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House Appropriations
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- HB 1 Disabled veteran; definition thereof.
- HB 2 License plates, special; eliminates fee to family of persons who have died in military service.
- HB 3 Screened Family Day Home Provider List; created.
- HB 9 Health insurance credits; increased for certain retired employees of local social services boards.
- HB 10 Line of Duty Act; coverage for fire company personnel of National Guard and Air National Guard.
- HB 13 Stalking; enhanced penalty if victim is a minor.
- HB 29 Budget Bill.
- HB 30 Budget Bill.
- HB 31 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 34 Sexual offenses against children; person over 18 guilty of Class 1 misdemeanor with child under 13.
- HB 38 Incarcerated persons; court orders credit for time served in jail pending trial.
- HB 78 Health insurance; credits for certain retired public officers and employees.
- HB 92 Standards of Quality; requires that average teacher salary not be less than annual national salary.
- HB 94 Secondary highway system; allocates construction funds among counties based on population.
- HB 98 Medicaid; eligibility for young adults transitioning from foster care.
- HB 111 Highway systems; revenue-sharing funds therefor in certain counties, cities, and towns.
- HB 112 Retirement System; early retirement provisions for certain local government officials.
- HB 113 Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement officer, penalty.
- HB 117 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- HB 120 Educational programs; computation of composite index.
- HB 124 Machinery and tools taxation; exempts certified pollution control equipment and facilities.
- HB 125 Nanotechnology businesses; tax credit provided in form of equity or subordinated debt.
- HB 128 Retirement System; creating new defined contribution retirement plan.
- HB 130 Death certificates; local health departments to have available upon request.
- HB 138 Adoption; filing of petition.
- HB 149 Independent living services & arrangements; requires inclusion of plan for children 14 yrs. & older.
- HB 159 Stolen goods; person guilty of larceny if knowledge of property buying or receiving is stolen.
- HB 160 Larceny; punishment for using emergency exit to exit premises.
- HB 166 Venture capital investments; creates program which makes investment return guarantees for certain.
- HB 197 Recordation tax; refinancing or modification of terms of debt.
- HB 201 Appropriation act and budget bills; searchable electronic copies.
- HB 203 Planning and Budget, Director of Department; required to have searchable budget database website.
- HB 204 Richard Bland College; integrates into Virginia Community College System.
- HB 223 Sex offenders; prohibiting proximity to children.
- HB 245 Virginia Retirement System group insurance program; exemption from process.
- HB 251 Adult Fatality Review Team; created, report.
- HB 267 Involuntary admission; court determines petitioner is indigent, court shall appoint counsel.
- HB 271 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.
- HB 276 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); noncash benefits.
- HB 289 Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.
- HB 295 Claims; Sumpter and Robin Priddy.
- HB 300 Higher educational institutions; sexual violence prevention.
- HB 312 Miscarriage or stillbirth; unintentional cause thereof.
- HB 317 State employees; increases health insurance credits for those retired.
- HB 320 Fire Prevention Code; fees for inspection, exceptions.
- HB 334 Cats; Class 5 felony to steal.
- HB 360 Nonpoint source pollution reduction; Governor and General Assembly to provide funding therefor.
- HB 365 Substance abuse screening; person become ineligible for public assistance if using illegal drugs.
- HB 369 Retirement System; state & local law-enforcement officers may take full retirement if have 25 yrs.
- HB 389 Highway systems; allocation of maintenance funds.
- HB 411 Judges; member who is at least 50 yrs. of age, etc. to retire with full benefits.
- HB 413 Medical assistance services; increases amount disregarded from countable resources.
- HB 414 Income tax, state; deduction for naturalization fees.
- HB 419 Educational programs; computation of composite index.
- HB 423 Planning and Budget, Director of Department of; required to have searchable budget database website.
- HB 429 Abortion; forced or coerced prohibited, penalty.
- HB 436 Arrest or summons; charge for misdemeanor at discretion of law-enforcement officer.
- HB 437 Public schools; composite index formula for basic state aid.
- HB 458 Correctional facilities, local; City of Danville & Pittsylvania County to enter into jail project.
- HB 461 Bond; conditions of release without.
- HB 474 Virginia War Memorial; State Treasurer to advance loan for construction of an educational wing.
- HB 475 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.
- HB 482 Higher educational institutions; optional retirement plan for certain employees.
- HB 483 Higher educational institutions; retirement plan for teachers and administrative faculty.
- HB 484 Retirement System; average final compensation retirement multiplier for teachers.
- HB 496 Crimes by Gangs Act; definition of predicate criminal act .
- HB 499 Involuntary commitment; establishes new standard for outpatient commitment.
- HB 506 Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; program to award scholarships to certain students.
- HB 510 Medical assistance plan; DMAS to contract with DMHMRSAS for mental health services.
- HB 512 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- HB 536 Court-appointed counsel; compensation in district court for those defending juvenile offenders.
- HB 538 Commercial dog breeders; definition, requirements, penalty.
- HB 556 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
- HB 559 Emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment; criteria.
- HB 560 Commitment hearing; community services board representative, treating physician, etc. to attend.
- HB 566 Literary Fund; distributions.
- HB 567 Sexual offenses; those convicted prohibited entry onto school property.
- HB 569 Registered nurse, professional; local school boards to employ.
- HB 570 Nurses, licensed; local school boards to employ.
- HB 574 Child sexual offenses; creates number of new crimes labeled indecent liberties with children.
- HB 585 Juvenile care facilities; Board of Juvenile Justice to est. regulations for smoke detectors, etc.
- HB 586 Appellate court; remand of bail appeal.
- HB 590 Predicate criminal act; adds simple larceny of motor vehicle to list.
- HB 593 VirginiaShare Health Insurance Program; established, report.
- HB 594 Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 596 Retirement System; benefits for superintendents and sworn officers of regional jails.
- HB 617 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; creates dedicated source of funding via percentage of recordation tax.
- HB 654 Math, Science, and Career and Technical Education Grant Program and Fund; established.
- HB 656 Animal protection and fighting; broadens penalty.
- HB 688 Claims; Anthony Fields.
- HB 689 Combined Sewer Overflow Fund; designating funds to be deposited therein for use by certain cities.
- HB 695 Retirement System; loss of retirement benefits for certain felony convictions.
- HB 696 Substance Abuse Treatment Fund; created.
- HB 727 Natural resources funding; allocates annually percentage of revenue generated by sales & use tax.
- HB 736 Retirement System; average final compensation retirement multiplier for teachers.
- HB 738 Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit.
- HB 739 Retirement System; retired members to continue receiving retirement allowance.
- HB 749 Standards of Quality; apportionment of state & local share for costs of giving educational programs.
- HB 755 Deputies; personnel costs in preparation for new regional jail facility.
- HB 760 Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled.
- HB 772 Retirement System; exemption from liability for advisory committees appointed thereby.
- HB 773 Retirement System; prior service credit.
- HB 774 State Police Officers' Retirement System; time within which compulsory retirement shall occur.
- HB 775 State employees; cash match plan.
- HB 788 Highway maintenance payments; Arlington and Henrico Counties receive payments for roads.
- HB 790 Retirement System; retired members to continue receiving retirement allowance.
- HB 805 Advance Health Care Directive Registry; created.
- HB 811 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); waiver of ineligibility period.
- HB 812 Foster Care Scholarship Program and Fund; created.
- HB 817 Judges; increases number in various general district courts.
- HB 818 Judges; increases number in circuit court.
- HB 819 Nursing facilities; those in continuing care retirement communities to participate in program.
- HB 825 Foster & adoption workers; Department of Social Services to establish minimum training requirments.
- HB 833 Automotive manufacturers; specialized registration & titling of company vehicles.
- HB 846 State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.
- HB 871 Marriage and family programs; Department of Social Services to establish.
- HB 878 School divisions, local; requires 65% of each education dollar to be spent in classroom, report.
- HB 900 Value engineering; submission thereof to report to Division of Engineering and Buildings.
- HB 903 Magistrates; reforms system by transferring appointment and supervisory responsibilities.
- HB 909 Nanotechnology Authority Act of 2007; created, report.
- HB 921 Jail construction, local; State will reimburse up to one-half of capital costs.
- HB 923 School Construction Revolving Fund; created, report.
- HB 930 Retirement System; investments related to countries sponsoring terrorism.
- HB 931 Methamphetamine; manufacturing, selling, giving, and distributing thereof, penalty.
- HB 932 Firearms; reckless handling, penalty.
- HB 936 Composite index, local; number of students.
- HB 960 Retirement System; optional increase for local employees.
- HB 961 Highway maintenance; provides for increased payments where traffic volumes exceed statewide average.
- HB 964 Sex offender registry; penalty for failure to register.
- HB 965 Victims Compensation Fund; amends definition to include stalking victims.
- HB 979 TAG; eligibility for students attending Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
- HB 981 Retirement System; benefits for local law-enforcement officers.
- HB 984 Math specialist pilot program; Department of Education to establish, report.
- HB 987 SCHEV; creation of nonstock corporation to support academic research.
- HB 995 Unlawful filming of another; guilty of Class 6 felony.
- HB 998 Line of Duty Act; definition of disabled person to include local employees.
- HB 1007 Fusion Intelligence Center; confidentiality and immunity from service of process.
- HB 1039 Regional jail authorities; capital costs.
- HB 1046 Nursing homes; Board of Health to establish staffing levels.
- HB 1053 Standards of Quality; increased positions for students having limited English proficiency.
- HB 1082 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; creates dedicated source of funding via percentage of recordation tax.
- HB 1108 Highway construction, primary system; funds allocation.
- HB 1109 Veterans; tuition waiver for certain.
- HB 1124 Virginia Commonwealth University; management agreement with State.
- HB 1126 Abortion or miscarriage; intent to destroy unborn child, penalty.
- HB 1131 Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report.
- HB 1148 Local Government Manager Retention Program; retirement benefits for chief local executive employee.
- HB 1154 Sick leave; retirement credit for unused balances of state & local employees.
- HB 1163 Auditor of Public Accounts; database to contain information for state taxpayers.
- HB 1164 Income tax, corporate; public/private education investment tax credit.
- HB 1174 Immigrant Assistance, Office of; created.
- HB 1182 Predicate criminal act; adds grand larceny thereas for gang membership.
- HB 1187 Reckless driving; penalty for person convicted.
- HB 1189 Alicia's Law; funding for child exploitation law enforcement efforts.
- HB 1190 Infant mortality; requires certain measures designed to lower.
- HB 1211 Port Authority; establish a trust to offset other postemployment benefits.
- HB 1212 Port Authority; encourages employees thereof to save for retirement.
- HB 1216 Planning time for school teachers.
- HB 1219 Law Officers' Retirement System; supplemental allowance paid until Social Security retirement age.
- HB 1227 Breast and cervical cancer; coverage of treatment.
- HB 1250 Personal flotation devices; requirements for children.
- HB 1257 Child support enforcement; establishing Intensive Case Monitoring pilot programs.
- HB 1293 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- HB 1328 Stalking; enhanced penalties.
- HB 1330 Aerospace Engine Manufacturing Performance Grant Program; created.
- HB 1335 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- HB 1359 Planning and Budget, Department of; submissions of agency budget estimates to General Assembly.
- HB 1360 Planning and Budget, Director of Department; required to have searchable budget database website.
- HB 1362 Misuse of public assets; penalty.
- HB 1363 Trademarks and service marks; registration and protection, penalties.
- HB 1368 Judges, substitute or retired; increases per diem compensation.
- HB 1390 Higher educational institutions; operational authority therefor in information technology.
- HB 1392 Jail construction, local; State will reimburse up to one-half of capital costs.
- HB 1395 Sexual assault; Dept. of State Police, etc. establish policies for responding to crimes involving.
- HB 1396 Agritourism; Commissioner of Agriculture & Consumer Services to promote.
- HB 1417 Claims; Kay F. Couch Johnson.
- HB 1421 Renewable Energy Research Grant Program; established.
- HB 1436 Line of Duty Act; funding for Line of Duty Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- HB 1442 Ignition interlock limitations; persons with restricted license not to operate certain vehicles.
- HB 1460 Retirement System; investments related to state sponsors of terrorism.
- HB 1491 Temporary detention order; shall not exceed 96 hours.
- HB 1498 Nursing home or facility beds; Health Commissioner may accept and issue applications therefor.
- HB 1499 Legal aid services; increases fees collected by court therefor.
- HB 1514 Income tax, corporate; apportionment for manufacturers.
- HB 1522 Business Assistance, Department of; abolish & transfer duties to Economic Development Partnership.
- HB 1532 Nursing home beds; Health Commissioner may accept applications & issue certificates of public need.
- HB 1543 Surgical complications; requires physicians to report.
- HB 1547 21st Century Capital Improvement Program; created, report.
- HB 1565 Multicounty/City Transportation District; created.
- HB 1571 Impact fees; restores provisions to how existed prior July 1, 2007 & repeals those passed in 2007.
- HJ 82 Budget database; House and Senate Committees recognizing need to establish searchable website.
- HR 2 Budget database; directing House Committee on Appropriations to establish searchable website.
- SB 1 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
- SB 29 Budget Bill.
- SB 30 Budget Bill.
- SB 31 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2008; created.
- SB 41 Line of Duty Act; definition, and funding for Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- SB 48 School teachers; school boards to ensure that all are provided planning time.
- SB 62 Voter registration; procedures for applications and receipts.
- SB 87 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
- SB 107 State Law Library; authorized users.
- SB 116 Motor Vehicles, Department of; service charges.
- SB 121 TransDominion Express Commission; created.
- SB 124 Public schools; Superintendent to develop guidelines eliminating trans fatty foods served.
- SB 125 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- SB 126 Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Tuition Grant Program; created.
- SB 135 Fertilizers; Board of Agriculture et al, to adopt nonagricultural application regulations.
- SB 148 Two-Year College Transfer Grant; clarification for eligibility.
- SB 178 Judges; increases number in circuit court.
- SB 179 Judges; increases number in various general district courts.
- SB 197 Brain injuries; eliminates requirement that hospitals report to registry.
- SB 216 Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
- SB 221 Reckless driving; penalty for person convicted.
- SB 246 Involuntary commitment; establishes new standards for outpatient commitment.
- SB 251 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); waiver of ineligibility period.
- SB 267 Teacher salary; requires that state average to be competitive with national salary.
- SB 269 Law-enforcement employees; extends coverage under overtime compensation.
- SB 290 Advance Health Care Directive Registry; created.
- SB 291 Automotive manufacturers; specialized registration & titling of company vehicles.
- SB 297 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.
- SB 309 Restricted driver's license; issuance to operate motor vehicle during period of suspension
- SB 329 Line of Duty Act; definition, and funding for Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- SB 344 Stroke Triage Plan; Board of Health to develop and maintain as component of EMS Plan.
- SB 353 Long-term care coverage; transfers administration thereof for public employees to Retirement System.
- SB 358 Virginia Commonwealth University; management agreement with State.
- SB 367 Forest wardens, special; retirement credits.
- SB 405 Controlled substances; nonresident pharmacies reporting and approval requirements.
- SB 408 Literary Fund; distributions.
- SB 442 Higher educational institutions; operational authority therefor in information technology.
- SB 466 Port Authority; encourages employees thereof to save for retirement.
- SB 467 Port Authority; establish trust to help offset its postemployment benefits liability.
- SB 472 Group homes & residential facilities for children; regulations for licensure of programs offered.
- SB 493 Foster & adoption workers; Department of Social Services to establish minimum training requirments.
- SB 511 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- SB 522 Law-enforcement officer; assault and battery against, penalty.
- SB 536 Elections; additional testing of voting equipment in certification process.
- SB 544 Master Settlement Agreement; makes several changes to enhance criminal enforcement activities.
- SB 559 Composite index, local; number of students.
- SB 562 Methamphetamine; manufacturing, selling, giving, and distributing thereof, penalty.
- SB 578 VirginiaShare Health Insurance Program; established, report.
- SB 610 Court-appointed counsel; compensation in district court for those defending juvenile offenders.
- SB 613 Eastern Virginia Medical School; length of term for Board of Visitors.
- SB 614 Retirement System; authority to manage and invest certain funds.
- SB 620 Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled.
- SB 624 Retirement System; benefits for superintendents and sworn officers of regional jails.
- SB 651 Aerospace Engine Manufacturing Performance Grant Program; created.
- SB 662 Virginia War Memorial; State Treasurer to advance loan for construction of an educational wing.
- SB 673 Deputy sheriffs; locality allow those injured to use accrued leave to supplement workers' comp.
- SB 678 Drug Treatment Court Act; authorized drug treatment court for Tazewell County.
- SB 682 State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.
- SB 690 Water Quality Improvement Fund; reimbursment to localities for costs of nutrient removal upgrades.
- SB 695 Retirement System; benefits for local school superintendents.
- SB 743 Group life insurance; permits retiree to make beneficiary designation to purchase funeral services.
- SB 761 Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.
- SB 775 Drug Treatment Court Act; authorized drug treatment court, etc. for Franklin County.
- SB 795 College Building Authority; certain projects financed thereby.