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- HB 1382 Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment.
- HB 1383 Central Criminal Records Exchange; criminal nonsupport.
- HB 1384 Public defenders' offices.
- HB 1399 Blood samples taken from DUI accuseds.
- HB 1403 Prohibiting attempted purchase of tobacco products by minors.
- HB 1424 Payment of medical fees in certain criminal cases.
- HB 1425 Civil remedies; suit for bad check.
- HB 1434 Sex Offender Registry.
- HB 1446 Debtor's Exemptions.
- HB 1454 Embezzlement and larceny the same.
- HB 1458 Wage garnishments.
- HB 1477 Medical malpractice; former rate review board.
- HB 1496 Criminal procedure; offenses committed on boundary of localities.
- HB 1501 Definition of antique and curio firearms.
- HB 1520 Juvenile and domestic relations court expanded jurisdiction.
- HB 1527 Juvenile DUI and refusal.
- HB 1533 Juvenile court; definition of family and household member.
- HB 1559 Truancy court.
- HB 1571 Criminal procedure; public defender office.
- HB 1572 Juvenile criminal information; schools.
- HB 1576 Fraudulent tax return; penalty.
- HB 1594 Crimes; peeping.
- HB 1599 Competency to stand trial.
- HB 1615 Mechanics' liens; 120-day affidavit.
- HB 1616 Civil remedies; consolidation of asbestos cases.
- HB 1617 Hazing.
- HB 1619 Fraudulent use of birth certificates.
- HB 1683 Offense against two or more statutes or ordinances; double jeopardy.
- HB 1688 Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements.
- HB 1694 Virginia Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; meetings.
- HB 1702 Penalty for driving while intoxicated (DUI).
- HB 1741 Abortion; conscience clause.
- HB 1746 Virginia Real Estate Cooperative Act; taxation.
- HB 1768 Blood, saliva or tissue sample for DNA analysis.
- HB 1770 Medical malpractice action limitation; pvt. emerg. med. care attnds.
- HB 1787 Forfeiture of recognizance bond.
- HB 1806 Driving motor vehicle after ingesting illegal Schedule II drugs.
- HB 1811 Deadly physical force.
- HB 1819 Perfection of lien by general contractor; recordation and notice.
- HB 1832 Code Adam alerts; Virginia Amber Alert Program.
- HB 1836 Recording certificate of satisfaction.
- HB 1840 Lost evidences of debt.
- HB 1842 Retention of district court records.
- HB 1845 Electronic filing of court documents.
- HB 1846 Deeds of trusts or mortgages; settlement agent certifications.
- HB 1856 Definition of a firearm.
- HB 1864 Medical malpractice; independent contractors.
- HB 1905 Bail bondsmen.
- HB 1906 Medical malpractice; expert witnesses.
- HB 1915 Jurisdiction of juvenile court; when divested.
- HB 1919 Failure to file inventory.
- HB 1920 Commissioners of accounts.
- HB 1921 Fiduciary duties; probate tax.
- HB 1922 Writs of actual innocence.
- HB 1923 Death penalty; mental retardation.
- HB 1928 Crimes; money laundering.
- HB 1931 Electronic communications devices.
- HB 1939 Va.Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; access to cable/TV facilities.
- HB 1949 Commonwealth Transp. Commissioner condemnations; evidence of value.
- HB 1951 Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act; application fees.
- HB 1976 Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act.
- HB 1977 Incorporating powers of fiduciary into will or trust; estate.
- HB 1978 Wills and decedents' estates; presumption of death.
- HB 1981 Discovery of expert witness testimony.
- HB 2008 Restitution to crime victims.
- HB 2012 Notice of juvenile detention review hearing.
- HB 2034 Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; amendment to declaration.
- HB 2061 Identity theft.
- HB 2089 Food and beverage tax and meals tax; embezzlement.
- HB 2096 Commissioner of accounts; vouchers and statement of assets.
- HB 2109 Fraudulent account entries.
- HB 2127 Minor children and custody.
- HB 2128 Custody, visitation, support; educational seminars.
- HB 2175 Identity theft.
- HB 2178 Civil procedure; disclosure of insurance liability limits.
- HB 2179 Criminal sentencing commission;modifications;discretionary sentencing.
- HB 2181 Possession of firearm while in possession of certain drugs.
- HB 2184 Certain immunity for health care providers; man-made disasters.
- HB 2213 Condominium Act; responsibility for insurance deductibles.
- HB 2216 Condominium Act; authority to levy additional assessments.
- HB 2220 Court reporters.
- HB 2226 Supreme Court; distribution of reports.
- HB 2231 Access to juvenile's court records.
- HB 2232 Duties and responsibilities of local pretrial services officers.
- HB 2273 Legal services to attorneys for the Commonwealth.
- HB 2274 Trial of juveniles as adults.
- HB 2275 First domestic assault; deferral and probation.
- HB 2276 Nondisclosure of protective orders.
- HB 2282 Child protection act; mandatory counseling; detention.
- HB 2290 Computer crimes; enhanced penalties; forfeiture; etc.
- HB 2294 Remote access to land records.
- HB 2303 Marital agreements.
- HB 2305 Name change; preventing identity theft.
- HB 2324 Drivers' license suspension; underage drinking and driving.
- HB 2335 Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms of rental agreements.
- HB 2336 Attorney General.
- HB 2340 Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; definition of prepaid rent.
- HB 2341 Va.Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; confidentiality of records.
- HB 2342 Va.Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; acceptance; rent reservations.
- HB 2343 Writs of possession; unlawful detainer.
- HB 2344 Va. Res. Landlord and Tenant Act; bonds; lieu of security deposits.
- HB 2379 Crime victim rights.
- HB 2386 Child support; enforceability of agreements on future modifications.
- HB 2390 Drug Offender Assessment Fund.
- HB 2405 Child support enforcement; lien on injury & wrongful death awards.
- HB 2430 Nomenclature correction.
- HB 2431 DNA samples.
- HB 2432 DNA of juvenile felons.
- HB 2440 Violation of court order regarding custody and visitation; penalty.
- HB 2444 Fees; services of judges/clerks; civil cases in juvenile court.
- HB 2445 Sexually violent predators.
- HB 2447 Abandoned babies; affirmative defense to prosecution.
- HB 2454 Virginia Tax Amnesty Program.
- HB 2457 Child Pornography Images Registry; child pornography; penalties.
- HB 2458 Modification of sentencing guidelines for cocaine.
- HB 2461 Criminal procedure; collection of delinquent fines, costs, etc.
- HB 2462 Unclaimed property; demutualization proceeds.
- HB 2497 VA. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; security deposit & interest.
- HB 2498 VA. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; definition; rental application.
- HB 2500 Sealing of probation reports.
- HB 2506 Orders for facial recognition technology.
- HB 2510 Destruction of misdemeanor arrest warrants, summonses and capiases.
- HB 2514 Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent defendant.
- HB 2516 Wills and decedents' estates; administrator.
- HB 2518 Court services units; personnel.
- HB 2536 Enforcement of requirements for tobacco product manufacturers; penalty
- HB 2541 Criminal justice record information and crime code references.
- HB 2545 Child custody evaluations.
- HB 2578 Waiver of presentence reports.
- HB 2612 Killing a conservation officer; penalty.
- HB 2615 Sale of drugs on or near certain properties; penalty.
- HB 2616 Sale of certain product prohibited.
- HB 2624 General district court pleadings; limited liability companies.
- HB 2634 Condo unit owners' assoc.; electronic voting; notice transmissions.
- HB 2648 Limited access to safe-deposit box; powers of attorney.
- HB 2649 Obstructing justice by giving false information to police.
- HB 2653 Property; penalty for failure to properly release a deed of trust.
- HB 2661 DNA samples for violent crime arrests.
- HB 2680 Reports of certain acts by school authorities.
- HB 2691 Arrest for drunk driving
- HB 2719 Buckingham Correctional Center.
- HB 2740 Garnished wages protected by homestead exemption.
- HB 2741 Personal injury claims; Commonwealth's lien.
- HB 2763 Firearms on school property and locked vehicle trunks.
- HB 2764 Fees for driving under the influence conviction.
- HB 2793 Covenant marriage.
- HB 2798 Concealed handguns.
- HB 2809 Mental health; power of conservator.
- HB 2826 Resisting arrest.
- HJ 929 Procedural resolution; budget conference.
- SB 694 Amber Alert.
- SB 698 Transfer of firearms; criminal records check.
- SB 701 Sexual crimes.
- SB 703 Possession of weapons on school property.
- SB 705 Writ of actual innocence based on previously unknown evidence.
- SB 707 Central Criminal Records Exchange; reports by law-enforcement.
- SB 709 Death penalty; moratorium on executions.
- SB 714 Circuit court clerks; recordation of documents.
- SB 732 General district court pleadings; limited liability companies.
- SB 733 Criminal sentencing; record of prior convictions.
- SB 734 Felonies and misdemeanors; penalties.
- SB 740 Fees collected by circuit court clerks; information technology fee.
- SB 741 Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts.
- SB 745 Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect.
- SB 770 Civil remedies; use of depositions.
- SB 771 Concealed handgun permits.
- SB 776 Conveyance of Tidewater Correctional Unit 22 building and property.
- SB 780 Assessments for courthouse construction, etc., and law libraries.
- SB 788 Incarcerated felon divorce; guardian ad litem.
- SB 797 Embezzlement by public official; penalty.
- SB 810 Grand jury records.
- SB 811 Special grand jury.
- SB 815 General receivers; use of social security numbers, etc. on affidavits.
- SB 816 License suspension.
- SB 817 Grand jurors.
- SB 818 Destruction of will files.
- SB 819 Court fees and costs.
- SB 821 Rules of the Supreme Court; preservation by clerks of court.
- SB 824 Statute of limitations; death of defendant.
- SB 825 Appointment of lawyers in juvenile court.
- SB 826 Family abuse.
- SB 834 Violation of protective orders.
- SB 839 Divorce decrees.
- SB 841 Lien for ambulance service.
- SB 846 Bigamy
- SB 856 Rules of court.
- SB 864 Hazing.
- SB 865 Punitive damages for driving while intoxicated.
- SB 866 Marital agreements.
- SB 884 Property conveyance.
- SB 893 Protective orders when warrant issued for perpetrator.
- SB 894 Deferral and dismissal; community-based corrections program.
- SB 897 Hospital and health care worker immunity; smallpox vaccine.
- SB 898 Diversion of property from open-space land use.
- SB 939 Possession of firearms.
- SB 956 Sales of cigarettes; penalties.
- SB 970 Court interpreters.
- SB 971 Court system; designation of circuit judge to sit in district court.
- SB 972 Blood samples taken from DUI accuseds.
- SB 979 Identity theft.
- SB 980 Powers of fiduciaries in will or trust; extending scope.
- SB 983 Clerks' fees; what is taxed as costs.
- SB 984 Lawyers Helping Lawyers; civil immunity.
- SB 985 Anonymous plaintiff.
- SB 986 Jury interrogatories.
- SB 988 Prepayable fines for traffic infractions.
- SB 991 Juvenile and domestic relations court expanded jurisdiction.
- SB 992 Subpoena duces tecum; financial institutions; credit card companies.
- SB 995 Eminent domain; copy of title report.
- SB 998 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
- SB 999 Negotiable instruments; return of paid instruments.
- SB 1002 Reports/records by Chief Medical Examiner admissible; civil/criminal.
- SB 1003 Victims' rights.
- SB 1005 Juvenile fingerprints.
- SB 1007 Recodification of Title 25; eminent domain; condemnation.
- SB 1011 Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect.
- SB 1012 Department of Human Resource Management; criminal background checks.
- SB 1017 Representation of state agencies.
- SB 1019 Driving while intoxicated; penalty.
- SB 1023 Legal services to attorneys for the Commonwealth.
- SB 1028 Attorney General.
- SB 1031 Sentencing proceeding by jury after conviction.
- SB 1043 Child protective services; investigation procedures.
- SB 1057 Affirmative defense to prosecution for abuse and neglect; infant.
- SB 1058 Licenses; identification cards; fraudulent representation; penalty.
- SB 1060 Child protection act; mandatory counseling; detention.
- SB 1062 Criminal history record information; restrictions on access.
- SB 1065 Expungement of criminal records.
- SB 1069 Sheriffs; courthouse security.
- SB 1071 Sale of drugs on or near certain properties; penalty.
- SB 1077 Juvenile criminal records.
- SB 1078 Confidentiality of Department of Juvenile Justice records.
- SB 1097 Parent Education; custody, visitation, and support cases.
- SB 1098 Mental health courts; pilot program.
- SB 1118 Felony for nonsupport; penalty
- SB 1119 Involuntary detention and commitment.
- SB 1129 Court fees and costs.
- SB 1134 Commonwealth's right to appeal.
- SB 1135 Crimes; money laundering.
- SB 1136 Disobeying a lane direction control signal; penalties.
- SB 1138 Larceny; penalties.
- SB 1139 Computer crimes; enhanced penalties; forfeiture.
- SB 1140 Stun weapons or tasers.
- SB 1141 Death penalty; mental retardation.
- SB 1142 Concealed handgun permits.
- SB 1143 Final judgments in circuit court; when modifiable and appealable.
- SB 1144 Criminal intelligence.
- SB 1145 Virginia State Crime Commission.
- SB 1147 Juvenile and domestic relations district court judges; fees.
- SB 1148 Predispositional detention.
- SB 1149 Sexually violent predators.
- SB 1151 Protection of infants.
- SB 1153 Child Pornography Images Registry.
- SB 1154 Motor vehicle insurance; exclusion of named persons.
- SB 1155 Hate crimes; penalty.
- SB 1158 Department of Motor Vehicles' officers.
- SB 1160 Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent defendant.
- SB 1162 Crime victim rights.
- SB 1164 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.
- SB 1165 Driver's licenses.
- SB 1180 Property conveyance; National Guard Armory.
- SB 1184 Limiting awards for medical malpractice for emergency assistance.
- SB 1187 Fees of public notaries.
- SB 1192 Child support guidelines.
- SB 1204 Code Adam alerts; Virginia Amber Alert Program.
- SB 1205 Partial birth infanticide.
- SB 1209 Medical fees in certain criminal cases to be taxed as costs.
- SB 1210 Crimes; peeping.
- SB 1219 Recordation of plats.
- SB 1232 Local judicial nominations committees.
- SB 1233 Crimes; damage to business reputation, etc.
- SB 1234 False reports to law-enforcement officials.
- SB 1238 To whom administration of will may be granted.
- SB 1239 Death penalty; mental retardation.
- SB 1240 Special conservators of the peace.
- SB 1241 Death penalty; mental retardation.
- SB 1243 Class and beneficiaries; when determined.
- SB 1246 Support payments to Department of Juvenile Justice.
- SB 1251 Fee for failure to appear.
- SB 1258 Fees for driving under the influence conviction.
- SB 1269 Amber Alert.
- SB 1274 Easements; definition of enjoyment.
- SB 1277 Courthouse construction.
- SB 1280 Persons who may perform marriage rites.
- SB 1281 Appointment of court reporters.
- SB 1288 In camera interviews in child custody or visitation hearings.
- SB 1298 Parental rights.
- SB 1299 School security officers
- SB 1302 DUI; restricted license.
- SB 1305 Conveyance of easement.
- SB 1310 Circuit court clerks; filing of documents.
- SB 1311 Special police officers.
- SB 1312 Child support.
- SB 1313 Child support.
- SB 1314 Child support.
- SB 1326 Judicial authorization of treatment and detention.
- SB 1332 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.
- SB 1335 Punitive damages paid to Commonwealth.
- SB 1336 Resisting arrest.
- SB 1338 Mental examination report
- SB 1339 Child custody or visitation and best interests of the child.
- SB 1345 Criminal justice training academies; fees.
- SB 1354 Date and time stamp required to be affixed to recorded documents.
- SR 26 Nominating a person to the Supreme Court of Virginia.
- SR 27 Nominating a person to the Court of Appeals.
- SR 28 Nominating persons to circuit court judgeships.
- SR 29 Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
- SR 30 Nominating persons to juvenile & domestic relations court judgeships.
- SR 32 Nominating a person to be elected to the Supreme Court of Virginia.
- SR 33 Nominating a person to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
- SR 34 Nominating a person to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
- SR 35 Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
- SR 36 Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
- SR 37 Nominating persons to be elected to judgeships.
- SR 38 Nominating persons to be elected; Judicial Inquiry and Review Comm.
- SR 47 Nominating judge for the juvenile and domestic relations court.