| SB417 | Pass | Department of Social Services; unauthorized practice of law. Allows designated nonattorney employees of a local department of social services to (i) initiate a case on behalf of the local department by appearing before an intake officer and (ii) comp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0704) |
| HB775 | Pass | Fantasy Contests Act; registration required; conditions of registration; civil penalty. Creates the Fantasy Contests Act (the Act), which applies to fantasy contests with an entry fee offered in Virginia. The bill defines "fantasy contest" as any onl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703) |
| SB64 | Pass | Sales and use tax exemption; certain data centers. Extends the sunset date for the sales and use tax exemption for certain data centers from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2035, and eliminates the sunset date of June 30, 2020, for provisions of the exist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712) |
| HB98 | Pass | Special license plates for immediate family members of persons who have died in military service to their country. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to immediate family members of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706) |
| HB939 | Pass | State Police; guidelines for approval of auxiliary lighting on motorcycles. Directs the Superintendent of State Police to establish guidelines by January 1, 2017, that set forth a procedure for the submission and approval of auxiliary lights for moto...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701) |
| SB336 | Pass | Board of Education; high school graduation requirements. Removes existing provisions related to standard and advanced studies diplomas and standard and verified units of credit and requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720) |
| SB494 | Pass | Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); record exclusions; rule of redaction; no weight accorded to public body's determination. Reverses the holding of the Virginia Supreme Court in the case of Department of Corrections v. Surovell, by setting o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716) |
| HB1383 | Pass | Commissioner of Highways; annual report to be made public. Requires the Commissioner of Highways to make his annual report public on the Department of Transportation's website. Currently such report is only provided to the Governor, the General Assem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711) |
| HB730 | Pass | Commuter parking lot signage. Requires that signage in commuter parking lots owned by the Virginia Department of Transportation in Planning District 8 clearly indicate that parking in such lots is only for commuters using mass transit or who are car ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708) |
| HB715 | Pass | HOV designation on Interstate 66. Adds to the criteria on which the Commonwealth Transportation Board must base its decision to change the HOV-2 designation to a more restrictive designation on Interstate 66 whether such change in designation has bee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715) |
| HB213 | Pass | Exceptions to motor vehicle inspection requirement. Exempts from the motor vehicle safety inspection requirement vehicles that are parked on a public highway and have been submitted for inspection to an official inspection station. The bill contains ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702) |
| HB859 | Pass | Sales and use tax exemption; beer-making equipment. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for machinery, tools, equipment, and materials used by a licensed brewer in the production of beer and materials such as labels and boxes for future use in pac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709) |
| HB407 | Pass | Designation of HOV lanes. Prohibits HOV-2 lanes of Interstate 66 from being converted to HOV-3 lanes or a more restrictive designation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2017, and an expiration date of January 1, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699) |
| SB207 | Pass | Administrative Process Act; reconsideration of formal hearings. Provides a procedure for a party to file a petition for reconsideration of an agency's decision from a formal hearing under the Administrative Process Act (APA). The bill requires the ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694) |
| HB886 | Pass | Stalking; penalty. Provides that a second offense of stalking committed within five years of a prior stalking conviction is punishable as a Class 6 felony. Under current law, a second offense of stalking only qualifies for the Class 6 penalty if the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0696) |
| HB1160 | Pass | Physical evidence recovery kits. Establishes a comprehensive procedure for the collection and analysis of physical evidence recovery kits for victims of sexual assault, including those who elect at the time of the exam not to report a sexual assault ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698) |
| SB452 | Pass | Medical school; clinical rotations. Requires any public institution of higher education that awards medical degrees to create and support at least one clinical rotation in a hospital or clinic located in a medically underserved area of the state as d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691) |
| SB665 | Pass | Public middle school athletics; pre-participation physical examination. Prohibits a public middle school student from participating on or trying out for any school athletic team or squad with a predetermined roster, regular practices, and scheduled c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0692) |
| HB810 | Pass | Transfer of assault weapon; proof of citizenship. Makes consistent the type of identification and other documentation that a purchaser of a firearm must present when purchasing any type of firearm from a licensed dealer by removing the additional req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697) |
| SB582 | Pass | Credit unions; voluntary mergers. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission (SCC), notwithstanding field of membership requirements, to approve a merger of two Virginia state-chartered credit unions if (i) at least one of the merging credit unions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695) |
| SB567 | Pass | Temporary detention; notice of recommendation; communication with magistrate. Provides that the magistrate conducting a temporary detention hearing shall consider, if available, information provided by the person who initiated emergency custody. The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693) |
| HB525 | Pass | Standards of Learning Innovation Committee; review of standardized testing in public high schools in the Commonwealth; report. Requires the Standards of Learning Innovation Committee to review and, no later than November 1, 2016, make recommendations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592) |
| HB1330 | Pass | Private police departments; successors in interest. Allows a successor in interest of an entity authorized by statute or an act of assembly to establish and operate a private police department to establish and operate a private police department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618) |
| SB454 | Pass | Juvenile court; retained jurisdiction; procedures; penalties. Specifies procedures to be used for adults under the age of 21 who are subject to the retained jurisdiction of the juvenile court for criminal offenses committed as juveniles. The bill req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626) |
| HB46 | Pass | Secretary of Education; establishment of School Readiness Committee. Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a School Readiness Committee with the first goal of addressing the development and alignment of an effective professional development...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652) |
| HB1331 | Pass | Income tax withholding. Codifies provisions in the current general appropriation act that (i) require all employers to electronically file withholding tax returns and (ii) require the annual withholding tax return and employee withholding statements ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0660) |
| HB467 | Pass | Limited standing to seek injunctive relief against manufacturing companies. Provides that no action shall be initiated or maintained to enjoin the continued use and operation of a previously existing manufacturing company solely on the basis of a cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0669) |
| HB526 | Pass | Living shorelines; tax exemption. Provides that any living shoreline project approved by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission or the applicable local wetlands board and not prohibited by local ordinance shall qualify for full exemption from local...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610) |
| SB445 | Pass | Real property tax assessment; date to fix tax rate. Changes from April 15 to May 15 the date by which a county, city, or town is required to fix the real property tax rate for taxes due on or before June 30.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0657) |
| SB27 | Pass | Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; appointment of counsel to represent servicemember. Requires the plaintiff in a case in which counsel has been appointed under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to deliver all documents or information concerni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643) |
| HB332 | Pass | Concealed handgun permit; judges exempt. Provides that a judge or justice of the Commonwealth may carry a concealed handgun throughout the Commonwealth without a permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672) |
| HB64 | Pass | Transmission of case papers to appellate court; acceptability of electronic case papers. Provides that, upon agreement of the general district court and the appellate court, case papers shall be transmitted electronically to the appellate court by an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612) |
| SB438 | Pass | Public institutions of higher education; personal social media accounts. Prohibits a public or private institution of higher education from requiring a student to disclose the username or password to any of such student's personal social media accoun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597) |
| HB643 | Pass | Department of Taxation; limitations on collecting taxes. Provides that the Department of Taxation shall cease efforts to collect a tax seven years after assessment of the tax. The bill applies only to tax assessments made on or after July 1, 2016, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0634) |
| HB1312 | Pass | Special license plates; MEG'S MILES. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of the safety of runners bearing the legend MEG'S MILES.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0606) |
| HB523 | Pass | Higher education; student mental health policies. Specifies that the contact person designated by a memorandum of understanding between a public four-year institution of higher education and a mental health care provider to be notified when a student...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684) |
| HB1273 | Pass | Regulation of X-ray machines. Clarifies the authority of the Department of Health (the Department) related to registration and inspection of X-ray producing devices and requires the Department to develop a list of qualified private inspectors of X-ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685) |
| HB665 | Pass | Commission on Employee Retirement Security and Pension Reform established. Creates the Commission on Employee Retirement Security and Pension Reform (the Commission) in the legislative branch to study and make recommendations relating to the financia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683) |
| HB1150 | Pass | Willful failure to pay wages; penalty. Clarifies that wages owed to more than one employee may be aggregated in determining whether an employer's willful failure to pay wages is a misdemeanor or a felony. Currently, an employer who willfully and with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593) |
| HB1207 | Pass | Family and Children's Trust Fund; exempt from taxation. Clarifies that the Family and Children's Trust Fund performs an essential governmental function and thus gifts, contributions, grants, devises, or bequests, whether personal or real property, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627) |
| SB126 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Provides that the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may grant mixed beverage licenses to establishments located on property fronting Kanawha Ridge Road, located within approxi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0659) |
| SB120 | Pass | Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons; rebutting presumption. Provides that a locality that has authorized by ordinance the installation and operation of a video-monitoring system on school buses for recording violations of unlawfully pass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637) |
| HB451 | Pass | Commission on Economic Opportunity for Virginians in Aspiring and Diverse Communities; report. Establishes a 13-member legislative Commission on Economic Opportunity for Virginians in Aspiring and Diverse Communities (the Commission) to determine the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650) |
| SB245 | Pass | Comprehensive community colleges; dual enrollment agreements. Requires each comprehensive community college to enter into agreements with the local school divisions it serves to facilitate dual enrollment of eligible students into a Career Pathways p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645) |
| SB579 | Pass | Alcoholic beverage control; limited distillery licenses; land zoned agricultural. Clarifies that for limited distilleries, "land zoned agricultural" means land zoned as (i) an agricultural district or classification or (ii) land otherwise permitted b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644) |
| SB416 | Pass | Limited Residential Lodging Act; penalty. Establishes the Limited Residential Lodging Act (the Act), which allows persons to rent out their primary residences or portions thereof for charge for periods of less than 30 consecutive days or do so throug...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674) |
| SB553 | Pass | Nursing facilities; audio-visual recording. Directs the Board of Health (the Board) to promulgate regulations governing audio-visual recording of patients in nursing homes by July 1, 2017, and requires the Department of Health to convene a workgroup ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0600) |
| HB256 | Pass | Relief; Robert Scott. Provides relief in the amount of $26,367.50 to Robert Scott from the Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund (the Fund) because Mr. Scott did not meet the statutorily required time frame to submit his claim to the Fund. Mr. Scot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0602) |
| SB420 | Pass | Voter registration; information required on voter registration application; adjudication of incapacity or felony conviction. Removes the requirement that a person registering to vote who states that he was (i) previously adjudicated incapacitated and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0630) |
| SB476 | Pass | Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission. Allows an elected official of any of the four counties embraced by the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission (the Commission) who serves on the county's governing body and has b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0608) |
