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HB29Intro

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Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 836 of the 2017 Acts of Assembly.
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2018-03-10
Failed to pass
HB30Intro

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Budget Bill. Provides for appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of ?§2.2-1509, Code of Virginia, and provides a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirt...
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2018-03-10
Failed to pass
HB1610Intro

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Menhaden; total landings. Adjusts the annual total allowable landings for menhaden upward from 168,937.75 metric tons to 170,797.17 metric tons and provides that any portion of the coast-wide total allowable catch that is relinquished by a state that...
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2018-03-10
To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
HR86Intro

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Commending J. Christopher LaGow.
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2018-03-06
To House Rules Committee
HR119Intro

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Commending Cecile Richards.
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2018-03-06
To House Rules Committee
HJR297Intro

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Commending women who ran for public office in Virginia in 2017.
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2018-03-06
To House Rules Committee
SB30Intro

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Budget Bill. Provides for appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of ?§2.2-1509, Code of Virginia, and provides a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirt...
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2018-03-06
To House Appropriations Committee
SB29Intro

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Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 836 of the 2017 Acts of Assembly.
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2018-03-06
To House Appropriations Committee
HR79Intro

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Celebrating the life of Everett Hope Jordan, Jr.
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2018-02-20
Stricken at request of Patron
HB1592Intro

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Prohibited sale of products with Internet capabilities; obscene content blocking capability. Prohibits the distribution or sale of any product that makes content accessible on the Internet unless such product possesses an operating digital content bl...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB156Intro

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Convicts as witnesses; limitation on impeachment evidence. Limits the introduction as impeachment evidence the fact that a witness has been convicted of a crime if more than 10 years have passed from the date of the conviction or the person's release...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB440Intro

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Indigent defendants; public defender office; appointment of counsel. Provides that in localities having a public defender office, the public defender office or the Indigent Defense Commission must represent to the court that the public defender lacks...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB962Intro

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Expungement of prostitution convictions. Allows a person to petition for expungement of convictions for prostitution when the person was induced to engage in prostitution through the use of force, intimidation, or deception by another.
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB984Intro

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Prostitution; minors. Allows a petition for a child in need of services to be substituted for a delinquency petition for a minor arrested for prostitution if the minor is willing to participate in specialized services for those engaged in commercial ...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB884Intro

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Treatment pursuant to judicial order; when provider not liable. Provides that a health care professional or licensed hospital shall not be liable for any cause of action arising from a claim that a person who received treatment pursuant to an emergen...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1218Intro

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Termination of parental rights. Provides that the residual parental rights of a parent of a child placed in foster care may be terminated if the courts finds, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that it is in the child's best interests and that...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB961Intro

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Expungement of police and court records; victims of human trafficking. Allows a victim of human trafficking to petition for expungement of convictions for certain nonviolent offenses.
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1570Intro

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Grand larceny; threshold; penalties. 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 ...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1334Intro

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Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, which constitutes second degree murder and is punishable by confinement of not less than five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious ac...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB410Intro

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Property rights of married women; gender-neutral terms. Makes the laws addressing the property rights of married women applicable to all spouses and removes any sex-based classifications.
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1594Intro

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Crime victims; immigration status. Provides that no law-enforcement officer or other agent of state or local government shall, when investigating a crime, inquire into the immigration status of any person who reports that he is the victim of the crim...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB522Intro

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Safe reporting of criminal sexual assault. Establishes an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for (i) simple possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, or controlled paraphernalia; (ii) intoxication in public; or (iii) the unlaw...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB100Intro

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Method of execution; lethal injection drugs. Eliminates the provision making the identities of (i) any pharmacy or outsourcing facility that enters into a contract with the Department of Corrections for the compounding of drugs necessary to carry out...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB478Intro

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Domestic violence-related misdemeanors; enhanced penalty. Punishes a misdemeanor offense of violating a protective order, assault and battery against a family or household member, or stalking as a Class 6 felony if the person charged has been previou...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB515Intro

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Rights of parents with a disability. Provides that a parent's disability, as defined in the bill, shall not be the sole basis of the denial or restriction of such parent's custody or visitation rights. The bill requires a party who alleges that a par...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB843Intro

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Standards for testimony of expert witnesses. Adopts two additional standards for admission of expert testimony found in Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence by (i) requiring that the expert's testimony be the product of reliable principles and m...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1180Intro

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Carrying dangerous weapon to place of religious worship; repeal. Repeals the statutory prohibition on carrying a gun, pistol, bowie knife, dagger, or other dangerous weapon, without good and sufficient reason, to a place of worship while a meeting fo...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1147Intro

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Sealing of court and police records; nonviolent misdemeanor offenses. Requires the clerk of court for the jurisdiction in which a person was convicted of a nonviolent misdemeanor offense to seal the court records related to such conviction after 10 y...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB604Intro

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Warrant requirement for telecommunications records; location data. Provides that a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service shall not disclose location data to an investigative or law-enforcement officer except pursuan...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB519Intro

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Definition of violent felony; assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer, etc. Adds to the list of violent felonies assault and battery against a judge, magistrate, law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, firefighter, or other publi...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB506Intro

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Improper driving; handheld communication device. Provides that any person who drives a vehicle on any highway (i) in a negligent manner but does not endanger the life, limb, or property of another or (ii) while using a handheld personal communication...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1100Intro

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Appeal of involuntary admission order; possession of firearms. Provides that a person who is involuntarily admitted or ordered to mandatory outpatient treatment may not purchase, possess, or transport a firearm until his right to do so is restored by...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1063Intro

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Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession. Decriminalizes marijuana possession and provides a civil penalty of no more than $250 for a first violation and $1,000 for a second or subsequent violation. Under current law, a first offen...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1392Intro

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Judges; eligibility to serve. Provides that no person who would be subject to mandatory retirement under the provisions of the Judicial Retirement System shall be eligible to serve as a judge, justice, or substitute judge.
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB773Intro

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Nuisance; breach of peace. Provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth or the attorney for the locality may maintain a civil action in the circuit court for the jurisdiction in which a nuisance is alleged to exist to abate the nuisance, enjoin th...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB707Intro

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Allowing access to firearms by children; penalty. Provides that any person who leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any person under the age of 18 is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law provides t...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1214Intro

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Expungement of certain charges and convictions. Allows a person to petition for expungement of convictions and deferred disposition dismissals for marijuana possession, underage alcohol possession, and using a false ID to obtain alcohol when the offe...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1288Intro

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Personal injury actions; situations of peril created by plaintiff's negligence. Provides that a plaintiff shall not be able to recover against a defendant in a personal injury action solely due to the defendant's failure to avoid a situation of peril...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1422Intro

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CBD oil and THC-A oil; certification for use; dispensing. Provides that a practitioner may issue a written certification for the use of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease,...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1314Intro

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Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes. Provides that a person is entitled to parole who was sentenced by a jury prior to the date of the Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Fishback v. Commonwealth, 260 Va. 104 (June...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB720Intro

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Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime. Prohibits persons convicted of simple assault or assault and battery when the victim was selected because of his race, religious conviction, color, or national origin from purchasing or t...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB913Intro

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General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure of tax credits. Requires a member of the General Assembly to report on his annual disclosure form any tax credit, with certain exceptions, allowed under the Code of Virginia that (i) the legisla...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1593Intro

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Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions. Makes various changes to homestead exemptions, including providing that the official schedule of property claimed exempt filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court in a bankruptcy proceeding constitutes ...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB502Intro

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Criminal street gang; predicate offenses; penalty. Adds sexual battery to the list of predicate criminal acts that, if committed by a member of a criminal street gang, may be subject to additional criminal penalties in addition to the penalties assoc...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB617Intro

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Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. Requires Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. Requires the attorney for the Commonwealth, upon written notice by an accused to the court and to the attorney for the Commonwealth, to permit the ac...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB718Intro

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Hate crimes; gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; penalty. Adds disability, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault an...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1335Intro

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Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies; penalty. Authorizes a court to issue a protective order upon convicting a defendant for a felony offense of (i) violating a protective order, (ii) homicide set forth in Article 1 (&se...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1317Intro

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Administrative subpoena for electronic communication service or remote computing service records; certain offenses. Adds various computer crimes to the list of crimes for which attorneys for the Commonwealth have the authority to issue administrative...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB385Intro

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Health care providers; meeting, trial, and deposition charges. Provides that, in any case, a health care provider may only charge a patient or the patient's attorney, executor or administrator, or authorized insurer a reasonable fee on an hourly basi...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB1515Intro

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Ascertaining citizenship of person taken into custody at a jail. Provides that a sheriff or other officer in charge of a jail shall only inquire as to the citizenship of a person taken into custody at the jail if such person's criminal history inform...
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2018-02-15
To House Courts of Justice Committee
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