| HB824 | Pass | Regulation of short-term rentals in the City of Lexington and the City of Virginia Beach. Requires the City of Lexington to comply with various statutory provisions related to the short-term rental of property. The bill mandates a deadline of Septemb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758) |
| HB1464 | Pass | Auxiliary lighting on motorcycles and autocycles. Provides that motorcycles and autocycles may be equipped with red or amber standard bulb running lights or light-emitting diode (LED) pods or strips as auxiliary lighting. The bill requires such light...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0763) |
| HB1418 | Pass | Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act. Creates the Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act to establish procedural guarantees for correctional officers when allegations are made against such officers involving matters that may lead to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761) |
| SB796 | Pass | Sexual harassment training; legislative branch. Requires General Assembly members, full-time legislative staff of General Assembly members compensated with state appropriations, and full-time employees of each legislative branch agency to complete se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781) |
| SB28 | Pass | Medical research on dogs and cats; prohibition on use of state funds. Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated, granted, or awarded by the Commonwealth by any person or entity, public or private, to directly fund medically unnecessary research cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0771) |
| HB767 | Pass | Election precincts not to be changed between certain dates. Prohibits counties, cities, and towns from creating, dividing, abolishing, or consolidating any precincts or otherwise changing the boundaries of any precinct between February 1, 2019, and M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0778) |
| HB877 | Pass | Pet shops; sale of dogs; maintenance and availability of records. Amends the definition of "pet shop" to clarify that such entity is a "retail" establishment and requires any pet shop that sells dogs to post a notice stating that USDA's Animal and Pl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780) |
| HB1193 | Pass | Persons acquitted by reason of insanity; commitment; sentencing. Provides that a person who is acquitted by reason of insanity of an offense and convicted of another offense must serve his sentence for the conviction prior to being committed for inpa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768) |
| HB371 | Pass | Sexual harassment training; legislative branch. Requires General Assembly members, full-time legislative staff of General Assembly members compensated with state appropriations, and full-time employees of each legislative branch agency to complete se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777) |
| SB983 | Pass | Election precincts not to be changed between certain dates. Prohibits counties, cities, and towns from creating, dividing, abolishing, or consolidating any precincts or otherwise changing the boundaries of any precinct between February 1, 2019, and M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779) |
| HB662 | Pass | Department of Transportation to submit a plan for the remediation of the American Legion Bridge. Directs the Department of Transportation to begin the initial design and related assessments for remediating the American Legion Bridge at the earliest t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738) |
| SB353 | Pass | Property conveyance; Department of Conservation and Recreation; Economic Development Authority of Henrico County; White Oak Technology Park. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to convey certain real property adjacent to the Whit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0739) |
| HB1485 | Pass | Truancy; procedures. Makes several changes to the procedures relating to interventions when a pupil fails to report to school for a total of five scheduled school days for the school year, no indication has been received by school personnel that the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753) |
| SB569 | Pass | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; exemption from licensure. Exempts from licensure any person who is performing work directly under the supervision of a licensed contractor and is (i) a student in good sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767) |
| SB226 | Pass | Prescription Monitoring Program; veterinarians. Requires veterinarians who dispense controlled substances to report certain information about the animal and the owner of the animal to the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0772) |
| SB227 | Pass | New College Institute; powers and duties of board. Requires the board of directors of the New College Institute to seek opportunities to collaborate with local comprehensive community colleges to meet specialized noncredit workforce training needs id...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754) |
| HB796 | Pass | Zoning; disabilities. Requires a locality to give consideration to the need for reasonable modifications in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act or state and federal fair housing laws when preparing a zoning ordinance. The bill also al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757) |
| SB636 | Pass | Kinship Guardianship Assistance program. Creates the Kinship Guardianship Assistance program (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives and ensure permanency for children for whom adoption or being returned home are not appropriate p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770) |
| HB344 | Pass | Public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; campus free speech; policies, materials, and reports. Requires each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to (i) establish and include in its student handbook, on its w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751) |
| HB454 | Pass | Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; open educational resources. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to implement guidelines for the adoption and use of low-cost and no-cost open education...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752) |
| HB1583 | Pass | Commonwealth Broadband Chief Advisor. Establishes the position of Commonwealth Broadband Chief Advisor (Chief Advisor) within the Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to serve as Virginia's single point of contact and integration for broadba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0766) |
| SB587 | Pass | Conveyance of certain property in Caledon State Park. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to quitclaim and release all of its right, title, and interest in an unimproved parcel of land near the southwest corner of Caledon State P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740) |
| SB105 | Pass | Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $200 to $500 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765) |
| HB101 | Pass | Board for Contractors; tradesmen licenses; expiration date. Provides that licenses for tradesmen shall expire three years from the date of issuance by the Board for Contractors. The bill requires the Board to sync the expiration date of a tradesman l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750) |
| HB80 | Pass | Teacher licensure by reciprocity; third-party verification of application documents. Requires the Board of Education, in its regulations providing for teacher licensure by reciprocity, to permit applicants to submit third-party employment verificatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747) |
| HB287 | Pass | Special license plates; STOP GUN VIOLENCE. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of stopping gun violence bearing the legend STOP GUN VIOLENCE with an expiration date of July 1, 2020. The bill also authorizes the issuance o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0737) |
| SB394 | Pass | Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman. Establishes the Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman (the Office) within the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. The Office's duties include (i) receiving, reviewing, and attem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755) |
| SB930 | Pass | State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; prohibited conduct relating to contracts; exceptions; officer or immediate family member of an officer of Marine Resources Commission. Adds an officer or immediate family member of an officer of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742) |
| SB103 | Pass | Teacher licensure; reciprocity; spouses of Armed Forces members. Requires the Board of Education to provide for teacher licensure by reciprocity for any spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth who ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746) |
| HB1221 | Pass | Virginia Information Technologies Agency; additional duties of CIO; cybersecurity review. Requires the Chief Information Officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to (i) conduct an annual comprehensive review of cybersecurity policies o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775) |
| HB1550 | Pass | Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $200 to $500 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764) |
| SB996 | Pass | Animal shelters; vaccinations; administration of biological products. Authorizes the operator or custodian of a public animal shelter to vaccinate animals that are confined in such shelter to prevent the risk of communicable diseases. The bill also p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774) |
| SB971 | Pass | Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Plan. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and adopt an Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement plan and evaluate financing options for Interstate 81 corridor improvements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743) |
| SB349 | Pass | Teacher licensure. Makes several changes to the teacher licensure process, including (i) permitting teachers with a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, to receive licensure by reciprocity without passing additi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0748) |
| HB2 | Pass | Teacher licensure; reciprocity; spouses of Armed Forces members. Requires the Board of Education to provide for teacher licensure by reciprocity for any spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth who ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745) |
| SB959 | Pass | Disposition of unclaimed dead body; final orders of transportation and disposition. Provides that in cases in which a county or city attorney or the attorney for the Commonwealth for a county or city requests an order for transportation and dispositi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0773) |
| HB793 | Pass | Nurse practitioners; practice agreements. Eliminates the requirement for a practice agreement with a patient care team physician for a licensed nurse practitioner who has completed the equivalent of at least five years of full-time clinical experienc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0776) |
| HB1333 | Pass | Kinship Guardianship Assistance program. Creates the Kinship Guardianship Assistance program (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives and ensure permanency for children for whom adoption or being returned home are not appropriate p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769) |
| HB1551 | Pass | Special Workforce Grant Fund; creation. Creates the Special Workforce Grant Fund to award grants to certain e-commerce companies that make a capital investment at a facility in Fairfax County of at least $84 million and create at least 1,500 new full...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744) |
| HB1125 | Pass | Teacher licensure. Makes several changes to the teacher licensure process, including (i) permitting teachers with a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, to receive licensure by reciprocity without passing additi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749) |
| SB512 | Pass | Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); scholastic records; student addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. Prohibits the custodian of a scholastic record from releasing the address, phone number, or email address of a student in response ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756) |
| HB803 | Pass | High school equivalency programs; eligibility. Extends eligibility to participate in programs of preparation and instruction to take a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education to individuals who are at least 16 years of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717) |
| HB1537 | Pass | Animal boarding establishments; in-home care. Excludes from the definition of "boarding establishment" any private residential dwelling that shelters, feeds, and waters fewer than five companion animals that are not owned by the proprietor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0599) |
| SB589 | Pass | Election day page program. Permits participants in the election day page program to assist in the counting of unmarked ballots at any time, at the direction and under the direct supervision of the chief officer of election. Currently, election pages ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700) |
| HB1452 | Pass | Regional industrial facility authority. Amends the enabling statute for creation of a regional industrial facility authority by reducing from three to two the required minimum number of participating localities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545) |
| SB47 | Pass | Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 2 felony the penalty for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor; for any parent or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0549) |
| SB346 | Pass | Fire Programs Fund; cancer prevention. Authorizes moneys in the Fire Programs Fund to be used for the purpose of providing training and education and purchasing products that are designed to reduce the incidence of cancer among firefighters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649) |
| SB677 | Pass | Local tourism board; membership; member of a governing body of a locality. Authorizes a member of a governing body of a locality to be elected or appointed by that governing body to be a member of a local convention, visitors, or tourism board, autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0659) |
| SB840 | Pass | Local school boards; school meal policies. Requires each local school board to adopt policies that (i) prohibit school board employees from requiring a student who cannot pay for a meal at school or who owes a school meal debt to do chores or other w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712) |
| SB643 | Pass | Department of Transportation; electronic toll collection device fees or exchange. Prohibits the Department of Transportation from charging maintenance fees for or requiring users to exchange their electronic toll collection device as a result of inac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629) |
