts and to reunite two split precincts. The district population deviations remain at less than...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Passed by for the day |
| SB1380 | Pass | Schedule I drugs. Adds N-(1-amino-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)indazole-3-carboxamide (other name: AB-CHMINACA), N-(1-amino-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(5-fluoropentyl)indazole-3-carboxamide (other name: 5-fluoro-AMB), and 3,4-methyl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757) |
| HB1601 | Pass | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Amends the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) to comply with amendments to the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance that were adopted i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0727) |
| SB776 | Pass | Direct access to physical therapy. Provides that a physical therapist who has completed a doctor of physical therapy program approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education or who has obtained a certificate of authorization ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746) |
| HB1930 | 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 (CHAP0737) |
| HB2316 | Pass | Southwest Virginia Health Authority; cooperative agreements. Authorizes the Southwest Virginia Health Authority (the Authority) to receive and review applications for approval of proposed cooperative agreements submitted by two or more hospitals and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741) |
| HB1458 | 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 with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725) |
| SB1097 | Pass | Virginia Racing Commission (VRC); powers. Revises the Virginia horse racing statute in light of Colonial Downs' surrender of its unlimited license to own and operate the racetrack in New Kent County and the nine satellite facilities (OTBs) in Virgini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751) |
| HB1776 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control. Eliminates the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board and replaces it with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, created by the bill. The bill provides for the appointment of the Board of Directors of the Auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0730) |
| SB948 | Veto | Concealed handgun permits; sharing of information. Provides that information on concealed handgun permittees in the Virginia Criminal Information Network shall not be shared with law enforcement in states that do not have reciprocity agreements with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto |
| SB724 | Veto | Board of Education; Common Core State Standards. Prohibits the Board of Education from replacing the educational objectives known as the Standards of Learning with Common Core State Standards without the prior statutory approval of the General Assemb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto |
| HB2036 | Pass | Purchase, etc., of tobacco products by minors; liquid nicotine packaging; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell or distribute at retail a liquid nicotine container on or after October 1, 2015, unless the container is packaged in child-resistant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0739) |
| HB1699 | Veto | House of Delegates districts; technical adjustment. Changes district assignments of two census blocks between Districts 25 and 26 in Rockingham County in order to reflect a new precinct line. Each district will have a deviation of less than one perce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Passed by for the day |
| HB1276 | 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 (CHAP0721) |
| SB1137 | Veto | Regulation of transportation of a loaded rifle or shotgun. Provides that any person who holds a valid concealed handgun permit shall not be subject to the provisions of certain local ordinances that make it unlawful for any person to transport, posse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Passed by for the day |
| SB1325 | Pass | Purchase, etc., of tobacco products by minors; liquid nicotine packaging; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell or distribute at retail a liquid nicotine container on or after October 1, 2015, unless the container is packaged in child-resistant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756) |
| SB1201 | Pass | Stormwater; municipal separate storm sewer system permittees; dredging. Directs the State Water Control Board (the Board) to establish a procedure for the approval of dredging operations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed as a method by which to meet po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753) |
| SB1283 | Pass | Certificate of public need. Amends the definition of "project" for which a certificate of public need is required to include capital expenditures of $15 million or more by or on behalf of a medical care facility other than a general hospital. Current...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0541) |
| SB1021 | Pass | Instructional hours; waivers. Authorizes the Board of Education to grant a waiver to a school division that is unable to meet the required 990 instructional hours in a school year because of severe weather conditions or other emergency situations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706) |
| HB2056 | Pass | Election administration; lists of registered voters and persons who voted in certain elections. Requires the local electoral boards to provide to the Department of Elections within 14 days after the election the list of persons who voted, including t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712) |
| SB1122 | Pass | Public institutions of higher education; students exhibiting suicidal tendencies or behavior; notification of student health or counseling center. Requires each public institution of higher education's policies that advise students, faculty, and staf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716) |
| HB1964 | Pass | Commercial sex trafficking; penalties. Creates new felonies for trafficking of persons for commercial sexual activity. The bill provides that any person who solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, or otherwise causes or attempts to cause a person to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690) |
| HB2318 | Pass | High school graduation rate formula; Standards of Accreditation; exclusions. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to report high school graduation rates that exclude any student who fails to graduate because he is in the custody of the Departm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0705) |
| SB1001 | Pass | Sale and procurement of certain pets. Prohibits the sale or display of a dog or cat on or in a roadside, parking lot, flea market, or similar place, with certain exceptions. The bill limits the sources of pet shop dogs to humane societies, public or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679) |
| SB1019 | Pass | Land preservation tax credit. Makes several changes to the land preservation tax credit by (i) reducing the maximum amount of tax credits that may be issued in each calendar year from $100 million to $75 million beginning in 2015; (ii) with the excep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680) |
| SB1272 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; limited distiller's license. Creates a limited distiller's license for distilleries that (i) manufacture no more than 36,000 gallons of spirits per calendar year, (ii) are located on a farm in the Commonwealth on land zone...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695) |
| SB854 | Pass | Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; Small, Women-owned, and Minority-owned Business Loan Fund. Abolishes the Capital Access Fund for Disadvantaged Businesses, which provides loan guarantees, loan loss reserves, and interest rate write-downs ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697) |
| HB2391 | Pass | Allocation of highway funds by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Provides that the five percent of moneys currently allocated annually by the Commonwealth Transportation Board for paving unpaved highways carrying more than 50 vehicles per day wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676) |
| SB878 | Pass | Motor vehicle dealer buyer's orders. Includes new motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 16,000 or more pounds in the category of vehicles that have accumulated mileage in excess of 750 miles that may be sold as new if the motor vehicle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682) |
| SB876 | Pass | State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; prohibited contracts by officers and employees of hospital authorities. Clarifies that officers and employees of hospital authorities are included under the prohibited contract provisions for loca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699) |
| SJR256 | Pass | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); charter schools. Grants the Board of Education authority, subject to criteria and conditions prescribed by the General Assembly, to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719) |
| HB1355 | Pass | Use of photo-monitoring systems to enforce traffic light signals; appeals. Provides that an operator of a motor vehicle found in violation of an ordinance created to enforce photo-monitoring systems for traffic lights has a right to appeal to the cir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714) |
