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2008 SESSION

HOUSE CALENDAR FOR February 13, 2008 ... pdf

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• Senate Bills on First Reading and Referred ... report | csv file
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• Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

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Senate Bills on First Reading and Referred ... report | csv file

• SB 14 Income tax credit, earned; employers to provide notice to employees.
• SB 20 Carbon monoxide alarms; locality to require installation in certain buildings.
• SB 26 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act; adds organized dogfighting as qualifying offense.
• SB 28 Child-friendly visiting rooms; state correctional facilities may provide.
• SB 31 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2008; created.
• SB 35 Recount procedures; ensures that logic and accuracy tests are performed after programming tabulator.
• SB 38 Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created, report.
• SB 39 Traffic accident reports; increases amount of damage threshold to be reported by law enforcement.
• SB 41 Line of Duty Act; definition, and funding for Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.
• SB 44 At-risk students; local school boards may establish after school programs.
• SB 46 Parentage proceedings; circuit courts, etc. have concurrent jurisdiction.
• SB 51 Health insurance; extension of coverage funded by localities.
• SB 52 Voting equipment; wireless communications at polling places, exceptions.
• SB 56 Resources Authority authorized to; finance construction of local government buildings.
• SB 67 Inpatient treatment; parental admission of minors incapable of giving consent.
• SB 69 Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee without providing reason.
• SB 87 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
• SB 92 Charter; City of Martinsville.  
• SB 95 Pyramid promotional schemes; definition thereof, penalty.
• SB 99 Highway systems; revenue-sharing funds therefor in certain counties, cities, and towns.
• SB 107 State Law Library; authorized users.
• SB 112 District court employees; local salary supplements.
• SB 113 Driver's license; penalty for driving without.
• SB 114 Sex Offenders and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration requirements.
• SB 118 Notarial certificates; removes requirement that wording appear on same page as signature.
• SB 121 TransDominion Express Commission; created.
• SB 123 Evidence; destruction of trial exhibits.
• SB 124 Public schools; Superintendent to develop guidelines eliminating trans fatty foods served.
• SB 126 Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Tuition Grant Program; created.
• SB 130 Freedom of Information Act; exemptions for certain records of public institutions of higher ed.
• SB 131 Freedom of Information Act; local public bodies may meet by electronic communication.
• SB 132 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; disclosure of personal information.
• SB 133 Personal Information Privacy Act; prohibits dissemination of another's social security number.
• SB 134 Occupational therapy assistants; licensing and regulation.
• SB 137 Unclaimed property; credit union accounts. 
• SB 141 State hospitals; discharge plans upon release.
• SB 149 Surety bond; increases amount under CRESPA.
• SB 150 Wilderness Road: Virginia's Heritage Migration Route; designating certain highway segments thereas.
• SB 151 Dental assistants; Board of Dentistry to regulate practice thereof.
• SB 158 Wet Settlement Act; lender's disclosure of charges for appraisal and valuation.
• SB 159 Deputies; number appointed by sheriff of county w/o police force to be fixed by Compensation Brd.
• SB 160 Handbills, etc.; distribution in highway rights-of-way in certain localities.
• SB 164 Polygraph; no sexual offense victim shall be requested to submit for investigation to proceed.
• SB 171 Adoption; former adoptive parent who stood in loco parentis may petition to adopt child.
• SB 174 Real estate tax; classification of certain energy-efficient buildings.
• SB 180 Clerk's office; preservation of papers.
• SB 184 Advertisement of plans; no person who received written notice may challenge validity of plan, etc.
• SB 189 Highway construction; increases cost of project using state or local employees.
• SB 191 Vehicle license fees, local; localities to exempt those owned by citizen support units.
• SB 200 Reentry planning; Department of Corrections to develop and implement comprehensive plan.
• SB 202 Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in restaurants.
• SB 206 Communication towers, state-owned; wireless broadband service in unserved areas.
• SB 208 Reduced cigarette ignition propensity; prohibits manufacture, etc. thereof unless meets standards.
• SB 209 Professional corporations & limited liability companies; those licensed to be shareholders, etc.
• SB 210 Freedom of Information Act; certain audit records of Department of Transportation.
• SB 215 Charter; Town of Narrows. 
• SB 221 Reckless driving; penalty for person convicted.
• SB 227 HIV/Hepatitis testing; parental consent for minors.
• SB 228 Child abuse and neglect; emergency medical services personnel added to list of mandatory reporters.
• SB 232 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; duty of landlord and managing agent for visible mold.
• SB 233 Transportation Plan; include quantifiable measures & achievable goals for greenhouse gas emission.
• SB 241 School employees; school board to develop policies to address complaints of sexual abuse thereby.
• SB 254 Staunton River State Park; authorizes 20-foot wide easement across portion.
• SB 256 Public institutions of higher education; crisis and emergency management plans.
• SB 262 Communications sales and use tax; allows Bath County to receive percentage of revenues apportioned.
• SB 263 Hunting dogs; carrying weapons on another person's property to retrieve prohibited.
• SB 267 Teacher salary; requires that state average to be competitive with national salary.
• SB 271 Schools for students with disabilities; administration of prescription medications.
• SB 272 Food establishments; inspection of preparation, exception for private homes.
• SB 290 Advance Health Care Directive Registry; created.
• SB 295 Parole interviews; allows videoconferencing.
• SB 298 Smoke Free Air Act; smoking in public places.
• SB 301 Common Interest Community Board; established.
• SB 303 Lake Anna State Park; authorizes right-of-way easement.
• SB 307 Identity theft; notice of database breach.
• SB 309 Restricted driver's license; issuance to operate motor vehicle during period of suspension
• SB 310 Restricted driver's license; court to provide during period of suspension.
• SB 312 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; physical evidence recovery kit examinations reimbursements.
• SB 313 Child support; exemption for parents who are imprisoned for life.
• SB 314 Veterans Services Foundation; established to provide funding for veteran services and programs.
• SB 321 Energy electric generating facilities; DEQ to consult with others to consider environmental impact.
• SB 326 Career and technical education; industry certification and State licensure.
• SB 328 Divorce; order shall be mailed and posted on courthouse door of nonresident defendant.
• SB 330 Custody and visitation cases; admissibility of mental health care records.
• SB 344 Stroke Triage Plan; Board of Health to develop and maintain as component of EMS Plan.
• SB 347 Smoking; prohibited in restaurants in Planning District 23.
• SB 349 Charter; City of Bristol. 
• SB 353 Long-term care coverage; transfers administration thereof for public employees to Retirement System.
• SB 356 Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers.
• SB 364 Bad checks; attorneys for State to establish programs that allow persons to avoid prosecution.
• SB 367 Forest wardens, special; retirement credits.
• SB 368 Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement officer, penalty.
• SB 371 Statewide Rail Plan; Transportation Board to establish.
• SB 376 School divisions, local; required to publish budget on website.
• SB 378 Stormwater; Soil and Water Conservation Board to promote reuse and reclamation thereof.
• SB 381 Mental health and substance abuse treatment providers; background checks.
• SB 390 Emergency medical services; director may serve same function as chief of fire department.
• SB 392 Retail Sales and Use Tax: exemptions for textbooks extended to students at institutions of learning.
• SB 396 Health insurance carriers; hospital disclosure of contractual arrangements.
• SB 399 Investment of Public Funds Act; authorized through Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service.
• SB 403 Pharmacy benefits; claims and payments submitted electronically.
• SB 413 Mining operations; permit fees to be submitted from applicants that discharge waters.
• SB 418 Real Estate Board; waiver of broker education requirements.
• SB 429 Opiate addiction treatment providers; daily service fee.
• SB 436 Concealed weapons; allows person to carry in private motor vehicle, etc. if locked in container.
• SB 439 Human immunodeficiency virus, etc.; testing of persons charged with crime against women.
• SB 441 Crime victims and witnesses; prohibits inquiry of immigration status.
• SB 447 Green Buildings Act; Department of General Services determines when project qualifies for exemption.
• SB 450 Slayer statute; insurance company not liable for policies acquired by slayer of decedent.
• SB 452 Campaign contributions; requires PACs report contributions for election of particular candidate.
• SB 463 Infectious diseases; residential or day program, etc. licensed by State to report cases.
• SB 466 Port Authority; encourages employees thereof to save for retirement.
• SB 473 Resources Authority; authorized to finance park and recreation projects.
• SB 495 Medicine, Board of; certain information to be made available thereto.
• SB 499 Inmates; permitting work on public or private property.
• SB 500 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
• SB 501 Smoking; prohibited in restaurants.
• SB 504 Assault and battery; penalty when against attorneys for State.
• SB 506 Arrest; resetting of bail or amending bail set.
• SB 510 Higher educational institutions; policies addressing student loan vendors.
• SB 513 Nonpoint source pollution reduction; Governor & General Assembly to provide funding therefor.
• SB 517 Contractors; shall not knowingly employ unauthorized alien.
• SB 522 Law-enforcement officer; assault and battery against, penalty.
• SB 534 Campaign finance disclosure; requires certain candidates to file reports electronically.
• SB 539 Higher educational institutions; board of visitors, etc. to establish violence prevention committee.
• SB 540 Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN); protective order information sent thereto, expiration.
• SB 544 Master Settlement Agreement; makes several changes to enhance criminal enforcement activities.
• SB 545 Master Settlement Agreement; regulation of cigarette manufacturers.
• SB 549 Identity theft & etc.; multijurisdictional grand jury may investigate.
• SB 552 Fishing license; exemptions for persons assisting disabled persons.
• SB 553 Appointment of counsel; indigent defendants.
• SB 556 Reckless driving; violation of right-of-way resulting in death of another.
• SB 560 Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof.
• SB 562 Methamphetamine; manufacturing, selling, giving, and distributing thereof, penalty.
• SB 566 Circuit and district courts; withdrawal of appeals.
• SB 570 High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes; revises procedures for enforcing violations.
• SB 577 Trademarks and service marks; registration and protection, penalties.
• SB 580 War Memorial Foundation; increase in membership.
• SB 586 Gas and Oil Act; notification of interested parties.  
• SB 591 Tourism zones, local; increases number of years which tax incentives may be provided therein.
• SB 592 Animal protection and fighting; broadens penalty.
• SB 593 Freedom of Information Act; confidential records discussion to be conducted in non-public meeting.
• SB 602 Medical malpractice; definition of professional services.
• SB 603 Charter; City of Williamsburg.  
• SB 604 Secondhand dealers; regulation thereof to current statutes regulating pawnbrokers.
• SB 605 Court of Appeals; en banc hearings.
• SB 606 Real Estate Cooperative Act; assessments for certain cooperatives.
• SB 607 Towing and recovery operator; definition excludes franchised motor vehicle dealer.
• SB 608 Crimes; effect of subsequent marriage to child over 14 years of age.
• SB 617 Apprentice hunting license; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue.
• SB 618 Petit larceny; person who is convicted for second time must undergo substance abuse screening.
• SB 620 Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled.
• SB 621 Notaries public; clarifies provisions relating to adoption of electronic notarization, etc.
• SB 624 Retirement System; benefits for superintendents and sworn officers of regional jails.
• SB 628 Incarceration; waiving interest during period thereof.
• SB 636 Higher educational institutions; requesting complete student record from high school.
• SB 640 Family life education; adds mental health education & awareness to list of topics to be covered.
• SB 649 Motor vehicle safety belt systems; repeals language that makes nonuse secondary offense.
• SB 653 Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Commission, created.
• SB 655 Contractors; employees having direct contact with students on school property.
• SB 657 Health care providers; those responding to disaster immune from liability.
• SB 662 Virginia War Memorial; State Treasurer to advance loan for construction of an educational wing.
• SB 663 Companion animals; authorizes localities to charge for the repeated impoundment thereof.
• SB 665 Tire recycling fee; extended until July 1, 2011.
• SB 669 Alcoholic beverage control; ABC agents check national criminal database for background checks.
• SB 673 Deputy sheriffs; locality allow those injured to use accrued leave to supplement workers' comp.
• SB 679 Forest firefighting by localities or volunteer fire or rescue; recovery of costs.
• SB 680 Service-disabled veteran-owned small business programs; aligns state's requirements with federal.
• SB 681 Water well systems providers; required to be onsite at all times for drilling, etc.
• SB 682 State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.
• SB 683 Higher Education Board Appointments, Commission on; removes sunset provision.
• SB 684 Provisional ballot procedures; corrects reference in Code concerning handling thereof.
• SB 686 Storage facility operators; duty to file lists of tenants, etc. with commissioner of revenue.
• SB 689 Biodiesel and green diesel fuel; definition thereof.
• SB 690 Water Quality Improvement Fund; reimbursment to localities for costs of nutrient removal upgrades.
• SB 691 Towing; regulations for those seeking tow truck authorization documents and provisional changes.
• SB 693 Physician assistants; agreement with supervising physician detailing activities delegated thereto.
• SB 695 Retirement System; benefits for local school superintendents.
• SB 696 Charitable gaming; conduct of raffles.
• SB 699 Computation of time; when statute of limitations ends on Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, etc.
• SB 700 Neighborhood Assistance Act; changes tax credit program.
• SB 701 Long-term care services; adds representatives of housing, etc. to coordination committees.
• SB 704 Nonprofit foundations; gifts & donations by localities thereto support public parks, libraries, etc.
• SB 708 Urban archery season; incorporate regulations consistent with daily hunting provisions.
• SB 709 Mortgage lenders, etc.; prohibits making a mortgage that is more expensive than borrower qualifies.
• SB 710 Trees; conservation during the land development process for air quality improvement.
• SB 715 Election precincts; prohibits counties & cities from abolishing, etc. precincts.
• SB 717 Coal combustion byproduct; use, reuse, or reclamation in a floodplain
• SB 721 Foods in public schools; Board & Department of Health update regulations for nutrition.
• SB 726 Freedom of Information Act; exempts from public disclosure certain proprietary records.
• SB 734 Administrative Process Act; public participation guidelines for executive branch agencies.
• SB 735 Decedents' estates; priority of debts.
• SB 741 Human Resources Management; develop expedited processes for procurement of staff augmentation.
• SB 742 Annexation proceedings; extends moratorium.
• SB 743 Group life insurance; permits retiree to make beneficiary designation to purchase funeral services.
• SB 746 Frontier Culture Museum; allowed to lease structures on state property, with Governor's consent.
• SB 747 State Police Staffing, Special Commission on; established.
• SB 748 Alternative fuels & air emissions; no permit modifications, etc. required under certain conditions.
• SB 754 Public-Private Transportation Act; prohibits private entity from imposing tolls on Interstate 81.
• SB 757 Elections; town election polling places and processes
• SB 760 Veterans services; Department to establish guidelines for eligibility for domiciled veterans, etc.
• SB 773 Identity theft; statute of limitations.
• SB 774 Property value assessments; Campbell County notice to include date and time of public hearing.
• SB 776 Concealed weapons; attorney for Commonwealth may carry without a permit.
• SB 782 Illegal aliens; corporate existence terminated involuntarily for employing.
• SB 785 Health insurance; repeals provision requiring coverage for bone marrow transplants.
• SB 786 Sexual assault; Dept. of State Police, etc. establish policies for responding to crimes involving.
• SB 787 Bioscience and Biotechnology, Commission on; created, report.
• SB 791 Incentive zoning; definition.  
• SB 793 Oath of office; person elected to State office make oath before notary if in US Armed Forces.

Bill Referred by House ... report | csv file

• HB 1564 Regional Industrial Facility Authority; provides that Wythe County may withdraw therefrom.

Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

• HJ 383 Celebrating the life of Steven Lowell Nock.
• HJ 384 Commending the Western Albemarle High School field hockey team.