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- HB 12 Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
- HB 96 Unemployment compensation; provides benefits based on service in employ of an Indian tribe.
- HB 116 Foreign title insurance companies; unearned premium reserves.
- HB 196 Accident and sickness insurance, group; coverage for full-time students.
- HB 222 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act; right to confront and cross-examine witnesses.
- HB 228 Reduced cigarette ignition propensity; prohibits manufacture, etc. thereof unless meets standards.
- HB 250 Health maintenance organization; obtaining HMO license without certificate of quality assurance.
- HB 298 Surplus lines insurance; diligent effort requirement.
- HB 336 Insurance market analyses; confidentiality.
- HB 349 Insurance licensing; certificates of authority.
- HB 366 Unemployment compensation; testing for controlled substances.
- HB 397 Health maintenance organizations; removes certain limitations on deductibles.
- HB 431 Title insurance agents; pre-licensing education course.
- HB 504 Health insurance; insurers to offer individual or group exclusive policies or contracts.
- HB 542 Insurance agents; notice of appointment.
- HB 543 Natural gas utilities; alternative ratemaking plan, report.
- 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 648 Health reimbursement arrangements; prohibits health insurers from canceling, etc. on certain ground.
- 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 780 Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act; reorganizes provisions.
- HB 831 State Corporation Commission; confidentiality of information.
- HB 881 Employment Commission; authorizes final orders to be recorded and satisfied as orders.
- 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 925 Employment Commission; employment stabilization.
- HB 955 Public-Private Education Facilities & Infrastructure Act of 2002; definition of qualifying projects.
- HB 1098 Wet Settlement Act; adds to definition of settlement.
- HB 1140 Tolls; State Corporation Commission authority to approve or revise rates charged.
- 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 1228 Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options.
- HB 1305 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; increases annual assessment for physicians.
- HB 1311 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 1313 Unclaimed property; credit union accounts.
- HB 1319 Underground transmission lines; pilot program established.
- HB 1329 Communication towers, state-owned; wireless broadband service in unserved areas.
- HB 1413 Public utilities; required to use competitive bidding in purchasing and construction practices.
- HB 1459 Small Business Financing Act; preferred lenders.
- 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 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.
- SB 13 Health insurance; mandated coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
- SB 14 Income tax credit, earned; employers to provide notice to employees.
- SB 21 Electric utility rates; margins from off-system sales.
- SB 24 Payday lending charges; establishing maximum annual interest rate.
- SB 25 Payday Loan Act; repealing Act referring thereto.
- SB 90 Employment; verification of eligibility.
- SB 91 Electricity rates; adjustment clauses.
- SB 93 Electric Utility Restructuring Act; repeals certain provisions.
- 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 156 Payday Loan Act; repealing Act referring thereto.
- SB 157 Mortgage lenders and brokers; duties to borrowers.
- SB 158 Wet Settlement Act; lender's disclosure of charges for appraisal and valuation.
- SB 161 Workers' compensation; alternative dispute resolution systems.
- 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 212 Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act; right to confront witnesses.
- SB 223 Wages and salaries; employers may pay by credit to prepaid debit card or card account.
- SB 238 Payday lending charges; establishes maximum annual interest rate.
- SB 253 Employment Commission; employment stabilization.
- SB 258 Mortgage lending and brokering practices; prohibitions and penalties.
- SB 264 Fire insurance; prohibits insurer from refusing to issue policy for family day homes.
- SB 278 Payday Loan Act; repealing Act referring thereto.
- SB 279 Payday lending charges; establishes maximum annual interest rate.
- SB 311 Electric utilities; resource planning.
- SB 318 Wind Underwriting Association; established.
- SB 320 Solar energy collection devices; covenants restricting.
- SB 322 Electric Utility Restructuring Act; defines municipal solid waste as source of renewable energy.
- SB 324 Utility Facilities Act; renewable energy facilities.
- SB 325 Credit reports; authorizes armed services members and spouses to freeze.
- SB 339 Unemployment compensation; employee's inability to speak English at workplace is misconduct.
- 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 412 Fire Programs Fund; increases rate of assessment.
- SB 416 Insurance agent license examinations; demographic data.
- SB 419 Cable television services; provision by localities in certain planning districts.
- SB 420 Telephone utilities; cable service for those locally operated .
- SB 431 Transmission lines; utility to submit to SCC plan to install underground.
- SB 432 Electrical transmission lines; damages to adjoining landowners.
- SB 446 Clean energy future; electric energy sold to be generated from renewable generation energy sources.
- SB 461 Credit reports; authorizes armed services members and spouses to freeze.
- SB 500 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- SB 541 Electrical transmission lines; State Corporation Commission review.
- SB 565 Motor vehicle equity loans; caps interest thereon.
- SB 568 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; increases annual assessment for physicians.
- SB 571 Telephone service; alternatives to regulation.
- SB 572 Utility Transfers Act; acquisition or disposal of assets or of control of telephone companies.
- SB 573 Limited Liability Company Act; reorganizes provisions thereof.
- SB 575 Electric Utility Restructuring, Commission on; renamed Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
- SB 576 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- SB 577 Trademarks and service marks; registration and protection, penalties.
- SB 578 VirginiaShare Health Insurance Program; established, report.
- SB 583 Unclaimed property; reduces holding period for abandonment for banks & financial organizations.
- 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 631 Accident and sickness insurance; coverage for the treatment of infertility.
- SB 645 Health insurance; mandated coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
- SB 651 Aerospace Engine Manufacturing Performance Grant Program; created.
- SB 666 Utility Transfers Act; person shall not acquire or dispose of control of public utility, etc.
- SB 670 Payday lending charges; establishes maximum annual interest rate.
- SB 675 Credit unions; added to institutions that may be qualified public depositories.
- SB 688 Motor vehicle insurance; provide reductions to certain persons who complete DMV approved course.
- SB 692 Insurance agents; revises definition of limited burial insurance authorities.
- SB 694 Payday loans; prohibits lender from harrassing, oppressing, or abusing when collecting a debt.
- 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 719 Railroad corporations; prohibits foreign control without approval of State Corporation Commission.
- SB 738 Adult protective services; reporting of suspected financial abuse of elderly & dependent persons.
- 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.
- SR 17 Workers' Compensation Commission; nomination for election of member.