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2012 SESSION

Convened January 11, 2012
Adjourned sine die March 10, 2012
Reconvened April 18, 2012
Adjourned sine die April 18, 2012


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(C) Carried over
Agency Effectiveness Review Commission; established, report. Adding §§ 30-330 through 30-339. (Patron-McWaters, SB 348 (F))
Aging services; changes deadlines for submission of four-year plan. Amending § 2.2-703.1. (Patron-Crockett-Stark, HB 595 (Chapter 509))
Alternate medium of commerce or currency; joint subcommittee to study whether State should adopt to serve as an alternative to currency distributed by Federal Reserve System. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HJR 118 (F))
American hall of fame and museum; Department of Historic Resources to study feasibility and economic impact of construction and maintenance in Northern Virginia. (Patron-Minchew, HJR 104 (F))
Appropriation bills; Chairmen of House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees to issue reports with budget conference report. Adding § 30-19.10:1. (Patron-Toscano, HB 447 (F); Norment, SB 267 (F))
Atlantic Menhaden; Virginia Marine Resources Commission to study and report on strategies for implementing new requirements under amended Interstate Fishery Management Plan. (Patron-Northam, SJR 75 (F))
Auditor of Public Accounts; procurement of private accountants and auditing firms. Amending § 30-133. (Patron-Wilt, HB 341 (F))
Baccalaureate degrees, selected; joint subcommittee to study feasibility for community colleges to offer. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HJR 95 (F))
Banks; joint subcommittee to study whether to establish a bank to be operated by State. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HJR 12 (F))
Bi-County Parkway and Tri-County Parkway; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study potential economic impact of proposed transportation infrastructure projects. (Patron-Anderson, HJR 134 (F))
Building Revitalization Grant Fund; established, report. Adding § 36-55.64:1. (Patron-Stanley, SB 130 (F))
Capital projects, local; planning commission to study impact of public facilities if comprehensive plan is implemented, relocation of utilities and cable lines. Amending § 15.2-2230.1. (Patron-Dudenhefer, HB 1286 (Chapter 553))
Certificate of public need program; eliminates requirement that Commissioner of Health report annually to Governor and General Assembly on status of program. Repealing § 32.1-102.12. (Patron-Newman, SB 487 (Chapter 123))
Child protective services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study operation and performance of State’s system. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HJR 133 (F))
Cigarette trafficking, illegal; Virginia State Crime Commission to study practice thereof. (Patron-Howell, SJR 21 (P))
Commercial space flight; funding and oversight. Amending §§ 2.2-2201, 2.2-2202, 2.2-2203, 2.2-2204, 2.2-2213, 2.2-2215, 33.1-23.03:2, 33.1-23.7, 58.1-423, and 58.1-638; adding §§ 2.2-2203.1 through 2.2-2203.4. (Patron-May, HB 813 (Chapter 779); Herring, SB 284 (Chapter 817))
Commonwealth, Secretary of; required to prepare an organizational chart of state government and report annually to Governor. Amending § 2.2-402. (Patron-Albo, HB 465 (Chapter 271))
Community colleges; State Council of Higher Education to study feasibility to offer selected baccalaureate degrees in high-demand fields. (Patron-Favola, SJR 19 (F))
Community-based mental health services; Joint Commission on Health Care to study availability for individuals transitioning from state hospitals to community-based care. (Patron-O’Bannon, HJR 18 (F))
Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study efficiency and effectiveness thereof. (Patron-McClellan, HJR 63 (F); Marsh, SJR 14 (C))
Correctional enterprises; Director of Division of Purchases and Supply and Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Correctional Enterprises Program has authority to grant exemptions from mandatory purchase provisions, report. Amending § 53.1-48. (Patron-Peace, HB 263 (Chapter 360))
Court of Appeals of Virginia; Judicial Council of Virginia to study jurisdictional capacity. (Patron-Iaquinto, HJR 111 (P))
Dental disease; Joint Commission on Health Care to study fiscal impact to State that results from untreated patients. (Patron-Barker, SJR 50 (F))
Eastern Virginia Medical School; State Council of Higher Education to study merging with Old Dominion University. (Patron-Joannou, HJR 173 (C))
Elderly and incapacitated adults; Virginia State Crime Commission to study ways to prevent, deter, and punish financial exploitation. (Patron-Ebbin, SJR 53 (F))
Electronic identity credentials; Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study and determine possible liability concerns therewith. (Patron-Watkins, SJR 15 (P))
Employment First initiative; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop and implement in State, report. (Patron-Morrissey, HJR 23 (F))
Energy conservation; establishes statewide goal of reducing consumption of electric energy within State, etc., report. Amending § 67-202.1; adding § 56-596.1. (Patron-Englin, HB 70 (F))
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; Virginia State Crime Commission to study effectiveness of current regulatory scheme for sale, etc. (Patron-McClellan, HJR 62 (F))
Evaluate Tax Preferences, Joint Subcommittee to; established, report. Adding §§ 30-330, 30-331, and 30-332. (Patron-Landes, HB 777 (Chapter 777))
Expedited partner therapy; Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for implementing in State. (Patron-Herring, HJR 147 (F))
Federal Oversight, Commission on; created, report. Adding §§ 30-330 through 30-336. (Patron-Landes, HB 776 (F))
Flooding; Virginia Institute of Marine Science to study strategies for adaption to prevent recurrent flooding in Tidewater and Eastern Shore Virginia localities. (Patron-Stolle, HJR 50 (P); Northam, SJR 76 (P))
Food deserts; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to explore and recommend strategies to eliminate to make healthy and affordable food products available and accessible to low-income and poor citizens and impoverished communities, report. (Patron-McQuinn, HJR 88 (F))
Foreclosure counseling pilot program; established for Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and Prince William County. Adding § 36-139.5:2. (Patron-Colgan, SB 644 (F))
Foreclosure procedures; Virginia Housing Commission to study. (Patron-Deeds, SJR 71 (C))
Foster care; Department of Social Services to develop policies and procedures to protect personal identifying information and conduct annual credit checks of children 16 or older, report. Adding § 63.2-905.2. (Patron-Dance, HB 500 (Chapter 432))
General Assembly; creation of new regulatory program, report by Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation. Amending § 54.1-310; adding § 30-19.1:4.1. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 390 (F))
Geriatric prisoners; removes petition requirement for Parole Board to consider conditional release, report. Amending § 53.1-40.01. (Patron-Lucas, SB 290 (C))
Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund; established, report. Adding §§ 3.2-303 through 3.2-309. (Patron-Landes, HB 766 (Chapter 622); Stanley, SB 128 (Chapter 466))
Gunston Hall; administrative head is appointed by Governor, report. Amending § 23-295; adding § 23-295.2. (Patron-Albo, HB 478 (F); Puller, SB 137 (C))
Health care provider; Department of Health Professions to study options for accepting military training and experience as satisfying requirements for licensure, certification, or registration. (Patron-Stolle, HJR 51 (F))
Health information; Department of Health to establish work group to examine needs related to health care reform. Adding § 32.1-276.9:1. (Patron-Saslaw, SB 643 (I) See SB135)
High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates which shall be in compliance with federal law, report. Amending §§ 33.1-46.2 and 46.2-749.3. (Patron-Greason, HB 85 (Chapter 743); Barker, SB 209 (Chapter 681))
Higher educational institutions; annual report on graduation rates to State Council of Higher Education and requires Council to publish on website. Amending § 23-9.6:1; adding § 23-2.4. (Patron-Kory, HB 655 (F))
Higher educational institutions; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study cost efficiency and to identify opportunities to reduce cost. (Patron-Landes, HJR 108 (P))
Homeland security and emergency management; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study ongoing planning and preparedness efforts throughout State. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HJR 132 (P))
Horse racing industry; joint subcommittee to study. (Patron-Scott, E.T., HJR 172 (F))
Ignition interlock; Virginia State Crime Commission to study feasibility of requiring installation for DUI first offender along with issuance of an unrestricted operator’s license. (Patron-Loupassi, HJR 13 (F))
Income tax, corporate; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study phase-out of tax. (Patron-McWaters, SJR 85 (C))
Income tax, corporate; tax credits for donations to non-profit organizations providing assistance to low-income families, eligible students with disabilities, and certain scholarship foundations. Amending §§ 58.1-439.18 through 58.1-439.21 and 58.1-439.24; adding §§ 58.1-439.25 through 58.1-439.28. (Patron-Stanley, SB 131 (Chapter 731))
Income tax credits, public-private partnerships, and other public-private investment programs; House and Senate Committees on Finance to study and determine multiplier effects of various types. (Patron-Purkey, HJR 85 (P))
Instructional spending; local school board to report expenditures annually. Adding §§ 22.1-18.2 and 22.1-90.1. (Patron-Habeeb, HB 78 (I) See HB250)
Judges; Virginia State Crime Commission to study mandatory retirement age. (Patron-McWaters, SJR 69 (C))
Juvenile facilities, secure; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study excess capacity. (Patron-Marsden, SJR 90 (C))
Land-disturbing activities; Secretary of Natural Resources to study potential modification of regulatory requirements to alleviate cost and time required to pursue. (Patron-Poindexter, HJR 137 (F))
License tax business classifications and tax rates, local; Department of Taxation to study. (Patron-Landes, HJR 4 (F))
License tax, local; ordinances that levy taxes on severing of oil, coal, or gas from earth, report. Amending § 58.1-3713.3. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 1233 (Chapter 665); Puckett, SB 658 (Chapter 722))
Local governments; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study local fiscal impact and taxation of property owned by local authorities in a different county, city, or town. (Patron-Wright, HJR 2 (F))
Machinery and tools, local; Department of Taxation to study impact of state income tax credit for taxes paid by manufacturers. (Patron-Wagner, SJR 86 (F))
Mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study establishment thereof for State. (Patron-Herring, HJR 27 (F))
Manufacturing sector; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study measures to eliminate disparity in share of state tax burden borne by State. (Patron-Wagner, SJR 87 (F))
Marijuana; Governor requested to petition Administrator of Drug Enforcement Administration to amend regulations governing scheduling of drugs to move from Schedule I to Schedule II. (Patron-Englin, HJR 139 (F))
Marijuana; joint subcommittee to study potential revenue impact on State of legalizing sale and use with certain restrictions and conditions, and selling it through State’s ABC stores. (Patron-Englin, HJR 140 (F))
Medicaid; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study effect of payment policies for hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians on access to health care services. (Patron-Stosch, SJR 92 (P))
Medicaid; joint subcommittee to study reducing costs by increasing efficiencies and reducing fraud. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HJR 119 (F))
Medicaid; joint subcommittee to study reducing costs by using telemedicine. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HJR 171 (F))
Medical doctors; joint subcommittee to study current and impending severe shortage in State. (Patron-Purkey, HJR 84 (F))
Military training and education; regulatory boards to accept as equivalent to requirements for issuance of licensures, report. Adding § 54.1-118. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 938 (Chapter 524))
Motor vehicles; authorized on-road clean screen program and testing equipment for emissions inspection stations. Amending §§ 46.2-1176, 46.2-1178, 46.2-1178.1, 46.2-1180, 46.2-1181, 46.2-1182, and 46.2-1182.2; adding § 46.2-1177.1. (Patron-May, HB 805 (Chapter 216); Saslaw, SB 502 (Chapter 824))
Nonviolent felony offenders; Virginia State Crime Commission to study creation of rating mechanism to determine best use of resources for helping those released. (Patron-James, HJR 127 (F))
Nonviolent felony offenses; Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study to aid certain classes of offenders in obtaining gainful employment. (Patron-Lucas, SJR 64 (F))
Nursing facility transfer and discharge procedures; Commissioner of Health to convene work group for purposes of clarifying requirements, etc., report. (Patron-Hope, HB 1274 (Chapter 730))
Nutrient Offset Fund; establishes as priority for funding those nutrient offsets that are produced from facilities that generate electrical or heat energy, etc., using animal waste as fuel source, report. Amending § 10.1-2128.2. (Patron-Hanger, SB 402 (C))
Open Education Curriculum Board; alters function from a policy board to an advisory board. Amending §§ 2.2-2463 and 2.2-2464; repealing § 2.2-2462. (Patron-Watkins, SB 45 (Chapter 807))
Organ, eye, and tissue donation; Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for establishing an opt-out program in State. (Patron-O’Bannon, HJR 19 (F))
Parole; joint subcommittee to study reinstituting in State. (Patron-Sickles, HJR 122 (F))
Planning and Budget, Department of; submissions of an analysis of estimates to Governor and General Assembly. Amending § 2.2-1504. (Patron-Cline, HB 244 (F))
Potomac River Basin, Interstate Commission on; joint subcommittee to study State’s withdrawal and its effects upon viability of Potomac as source of drinking water, etc. (Patron-Kory, HJR 113 (F); Marsden, SJR 96 (C))
Property owners, low-income; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study real property tax relief. (Patron-Miller, J.C., SJR 45 (C); Locke, SJR 57 (C))
Prostate cancer prevention; State Health Commissioner to promote and emphasize screening as an effective tool, report. (Patron-McQuinn, HJR 87 (F))
Protection and Advocacy, Virginia Office for; conversion to a nonprofit entity, report. Amending §§ 2.2-510, 37.2-304, 37.2-709, and 51.5-40; adding § 51.5-39.13; repealing §§ 51.5-39.1 through 51.5-39.12. (Patron-Orrock, HB 1230 (Chapter 847))
Public guardianship and conservator program; Department for Aging to adopt person-centered practice procedures. Amending § 2.2-712. (Patron-Peace, HB 270 (Chapter 322))
Public schools; impact of unlawful aliens, report. Adding § 22.1-3.1:1. (Patron-Cole, HB 138 (F))
Public schools; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study suspension and expulsion practices and to recommend strategy to minimize such practices. (Patron-McClellan, HJR 66 (F); Robinson, HJR 89 (F))
Real Estate Appraiser Board; shall develop continuing education curriculum for licensees, report. (Patron-Tata, HB 433 (Chapter 49); Wagner, SB 507 (Chapter 388))
Recycling survey; requires solid waste planning units and localities to submit report at least every four years. Amending § 10.1-1411. (Patron-Garrett, SB 676 (Chapter 834))
Regional higher education centers; State Council of Higher Education to study management and structure. (Patron-Merricks, HJR 97 (C))
Renewable energy portfolio standard program; reporting requirements to State Corporation Commission. Amending § 56-585.2. (Patron-McClellan, HB 1166 (Chapter 67); McEachin, SB 382 (Chapter 348))
Rental inspections; City of Fairfax to conduct a study to identify which residential rental dwelling units meet requirements for rental inspection districts. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HB 566 (F))
Retail Sales and Use Tax; adds City of Bristol to list of localities that are entitled to revenues generated at certain public facilities. Amending § 58.1-608.3. (Patron-O’Quinn, HB 1116 (Chapter 789); Carrico, SB 607 (Chapter 830))
Retirement Communities, Continuing Care; Virginia Housing Commission to study. (Patron-Barker, SJR 49 (F))
Route 28; VDOT to study desirability and feasibility of extending across Potomac River into Maryland Interstate Highway System. (Patron-Minchew, HJR 131 (F))
School attendance; Board of Education to study causes of chronic school absenteeism and efficacy of establishing uniform requirements for maximum absences. (Patron-Alexander, HJR 123 (F))
School divisions; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study cost efficiency of regionalizing and consolidating administrative personnel between school divisions and local governing bodies. (Patron-Morris, HJR 110 (F))
Sexually violent predators; civil commitment, report. Amending § 37.2-903. (Patron-Howell, SB 91 (I) See SB314)
Sexually violent predators; Director of Department of Corrections shall develop a protocol consistent with evidence-based best practices to assess whether prisoner or defendant meets definition, report. Amending §§ 19.2-169.3, 37.2-903, and 37.2-904. (Patron-Jones, HB 1271 (Chapter 800); Blevins, SB 314 (Chapter 668))
Shared work programs; established, report. Adding §§ 60.2-700 through 60.2-708. (Patron-Hope, HB 835 (C); Barker, SB 376 (C))
Solitary confinement; Crime Commission to study uses including segregation, administrative isolation, etc., by Department of Corrections. (Patron-Ebbin, SJR 93 (F))
Solitary confinement; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study uses including segregation, administrative isolation, etc., by Department of Corrections. (Patron-Hope, HJR 126 (F))
State agencies; procurement of nonprofessional services. Amending §§ 2.2-1111 and 2.2-2622. (Patron-Cline, HB 245 (F))
State Corporation Commission; required to review whether pass rate of licensing examination for life insurance and annuities agents is consistent with 2011 NAIC State Licensing Handbook. Amending § 38.2-1815. (Patron-Ware, R.L., HB 313 (Chapter 413))
State government; Governor’s reorganization of executive branch. Amending §§ 2.2-203, 2.2-203.2:1, 2.2-212, 2.2-214, 2.2-215, 2.2-221, 2.2-230, 2.2-435.8, 2.2-517, 2.2-1111, 2.2-1122, 2.2-1137, 2.2-1201, 2.2-1204, 2.2-1507, 2.2-2001, 2.2-2001.1, 2.2-2004, 2.2-2006, 2.2-2012, 2.2-2101, 2.2-2411, 2.2-2528, 2.2-2666.3, 2.2-2674.01, 2.2-2676, 2.2-2677, 2.2-2696, 2.2-3000, 2.2-3003 through 2.2-3005.1, 2.2-3501, 2.2-3705.2, 2.2-3705.3, 2.2-3705.5, 2.2-3711, 2.2-3902, 2.2-4002, 2.2-4006, 2.2-4024, 2.2-4117, 2.2-4118, 2.2-4343, 2.2-4345, 2.2-5510, 3.2-102, 3.2-109, 3.2-111, 3.2-114, 3.2-1100, 3.2-1102, 3.2-1800, 3.2-1802 through 3.2-1808, 3.2-1810, 3.2-1812, 3.2-1813, 3.2-1815, 3.2-2400 through 3.2-2407, 3.2-2408, 3.2-2409, 3.2-2410, 4.1-207.1, 4.1-223, 8.01-66.9, 8.01-418.2, 8.01-581.23, 9.1-102, 9.1-108, 10.1-104, 10.1-107, 10.1-400, 10.1-603.2, 10.1-603.2:1, 10.1-603.2:2, 10.1-603.4, 10.1-603.8:1, 10.1-603.12, 10.1-603.12:1, 10.1-603.14, 10.1-1102, 10.1-1103, 10.1-1183, 10.1-1186, 15.2-738, 15.2-1507, 15.2-1535, 15.2-1604, 15.2-2159, 15.2-2232, 16.1-287, 16.1-293, 19.2-389, 22.1-17.1, 22.1-19, 22.1-209.1:2, 22.1-289, 23-9.9:01, 23-50.16:24, 30-34.2:1, 30-182, 30-193, 30-198, 30-326, 32.1-23.1, 32.1-89, 32.1-102.1, 32.1-116.1, 32.1-127.1:04, 32.1-283.5, 32.1-330.3, 37.2-304, 37.2-312.1, 37.2-504, 37.2-505, 37.2-605, 37.2-1000, 37.2-1010, 37.2-1015, 40.1-51.4:4, 44-123.3, 45.1-161.292:2, 45.1-161.292:11, 45.1-161.292:19 through 45.1-161.292:22, 45.1-161.292:24 through 45.1-161.292:29, 45.1-161.292:71, 45.1-186.1, 45.1-194, 46.2-221, 46.2-411, 46.2-1206, 46.2-1217, 51.1-124.22, 51.1-124.27, 51.1-1101, 51.5-1, 51.5-31, 51.5-33, 51.5-39.2, 51.5-39.7, 51.5-39.10, 51.5-41, 51.5-44, 53.1-5, 53.1-10, 53.1-32, 53.1-32.1, 53.1-41, 53.1-63.1, 54.1-300, 54.1-500, 54.1-500.1, 54.1-501, 54.1-516, 54.1-700, 54.1-701, 54.1-703, 54.1-704.1 through 54.1-706, 54.1-1500, 54.1-2200, 54.1-3005, 54.1-3408, 57-60, 58.1-344.3, 58.1-439.11, 58.1-2259, 59.1-203, 59.1-207.3, 59.1-207.34, 59.1-207.39, 59.1-207.44, 59.1-429, 59.1-432, 59.1-473, 62.1-44.5, 62.1-229.4, 63.2-100, 63.2-215, 63.2-313, 63.2-315, 63.2-401, 63.2-405, 63.2-1600, 63.2-1601, 63.2-1602, 63.2-1605, 63.2-1606, 63.2-1700, 63.2-1706, 63.2-1734, 63.2-1810, 63.2-2100, 63.2-2102, 66-3, 66-10, 66-13, 66-25.1, 66-25.1:2, and 66-25.4; adding §§ 2.2-203.2:2, 2.2-520 through 2.2-524, 2.2-1202.1, 2.2-1501.1, 2.2-2465 through 2.2-2469, 2.2-3903, 3.2-1816 through 3.2-1822, 3.2-2407.1, 4.1-103.02, 22.1-20.1, 46.2-116 through 46.2-119, 51.5-39.13, 51.5-116 through 51.5-181, 54.1-1500.1, 54.1-1500.2, 54.1-1506 through 54.1-1509, 54.1-2200.1, 54.1-2200.2, 54.1-2208.1 through 54.1-2208.4, and 66-13.1; repealing §§ 2.2-118, 2.2-700 through 2.2-720, 2.2-1000, 2.2-1001, 2.2-2328 through 2.2-2335, 2.2-2413, 2.2-2414, 2.2-2426 through 2.2-2433, 2.2-2434, 2.2-2620 through 2.2-2629.2, 2.2-2632 through 2.2-2639, 2.2-2675 through 2.2-2678, 2.2-2705 through 2.2-2708.1, 2.2-2711, 2.2-4118, 3.2-2500 through 3.2-2510, 3.2-3901, 3.2-3902, 3.2-3903, 3.2-3905, 3.2-4100 through 3.2-4111, 10.1-217.1 through 10.1-217.6, 10.1-406, 10.1-603.14:1, 10.1-1172, 22.1-339 through 22.1-345.1, 45.1-161.292:15, 45.1-161.292:16, 45.1-161.292:18, 45.1-161.292:23, 45.1-195, 45.1-196, 46.2-224, 46.2-2800 through 46.2-2828, 51.5-2, 51.5-3 through 51.5-5.01, 51.5-8 through 51.5-10.1, 51.5-12.1 through 51.5-12.4, 51.5-13 through 51.5-14.1, 51.5-15 through 51.5-22, 51.5-23 through 51.5-30, 54.1-517.3, 54.1-517.4, 54.1-517.5, 54.1-703.2, 54.1-1400 through 54.1-1405, 54.1-1502, 54.1-1503, 54.1-1700 through 54.1-1706, 54.1-2202, 63.2-800, 63.2-1528, 63.2-1602.1, 63.2-1604, 63.2-1735, and second enactment of Chapter 551, 2011 Acts. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 1291 (Chapter 803); McDougle, SB 678 (Chapter 835))
State renewable energy utility; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of establishing. (Patron-Surovell, HJR 114 (F))
Substance Abuse Recovery Support Services Grant Program; established, report. Adding § 37.2-310.1. (Patron-Peace, HB 271 (Chapter 752))
Supreme Court of Virginia; required to develop and implement weighted caseload system to assess judicial caseloads, report. (Patron-Cline, HB 745 (Chapter 601))
Tax structure, State’s; joint subcommittee to study reforming. (Patron-Cole, HJR 52 (F))
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Department of Social Services to annually review amount of payments made to recipients and index such payments to Consumer Price Index, report. (Patron-Scott, J.M., HB 976 (F))
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL); Attorney General of Virginia to explore challenge to constitutionality of regulations promulgated by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Patron-Minchew, HJR 129 (F))
Transportation; provides revenues for construction, maintenance, and funding. Amending §§ 2.2-1514, 15.2-2223, 33.1-12, 33.1-23.05, 33.1-23.1, 33.1-49.1, 58.1-2201, and 58.1-2249. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 1248 (Chapter 729); Wagner, SB 639 (Chapter 733))
Unemployment benefits; volunteer service requirement, report. Amending § 60.2-612. (Patron-Head, HB 219 (C))
Unfunded federal mandates; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study. (Patron-Byron, HJR 141 (F))
VDOT; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study efficiency of Department. (Patron-McWaters, SJR 68 (F))
VDOT Integrated Directional Sign Program; Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether businesses should continue maintenance, replacement, etc., of signs and fiscal impact of potential changes in current program criteria. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HB 1263 (Chapter 799))
Virginia All-Payer Claims Database; created, report. Amending §§ 2.2-3705.6, 32.1-276.2, and 32.1-276.4; adding §§ 32.1-276.7:1 and 32.1-276.9:1; repealing § 32.1-276.5:1. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 343 (Chapter 693); Puller, SB 135 (Chapter 709))
Virginia College Savings Plan; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to oversee and evaluate, report. Adding §§ 30-330 through 30-335. (Patron-Jones, HB 739 (Chapter 659); Hanger, SB 599 (Chapter 591))
Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report. Adding §§ 38.2-6400 through 38.2-6412. (Patron-Saslaw, SB 488 (I) See SB496)
Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report. Adding §§ 38.2-6400 through 38.2-6415. (Patron-Byron, HB 464 (F); Watkins, SB 496 (C))
Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Authority; created, report. Amending §§ 2.2-2818, 2.2-2905, 2.2-3705.7, 2.2-3711, 2.2-4002, 2.2-4343, 32.1-16, 32.1-321.1, 38.2-200, 38.2-316, 38.2-3522.1, 38.2-3523.4, and 63.2-206; adding §§ 38.2-1809.1, 38.2-3430.1:2, 38.2-3510.1, and 38.2-6400 through 38.2-6431. (Patron-McClellan, HB 357 (F); McEachin, SB 383 (F))
Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Authority; created, report. Amending §§ 2.2-2905, 2.2-3705.7, 2.2-3711, 2.2-4002, 2.2-4343, 32.1-16, 32.1-321.1, 38.2-200, and 63.2-206; adding §§ 38.2-6400 through 38.2-6427. (Patron-Hope, HB 402 (F); Favola, SB 615 (F))
Virginia Housing Trust Fund Authority; created, report. Adding §§ 2.2-2351 through 2.2-2362. (Patron-Morrissey, HB 121 (F); Herring, HB 1100 (F))
Virginia Port Authority; amends several provisions governing conduct of business, extends sunset for international trade facility tax credit, barge and rail usage tax credit, etc. Amending §§ 10.1-1188, 58.1-439.12:06, 58.1-439.12:09, 58.1-439.12:10, 62.1-129, 62.1-132.6, and 62.1-139; adding § 62.1-132.3:1. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 1183 (Chapter 846); Wagner, SB 578 (Chapter 849))
Virginia Public Health Foundation; established, report. Adding §§ 2.2-2738 through 2.2-2744. (Patron-Orrock, HB 814 (C))
Virginia Public School Improvement Program; established. Adding §§ 22.1-212.16:1 through 22.1-212.16:5. (Patron-Marsh, SB 118 (C))
Virginia Sickness and Disability Program; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study system for determining eligibility for disability claims under Program administered by Virginia Retirement System. (Patron-Anderson, HJR 136 (F); Barker, SJR 48 (C))
Virginia Slave Commission; established, report. Adding §§ 30-330 through 30-335. (Patron-McQuinn, HB 527 (F))
Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act; Commission on Unemployment Compensation to study conforming provisions to requirements of Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011. (Patron-Watkins, SJR 16 (P))
Virginia’s Tax Preferences, Commission to Review Effectiveness of; establishes Commission to oversee evaluation of preferences, report. Adding §§ 30-330 through 30-333. (Patron-Toscano, HB 146 (F))
Vital records; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study feasibility of automation indexing. (Patron-Blevins, SJR 65 (F))
Wetlands; Department of Environmental Quality to study benefits and costs of seeking authority from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to administer permitting program under federal Clean Water Act. (Patron-Byron, HJR 243 (P))
Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution of funds on monthly basis to public safety answering point (PSAP). Amending § 56-484.17. (Patron-Ware, R.L., HB 455 (Chapter 25); Watkins, SB 495 (Chapter 165))

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