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2011 SESSION

Convened January 12, 2011 -


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(C) Carried over from 2010 Session (CD) Carried over but died in committee on or before 12/2/2010
Adults; Joint Commission on Health Care to study State’s procedures for receiving, investigating, and addressing reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. (Patron-Athey, HJR 650 (F))
Adverse medical outcomes; pilot program created to assess disclosure programs in health care facilities. Adding § 8.01-581.20:2. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 306 (CD))
Alternative currency; joint subcommittee to study whether State should adopt in event of major breakdown of Federal Reserve System. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HJR 557 (F))
Appalachian Power; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study alternatives to monopoly service provided in Southwest and Southside Virginia. (Patron-Wampler, SJR 145 (CD))
Assisted living services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study State’s third-party payments. (Patron-O’Bannon, HJR 580 (P))
Attorney fees; collection of unpaid fines, etc. Amending § 19.2-349. (Patron-Villanueva, HB 1967 (F))
Auditor of Public Accounts; joint committee of House and Senate Committees on Finance to study method of selecting. (Patron-Cox, J.A., HJR 617 (F); Vogel, SJR 359 (F))
Auditor of Public Accounts; required to review collection and distribution of local retail sales and use tax. Adding § 30-133.2. (Patron-Houck, SB 1271 (Chapter 614))
Autism Advisory Council; created, report. Adding §§ 30-326 through 30-329. (Patron-Houck, SB 1269 (Chapter 752))
Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund; Fund to be used for mental illness, etc., and to facilitate transition from state training centers to community-based services, report. Amending § 37.2-319. (Patron-Cox, M.K., HB 2533 (Chapter 724); Northam, SB 1486 (Chapter 729))
Biennial appropriation act; State’s biennial appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years beginning July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2015. Amending §§ 2.2-1503.1, 2.2-1504, 2.2-1506, 2.2-1508, 2.2-1509, 2.2-2400, 2.2-2407, 2.2-2629, 9.1-167, 9.1-172, 10.1-1322, 10.1-1402.1, 10.1-2202.3, 10.1-2212, 10.1-2213, 16.1-309.4, 22.1-18.01, 22.1-253.13:6, 22.1-289.1, 23-9.2:3.03, 23-19, 33.1-13.02, 33.1-23.02, 46.2-1503.5, 51.1-145, 53.1-82.3, 54.1-114, 54.1-1118, 54.1-2113, 54.1-4421, 58.1-1011, 58.1-1021.04:1, and 62.1-44.15:6. (Patron-McDougle, SB 912 (F))
Campaign finance disclosure reports; procedure for review thereof for certain candidates. Amending §§ 24.2-946 and 24.2-946.3; adding § 24.2-946.3:1. (Patron-Scott, J.M., HB 1415 (F))
Cell phones; Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to study disincentives for use in motor vehicles. (Patron-May, HJR 621 (F))
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; Secretary of Natural Resources to study expansion thereof. (Patron-Whipple, SJR 334 (P))
Children’s Ombudsman, Office of; created, report. Adding §§ 2.2-214.2, 2.2-214.3, and 2.2-214.4. (Patron-Edwards, SB 821 (F))
Cigarette tax; Tax Commissioner shall convene a working group to review current policies, report. (Patron-Peace, HB 2038 (Chapter 366); Hanger, SB 1085 (Chapter 293))
Circuit courts; creates local fee retention funding method for clerks’ offices. Amending §§ 17.1-267, 17.1-275, 17.1-275.5, and 19.2-349. (Patron-Lucas, SB 258 (CD))
Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created. Adding §§ 45.1-392.1 and 45.1-392.2; repealing § 45.1-392. (Patron-Byron, HB 1037 (CD); Stosch, SB 129 (CD))
Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created. Amending §§ 2.2-1111 and 45.1-394; adding §§ 59.1-284.25, 59.1-284.26, and 59.1-284.27; repealing §§ 45.1-392, 45.1-393, and 45.1-394. (Patron-Byron, HB 2316 (Chapter 815); Deeds, SB 1229 (I) See SB1360; Stosch, SB 1360 (Chapter 864))
Commonwealth Innovation Investment Fund; created, report. Adding §§ 2.2-2233.3, 58.1-550, and 58.1-551. (Patron-Herring, SB 1440 (F))
Commonwealth Project Management Standard; created for information technology projects by state agencies or higher educational institutions technology projects and related procurement, report. Amending §§ 2.2-225, 2.2-1509.3, 2.2-2006, 2.2-2007, 2.2-2008, 2.2-2012, 2.2-2015, 2.2-2017, 2.2-2020, 2.2-2021, and 58.1-1840.1; adding § 2.2-2018.1; repealing §§ 2.2-2018 and 2.2-2019. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 2375 (Chapter 739))
Community-based services for intellectual and developmental disabilities; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study costs of transitioning to 100 percent. (Patron-Englin, HJR 639 (F))
Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study efficiency and effectiveness. (Patron-McClellan, HJR 681 (F); Marsh, SJR 341 (F))
Continuing care retirement communities; State Corporation Commission to study management and need for resident representation in management and governance. (Patron-Watts, HJR 609 (F); Barker, SJR 52 (CD))
Costs and benefits of providing financial and other incentives to localities; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study. (Patron-Cox, M.K., HJR 570 (P))
Defendants; Virginia State Crime Commission to study disposition of those unrestorably incompetent. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HJR 626 (F))
Development loan defaults; Bureau of Financial Institutions of State Corporation Commission to review issues relating thereto, report. (Patron-Stuart, SJR 400 (F))
Distributed solar generation demonstration programs; authorizes State Corporation Commission to consider approval for utility-owned distributed solar generation facilities. (Patron-Toscano, HB 1686 (Chapter 771))
E-ZPass Program; joint subcommittee to study policies and procedures of other states participating therein. (Patron-Blevins, SJR 315 (F))
Eating disorders; Joint Commission on Health Care to study those diagnosed within State, etc. (Patron-Puller, SJR 294 (F))
Economic development incentive grants; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study effectiveness in State. (Patron-Howell, SJR 329 (P))
Employment First initiative; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop and implement in State. (Patron-Morrissey, HJR 633 (F))
Engineering curriculum; Department of Education to develop in public schools, report. (Patron-Nutter, HJR 636 (F); Wagner, SJR 308 (P))
Family life education; joint subcommittee to study fiscal impact of changing education from an opt-out program to an opt-in program. (Patron-Cole, HJR 556 (F))
Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling, report. Amending §§ 3.2-3600, 3.2-3602, 3.2-3602.1, 3.2-3607, 3.2-3611, 10.1-104.2, and 10.1-603.7; adding §§ 3.2-3607.1, 3.2-3607.2, and 10.1-104.5; repealing § 15.2-924.1. (Patron-Scott, E.T., HB 1831 (Chapter 341); Stuart, SB 1055 (Chapter 353))
Fertilizer and deicing agents; regulation of application, report. Amending §§ 3.2-3600, 3.2-3602.1, 3.2-3610, and 3.2-3611; adding § 3.2-3611.1. (Patron-Ware, R.L., HB 2463 (I) See HB1831)
Fines, costs, and fees; requires cost of collecting be added to total amounts due instead of paid from amounts collected, etc. Amending § 19.2-349. (Patron-Marsden, SB 1445 (F))
Fish and Wildlife, Commission on; established, report. Adding §§ 30-326 through 30-333. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 2334 (F))
Full-day kindergarten programs; joint subcommittee to study efficacy and appropriateness of requiring in State. (Patron-Filler-Corn, HJR 641 (F))
Highways; Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability, et al., to study tolling of certain. (Patron-Rust, HJR 619 (F))
Income tax, state; tax credits for individuals and businesses for qualified research and development expenses, report. Adding § 58.1-439.12:06. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 2325 (I) See HB1447)
Independent contractors; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study misclassification of employees. (Patron-Puckett, SJR 345 (P))
Inspector General, Office of; established. Amending §§ 2.2-211, 2.2-3010, 2.2-3014, 2.2-3705.3, 2.2-3705.6, 2.2-3706, 2.2-3802, 2.2-4344, 30-138, 32.1-127.1:03, 32.1-283, and 58.1-202.2; adding §§ 2.2-307 through 2.2-322; repealing §§ 2.2-1600, 2.2-1601, 2.2-1602, 37.2-423, 37.2-424, 37.2-425, 53.1-16, and 66-3.1. (Patron-Landes, HB 2076 (Chapter 798); Stosch, SB 1477 (Chapter 871))
Instructional spending; local school board to report expenditures annually. Adding §§ 22.1-18.2 and 22.1-90.1. (Patron-Loupassi, HB 1416 (F))
Land conservation; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study long-term dedicated funding sources. (Patron-Whipple, SJR 335 (P))
Land preservation tax credit; Department of Conservation to compile report on land qualifying for credits to protect water quality. Amending § 58.1-512. (Patron-Whipple, SB 979 (Chapter 672))
Legislative Services, Division of; clarifies duties. Amending § 30-28.16. (Patron-Orrock, HB 1540 (Chapter 765))
Local government reorganization; joint subcommittee to study. (Patron-Vogel, SJR 88 (CD))
Local governments; Secretary of Technology to study opportunities to facilitate cooperative procurement and sharing of custom technology applications to leverage buying power and create efficiencies. (Patron-Poindexter, HJR 645 (P))
Local treasurer; authorized to be compensated when collecting fines, costs, etc. Amending § 19.2-349. (Patron-Tata, HB 1785 (F))
Manufacturing jobs; Virginia Manufacturing Development Commission directed to develop plan for repatriating and evaluating possible tax incentives, report. (Patron-May, HJR 735 (P))
Medicaid; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study feasibility and cost-effectiveness of withdrawing therefrom in favor of state-run program. (Patron-Obenshain, SB 1201 (F))
Medical care; Joint Commission on Health Care to study access thereto in rural Southwest Virginia. (Patron-Kilgore, HJR 124 (CD))
Medical doctors; joint subcommittee to study current and impending severe shortage thereof in State. (Patron-Purkey, HJR 574 (F))
Medical emergency response plan and automated external defibrillators; required in certain buildings. Amending § 22.1-274; adding §§ 2.2-214.2, 2.2-1161.2, 15.2-922.2, and 59.1-296.2:2. (Patron-Hope, HB 1485 (F))
Motor Vehicles, Virginia Department of; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study implementation of “legal presence”. (Patron-Englin, HJR 678 (F))
Open Education Curriculum Board; established. Amending § 2.2-2101; adding §§ 2.2-2462, 2.2-2463, and 2.2-2464. (Patron-Peace, HB 724 (CD))
Oral chemotherapy drugs; Joint Commission on Health Care to study access thereto. (Patron-Peace, HJR 566 (F))
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA); Joint Commission on Health Care to study implementation of insurance provisions thereof. (Patron-Kilgore, HJR 635 (F))
Plug-in electric vehicles; Governor to appoint an interagency task force to study use thereof in State. (Patron-Bulova, HJR 669 (F))
Prescription medications; Joint Commission on Health Care to study impacts of cost sharing, coinsurance, and specialty tier pricing. (Patron-O’Bannon, HJR 579 (F))
Producer licensing examination candidates; Bureau of Insurance within State Corporation Commission to collect demographic and other information. (Patron-Alexander, HJR 586 (P))
Public schools; Department of Education to study recycling education in schools. (Patron-Barker, SJR 346 (F))
Public schools; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study feasibility and effect of post-Labor Day opening of schools. (Patron-Ebbin, HJR 620 (F))
Public transportation; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to evaluate level of study to identify and advance potential services to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County and Marine Corps Base at Quantico in Prince William and Stafford Counties. (Patron-Puller, SJR 292 (P))
Quiet pavement technology; requires VDOT to expedite development. Amending § 33.1-223.2:21. (Patron-LeMunyon, HB 2001 (Chapter 790))
Rapid re-housing pilot project; requires Department of Housing and Community Development to establish. (Patron-Herring, HB 2084 (F); Whipple, SB 1479 (F))
Real property; Department of General Services to inventory all property owned by State and update inventory at least annually thereafter. Amending §§ 2.2-1136, 2.2-1153, and 2.2-1156. (Patron-LeMunyon, HB 2003 (Chapter 659); Vogel, SB 1257 (Chapter 675))
School divisions, local; Department of Education to study nature and effectiveness of antibullying policies. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HJR 625 (P))
Second Chance Act; Secretaries of Public Safety and Health and Human Resources to study and make recommendations related to implementation thereof, report. (Patron-Keam, HB 1123 (CD))
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; joint subcommittee to study efficacy of establishment of additional similar registries. (Patron-Carrico, HJR 594 (F))
Sex offender registry; Virginia State Crime Commission to study requirements. (Patron-Hanger, SJR 348 (P))
Sexually violent predators; conditional release of those civilly committed. Adding § 37.2-922. (Patron-Hanger, SB 1470 (F))
Shaken Baby Syndrome and abusive head trauma; Joint Commission on Health Care to study costs in State and identify best practices in reducing incidence. (Patron-Oder, HJR 632 (P))
Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan; specifies process by which agencies’ requests for capital projects are presented to Advisory Committee. Amending §§ 2.2-1516, 2.2-1517, and 2.2-1518. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 2328 (Chapter 697); Marsh, SB 1428 (Chapter 718))
Small businesses; joint subcommittee to study whether state laws and regulations impede ability to act collectively in procuring health insurance. (Patron-Villanueva, HJR 618 (F))
Sovereign immunity; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study costs incurred by localities of State resulting from claims, etc. (Patron-Knight, HJR 510 (F))
State agencies; reports to General Assembly. Amending § 2.2-608. (Patron-McDougle, SB 1057 (Chapter 845))
State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with Department of Rail and Public Transportation. Amending §§ 15.2-2222.1 and 15.2-2223. (Patron-Watts, HB 808 (CD); Barker, SB 550 (CD))
State motor fuel tax; Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research to study desirability and feasibility of replacing with alternatives including mileage-based fee predicated on vehicle-miles traveled in State. (Patron-Miller, J.C., SJR 328 (F))
Strategic Manufacturing and Job Repatriation Act; created, report. Adding §§ 59.1-550 through 59.1-555. (Patron-May, HB 2030 (F))
Strategies and Models for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued. (Patron-Hanger, SJR 350 (F))
Students; Disability Commission to study continued access to assistive technology devices. (Patron-Pogge, HB 2014 (F))
Students; school boards to report to Board of Education number of students enrolled in English as a second language. Amending § 22.1-253.13:1. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 1775 (F))
Subaqueous bottomland; Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Virginia Marine Resources Commission to jointly study ways to better utilize those on seaside of State’s Eastern Shore. (Patron-Northam, SJR 330 (P))
Substance abuse treatment; Joint Commission on Health Care to study involuntary admission of persons in need in State. (Patron-O’Bannon, HJR 682 (F))
Surplus real property; Department of General Services to inventory all real property owned by State and update inventory at least annually thereafter. Amending § 2.2-1156; adding § 2.2-1156.1. (Patron-LeMunyon, HB 782 (CD))
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study costs and benefits of drug testing recipients of cash assistance in order to reduce costs associated with substance abuse. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HJR 616 (F))
Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; establishes position of Inspector General. Adding § 3.2-3112. (Patron-Brink, HB 1800 (I) See HB2076)
Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; performance audit, report. Adding § 3.2-3109.1. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 2115 (F))
Transit-related issues; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study those in State. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SJR 297 (P))
Transportation Commissioner; changes title to Commissioner of Highways, report. Amending §§ 33.1-1, 33.1-8, 33.1-34, 33.1-35, 33.1-148, 33.1-149, 33.1-150, 33.1-154, and 33.1-155; adding § 33.1-13.03; repealing §§ 33.1-13.01 and 33.1-13.02. (Patron-Oder, HB 1825 (Chapter 36); Watkins, SB 1005 (Chapter 152))
Underground transmission lines; extends scheduled expiration date of pilot program. Amending Chapter 799, 2008 Acts. (Patron-May, HB 2027 (Chapter 244))
Unemployment compensation benefits; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study overpayment as result of administrative errors by Virginia Employment Commission. (Patron-Merricks, HJR 49 (CD))
Uniform Statewide Building Code; Department of Housing and Community Development, et al., to study feasibility and appropriateness of amendments to provide accessible routes for persons with disabilities into public and private buildings and facilities and promote universal features in dwelling units. (Patron-Plum, HJR 648 (P))
Uniform statewide grading policy; joint subcommittee to study feasibility and efficacy thereof in State. (Patron-Ward, HJR 569 (F))
U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights; joint subcommittee to study status of compliance by federal government with terms thereof in its treatment of citizens of State. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HJR 558 (F))
U.S. Route 1 Corridor; joint subcommittee to study creation of Corridor. (Patron-Surovell, HJR 603 (F))
U.S. Route 29; designating from Virginia-North Carolina line to north of Town of Altavista as Interstate 785. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HB 2481 (F))
Veterans; Department of Veterans Services to study certification and licensing opportunities. (Patron-Keam, HJR 637 (F))
Veterans Services Foundation; to provide an annual report to Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security on or before November 30 of each year. Amending §§ 2.2-2715 and 2.2-2716. (Patron-Anderson, HB 2042 (Chapter 795))
Virginia College Savings Plan; clarifies roles of two advisory committees to Board, annual report. Amending §§ 23-38.79:1 and 23-38.84. (Patron-Cox, M.K., HB 1619 (Chapter 26); Stosch, SB 1362 (Chapter 18))
Virginia Disability Commission; clarifies that the Commission shall serve as primary forum in State where needs of and issues affecting people with physical and sensory disabilities are identified, report. Amending §§ 30-232 and 30-236. (Patron-Orrock, HB 1514 (Chapter 686))
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; reports by businesses receiving development subsidies. Adding § 2.2-2240.3. (Patron-Toscano, HB 1870 (F))
Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011; established, report. Amending §§ 23-9.2:3.02, 23-9.6:1, 23-9.6:1.01, 23-38.88, 23-38.90, 23-38.91, and 23-38.93; adding §§ 23-38.87:10 through 23-38.87:21; repealing § 23-9.2:3.03. (Patron-Cox, M.K., HB 2510 (Chapter 828); Houck, SB 1459 (Chapter 869))
Virginia Nanotechnology Authority Act; created, report. Adding §§ 2.2-2336 through 2.2-2353. (Patron-Purkey, HB 123 (CD); Purkey, HB 1639 (I) See HB2324)
Virginia Research and Technology Investment Program; created, report. Amending §§ 2.2-2101, 2.2-2221, 2.2-3705.6, and 2.2-3711; adding §§ 2.2-436 through 2.2-444; repealing §§ 2.2-2233.1 and 2.2-2233.2. (Patron-Newman, SB 1322 (I) See SB1485)
Virginia Research and Technology Investment Program; created, report. Amending §§ 2.2-2220, 2.2-2221, 2.2-2233.1, and 2.2-3711; adding §§ 2.2-2220.1 and 2.2-2221.2; repealing § 2.2-2233.2. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 2324 (Chapter 816))
Virginia Retirement System; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study. (Patron-Plum, HJR 649 (F))
Virginia Retirement System; Senate Committee on Finance to study investment portfolio managed thereby. (Patron-McEachin, SR 22 (P))
Virginia school children; Commission on Youth to study how they compare academically with students in other countries. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SJR 320 (F))
Virginia State Police workforce; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study pay equity. (Patron-Miller, P.J., HJR 677 (F))
Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank; created, report. Amending §§ 33.1-23.05, 33.1-23.4:01, 33.1-268, 33.1-269, 33.1-276, 33.1-277, 33.1-280, and second enactment of Chapter 896, 2007 Acts; adding §§ 33.1-23.6 through 33.1-23.13, 33.1-23.14 through 33.1-23.26, and 33.1-221.1:1.3. (Patron-Wampler, SB 1446 (Chapter 868))
Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Fund and Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank; created, report. Amending §§ 33.1-23.05, 33.1-23.4:01, 33.1-268, 33.1-269, 33.1-276, 33.1-277, 33.1-280, and second enactment of Chapter 896, 2007 Acts; adding §§ 33.1-23.6 through 33.1-23.13, 33.1-23.14 through 33.1-23.26, and 33.1-221.1:1.3. (Patron-Howell, W.J., HB 2527 (Chapter 830))
Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund; established. Adding §§ 67-1300 through 67-1305. (Patron-Ebbin, HB 2191 (Chapter 806); Whipple, SB 975 (Chapter 839))
Voter registration and election system; joint subcommittee to study administration thereof. (Patron-Martin, SJR 68 (CD))
Water quality reports; consolidates several reports on progress in cleaning up State’s impaired waters. Amending §§ 10.1-2128.1 and 62.1-44.118. (Patron-Poindexter, HB 2058 (Chapter 245))
Workplace Fraud Act; established. Adding §§ 40.1-28.13 through 40.1-28.31. (Patron-Puckett, SB 377 (CD))
Year-round schools; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study efficacy thereof. (Patron-Landes, HJR 646 (P))
Zero-based budgeting; requesting Governor to consider, report. (Patron-Deeds, SJR 355 (F))

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