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2006 SESSION

SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 16, 2006 ... pdf

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• House Bill on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bill on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file
• Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file
• House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
• Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

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House Bill on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 1382 Constitutional amendment; prohibits General Assembly from incorporating churches.

House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 101 Constitutional amendment; marriage may exist only between a man and woman.
• HB 531 Income tax; conformity of taxation with Internal Revenue Code.
• HB 612 Cigarette tax; deduction of bad debts from taxes owed.
• HB 628 Military Family Relief Fund; created, report.
• HB 779 Transient occupancy tax; maximum amount Nelson County may charge.
• HB 869 License taxes, local; localities to select date to apply therefor.
• HB 957 Retirement System; clarifies vesting requirements of public safety officers.
• HB 958 Retirement System; specifies Dec. 31 as date to submit annual reports.
• HB 1323 Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Montgomery County to impose.
• HB 1505 Coal and gas road improvement funds, local; to include improvement of water & sewer systems.

House Bill on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 862 Personal property, tangible; establishes separate class for certain aircraft.

Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• SB 27 Public Building Authority; issuance of bonds for State Agency Radio System for State Police.
• SB 267 Retail sales and use tax; increase in certain localities.
• SB 393 Retirement System; benefits for certain state and local law-enforcement officers.
• SB 571 Retail sales and use tax; exemption for certain school supplies, clothing, and footwear.
• SB 708 Transportation needs; provides several mechanisms for funding, report.

Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• SB 93 Land Conservation Incentives Act; tax credit.
• SB 504 Estate tax; conformity of state and federal statutes.

House Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HJ 159 Constitutional amendment; prohibits General Assembly from incorporating churches.
• HJ 210 Speaker of House of Delegates and Joint Rules Committee; confirming appointments.

House Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HJ 41 Constitutional amendment (second resolution); marriage.

Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file

• HJ 255 Celebrating the life of Carl Skeens, Sr.
• HJ 256 Celebrating the life of Joseph A. Ellis, Sr.
• HJ 257 Celebrating the life of Rebecca Jeffers Guthrie.
• HJ 263 Celebrating the life of Alan M. Voorhees.
• HJ 264 Celebrating the life of Kavanaugh Yancey Thrift.
• HJ 265 Celebrating the life of James Eugene Maloney.
• HJ 272 Celebrating the life of Waverly Crawley, Jr.
• HJ 276 Celebrating the life of Lloyd Eugene Byrum, Jr.
• HJ 277 Celebrating the life of Edna Joyce.
• HJ 280 Celebrating the life of Christopher Todd Ratliff.
• HJ 281 Celebrating the life of Felix Jack Ward.
• HJ 282 Celebrating the life of Svein Jarl Lassen.
• SJ 198 Celebrating the life of Fred O. Funkhouser.
• SJ 199 Celebrating the life of Lance Corporal Daniel Scott Resner Bubb.
• SJ 200 Celebrating the life of Lance Corporal Jourdan L. Grez.
• SJ 201 Celebrating the life of William Whitehead.
• SJ 202 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Howard W. Saunders III.
• SJ 204 Celebrating the life of Jeremiah Jonathan Jewett.
• SJ 205 Celebrating the life of Anne Kincaid.
• SJ 208 Celebrating the life of Kennard Wesley Campbell.
• SJ 209 Celebrating the life of Muriel Louise Goode.
• SJ 210 Celebrating the life of Svein Jarl Lassen.
• SJ 212 Celebrating the life of Lacey Virginia Barkley Harrison.

Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file

• HJ 233 Commending Epiphany Preschool on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
• HJ 237 Commending Dewberry on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
• HJ 258 Commending Virginia school boards that employ mathematics specialists.
• HJ 259 Commending the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
• HJ 260 Commending Battlefield Baptist Church on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
• HJ 261 Commending the game wardens of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
• HJ 266 Commending Robert E. Kahn.
• HJ 268 Commending the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport on the occasion of its 35th anniversary.
• HJ 270 Commending Sergeant Kevin Tucker.
• HJ 271 Commending the General Federation of Women Clubs of Virginia; occasion of its 100th anniversary.
• HJ 273 Commending William M. Anderson, Jr.
• HJ 274 Commending Dr. Jo Lynne DeMary, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
• HJ 275 Commending St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
• HJ 278 Commending the Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad Basic Life Support Competition Team.
• HJ 279 Commending James L. Jenkins.
• HJ 283 Commending Joseph C. Smiddy.
• HJ 284 Commending Carroll W. Dale.
• HJ 285 Commending the York County School Division.
• HJ 286 Commending Mothers Against Drunk Driving on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
• SJ 151 Commending Susan Clarke Schaar.
• SJ 191 Commending Dunn Loring, Virginia, on the occasion of its 120th anniversary.
• SJ 196 Commending Loretta Tate.
• SJ 207 Commending William M. Anderson, Jr.
• SJ 211 Commending the Paul VI Catholic High School girls' cross country team.
• SR 14 Commending Thomas Carlyle Gilman.
• SR 15 Commending Dorothy Jeanette Crouch Moore.

House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file

• HB 3 Teachers; health insurance credit increased for those retired.
• HB 15 Workforce Transition Act; restricts severance benefits for certain state employees.
• HB 21 Victims of crime; notice of court hearings.
• HB 22 Motor vehicle safety inspections; increase in fees.
• HB 41 Driving under influence of alcohol; penalty for subsequent offense.
• HB 56 Child abuse or neglect; mandatory reporting by eligibility workers; penalty.
• HB 59 Health insurance; credits for retired state employees.
• HB 62 Judges; increases number in general district court.
• HB 63 Judges; increases number in circuit court.
• HB 68 Courts Technology Fund; created, increase in certain fees.
• HB 92 Housing Trust Fund; name change, deposit of recordation tax revenues into Fund.
• HB 94 Eminent domain; definition of public uses.
• HB 102 Driver's license; operating vehicle with suspended or revoked license, penalty.
• HB 111 All-terrain vehicles; allows local governments in Northern Virginia to prohibit operation thereof.
• HB 122 SWAM businesses; additional certification not required to participate in any program.
• HB 153 Halal food; regulation of sale, penalty.
• HB 168 Income tax, state; false claims of employment status, penalty.
• HB 175 Overweight farm vehicles; may operate at extended weights authorized.
• HB 176 Court-appointed counsel; court may waive limit on compensation for certain cases.
• HB 186 Immigration, Commission on; created, report.
• HB 214 Treasurers' sales; relief for certain purchasers of property sold prior to designated date.
• HB 267 Nursing home bed projects; conditions for issuance of certificate of public need.
• HB 291 Campaign finance; special disclosure requirements for certain large contributions; civil penalties.
• HB 305 Learning Technology, Office of; created within Council of Higher Education.
• HB 317 Railroads; passenger rail service liability.
• HB 323 Accident and sickness insurance; health care provider panel contracts.
• HB 341 Confederate cemeteries and graves; increases number of graves cared for.
• HB 350 School for the Deaf & Blind at Staunton, & School for Deaf, Blind, & Multi-Disabled at Hampton.
• HB 351 Health regulatory boards; prohibition of certain transfers of moneys collected on behalf thereof.
• HB 366 Mopeds, motorcycles, etc.; localities to adopt ordinances regualting noise therefrom.
• HB 368 Juveniles; mental health facility recommendations are admissible during commitment hearing.
• HB 372 Solemn ceremonies; unlawful assembly in protest near or at ceremony is guilty of misdemeanor.
• HB 382 Professional librarians; qualifications.
• HB 401 Child support; incarcerated person in work program who designates 50% thereto.
• HB 407 Earned income tax credit information; Dept. of Taxation share with Dept. of Social Services.
• HB 413 Cord Blood Bank Initiative; created.
• HB 417 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Program; employee benefits in Retirement System.
• HB 419 Retirement System; Board shall pay cash-out amount in direct rollover to an individual plan.
• HB 429 Church or public school building; arson of any unoccupied, penalty.
• HB 436 Motor vehicle value; any valuation service may be used as evidence of vehicle's value.
• HB 457 Conflicts of Interest Act, State and Local; exemption for faculty papers.
• HB 517 New College Institute; created.
• HB 527 Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund; created.
• HB 544 Planning & Budget, Department of; agency budget estimates to Governor & General Assembly.
• HB 566 Wages and salaries; payments by employers.
• HB 570 Public libraries; technology protection measures.
• HB 588 Machete; illegal to brandish machete in threatening manner, penalty.
• HB 596 Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund; Fund includes dam safety, report.
• HB 607 Planning & Budget, Department of; removes requirement of school div. to pay cost efficiency review.
• HB 608 Child or spousal support; writing bad checks therefor, penalty.
• HB 617 Profits from crime; subject to special order of escrow, with profits going to victim.
• HB 621 Charter; City of Richmond. 
• HB 629 Prisoners; felony to tamper with fire protection or fire suppression system.
• HB 646 DMV; access to records for person applying for volunteer vehicle operator with Civil Air Patrol.
• HB 665 Outdoor advertising; vegetation control.
• HB 677 VDOT; Transportation Commissioner to report on certain accomplishments, actions, and initiatives.
• HB 680 Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program and Fund; created.
• HB 681 Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing fund program.
• HB 692 Juveniles; exceptions to confidentiality.
• HB 693 Real Estate Time-Share Act; provides for nonjudicial foreclosure of liens.
• HB 695 In-state tuition; dependents of active duty military personnel shall be eligible to receive.
• HB 699 Housing Authorities Law; various changes to update provisions.
• HB 704 Firearms, discharge of, or hunting; certain local ordinances invalid.
• HB 713 Predicate crimminal act; addition to list of crimes included in definition.
• HB 752 Drug treatment courts; established in City of Newport News.
• HB 757 Medical Assistance Services; contracting for delivery of disease management for chronic disorders.
• HB 758 Medical assistance services; State Plan amendment or application for certain waiver.
• HB 760 Health care; determination of data concerning safety & quality services rendered by physicians.
• HB 771 Condemnation proceedings; localities to hold public hearing prior to initiating a condemnation.
• HB 775 Predicate crimminal act; addition to list of crimes included in definition.
• HB 786 Income tax, state; credit for purchase of long-term care insurance.
• HB 789 Expert witness; eliminates prohibition against compensating in certain criminal cases.
• HB 791 Insanity; conditional release shall not be revoked because of voluntary hospital admission.
• HB 816 Recording devices in motor vehicles; access to recorded data.
• HB 823 Speed limits; signs placed in residence districts without approval of county.
• HB 824 Signs; authorizes any town to request and pay for installation thereof.
• HB 829 Self defense; justification of use of physical force against intruders if occupant of dwelling.
• HB 843 HOV lanes; issuance of three demerit points for first and subsequent violations thereof.
• HB 844 Indigent Defense Commission; powers and duties.
• HB 846 Sex crimes against children; mandatory minimum term of confinement for certain offenses.
• HB 847 Gangs; collection of information on individuals identified as members thereof.
• HB 863 Computer and electronic data; access to defendant thereof seized in obscenity, etc., cases.
• HB 871 Charter; Town of Altavista. 
• HB 877 Highways; increases cost of maintenance & construction projects carried out by state employees.
• HB 884 Special elections; fill vacancies in constitutional offices.
• HB 889 Lead-based paint maintenance; immunity from liability statute.
• HB 900 Redevelopment and Housing Authority; commissioners shall not be members of any governing body.
• HB 918 Zoning ordinances; modification and provision.
• HB 919 Cable television operator; easement conveyed by developer within 30 days after request.
• HB 926 Economic Development for Virginians with Disabilities Grant Program; created.
• HB 930 Vendor's manual; DGS, et al to establish procedure for refunding relevant eVa transaction fees.
• HB 931 Tourism Financing Development Authority; created.
• HB 935 State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; creates nonstock corp. to support academic research.
• HB 949 Old City Hall; Director of DGS to record declaration of historic preservation covenants relating.
• HB 977 Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund; created.
• HB 980 Master Settlement Agreement; assignment of escrow funds to nonparticipating manufacturer.
• HB 984 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; penalties.
• HB 986 Victim notification program; civil immunity for operation thereof.
• HB 994 Public Procurement Act; purchase of certain insurance in construction projects.
• HB 1014 Internet; payment for access to sexually explicit material thereon, penalty.
• HB 1016 Assault and battery; increases penalty if committed against judge, etc.
• HB 1017 Juveniles; clarifies the process where it is unnecessary to file petition for certain offenses.
• HB 1018 Capital murder; includes premeditated killing of justice or judge.
• HB 1027 Traffic incidents; reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to by volunteer fire, etc.
• HB 1030 Marijuana; field test for evidence at trial.
• HB 1037 Sexually Violent Predators Services, Office of; established.
• HB 1038 Sexually violent predators; adds to list of offenses that qualify as sexual offenses.
• HB 1039 Dogs; penalty when recklessly controlling or handling.
• HB 1040 Methamphetamine precursor drugs; sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine with restrictions, penalty.
• HB 1042 Involuntary manslaughter; causing death of another while engaging in vehicle race.
• HB 1048 Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment, penalty.
• HB 1066 Sex offenders; prohibits those convicted of offense against minor from residing with unless related.
• HB 1067 Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment, penalty.
• HB 1101 Sexually violent predators; adds to list of offenses that qualify as sexual offenses.
• HB 1106 Concealed weapons; possession on owner's property and in private vehicles.
• HB 1110 Physicians; immunity thereof for failing to review or act on any laboratory tests, etc., exception.
• HB 1141 Identity theft; penalty.
• HB 1163 False license; unlawful sale thereof, penalty.
• HB 1175 Certification of results; State Board of Elections to post on Internet changes made to results.
• HB 1176 Minor; actions against parents for conduct thereof.
• HB 1183 Public Procurement Act; procurement of professional services.
• HB 1187 Electric authorities; distributing electric energy for retail sales to customers within area.
• HB 1188 Charter; Town of Elkton. 
• HB 1203 Public defenders; allows localities to supplement compensation.
• HB 1213 Faith-based Community Services, Office of; created within Department of Social Services.
• HB 1214 Grass and weeds; allows City of Williamsburg to require property owners to cut if excessively high.
• HB 1218 Traffic misdemeanor; procedure for arrest.
• HB 1236 Fair Housing Law; removes exemption of single-family house from certain section.
• HB 1237 District and circuit courts; Chief Justice to designate active or retired judge to provide assist.
• HB 1238 Supreme Court of Virginia; allowed to convene when state of emergency.
• HB 1244 Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Grant Program Fund; created.
• HB 1248 HOV lanes; eliminates sunset provision for vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates.
• HB 1257 Transportation Investment Bond Act of 2006; created.
• HB 1259 Public Procurement Act; contractors responsibility for performance and payment bonds.
• HB 1263 Telephone or telegraph communication; unlawful to tamper with when needed for emergency.
• HB 1267 Statute of limitations; effect of written promise.
• HB 1276 Tobacco laws; special agents of ABC Board with Office of Attorney General authorized to enforce.
• HB 1294 Income tax, state; Public/Private Education Investment Tax Credit, created, report.
• HB 1303 Small Estate Act; modifies collection of personal property by affidavit provision.
• HB 1313 Virginia Retirement System; certain Fairfax County employees.
• HB 1317 Foster care; requires a nationwide criminal background check before placement of child.
• HB 1321 Marijuana; expungement of charges.
• HB 1322 Mental illness; notice of release of acquittee.
• HB 1325 Juveniles; Dept.of Social Services to establish amount of support.
• HB 1333 Sex Offender Registry; modifies registration of a person convicted of murdering a child.
• HB 1337 Law-enforcement officers; those retired have civil immunity for actions taken in emergency.
• HB 1339 Peeping or spying; conviction of third offense
• HB 1345 Search warrants; process for issuance.
• HB 1347 Drugs; punishment for distributing, manufacturing, etc..
• HB 1350 District court; remove case to circuit court if dismissal on basis that statute is unconstitutional.
• HB 1359 Sexually violent predators; electronic monitoring and supervision of those on conditional release.
• HB 1379 Claims; Willie Neville Davidson.
• HB 1380 Claims; Phillip Thurman.
• HB 1390 Firefighters; shall not require minor who achieved certification to repeat certification.
• HB 1403 Sale of violent or sexually explicit video games; penalty.
• HB 1407 Fees; certain charged by Commissioner.
• HB 1413 Veterans Services, Department of and the Veterans Services Foundation; transfers oversight thereof.
• HB 1416 Procurement Act, Public; design-build by certain local public bodies.
• HB 1417 Presentencing investigation reports; confidentiality.
• HB 1418 Line of Duty Act; payment of benefits.
• HB 1425 Treasurers, local; collection of unpaid fines and costs.
• HB 1431 Special conservator of peace; authority to arrest.
• HB 1439 Charter; City of Norfolk. 
• HB 1448 Alcoholic beverages; wine and beer licenses and certain restaurant licenses.
• HB 1454 Wetlands and stream restoration; companies to file erosion & sediment control specifications.
• HB 1460 Street gangs; verification of immigration status upon conviction of crime.
• HB 1463 Contested election; surety bond to be posted with Clerk of House of Delegates or Senate.
• HB 1465 Southwest Va. Veterans Cemetery; Dept. of Veterans Services authorized to accept donated property.
• HB 1468 Judges, substitute and retired; increases per diem.
• HB 1473 Executive budget; submission to General Assembly.
• HB 1486 Administrative Process Act; summary case decisions.
• HB 1488 Disposition of surplus materials; adds online public auction as means for State to dispose thereby.
• HB 1490 Secured or unsecured bonds; time within which default is recorded.
• HB 1499 Economic Crisis Strike Force; created, report.
• HB 1502 Higher educational institutions; management agreements, report.
• HB 1506 Proffered cash payments; locality may accept conditions if has had population growth of 5% or more.
• HB 1507 Charitable Gaming, Department of; renewal of permits.
• HB 1509 Identity theft; reporting to law-enforcement agencies.
• HB 1513 Transportation planning; coordination of state and local.
• HB 1518 Telephone records; fraudulent procurement, penalty.
• HB 1521 Comprehensive plans; road improvements.
• HB 1525 Vacant buildings; registration thereof in Town of Pulaski.
• HB 1528 Capital improvement programs; includes estimates of cost of road transportation improvement.
• HB 1536 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; property of deceased tenants.
• HB 1537 Condemnation; allowing owners to relocate sport shooting ranges.
• HB 1540 Destructive substances; attempting to poison a person considered a crime.
• HB 1541 Electric Utility Restructuring Act; net energy metering.
• HB 1543 Rural Addition Program; funds allocated to any county.
• HB 1545 Tobacco Settlement Foundation; appointment of director.
• HB 1546 Reckless driving; change definition thereof.
• HB 1547 Alma C. White Memorial Bridge; designating at Route 631 bridge at Little Creek Dam Road.
• HB 1554 Residential Property Disclosure Act; seller of historic property to provide notice to purchaser.
• HB 1557 Sex offenders; prohibits certain employment or volunteer activity, penalty.
• HB 1559 Witnesses; civil immunity for those in criminal case.
• HB 1562 Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosure of previous mining and presence of abandoned mines.
• HB 1575 Utility easements; considered to touch and concern servient estate.
• HB 1577 Concealed handgun permits; renewal thereof.
• HB 1584 Manufactured Housing Lot Rental Act; owners to charge residents for actual utility costs & services.
• HB 1587 Criminal history record information check; required for those providing care to children, etc.
• HB 1597 Blue Star Memorial Highway.  
• HB 1605 Rental Location Agents etc.; limitations upon recovery from fund.

House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file

• HJ 123 Religious freedom; SCHEV to establish guidelines for religious activity at educational institutions.
• HJ 212 Joint Rules Committee; development of plans for 2007 Session in Jamestown.

Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

• SJ 222 Commending Mayor Michael O'Reilly.
• SJ 223 Celebrating the life of J. Frank Shepherd.
• SJ 224 Celebrating the life of L. Gene Harding.
• SJ 225 Commending the Harrison Museum of African American Culture on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
• SJ 226 Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant James Earl Estep.
• SJ 227 Celebrating the life of Janette Carter.
• SJ 228 Celebrating the life of Second Lieutenant Donald Ryan McGlothlin.
• SJ 229 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frederick Harmon Combs II.
• SJ 230 Celebrating the life of Bonnie Neff Hoover.
• SJ 231 Celebrating the life of Frances Ann Minor Litten.
• SJ 232 Celebrating the life of Barry Daniel Murphy.
• SJ 233 Celebrating the life of Homer Allen Long, Jr..