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HB1166PassVirginia Public Procurement Act; small purchase procedures; transportation-related construction. Provides that a public body may establish small purchase procedures not requiring competitive sealed bids or competitive negotiation for single or term c...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604)
SB230PassIncome tax withholding; employer penalties. 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 wit...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676)
HB842PassTeacher preparation and licensure; dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Requires Board of Education regulations governing teacher licensure to require every person seeking initial licensure or renewal of a license to complete awareness training,...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)
SB746PassRecovery of costs and attorney fees from agency; actions brought in violation of law or for an improper purpose. Provides that a person who contests an agency action in a civil case brought under the Administrative Process Act and who substantially p...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625)
HB373PassConfidentiality of information about victims of certain crimes. Provides that, in order to ensure the safety of any adult or child victim of a violation of § 18.2-48, 18.2-355, 18.2-356, 18.2-357, or 18.2-357.1 and their families, programs and i...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)
HB25PassTampering, etc., with firefighting equipment; penalty. Provides that a person who injures, destroys, removes, tampers with, or otherwise interferes with the operation of (i) any firefighting equipment or apparatus or (ii) any emergency medical servic...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0687)
HB1289PassDepartment for the Blind and Vision Impaired; contracts for operation of certain vending machines. Provides for the Department of General Services to conduct the procurement process for goods and services related to the operation of vending machines ...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596)
HB148PassReal 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.
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)
SB337PassDepartment of Veterans Services; Virginia War Memorial Division; names and homes of record designation for Virginians "Killed in Action." Clarifies that Virginians Killed in Action (i) as a result of military operations against terrorism, (ii) as a r...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)
SB285PassBail appeal; presumption against bail. Requires a district court to stay the imposition of its order granting bail in cases where there was a presumption against bail if the court receives notice that the Commonwealth is going to appeal the court's d...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0621)
HB711PassProtective orders in cases of family abuse; possession of premises. Provides that in a protective order in the case of family abuse, a person who is not a tenant or authorized occupant of the dwelling unit and who has obtained a protective order from...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)
SB597PassAppeal of local tax assessments; confidentiality. Provides that, prior to the release of any confidential tax information pursuant to a discovery order, with regard to an application for relief to a circuit court to correct erroneous assessments of l...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0635)
SB117PassOpening and closing motor vehicle doors. Requires drivers to wait for a reasonable opportunity to open vehicle doors on the side adjacent to moving traffic. A violation constitutes a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $50.
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607)
SB578PassAlcoholic beverage control; limited brewery licenses; land zoned agricultural. Clarifies that for limited breweries, "land zoned agricultural" means land zoned as (i) an agricultural district or classification or (ii) land otherwise permitted by a lo...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0671)
SB313PassVirginia College Building Authority; projects; participating institutions. Permits any organization that is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is owned or controlled by a public inst...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0658)
SB468PassLocal stormwater utility; public-private partnership. Authorizes the creation of public-private stormwater management programs, to be known as stormwater management private property programs, and adds contracting for the construction and operation of...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587)
HB1237PassRichmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority; powers. Authorizes the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority (RMTA) to construct, own, and operate coliseums and arenas, including facilities reasonably related to such coliseums and arenas, pr...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0605)
HB209PassRevision of Title 23, Educational Institutions. Creates proposed Title 23.1 (Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions) as a revision of existing Title 23 (Educational Institutions). Proposed Title 23.1 consists of...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588)
SB323PassViolation of protective order; firearm or other deadly weapon; penalty. Provides that any person who violates a protective order with which he has been served while knowingly armed with a firearm or other deadly weapon is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638)
SB457PassAsset forfeiture; burden of proof. Changes the Commonwealth's burden of proof to clear and convincing evidence from preponderance of the evidence in proving that the property is subject to forfeiture in civil asset forfeiture cases.
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)
SB288PassState and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; advisory opinions for local officers and employees. Removes the provision that allows a county, city, or town attorney to issue to a local officer or employee an advisory opinion that would shield...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)
HB339PassRecordation tax; exemption. Provides an exemption from the grantor's tax if the grantor is a locality at a judicial sale of tax-delinquent property. The bill also provides an exemption from recordation tax for any deed of trust that secures a loan ma...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)
HB240PassSecretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs; assistance to homeless veterans. Requires the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs to coordinate with federal, state, local, and private partners to assist homeless veterans in obtaining a state-issued ...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)
HB884PassResearch and development expenses tax credits. Modifies the existing research and development expenses tax credit and creates a similar tax credit for businesses with Virginia research and development expenses in excess of $5 million for the taxable ...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)
HB543PassInvoluntary psychiatric admission from local correctional facility. Clarifies that for the purposes of petitioning for the involuntary psychiatric treatment of an inmate in a local correctional facility, the petition shall be filed by the sheriff or ...
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2016-04-01
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0599)
HB177PassSex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; penalty. Adds to the offenses for which registration is required on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry the crimes of (i) procuring a person for prostitution and receiving money fro...
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2016-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586)
SB339PassStalking; penalty. Provides that contacting or following or attempting to contact or follow the person at whom stalking conduct is directed after being given actual notice that the person does not want to be contacted or followed is prima facie evide...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)
SB709PassRecalled motor vehicles. Requires a manufacturer or distributor that establishes a program that prohibits dealers from selling used motor vehicles that have been issued a safety recall and remain unremedied to provide a remedy for each such vehicle o...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)
HB1012PassVirginia College Building Authority; projects; participating institutions. Permits any organization that is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is owned or controlled by a public inst...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532)
HB760PassAuditor of Public Accounts; Commonwealth Data Point. Requires the Auditor of Public Accounts (the Auditor) to incorporate in the Commonwealth Data Point the following enhancements: (i) graphs, charts, or other visual displays of aggregated data showi...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547)
HB1279PassPublic schools; fire drills; lock-down drills. Requires every public school to hold a fire drill at least twice during the first 20 school days of each school session and at least two additional fire drills during the remainder of the school session....
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)
SB425PassHigher 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...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0573)
HB1318PassVirginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); noncriminal incidents and reports. Clarifies that the FOIA exclusion for noncriminal incidents and reports applies to any public body that engages in criminal law-enforcement activities and does not rely on...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)
HB1013PassThreat assessment teams; local school boards. Excludes from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act any records received by the Department of Criminal Justice Services pursuant to the operation of or for the purposes of evaluating threat assessment t...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0554)
HB1020PassUnclaimed property; payment of property of deceased owner. Provides a means for the State Treasurer to pay unclaimed property of a deceased owner to a claimant who provides certain evidence of his entitlement to payment, including (i) a certificate o...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0529)
SB781PassTransport of prisoners. Provides that the sheriff or administrator in charge of a local or regional correctional facility and the employees of the facility acting on the direction of such sheriff or administrator have the authority to transport a pri...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579)
SB704PassOvertime compensation; fire protection employees. Broadens the definition of "fire protection employee" for the purposes of determining eligibility for overtime compensation.
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541)
SB179PassSmall Business Investment Grant Fund; administration; qualifications. Changes the administration of the Small Business Investment Grant Fund from the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to the Virginia Small Business Financing Authori...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520)
SB719PassPermits for vehicles transporting watercraft. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue permits for vehicles transporting boats or other watercraft that exceed an outside width of 102 inches but do not exceed an outside...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0533)
HB1288PassDepartment of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; certification of employment services organizations; public procurement. Provides that for solicitations under the Virginia Public Procurement Act, each public body shall include, in addition to sma...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)
SB338PassHigher education; study abroad programs. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop guidelines for study abroad programs.
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0572)
HB536PassSponsored residential and shared living services; background checks. Establishes a requirement for a national fingerprint-based background check for providers of sponsored residential and shared living services.
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574)
HB535PassLimited liability for beekeepers. Provides that a beekeeper shall not be liable for any personal injury or property damage that occurs in connection with his keeping and maintaining of bees, bee equipment, queen breeding equipment, apiaries, or appli...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564)
HB227PassHearsay; exception; children; certain felonies. Establishes a hearsay exception to certain out-of-court statements made by a child under the age of 13 at the time of trial in cases involving a violation or attempted violation of an "offense against c...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)
HB920PassBarrier crimes. Adds conviction or a finding that a person is not guilty by reason of insanity of any offense that results in the offender's requirement to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry to the list of crimes that c...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0580)
SB133PassTrafficking in persons; civil action. Creates a civil cause of action against individuals who engage in (i) abduction of any person for the purpose of prostitution, any child under 16 years of age for concubinage, or any minor for the purpose of manu...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0557)
SB434PassSpecial license plates; PROTECT POLLINATORS. Changes the special license plates for supporters of pollinator conservation bearing the legend PROTECT POLLINATORS from nonrevenue sharing to revenue sharing and provides for the moneys to be allocated to...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)
HB1110PassTemporary 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 ...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)
SB415PassLegal age for marriage; 18 years of age. Provides that both parties to a marriage must be 18 years of age or older or emancipated at the time of solemnization by removing exceptions that allow marriage at a minimum age of 16 with the consent of the p...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)
HB610PassViolations of protective orders; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony to stalk a party protected by a protective order or to commit an assault and battery upon a party protected by a protective order if such assault and battery results in bo...
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2016-03-29
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)
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