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2006 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor

Chairman: William C. Wampler, Jr.

Clerk: Jocelyn R. Lance
Staff: Frank Munyan
Date of Meeting: February 6, 2006
Time and Place: Monday, 1/2 after adj., Senate Room B, General Assembly Bldg.

S.B. 104 Credit cards; prohibits issuer from increasing interest rate or imposing fee thereon.

Patron: Marsh

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 11-33.4, relating to a prohibition on universal defaults; credit cards.

060467756

S.B. 145 Mortgage loan servicing practices; prohibits certain actions, penalty.

Patron: Deeds

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 6.1 a chapter numbered 16.1, consisting of sections numbered 6.1-431.1 through 6.1-431.7, relating to mortgage loan servicing practices; penalties.

064375724

S.B. 160 Health insurance; payment for services rendered by non-participating providers.

Patron: Norment

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-3407.13:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health insurance payments for services of nonparticipating providers.

064298780

S.B. 161 Health insurance; assignment of benefits to emergency room physicians.

Patron: Norment

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-3407.12:1, relating to the assignment of health insurance benefits to physicians rendering emergency services.

066540780

S.B. 218 Identity theft; authorized security freezes by certain consumers who live in nursing facility, etc.

Patron: Quayle

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 59.1-443.3, relating to freezing access to credit reports; civil penalty.

064305800

S.B. 262 Virginia Energy Plan; created.

Patron: Wagner

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 23-135.7:6, 45.1-390, 58.1-322, and 58.1-3660 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a Title numbered 67, consisting of chapters numbered 1 through 12, containing sections numbered 67-100 through 67-1203, relating to energy policy; sites for certain low-emission energy facilities; off-shore energy resource development; grants and income tax deductions for purchasing, producing or using clean and efficient energy; exempting certain certified pollution control equipment and facilities from local property taxation; clean coal projects; energy efficiency in state buildings; use of biodiesel fuel in public transportation vehicles; the enforceability of covenants restricting the use of solar energy collection devices; motor vehicle fuel efficiency standards; and the establishment of a methane hydrates research center, all of which comprise components of the Virginia Energy Plan.

062601832

S.B. 266 Identity theft; consumer authorized to freeze access to his credit report.

Patron: Bell

A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-200 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-186.3:2, relating to identity theft prevention; freezing access to credit reports; penalty.

063319700

S.B. 295 Identity theft; charge of fee for security freezes.

Patron: Cuccinelli

A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-200 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 59.1-443.3, relating to freezing access to credit reports; penalty.

062614720

S.B. 395 Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; expands jurisdiction of Wireless E-11 Services Board.

Patron: Stolle

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 56-484.12 through 56-484.15 and § 56-484.17 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act.

062647820

S.B. 598 Motor vehicle equity loans; penalties.

Patron: Bell

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 6.1-249, 6.1-330.55, 6.1-330.78, and 59.1-200 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 6.1 a chapter numbered 20, consisting of sections numbered 6.1-474 through 6.1-501, relating to motor vehicle equity loans; penalties.

062681700

S.B. 632 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act; redetermination of claim.

Patron: Edwards

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-5011 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-5011.1, relating to the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act; redetermination of claim based on new evidence.

062713728

S.B. 638 Victims of domestic violence; use of alternative contact information by health care providers.

Patron: Ticer

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-609.1, relating to the use of alternative contact information for victims of domestic violence.

062710828

S.B. 643 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; includes certain provisions.

Patron: Watkins

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-5001, 38.2-5003, 38.2-5004, 38.2-5006, 38.2-5008, 38.2-5009, 38.2-5010, and 38.2-5013 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 38.2-5009.2 and 38.2-5013.1, and to repeal § 38.2-5014 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program.

060768524

S.B. 688 Public utilities; SCC to establish procedure for lines that cross railroads.

Patron: Wampler

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-16.2, relating to public utility lines crossing railroads.

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