2014 SESSION

Convened January 8, 2014
Adjourned sine die March 8, 2014
Reconvened April 23, 2014
Adjourned sine die April 23, 2014

STUDY COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, AND REPORTS

(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation

(C) Carried over to 2015 Session

A-to-F grading system; Board of Education, by October 1, 2016, shall report individual school performance using grading system based on an A-to-F scale, Board shall provide notice and solicit public comment on preliminary plan, report. Amending Chapters 672 and 692, 2013 Acts. (Patron-Landes, HB 1229 (Chapter 480); Miller, SB 324 (Chapter 485))

A-to-F grading system; Board of Education to provide an opportunity for public comment on system and grades assigned to each public school in the Commonwealth, report. Amending Chapters 672 and 692, 2013 Acts. (Patron-Reeves, SB 382 (I) See SB324)

A-to-F grading system; delays from October 1, 2014, to October 1, 2015, date by which Board of Education is required to assign individual school performance grading system to each public school in the Commonwealth, report. Amending Chapters 672 and 692, 2013 Acts. (Patron-Hanger, SB 497 (I) See SB324)

A-to-F grading system; delays from October 1, 2014, to October 1, 2017, date by which Board of Education is required to implement individual school performance grading system, Board required to provide a clear series of grades for schools, etc., report. Amending Chapters 672 and 692, 2013 Acts. (Patron-Miller, HB 1262 (F))

A-to-F grading system; delays from October 1, 2014, to October 1, 2017, date by which Board of Education is required to implement individual school performance grading system, report. Amending Chapters 672 and 692, 2013 Acts. (Patron-Mason, HB 618 (F))

A-to-F school grading system; changes grading system by requiring Board of Education, beginning with 2015-2016 school year, to assign each public elementary and secondary school five separate grades, report. Amending Chapters 672 and 692, 2013 Acts. (Patron-Krupicka, HB 553 (F))

Absentee voting and procedures; State Board shall provide instructions, procedures, etc., for secure return of voted absentee military-overseas ballots by electronic means from uniformed-service voters outside of United States, report. Amending § 24.2-706. (Patron-Rust, HB 759 (Chapter 506); Puller, SB 11 (Chapter 604))

Adult abuse; Department of Social Services to study. (Patron-Webert, HJR 39 (F))

Alcoholic beverage control; temporary licenses for applicant for new mixed beverage restaurant licenses, penalty, report. Amending §§ 4.1-111, 4.1-210, and 4.1-211; adding § 4.1-210.1. (Patron-McEachin, SB 642 (C))

Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Department of; Department shall review requirements related to qualifications, training, etc., of individuals to perform evaluations of individuals subject to emergency custody orders, report. (Patron-Deeds, SB 261 (Chapter 364))

Brain injury services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study progress made by the Commonwealth in expanding access. (Patron-Ruff, SJR 80 (C))

Building Revitalization Grant Fund; created, aggregate amount of grants awarded shall not exceed $1 million. Adding § 36-55.65. (Patron-Torian, HB 687 (F))

Building Revitalization Grant Fund; created, aggregate amount of grants awarded shall not exceed $600,000, report. Adding § 36-55.65. (Patron-Stanley, SB 106 (F))

Business, Professional, and Occupational License (BPOL) tax; joint subcommittee to study local tax. (Patron-DeSteph, HJR 45 (C))

Cemeteries and Gravesites of Our Fellow Virginians Held in Bondage as Slaves, Advisory Commission to Protect; established, report. Adding §§ 10.1-2211.2 and 10.1-2211.3. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 1273 (F))

Chesapeake Bay; voluntary tax contributions for restoration, report posted on website maintained by Secretary of Natural Resources along with listing of awards granted on or after July 1, 2014. Amending § 58.1-344.3. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 131 (Chapter 18); Hanger, SB 414 (Chapter 182))

Child abuse and neglect; investigation of certain complaints, agreements with school divisions, report. Amending § 63.2-1511. (Patron-Yost, HB 1204 (F))

Child abuse and neglect; local school divisions shall report annually to Board of Education, etc., regarding status of interagency agreements for investigation of complaints against school personnel, reports of sexual abuse of children, local school division and local department of social services that are parties to interagency agreements shall only be required to report to Boards of Education and Social Services when agreements are substantially modified. Amending § 63.2-1511. (Patron-Herring, HB 683 (Chapter 412))

Child care providers; Department of Social Services to convene work group to develop plan for implementation of national fingerprint-based background checks, report. (Patron-Anderson, HB 412 (Chapter 128); Hanger, SB 639 (Chapter 379))

Child care services; Department of Social Services to provide financial assistance to offset cost for individuals receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and other low-income families, report. Amending § 63.2-620. (Patron-Stanley, SB 195 (F))

Child pornography; proposed modifications to discretionary sentencing guidelines for possession, effective date July 1, 2016, report. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HB 504 (Chapter 100); McDougle, SB 433 (Chapter 260))

Child-care providers; Department of Social Services to study a tiered-reimbursement subsidy program. (Patron-Miller, SJR 54 (P))

Civics Education, Commission on; established in legislative branch of state government, report, sunset provision. Adding §§ 30-348 through 30-354. (Patron-Anderson, HB 364 (Chapter 562))

College campus police and security departments; Department of Criminal Justice Services shall conduct a study to identify potential minimum core operational functions. (Patron-Yost, HB 587 (Chapter 278); Barker, SB 440 (Chapter 539))

Companion animals; establishes fund to reimburse participating veterinarians for surgical sterilizations they perform on eligible cats or dogs. Amending §§ 3.2-6500 and 58.1-1708; adding §§ 3.2-6504.1, 3.2-6504.2, 3.2-6504.3, and 58.1-1707.1. (Patron-Stanley, SB 622 (C))

Compulsory school attendance; Department of Education to study religious exemption. (Patron-Rust, HJR 92 (F))

Concealed handgun permits, lifetime; Department of State Police to issue, penalty. Amending §§ 18.2-308.01 through 18.2-308.04, 18.2-308.06 through 18.2-308.09, 18.2-308.011, 18.2-308.012, and 18.2-308.013; adding §§ 18.2-308.016, 18.2-308.017, 18.2-308.018, and 52-4.5; repealing §§ 18.2-308.05 and 18.2-308.010. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 736 (C))

Concealed handgun permits, lifetime; Department of State Police to issue, penalty, Superintendent of State Police shall promulgate regulations for implementation of a process for issuance and retention of permits. Amending §§ 18.2-308.01 through 18.2-308.04, 18.2-308.06 through 18.2-308.09, 18.2-308.011, 18.2-308.012, and 18.2-308.013; adding §§ 18.2-308.016, 18.2-308.017, 18.2-308.018, and 52-4.5; repealing §§ 18.2-308.05 and 18.2-308.010. (Patron-Carrico, SB 608 (C))

Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government, and General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; establishes Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council, report, filing period for a disclosure form. Amending §§ 2.2-419, 2.2-423, 2.2-426, 2.2-428, 2.2-3100, 2.2-3101, 2.2-3104, 2.2-3114, 2.2-3115 through 2.2-3118.1, 2.2-3121, 2.2-3131, 30-100, 30-101, 30-110, 30-111, 30-112, 30-114, 30-117, 30-118, and 30-124; adding §§ 2.2-3103.1, 30-103.1, 30-129.1, 30-129.2, 30-129.3, and 30-348 through 30-351. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 1211 (Chapter 792); Norment, SB 649 (Chapter 804))

Corrections, Department of; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study staffing levels and employment conditions. (Patron-Tyler, HJR 31 (F); Lucas, SJR 33 (C); Puckett, SJR 55 (C))

Corrections, Department of; joint subcommittee of Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and Senate Committee on Rules to be established to study staffing levels and employment conditions. (Patron-Puckett, SR 34 (P))

Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; emergency award to claimant shall not exceed $3,000, payments for injury or death of victim of crime. Amending §§ 19.2-368.9 and 19.2-368.11:1. (Patron-Comstock, HB 1 (C))

Dam safety regulations; Department of Conservation and Recreation to study. (Patron-Austin, HJR 118 (F))

Economic development incentive programs; Secretary of Commerce and Trade to develop and issue report on effectiveness of program administered by the Commonwealth. Adding § 2.2-206.1. (Patron-Massie, HB 1191 (Chapter 817))

Economic development through technology transfer; Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to work with Virginia Information Technologies Agency to recommend strategies to enhance and stimulate, report. (Patron-Yancey, HJR 101 (F))

Education, Secretary of; annual report to Governor and General Assembly. Adding § 2.2-208.1. (Patron-Simon, HB 963 (F); Howell, SB 539 (F))

Elections, State Board of; State Board shall report annually on each of its activities undertaken to maintain Virginia voter registration system and results of its activities. Amending § 24.2-404. (Patron-Vogel, SB 315 (Chapter 452))

Electronic textbooks; local school board’s contracts and purchase orders with publishers of textbooks approved by Board for use in kindergarten through grade 12, broadband connectivity, report. Amending §§ 22.1-241 and 22.1-243; adding § 22.1-243.1. (Patron-Kory, HB 742 (F))

Emergency custody and temporary detention; Department shall develop and administer a web-based acute psychiatric bed registry, period of custody shall not exceed 8 hours from time law-enforcement officer takes minor into custody, report. Amending §§ 16.1-340, 16.1-340.1, 16.1-345.4, 19.2-169.6, 19.2-182.9, 37.2-808, 37.2-809, 37.2-814, and 37.2-817.2; adding §§ 16.1-340.1:1, 37.2-308.1, and 37.2-809.1. (Patron-Deeds, SB 260 (Chapter 691))

Emergency custody orders; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to review qualifications of individuals designated to perform evaluations of individuals subject to orders, report. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HB 1216 (Chapter 292))

Emergency custody orders; representative of primary law-enforcement agency specified to execute orders shall notify community services board responsible for conducting evaluation as soon as practicable, person detained or in custody shall be given written summary of procedures, etc., report. Amending §§ 16.1-340, 16.1-345.4, 19.2-182.9, 37.2-808, 37.2-809, and 37.2-817.2. (Patron-Villanueva, HB 478 (Chapter 761))

Energy and Environment, Virginia Commission on; established, report. Adding §§ 30-348 through 30-356. (Patron-Lopez, HB 818 (F))

Evaluate Tax Preferences, Joint Subcommittee to; required to report to General Assembly annually. Amending § 30-338. (Patron-Toscano, HB 406 (F))

Federal government’s domestic surveillance programs; joint subcommittee to study Fourth Amendment of United States Constitution implications. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HJR 4 (F))

Foster care and adoption assistance; Department of Social Services shall develop amendments to state plan to include every individual between ages 18 years and 21 years who is completing secondary education, etc., report. (Patron-Favola, SB 277 (F))

Foster care and adoption assistance; Department of Social Services to amend state plan to include payments for individuals who are 18 years of age or older but have not reached 21 years of age, report. (Patron-Peace, HB 1236 (F))

Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council to study exemptions contained in Act to determine continued applicability or appropriateness. (Patron-LeMunyon, HJR 96 (P))

General registrars; State Board of Elections to study current rate of compensation in the Commonwealth. (Patron-Webert, HJR 24 (F))

General registrars; State Board of Elections to study evolution of duties. (Patron-Minchew, HJR 22 (F))

Geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses; Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study strategies for preventing and mitigating potential damages. (Patron-Reeves, SJR 61 (P))

Hampton Roads office, regional; Department of Transportation to study location. (Patron-Cosgrove, SJR 46 (P))

Health, Department of; onsite sewage system design, report. (Patron-Webert, HB 409 (F))

Highways, bridges, ferries, rail transportation, etc.; recodifying and revising laws. Adding §§ 33.2-100 through 33.2-285, 33.2-300 through 33.2-1400, 33.2-1500 through 33.2-1824, and 33.2-1900 through 33.2-3202; repealing §§ 15.2-4500 through 15.2-4534, 15.2-4829 through 15.2-4840, 15.2-7000 through 15.2-7021, 15.2-7022 through 15.2-7035, 33.1-1 through 33.1-465, 56-529, 56-530, 56-556 through 56-575, 58.1-815, 58.1-815.1, Chapter 693, 1954 Acts, Chapters 462 and 714, 1956 Acts, Chapter 24, 1959 Extra Session Acts, Chapters 228 and 605, 1962 Acts, Chapter 348, 1964 Acts, Chapter 203, 1990 Acts, Chapter 548, 1998 Acts, Chapters 238 and 705, 2000 Acts, and Chapters 270 and 297, 2005 Acts. (Patron-LeMunyon, HB 311 (Chapter 805))

Home health care providers; Joint Commission on Health Care to study compensation and benefits. (Patron-Hope, HJR 90 (F))

Human Resource Management, Department of; Director to develop universal leave system for classified employees, report. (Patron-Campbell, HB 711 (F))

Human trafficking, Commission on Prevention of; established, report. Adding §§ 30-348 through 30-354. (Patron-Ebbin, SB 322 (F))

Hunting over bait; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to study effects of removal of prohibition. (Patron-Ruff, SJR 79 (F))

Implantable medical devices; Department of Health Professions shall consider any issues related to use of those distributed by medical device distributors in which a physician has an ownership interest, report. (Patron-Peace, HB 1235 (Chapter 351); Martin, SB 536 (Chapter 262))

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to study supported decision-making for individuals. (Patron-Landes, HJR 190 (P))

Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund; created, report. Amending §§ 33.1-13.03 and 33.1-23.1; adding § 33.1-23.06. (Patron-Peace, HB 1095 (Chapter 290))

Innovation Councils, regional; Department of Education to create, report. (Patron-Futrell, HJR 95 (F))

Interstate Route 73; joint subcommittee to study proposed construction. (Patron-Adams, HJR 38 (C); Stanley, SJR 23 (C))

Judges; maximum number in circuit, general district, and juvenile and domestic relations district courts, Chief Justice shall utilize authority to provide judicial assistance, as appropriate. Amending §§ 16.1-69.6:1 and 17.1-507. (Patron-Miller, HB 606 (Chapter 812); Norment, SB 443 (Chapter 822))

Judicial caseloads; Supreme Court of Virginia to develop weighted caseload system to assess throughout the Commonwealth, report. Adding § 17.1-100.1. (Patron-Hope, HB 353 (F))

Judicial performance evaluation program; required to submit evaluation reports on justices and judges whose terms expire during next session of General Assembly, report. Amending §§ 2.2-3705.7 and 17.1-100. (Patron-Loupassi, HB 272 (Chapter 808))

Juvenile records; Virginia State Crime Commission to study expungement of records. (Patron-Favola, SJR 24 (P))

Juveniles; commitment to Department of Juvenile Justice, waiver of an investigation, waived by an agreement between the Commonwealth’s attorney and juvenile and his attorney, consideration of social history, report. Amending §§ 16.1-272, 16.1-273, 16.1-278.7, and 16.1-278.8. (Patron-Farrell, HB 183 (Chapter 20); Favola, SB 128 (Chapter 249))

Kindergarten; joint subcommittee of Senate Committee on Education and Health and Senate Committee on Finance to be established to study potential effects of the Commonwealth’s mandating full-day programs. (Patron-Barker, SR 35 (P))

Kindergarten program, full-day; local school board that does not offer shall develop a plan to phase in a full-day program for each student in school division. (Patron-Comstock, HB 862 (F))

Kinship care; Department of Social Services shall review current policies governing facilitation of placement of children to avoid foster care, report. (Patron-Howell, SB 284 (Chapter 530))

Law enforcement and behavioral health services providers; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to convene work group to study communication and cooperation. (Patron-Keam, HB 832 (F))

Law-enforcement agencies, state; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study consolidation of all agencies under Virginia State Police. (Patron-Deeds, SJR 36 (C))

Law-enforcement agencies, state; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study reorganizing all or some functions under Virginia State Police. (Patron-Landes, HJR 26 (C))

Law-enforcement consolidation plan; Secretary of Natural Resources, et al., to develop plan for two agencies under Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. (Patron-Deeds, SB 258 (C))

Local government expenditures or reductions; Division of Legislative Services to identify and forward to Commission on Local Government joint resolutions introduced calling for a study, Department of Planning and Budget and Department of Taxation are authorized to submit legislative bills to Commission on Local Government to prepare local fiscal estimates. Amending § 30-19.03. (Patron-Landes, HB 199 (Chapter 807))

Master Rail Plan; Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment, in consultation with Department of Rail and Public Transportation and Virginia Port Authority, to develop for principal facilities of Port of Virginia in interest of development of landside rail access logistics to serve principal facilities of Port of Virginia. (Patron-Watkins, SJR 69 (P))

Mathematics, science, and technology Governor’s Schools in the Commonwealth; Board of Education to determine need for additional schools, report. (Patron-LeMunyon, HJR 99 (F))

Medicaid enrollees; Department of Medical Assistance Services to apply for waiver of certain program requirements, report. (Patron-Watkins, SB 297 (F))

Mental health; joint subcommittee to study services in the Commonwealth in twenty-first century. (Patron-Deeds, SJR 47 (P))

Mental health and criminal justice system; joint subcommittee to study. (Patron-Howell, SJR 16 (I) See SJR47)

Natural gas; incentives for expanded use as transportation fuel, report. Amending §§ 2.2-1176, 2.2-3705.6, 2.2-3711, 3.2-5603, 13.1-620, 23-300 through 23-303, 33.1-23.1, 33.1-46.2, 33.1-49, 33.1-251, 46.2-600, 46.2-694, 46.2-694.1, 46.2-749.3, 46.2-1130, 56-1, 56-1.2, 56-232.2, 56-265.1, 58.1-400.2, 58.1-609.10, 58.1-2259, 58.1-2402, 58.1-2403, 58.1-2627.1, 58.1-2905, 58.1-2906, 58.1-2907, and 58.1-3713.4; adding §§ 3.2-5603.1, 5.1-1.8, 33.1-251.1, 46.2-602.4, 46.2-1129.2, 46.2-3000 through 46.2-3004, 56-1.2:2, and 56-235.11; repealing §§ 2.2-1176.1 and 33.1-223.3 through 33.1-223.9. (Patron-Wagner, SB 505 (C))

Nursing homes; Department of Health to study care of individuals with dementia residing in facilities. (Patron-Keam, HB 831 (F))

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, federal; Bureau of Insurance of State Corporation Commission to study effects on Virginia health insurance consumers. (Patron-Byron, HJR 147 (C))

Pay It Forward, Pay It Back higher education tuition financing model; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study feasibility of implementing to increase access to educational opportunities and to decrease debt burden on students in the Commonwealth. (Patron-Toscano, HJR 72 (F); Edwards, SJR 25 (C))

Physical evidence recovery kits; all local and state law-enforcement agencies shall report an inventory of all kits in their custody that were collected but not submitted to Department of Forensic Science, provisions shall not become effective unless included in general appropriation act, report. (Patron-Black, SB 658 (Chapter 642))

Potomac River; Department of Transportation shall consider results of ongoing transportation demand concerning crossings between Virginia and Maryland, report. (Patron-Rust, HB 1244 (F))

Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP); Department of Conservation and Recreation to study utilization of a storm-based approach in updating for locations within or affecting the Commonwealth. (Patron-Byron, HJR 132 (F))

Psychiatric bed registry; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to develop a plan for registry of beds for individuals in need of emergency, voluntary or involuntary mental health care in the Commonwealth, report. (Patron-Herring, HB 599 (I) See HB1232)

Public officials; joint subcommittee to study creation of a State Ethics Commission and Virginia’s laws governing conduct. (Patron-Ebbin, SJR 53 (F))

Public officials; joint subcommittee to study Virginia’s ethics laws governing officials. (Patron-Kory, HJR 91 (C))

Public Safety and Homeland Security, and Veterans and Defense Affairs, Secretaries of; transfer of certain powers and duties, report. Amending §§ 2.2-200, 2.2-212, 2.2-213.2, 2.2-221, 2.2-221.1, 2.2-230, 2.2-231, 2.2-2004, 2.2-2101, 2.2-2338, 2.2-2666.1, 2.2-2666.2, 2.2-2666.3, 2.2-2699.5, 2.2-2715, 9.1-202, 9.1-203, 9.1-407, 44-146.18:2, 53.1-155.1, 58.1-344.3, 62.1-44.34:25, and 66-2; adding §§ 2.2-222.1, 2.2-222.2, and 2.2-222.3; repealing §§ 2.2-232 and 2.2-233. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 730 (Chapter 115); Reeves, SB 381 (Chapter 490))

Recurrent flooding; joint subcommittee established to formulate recommendations for development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address. (Patron-Stolle, HJR 16 (P); Locke, SJR 3 (P); McWaters, SJR 34 (I) See SJR3)

Recycled material; Manufacturing Development Commission to study economic and environmental benefits of use in manufacturing process in Virginia, Commission shall make recommendations on ways to enhance market while not creating any adverse financial burdens for Virginia’s retailers or consumers. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HJR 28 (P); Wagner, SJR 75 (P))

Renewable energy portfolio standard program, mandatory; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study establishment of program for the Commonwealth. (Patron-Herring, HJR 76 (F))

Route 13 in Northampton and Accomack Counties; Senate Committee on Local Government to study safety of Route and to make recommendations as to safety improvements. (Patron-Lewis, SR 38 (C))

Rural Virginia, Center for; Secretaries of Agriculture and Forestry, and Technology to report on rural broadband underserved areas. (Patron-Minchew, HB 1270 (F))

Salem Highway Construction District; additional transportation funding, report. Adding §§ 33.1-391.16 and 33.1-391.17. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HB 213 (F))

Schools, public and private elementary and secondary; Virginia Commission on Youth, et al., shall review use of seclusion and restraint in schools, and methods used in other states, report. (Patron-Hope, HB 1106 (Chapter 770))

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education grant programs; STEM Education Fund created, Superintendent of Public Instruction shall publish annually on Department of Education’s website a list of qualified schools eligible to receive funds. Adding §§ 22.1-400 and 22.1-401. (Patron-Stanley, SB 107 (F))

Selenium; Department of Environmental Quality to review toxicity to aquatic life. (Patron-Kilgore, HJR 57 (P); Carrico, SJR 35 (P))

Shenandoah National Park, Commission on Reconveyance of; established, report. Adding §§ 10.1-201.1 and 30-348 through 30-355. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 16 (F))

Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; elimination of Department, re-creates Department of Minority Business Enterprise and Department of Business Assistance, report. Amending §§ 2.2-204, 2.2-205.1, 2.2-435.8, 2.2-1603, 2.2-1617, 2.2-2238.1, 2.2-2282, 2.2-2284, 2.2-2311, 2.2-3705.6, 2.2-4301, 2.2-4302.1, 2.2-4302.2, 2.2-4310, 3.2-201, 10.1-1425.7, 11-7.1, 15.2-965.1, 15.2-4904, 18.2-213.1, 23-9.6:1.01, 23-38.88, 23-135.7:7, 33.1-221, 36-139.6, 46.2-749.69:1, 58.1-439.6, 59.1-284.22, 63.2-601, and 63.2-610; adding §§ 2.2-1406 through 2.2-1412 and 2.2-1603.1; repealing §§ 2.2-1604, 2.2-1605, 2.2-1606, 2.2-1608, 2.2-1609, and 2.2-1610. (Patron-Spruill, HB 1165 (C); Alexander, SB 616 (C))

Speech-language pathologists, assistant; person who has met qualifications prescribed by Board may practice and perform duties under supervision of licensed speech-language pathologist. Adding § 54.1-2605. (Patron-Kory, HB 764 (Chapter 661))

Standards of Learning; assessments shall meet requirement of federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Board shall include in student outcome measures required or assessments for various grade levels and classes, including completion of alternative assessments implemented by each local school board. Amending §§ 2.2-2101 and 22.1-253.13:3; adding § 22.1-253.13:10. (Patron-Greason, HB 930 (Chapter 585); Deeds, SB 306 (Chapter 622))

Standards of Learning; Board of Education to review assessments and develop a plan to reduce, by 2015-2016 school year, number of such assessments, based on number of such assessments required during 2013-2014 school year. (Patron-Hanger, SB 636 (F))

Standards of Learning; Board of Education to solicit recommendations from local school divisions and public regarding frequency with which assessments are administered to public elementary and secondary school students, report. (Patron-LeMunyon, HB 850 (F))

Standards of Learning; joint committee of House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study options for reducing number of assessments. (Patron-Landes, HJR 41 (F))

Standards of Learning; joint committee of Senate Committee on Education and Health and House Committee on Education to study options for changing number, frequency, or content of assessments. (Patron-Miller, SJR 30 (C))

Standards of Learning; Senate Committee on Education and Health to study options for changing number, frequency, or content of assessments. (Patron-Miller, SR 33 (F))

Students with developmental and intellectual disabilities; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study strategies for improving access to higher education. (Patron-Marsden, SJR 10 (F))

Students with disabilities; Commission on Youth to study use of federal, state, and local funds for public and private educational placements. (Patron-Adams, HJR 196 (P))

Tax reform, state and local; creates joint legislative subcommittee to perform a two-year study. Repealing §§ 30-336, 30-337, and 30-338. (Patron-LeMunyon, HB 431 (F))

Tax restructuring; Department of Taxation to study. (Patron-Byron, HJR 174 (C))

Teacher Career Ladder program; Department of Education to study feasibility of implementing in the Commonwealth, potential fiscal impact on state and localities, etc. (Patron-Greason, HJR 1 (P))

Teachers; Department of Education to study impact of certain policies on quality of work. (Patron-Krupicka, HJR 59 (F))

Teledentistry pilot program; Department of Medical Assistance Services to create, report, provisions effective if included in general appropriation. Amending § 54.1-2722; adding § 32.1-326.4. (Patron-Black, SB 647 (C))

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients; Board of Social Services shall develop and implement a process for annually reviewing amount of assistance paid through program, indexing amount of such payments to Consumer Price Index, report, provisions of this act shall not become effective unless appropriation is included in a general appropriation act. (Patron-Favola, SB 132 (F))

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients; Department of Social Services shall develop and implement a process for annually reviewing amount of assistance paid through program, and indexing of such payments to Consumer Price Index, report. (Patron-Kory, HB 38 (F))

Temporary detention; if facility cannot be identified by time of expiration period of emergency custody, individual shall be detained in a state facility for treatment of individuals with mental illness, etc., report. Amending §§ 16.1-340.1 and 37.2-809; adding §§ 16.1-340.1:1 and 37.2-809.1. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HB 293 (Chapter 773))

Trafficking in persons; creates new felonies for forced labor or sexual servitude and adds new felonies as predicate criminal act under criminal gang statute, etc., report. Amending §§ 17.1-805, 18.2-46.1, 18.2-67.7, 18.2-346, 18.2-513, 19.2-11.2, 19.2-215.1, 19.2-305.1, and 19.2-386.32; adding §§ 2.2-224.2, 8.01-42.4, 9.1-116.2, 18.2-50.3, and 19.2-11.5. (Patron-McClellan, HB 716 (C))

Trafficking in persons; creates new felonies for forced labor or sexual servitude and adds new felonies as predicate criminal act under criminal gang statute, etc., Secretary of Public Safety to convene an anti-trafficking committee, report, Virginia Prevention of Human Trafficking Victim Fund created, penalties. Amending §§ 17.1-805, 18.2-46.1, 18.2-67.7, 18.2-346, 18.2-513, 19.2-11.2, 19.2-215.1, 19.2-305.1, and 19.2-386.32; adding §§ 2.2-224.2, 8.01-42.4, 9.1-116.2, 18.2-50.3, and 19.2-11.5. (Patron-Edwards, SB 373 (F))

Transportation; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study equity of funding. (Patron-Villanueva, HJR 42 (C); Wagner, SJR 72 (C))

Transportation Accountability, Joint Commission on; vests Commission with power and duty to make performance reviews of state agencies with transportation responsibilities. Amending § 30-284. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HB 70 (F))

Transportation technology; Secretary of Transportation and Department of Transportation to create and implement statewide goals and a five-year plan of action, report. (Patron-LeMunyon, HJR 122 (P))

Unemployment compensation; Self-Employment Assistance Pilot Program established, report. Adding §§ 60.2-700 through 60.2-709. (Patron-Lopez, HB 798 (F))

Unemployment compensation; short-time compensation program, ineligible employers, duration and effective date of short-time compensation plan, report. Adding §§ 60.2-700 through 60.2-710. (Patron-Stanley, SB 110 (Chapter 818))

Unemployment compensation; voluntarily leaving employment to accompany military spouse, expiration of certain provisions, Virginia Employment Commission shall provide certain reports to Commission on Unemployment Compensation. Amending §§ 60.2-528 and 60.2-618; repealing Chapter 878, 2009 Acts. (Patron-Locke, SB 18 (Chapter 442))

Veterans in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Assessing Experiences, Supportive Service Needs, and Service Gaps of; Virginia Tech to update its 2010 study report. (Patron-Yost, HJR 102 (F))

Veterans, Virginia’s; Commissioner of Department of Veterans Services to review current laws in Virginia that purport to assist and assess their effectiveness in meeting needs. (Patron-Hugo, HJR 94 (C))

Veterinarians; dispensing compounded drug products, report. Amending §§ 54.1-3301 and 54.1-3410.2. (Patron-Orrock, HB 1035 (Chapter 147))

Village Concept; Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services to promote as an alternative to institutional-based care, report. (Patron-Krupicka, HJR 173 (F))

Violence and bullying in workplace; Department of Labor and Industry to study. (Patron-McClellan, HJR 87 (F))

Viral hepatitis; Joint Commission on Health Care to study. (Patron-Hodges, HJR 68 (P))

Virginia - Korea Advisory Board; established, report. Adding §§ 2.2-2470 and 2.2-2471. (Patron-Keam, HB 1130 (F))

Virginia - Korea Advisory Board; established, report, provisions of this act shall not become effective unless included in general appropriations act. Adding §§ 2.2-2470 and 2.2-2471. (Patron-Petersen, SB 227 (F))

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; created, replaces Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, report. Amending §§ 1-404, 2.2-221, 2.2-507, 2.2-509.1, 2.2-1119, 2.2-2696, 2.2-2818, 2.2-2905, 2.2-3705.3, 2.2-3705.7, 2.2-3711, 2.2-3802, 2.2-4024, 2.2-4345, 3.2-1010, 4.1-100, 4.1-103, 4.1-103.1, 4.1-111, 4.1-119, 4.1-121, 4.1-124, 4.1-128, 4.1-209.1, 4.1-212.1, 4.1-325, 9.1-101, 9.1-102, 9.1-400, 9.1-500, 9.1-801, 15.2-2288.3, 18.2-57, 18.2-246.6, 18.2-308, 18.2-308.03, 18.2-308.012, 18.2-371.2, 19.2-81, 19.2-386.21, 19.2-389, 22.1-206, 23-7.4:1, 32.1-357, 33.1-252, 48-17.1, 51.1-212, 58.1-3, 58.1-3651, 59.1-148.3, 65.2-402, 65.2-402.1, and fourth enactment of Chapters 870 and 932, 2007 Acts; adding §§ 2.2-2351 through 2.2-2364; repealing §§ 4.1-101 and 4.1-102. (Patron-Albo, HB 216 (C))

Virginia Beach arena; if City of Virginia Beach issues bonds for a facility or enters into contract for construction, development, etc., then it shall create an Arena Financing Fund, sales and use tax revenues shall be used only for payment of debt service or to meet contractual obligations for construction, etc., of facility, report. Amending §§ 15.2-5922, 15.2-5923, 15.2-5925, 15.2-5926, 15.2-5927, and second and fifth enactments of Chapter 767, 2013 Acts. (Patron-Knight, HB 1267 (Chapter 738); Wagner, SB 571 (Chapter 742))

Virginia Bobwhite quail; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to review ways to preserve population, report. (Patron-Hanger, SJR 63 (P))

Virginia Business One Stop electronic portal program; State Corporation Commission and Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity shall implement a hyperlink from State Corporation Commission’s eFile system to Business Permitting Center, report. Amending § 2.2-1617 and second enactment of Chapters 155 and 206, 2013 Acts. (Patron-Ramadan, HB 167 (Chapter 758))

Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; created, regulation, Toll Mitigation Fund to receive 90 percent of proceeds from gross receipts tax and admission tax imposed on operators, report. Amending §§ 2.2-204, 2.2-3705.3, 2.2-3711, 4.1-100, 4.1-210, 4.1-231, and 4.1-233; adding §§ 11-16.1, 18.2-334.5, 33.1-223.2:30, and 59.1-550 through 59.1-585. (Patron-Lucas, SB 19 (C))

Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; created. Amending §§ 30-114, 30-117, and 30-118; adding §§ 30-348 through 30-351. (Patron-Edwards, SB 143 (I) See SB649)

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council to study whether Act, as it relates to Virginia Parole Board, should be amended to eliminate exemption for Board from Act. (Patron-Hope, HJR 86 (F))

Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW); Department of Social Services to establish a Workforce Development Pilot Program, report. Amending § 63.2-608. (Patron-Herring, HB 912 (F))

Virginia Medicaid program and Medicaid-funded nonemergency transportation services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study. (Patron-Albo, HJR 40 (F))

Virginia Preschool Initiative; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and identify policy and funding options to expand. (Patron-Edwards, SJR 56 (C))

Virginia Virtual School; established, report, effective date. Amending §§ 2.2-208, 2.2-2101, 22.1-212.23, 22.1-253.13:2, 23-14, and 58.1-638; adding §§ 22.1-349.1 through 22.1-349.5. (Patron-Bell, Richard P., HB 324 (C))

Virginia’s ethics laws; joint subcommittee to study laws governing public officials. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HJR 5 (F))

Virginia’s Law Enforcement and Search and Rescue; Virginia State Crime Commission to study current state of readiness efforts for rapid and well-coordinated deployment in all missing, endangered, and abducted person cases. (Patron-Albo, HJR 62 (P); McDougle, SJR 64 (P))

Virginia’s Line of Duty Act; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study. (Patron-Jones, HJR 103 (P))

Vote centers; State Board of Elections authorized to provide for pilot program in certain localities. Amending § 24.2-101; adding § 24.2-307.1. (Patron-Simon, HB 801 (F))

Vote-by-mail elections; State Board of Elections to study fiscal impact of conducting in the Commonwealth. (Patron-Krupicka, HJR 15 (F))

Vote-by-mail system; State Board of Elections to develop pilot program for elections. Adding § 24.2-642.1. (Patron-Simon, HB 77 (F))

Workforce development; changes name of Virginia Workforce Council to Virginia Board of Workforce Development, responsibilities of Advisor, report. Amending §§ 2.2-435.6, 2.2-435.7, 2.2-2101, 23-38.93, and 60.2-113; adding §§ 2.2-2470 through 2.2-2477; repealing §§ 2.2-2669 through 2.2-2674.1 and 23-38.53:12 through 23-38.53:20. (Patron-Byron, HB 1009 (Chapter 815))