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- HB 4 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 12 Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
- HB 16 Credit reports; authorizes an individual to freeze access thereto.
- HB 24 Employment Commission; required to close Commonwealth-operated employment offices.
- HB 35 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 49 Utility easements; conveyance thereof subject to condition is void if not used within 20 years.
- HB 62 State Corporation Commission; introduction of evidence from certain experts.
- HB 83 Children; insurance companies to provide coverage for habilitative services.
- HB 96 Unemployment compensation; provides benefits based on service in employ of an Indian tribe.
- HB 101 Telephone solicitations; charitable organizations for law-enforcement officers.
- HB 106 Utility Transfers Act; acquisition or disposal of assets or of control of telephone companies.
- HB 116 Foreign title insurance companies; unearned premium reserves.
- HB 153 Solar water heating system pay-as-you-save pilot program; SCC to analyze and establish, report.
- HB 168 Motor vehicle liability insurance; increases coverage limits.
- HB 175 Credit reports; authorizes military personnel and their spouses to freeze access thereto.
- HB 176 Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
- HB 189 Payday lending charges; power of localities to regulate.
- HB 196 Accident and sickness insurance, group; coverage for full-time students.
- HB 228 Reduced cigarette ignition propensity; prohibits manufacture, etc. thereof unless meets standards.
- HB 237 Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.
- HB 249 Payday lending charges; establishes maximum annual interest rate.
- HB 250 Health maintenance organization; obtaining HMO license without certificate of quality assurance.
- HB 252 Health insurance; mandated coverage for evaluations of brain tumors.
- HB 253 Health Insurance, Bureau of; establishes division within State Corporation Commission.
- HB 284 Income tax credit, earned; employers to provide notice to employees.
- HB 298 Surplus lines insurance; diligent effort requirement.
- HB 318 Hospitalization insurance; balance billing by nonparticipating physicians.
- HB 329 Gift certificates; certain information required for those charged a fee.
- HB 336 Insurance market analyses; confidentiality.
- HB 344 Computer Recovery and Recycling Act; adoption and implementation of recovery plan.
- HB 345 Credit reports; authorizes an individual to freeze access thereto.
- HB 349 Insurance licensing; certificates of authority.
- HB 364 Hospital-Emergency Treatment Reimbursement Fund; established.
- HB 366 Unemployment compensation; testing for controlled substances.
- HB 397 Health maintenance organizations; removes certain limitations on deductibles.
- HB 408 Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices involving residential real property.
- HB 431 Title insurance agents; pre-licensing education course.
- HB 450 Motor vehicle repair services; those embraced by Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads Authorities.
- HB 504 Health insurance; insurers to offer individual or group exclusive policies or contracts.
- HB 532 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- HB 542 Insurance agents; notice of appointment.
- HB 543 Natural gas utilities; alternative ratemaking plan, report.
- HB 545 Telephone service; alternatives to regulation.
- HB 546 Telephone systems, multiline; alternative method of providing emergency calls.
- HB 547 Unemployment compensation; maximum weekly benefit.
- HB 549 Insurance accounts; funding agreements.
- HB 599 Unemployment compensation; services not constituting employment.
- HB 607 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 615 Health insurance; mandated coverage for medically necessary amino acid-based elemental formulas.
- HB 628 Antique, vintage, and collectible items; designating items, penalty.
- HB 636 Insurance notices; electronic delivery.
- HB 646 Electrical transmission lines; State Corporation Commission review.
- HB 648 Health reimbursement arrangements; prohibits health insurers from canceling, etc. on certain ground.
- HB 664 Court-appointed attorneys; workers' compensation coverage.
- HB 665 Utility Transfers Act; SCC to find that acquisition will not cause rates of cooperative to increase.
- HB 666 Utility Transfers Act; prohibits SCC from approving an application by an investor-owned elec. util.
- HB 667 Health insurance; coverage for alternatives to surgery.
- HB 668 Health insurance, individual; statements regarding grounds for refusal to cover.
- HB 669 Health insurance; mandated coverage for medically necessary amino acid-based elemental formulas.
- HB 677 Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; public hearing.
- HB 728 Health insurance; State Corporation Commission to develop uniform group application form.
- HB 730 Payday Loan Act; repealing Act referring thereto.
- HB 733 Restroom Access Act; created.
- HB 742 Corporations; business office of registered agent.
- HB 780 Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act; reorganizes provisions.
- HB 785 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 792 Parental leave for school involvement; employers to permit employees annual leave.
- HB 804 Consumer Real Estate Settlement Protection Act; interest on escrow accounts.
- HB 831 State Corporation Commission; confidentiality of information.
- HB 859 Gift certificates; prohibited practices.
- HB 865 Group life insurance; coverage to be extended to insure any class of persons.
- HB 881 Employment Commission; authorizes final orders to be recorded and satisfied as orders.
- HB 887 Scrap metal processors; seller to provide his driver's license number.
- HB 897 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 914 Liability, fire, and motor vehicle insurance policies; establishes exceptions to prohibitions.
- HB 915 Credit Counseling Act; removes two factors that SCC is required to use when setting fees.
- HB 918 Corporations and professional limited liability companies; conforms provisions that govern mergers.
- HB 919 Underinsured motorist insurance coverage; establishes mechanism by which liability insurer pays.
- HB 925 Employment Commission; employment stabilization.
- HB 950 Uniform Power of Attorney Act; established.
- HB 955 Public-Private Education Facilities & Infrastructure Act of 2002; definition of qualifying projects.
- HB 1038 Minimum wage law; enforcement.
- HB 1072 Fire-safe cigarettes; prohibits manufacture, etc. unless tested to meet performance standard.
- HB 1091 Mortgage loans; escrowing taxes and insurance.
- HB 1093 Mortgages; requirements for certain.
- HB 1097 Mortgage lenders and brokers; licensure and regulations.
- HB 1098 Wet Settlement Act; adds to definition of settlement.
- HB 1103 Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
- HB 1140 Tolls; State Corporation Commission authority to approve or revise rates charged.
- HB 1153 Electric utilities; notice of rate increase.
- HB 1160 School bus drivers; removes exclusion from existing provision that prohibits employment of children.
- HB 1176 Motor vehicle insurance settlement practices; cap on reimbursement for paint and materials.
- HB 1193 Military Service Personnel Bill of Rights of 2008; established.
- HB 1223 Employment Commission; must maintain at least one regional office in each planning district.
- HB 1225 Fire Programs Fund; increases rate of assessment.
- HB 1228 Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options.
- HB 1230 Greenhouse gas emissions; mandatory reporting.
- HB 1264 Consumer Real Estate Settlement Protection Act; licensing standards.
- HB 1287 Electric energy conservation; SCC to conduct meeting to establish goals.
- HB 1305 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; increases annual assessment for physicians.
- HB 1306 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; increases annual assessment for physicians.
- HB 1307 Credit reports; fee exemption for security freezes for military personnel
- HB 1310 State Corporation Commission; grants provisional certification of gas distributors.
- HB 1311 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 1312 Workforce development; Governor's responsibilities.
- HB 1313 Unclaimed property; credit union accounts.
- HB 1314 Employment Commission; transfers responsibility for collection of employment taxes to Dept. of Tax.
- HB 1319 Underground transmission lines; pilot program established.
- HB 1339 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 1340 Fire Programs Fund; increases rate of assessment.
- HB 1349 Unemployment compensation; leaving employment to follow spouse of clergy.
- HB 1351 Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
- HB 1363 Trademarks and service marks; registration and protection, penalties.
- HB 1377 Payday lending charges; establishes maximum annual interest rate..
- HB 1404 Payday lending charges; establishes maximum annual interest rate.
- HB 1409 Electric utility rates; incentives for use of alternatives and distributed generation.
- HB 1412 Railroad corporations; prohibits foreign control without approval of State Corporation Commission.
- HB 1413 Public utilities; required to use competitive bidding in purchasing and construction practices.
- HB 1415 Health insurance; extension of coverage funded by localities.
- HB 1419 Health insurance; coordination of benefits.
- HB 1421 Renewable Energy Research Grant Program; established.
- HB 1443 Energy generators; streamlined permitting process for those qualified.
- HB 1451 Limited partnerships; distributions of assets.
- HB 1462 Motor vehicle insurance; provide reductions to certain persons who complete DMV approved course.
- HB 1466 Energy electric generating facilities; environmental impact of renewable.
- HB 1480 Deputy sheriffs; locality allow those injured to use accrued leave to supplement workers' comp.
- HB 1487 Mortgage Lender & Broker Act; SCC to enforce certain laws for home ownership protection.
- HB 1490 Foreign business entities; must register with State and State Corporation Commission.
- HB 1495 Real estate lending practices; prohibits prepayment penalty if owner has occupied home over 2 years.
- HB 1505 Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
- HB 1508 Extended service contracts; revises definition thereof.
- HB 1512 Health care sharing ministries; insurance laws do not apply.
- HB 1523 Electric utilities; resource planning.
- HB 1526 Virginia Career Readiness Certificate Program; created, report.
- HB 1531 Railroad corporation and railway company; liability for injury.
- HB 1541 Vehicle protection product warranties; establishes requirements regarding provision thereof.
- HB 1545 Consumer Protection Act; advertising at price after rebate.
- SB 14 Income tax credit, earned; employers to provide notice to employees.
- SB 51 Health insurance; extension of coverage funded by localities.
- SB 137 Unclaimed property; credit union accounts.
- SB 145 Natural gas utilities; recovery of funds for capital projects.
- SB 146 Stock and nonstock corporations; authorizes SCC to correct Commission records at any time.
- SB 149 Surety bond; increases amount under CRESPA.
- SB 158 Wet Settlement Act; lender's disclosure of charges for appraisal and valuation.
- SB 182 Insurance company investments; preferred stocks.
- SB 206 Communication towers, state-owned; wireless broadband service in unserved areas.
- SB 207 Foreign and alien insurers; exemption for insuring industrial insureds.
- 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 211 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; increases annual assessment for physicians.
- SB 234 Greenhouse gas emissions; mandatory reporting.
- SB 252 Workforce development; Governor's responsibilities.
- SB 253 Employment Commission; employment stabilization.
- SB 311 Electric utilities; resource planning.
- SB 320 Solar energy collection devices; covenants restricting.
- SB 322 Electric Utility Restructuring Act; defines municipal solid waste as source of renewable energy.
- SB 359 Unemployment compensation; provides benefits based on service in employ of an Indian tribe.
- SB 360 Business Trust Act; reorganizes provisions.
- SB 398 Security of Public Deposits Act; eligible collateral & amends definition of public depository.
- 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 467 Port Authority; establish trust to help offset its postemployment benefits liability.
- SB 500 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- SB 573 Limited Liability Company Act; reorganizes provisions thereof.
- SB 576 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- SB 588 Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
- SB 596 Electric Utility Restructuring, Commission on; continue as Commission on Electric Utility Regulation
- SB 612 Liability, fire, and motor vehicle insurance policies; establishes exceptions to prohibitions.
- SB 615 Workers' compensation; expands definition of law-enforcement officer to include Capitol Police.
- SB 692 Insurance agents; revises definition of limited burial insurance authorities.
- SB 697 Motor vehicle insurance settlement practices; cap on reimbursement for paint and materials.
- SB 709 Mortgage lenders, etc.; prohibits making a mortgage that is more expensive than borrower qualifies.
- SB 714 Petroleum products franchises; rights of dealers upon sale or assignment of franchise agreement.
- SB 718 Renewable energy; investor-owned electric utilities report annually on efforts to conserve energy.
- SB 756 Virginia Career Readiness Certificate Program; created, report.
- SB 778 Tolls; State Corporation Commission authority to approve or revise rates charged.
- SB 785 Health insurance; repeals provision requiring coverage for bone marrow transplants.
- SB 797 Mortgage lenders or servicers; notice and additional time before foreclosure on high-risk loans.