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2009 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR January 14, 2009 ... pdf
- Senate Bill on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bill on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- SB 801 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: CHOOSE LIFE.
- SB 802 Holland-Councill Memorial Bridge; designating as Route 58 bridge over Blackwater River.
- SB 803 Motorcycles, off-road; prohibits operation thereof on highways.
- SB 804 License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Virginia Kids Eat Free program.
- SB 805 License plates, special; issuance to supporters of National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.
- SB 806 Nonresident decedents' personal property in State; transferor thereof may comply with law of state.
- SB 807 Mobile camps; establishes standards for rooms at terminals, etc. provided by a railroad company.
- SB 808 Foreign service officers of U.S.; provides certain requirements in suits for divorce and annulment.
- SB 809 License plates, special; members and supporters of International Association of Fire Fighters.
- SB 810 Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse, etc.
- SB 811 Elevator mechanics, certified; Board for Contractors shall extend time for compliance for certain.
- SB 812 Warrants, local; authorizes local governments to publish information relating thereto.
- SB 813 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include fabrication of animal meat.
- SB 814 Retirement System; changes formula for purchase of service by school division superintendents.
- SB 815 Intestate succession; if parent willfully deserts child, no person may inherit from child's estate.
- SB 816 Fire marshals; increased to a Class 6 felony for assault and battery thereof.
- SB 817 License plates, special; issuance to members and supporters of various organizations.
- SB 818 Opiate addiction treatment providers; daily service fee.
- SB 819 Early voting; qualified registered voter may vote in person from 15 to eight days before election.
- SB 820 Motorboats; authorizes county, city, or town to impose registration fee on certain.
- SB 821 Workers' compensation; presumption that injury arises out of employment.
- SB 822 Autopsy reports; release to mental health facilities.
- SB 823 Transportation of person under emergency custody, etc.; allowed to be transported by family member.
- SB 824 Presidential elections; enters compact Agreement Among States to Elect Pres. by Nat'l Popular Vote.
- SB 825 Involuntary commitment hearing; certain requirement for 3rd yr. law student to represent petitioner.
- SB 826 Federal write-in absentee ballots; witness requirement.
- SB 827 Family life education; adds benefits, etc., of marriage for men, etc., to list of topics covered.
- SB 828 License plates, special; issuance to members & supporters of Friends of Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc.
- SB 829 Registered voters; registration residence requirements for person attending accredited institution.
- SB 830 Advertising; allows local governing bodies to remove certain.
- SB 831 Zoning ordinances; restrictions on ABC licenses in City of Portsmouth.
- SB 832 Firearms; possessing or carrying dangerous weapon in public buildings during official meetings.
- SB 833 Notaries public; electronic notarization to be developed by Secretary of Commonwealth, etc.
- SB 834 Public Procurement Act; procurement of architectural & professional engineering service for project.
- SB 835 Va. Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP); increase of fee for person entering program.
- SB 836 Toll Facilities Revolving Account; balance remaining on any loan issued to political subdivision.
- SB 837 State Law Library; authorized users.
- SB 838 Land preservation tax credit; conveyance for public parks or public recreational facilities.
- SB 839 Protective order; notification of service by local police department, sheriff's office, etc.
- SB 840 Outpatient treatment; allows court to order mandatory treatment following involuntary admission.
- SB 841 REAL ID Act and citizens' privacy; prohibits DMV, etc., from using any type of computer chip, etc.
- SB 842 Campaign finance; prohibited contributions from foreign nationals.
- SB 843 Medical malpractice limit; raises total amount recoverable in certain.
- SB 844 Fines and costs; waiver of payment of interest while defendant was incarcerated.
- SB 845 Livable home tax credit; increase limit on or after January 1, 2010.
- SB 846 License plates, special; issuance to members of International Association of Fire Fighters.
- SB 847 Emergency vehicles proceeding past red lights; when proceeding past moving traffic shall stop, etc.
- SB 848 Elections; clarifications and revisions to registration and election processes.
- SB 849 Vacant building registration; Towns of Blacksburg and Vienna may require owner to register.
- SB 850 Budget Bill.
- SB 851 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2009; created.
- SB 852 Parking Facilities Bond Act of 2009; created.
- SB 853 Carbon monoxide detectors; Board of Housing & Community Development to establish requirements.
- SB 854 Mental health courts; Office of Ex. Secretary of Supreme Court to establish for nonviolent offender.
- SB 855 Uniform Power of Attorney Act; created.
- SB 856 Judges; increases mandatory retirement age.
- SB 857 Charter; Town of Blacksburg.
- SB 858 Transient occupancy tax; Giles County may impose at rate not to exceed 5% to promote tourism.
- SB 859 Divorce; equitable distribution.
- SB 860 Income tax credit, earned; employers to provide notice to employees that may be eligible.
- SB 861 Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report.
- SB 862 License plates, special; issuance to members and supporters of Friends of Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc.
- SB 863 TransDominion Express Commission; created.
- SB 864 Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
- SB 865 Coal combustion by-products; use, reuse, or reclamation in a flood plain.
- SB 866 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- SB 867 Elections; creates exceptions to prohibited activities at polls.
- SB 868 Retail Sales & Use Tax; expands definition of public facility for purpose of using certain revenues.
- SB 869 Charter; City of Fredericksburg.
- SB 870 Indoor Clean Air Act; allows localities to exceed requirements that regulate smoking.
- SB 871 Health, Department of; relieves Department of its responsibility of certain reports.
- SB 872 TANF; eligibility for food stamps when convicted of drug-related felonies.
- SB 873 Plastic bags; bans use by retailers at point of sale unless designed & manufactured for reuse.
- SB 874 Mobile telephone and other wireless electronic devices; use of hands-free accessory while driving.
- SB 875 Jury costs; plaintiff who requests trial in civil case shall be assessed.
- SB 876 Voter identification provisions; revises in-person and absentee voting procedures.
- SB 877 Law-enforcement officers, retired; meets training and qualification standards to carry weapon.
- SB 878 Massage Therapy, Advisory Board on; created.
- SB 879 Uninsured motorist insurance; authorizes insurer to assume control of defense of a certain action.
- SB 880 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; disclosure of official records, exceptions.
- SB 881 Grass; adds Stafford County to counties authorized to require property owners to cut.
- SB 882 Parking; regulation thereof of watercraft, boat trailers, etc., in certain counties.
- SB 883 Charter; Town of Warsaw.
- SB 884 Banking institutions; reclassification or conversion of shares of stock.
- SB 885 Drug-related personal injury actions; extends two-year statute of limitations.
- SB 886 Elevator mechanics; Board of Contractors to delegate certification in event of emergency.
- SB 887 Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; conduct of interrogations.
- SB 888 Deed of trust; assignment of penalty for failure to release.
- SB 889 Ignition interlock; operation of motor vehicle without, penalty.
- SB 890 Motor vehicles; collection of court costs.
- SB 891 Communications sales and use tax; distributions to Bath County and Town of Clifton.
- SB 892 Information technology projects; Governor to include a biennial appropriation therefor.
- SB 893 Submission of executive budget; personnel costs for state agencies.
- SB 894 Biennial appropriation act; State's appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years.
- SB 895 Governor's revenue forecasts; submission to include alternative revenue estimates.
- SB 896 Duty to file lists of renters, etc.; provide name & address thereof to commissioner of revenue.
- SB 897 Animal shelter and pounds; allowed to purchase, etc., certain controlled substances for euthanizing.
- SB 898 Elder or dependent adult abuse; emergency services personnel to report suspected abuse, etc.
- SB 899 Distribution of handbills in highway right-of-way; grants City of Falls Church, etc. to prohibit.
- SB 900 Contractor performance bonds; amount for locally administered transportation improvement projects.
- SB 901 Shane Timothy Adcock Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 835 bridge over I-95 in Hanover County.
- SB 902 Confidentiality of law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principal.
- SB 903 Corporate directors and officers; indemnification thereof.
- SB 904 Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; extends sunset date to July 1, 2011.
- SB 905 Power of attorney; Dept. of Taxation to provide taxpayer's representative copies of correspondence.
- SB 906 Income tax, state; homebuyer tax credit.
- SB 907 Powers of personal representatives and trustees; power to donate open-space easements.
- SB 908 Public service corporation; prohibits acquiring land, etc. therein subject to conservation easement.
- SB 909 Income tax, state; credit for blood donations.
- SB 910 Automatic dialing-announcing devices; prohibits use of if making commercial telephone solicitation.
- SB 911 Golf carts; allows governing body of Towns of Irvington or Saxis to authorize operation thereof.
- SB 912 Interpreter; appointed for non-English-speaking defendant.
- SB 913 Forest products; removes certain requirements if participating in renewable portfolio standard prog.
- SB 914 Substance abuse screening & assessment for VIEW; person ineligible to receive TANF if using drugs.
- SB 915 Children; court to obtain & submit to Dept. of Social Services names, etc. of defendants' children.
- SB 916 Fees in civil cases; increases fee for filing in general district court and in circuit court.
- SB 917 Unemployment compensation; wage offset for concurrent job.
- SB 918 New College Institute & Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; exempt from Personnel Act.
- SB 919 Retirement System; retirees may be hired as teachers without interrupting retirement benefits.
- SB 920 Health insurance; policy offered to small employer with 50 or less employees to protect uninsured.
- SB 921 Health insurance; eliminates all mandated benefits from inclusion in individual policies.
- SB 922 Larceny of money; to be charged as grand larceny and petit larceny statutes.
- SB 923 Circuit court judges; repeals section granting mileage reimbursement therefor.
- SB 924 Retail Sales and Use Tax; refund of tax paid for certain machinery or equipment.
- SB 925 Grievance procedure; permits grievant to have a witness present during all stages.
- SB 926 Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created.
- SB 927 Death certificates; disclosure to grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
- SB 928 Confidentiality of court records; person inspecting is authorized to have copies made of records.
- SB 929 Charter; City of Alexandria.
- SB 930 Waste Management Plan; requires Department of Environmental Quality to prepare.
- SB 931 Animal cruelty; animal control officers, etc., obligated to prevent act thereof in their presence.
- SB 932 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission; mayor of D.C. to appoint member to represent D.C.
- SB 933 Mufflers on motorcycles; muffler system must be in good working order that meets federal standards.
- SB 934 General Assembly; consideration of certain documents related to the Budget.
- SB 935 Remote access to land records; Prince William County may establish a pilot program, assessing fee.
- SB 936 Auditor of Public Accounts; duties, standard vendor accounting information to include certain info.
- SB 937 Vehicle license plates; provides for display of one license plate on vehicles.
- SB 938 CRESPA; settlement agent registration; shifts duty to register settlement agents.
- SB 939 Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
- SB 940 Board for Architects, Professional Engineer, Land Surveyor, etc.; licensure of landscape architects.
- SB 941 SSG Jason R. Arnette (U.S.A.) Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 360 bridge over Goodes Bridge Rd.
- SB 942 Charter; County of Chesterfield.
- SB 943 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person thereunder, payment to beneficiaries.
- SB 944 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts fabrication of animal meat, grains, vegetables, etc.
- SB 945 Group life insurance; allows coverage to be extended to insure any class of persons.
- SB 946 Noncorporate entities; minimum tax is imposed on telecommunications and electric suppliers.
- SB 947 State cigarette tax and tobacco products tax; increased.
- SB 948 Federal write-in absentee ballots; witness requirement.
- SB 949 Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund; changes name of Transplant Council Education Fund thereto.
- SB 950 Dogs, dangerous and vicious; any person may apply to magistrate for issuance of summons.
- SB 951 Assault & battery; penalty when committed against Metro Washington Airport Authority police officer.
- SB 952 Dextromethorphan; sale of over-the-counter medicines containing thereof on school property.
- SB 953 Graduate teaching assistants; allows member in service to purchase retirement credit.
- SB 954 Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practice to sell, offer for sale, etc., recalled product.
- SB 955 Charter; City of Petersburg.
- SB 956 Autism Tuition Assistance Grant Program; established.
- SB 957 Rivanna Scenic River; expands to include length of waterway from South Fork Rivanna River reservoir.
- SB 958 Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act; created.
- SB 959 Fraudulent conveyances; attorney fees.
- SB 960 Credit cards; clarifies language allowing acceptance thereof by clerks to make it clear.
- SB 961 Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof, penalty.
- SB 962 Fetal deaths; when occurs without medical attendance, mother, etc., must report within 24 hours.
- SB 963 Elections; voter identification requirements, absentee voting eligibility and procedures.
- SB 964 Health insurance; requires health insurer, etc., to calculate amount based on actual charge.
- SB 965 Preventive medications for sexual assault victims; may authorize registered nurses to administer.
- SB 966 Wireless telecommunications devices; prohibits use of while driving except in an emergency.
- SB 967 Sales of equines by dealers; requires receipt accompany any sale of horse greater than $10,000.
- SB 968 Radiologist assistants; licensure.
- SB 969 Unlicensed child day centers; permitted to reduce number of staff per child during rest time.
- SB 970 Safety belts; makes non-use of a primary offense.
- SB 971 Plastic bags; requires that certain stores provide on-premises recycling, therefor.
- SB 972 Building Code; enforcement of Property Maintenance Code by local governing body.
- SB 973 Virginia Resources Authority; loans for renewable energy.
- SB 974 Golf carts; may cross at intersection controlled by a traffic light in Town of Colonial Beach.
- SB 975 Subdivision roadways; conveys through quitclaim any interest of Dept. of Conservation & Recreation.
- SB 976 Basic health benefit plans; requires health insurer, etc., to offer to eligible individuals.
- SB 977 SCHEV guidelines; State Council of Higher Education to develop guidelines for curriculum adjustment.
- SB 978 Income taxes, state; recognition of income from dealer disposition of property under installment.
- SB 979 Fuel fee; allows authorities to pass an ordinance to impose a fee on motor vehicle violations.
- SB 980 Manufacturing Development Commission; repeals July 1, 2009, sunset date.
- SB 981 Manufacturing Development Commission; increases size to 14 members by adding a representative.
- SB 982 Stormwater; requires localities to regulate.
- SB 983 Alcoholic mixed beverages; exception for certain spirits that licensee cannot deliver to consumer.
- SB 984 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; stormwater regulations.
- SB 985 Income tax, state; conforms State tax system with Internal Revenue Code.
- SB 986 Land preservation tax credit; reduces amount that may be claimed for taxable years 2009 and 2010.
- SB 987 Retail Sales and Use Tax; requirements for dealer or direct permit holder discount.
- SB 988 Voting equipment; locality that acquired DREs prior to 7-1-07 may temporarily conduct election.
- SB 989 Resources Authority; authorized to finance projects of local government buildings.
- SB 990 Incremental investment tax credit; machinery and equipment.
- SB 991 Mortgage lending practice; borrower right of action for violation of certain prohibited practices.
- SB 992 Red or red/white warning lights; updates existing authorization for use thereof on security vehicle.
- SB 993 Federal write-in absentee ballots; witness requirement.
- SB 994 Campus police; allows any educational institution police officers not be governed by Personnel Act.
- SB 995 Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; abolished, makes several technical changes.
- SB 996 Payday Loan Act; repealed limiting interest at maximum annual rate of 36 percent.
- SB 997 Trespassing vehicle; local regulation of removal and immobilization thereof.
- SB 998 Process and service fees; increases certain sheriffs' fees.
- SB 999 Gambling, illegal; revises portion of definition.
- SB 1000 Sexual abuse; history thereof considered factor in determining best interests of child for custody.
- SB 1001 Economic development authority; allows City of Suffolk to increase size of board of directors.
- SB 1002 Indoor Clean Air Act; localities to adopt ordinances containing standards, etc. relating to smoking.
- SB 1003 Public hearings; notice of and locality must hold prior to increasing its real property tax.
- SB 1004 Energy-efficient buildings for local taxes; adds architects to those persons authorized to certify.
- SB 1005 Holland-Councill Memorial Bridge; designating as Route 58 business bridge over Blackwater River.
- SB 1006 Line of Duty Act; funding for Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- SB 1007 Garnishment; parent who does not receive child support payments may hold exempt therefrom.
- SB 1008 Board for Architects, Professional Engineer, Land Surveyor, etc.; exemptions from licensure.
- SB 1009 Electronic communication service providers, etc.; search warrants executed upon.
- SB 1010 Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older may vote absentee.
- SB 1011 Post-adoption contact and communication; authorizes & establishes procedures governing.
- SB 1012 Foster care; placement of a child pursuant to agreement between parents & local board.
- SB 1013 Crash prevention courses; to be delivered via Internet or other electronic means if approved by DMV.
- SB 1014 Freedom of Information Act; exemption for name, address, etc., of complainants relating to zoning.
- SB 1015 Child support enforcement order; eliminates requirement obligor & obligee maintain marital domicile.
- SB 1016 P-16 Education Council; established as an advisory council within executive branch.
- SB 1017 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes Ferrum College from & corrects name.
- SB 1018 Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; abolished, disposition of revenues, etc.
- SB 1019 Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.
- SB 1020 Mortgage Lender and Broker Act; broker duties and liability.
- SB 1021 Retail Sales and Use Tax; revenues generated on premises of new stadium to be used to pay bonds.
- SB 1022 Wastewater treatment plants; State Water Control Board to accept petitions relating therto.
- SB 1023 Resident verification system; Dept. of Health's Office of Vital Records, etc. to develop a plan.
- SB 1024 Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; removes requirement to have additional local coholder.
- SB 1025 Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Greene County to impose.
- SB 1026 Nonprofit corporation; authorizes Foundation for Natural Resources to establish.
- SB 1027 Vehicle safety inspections; exemptions for certain commercial motor vehicles, trailers, etc.
- SB 1028 Adult neglect; religious treatment exemption.
- SB 1029 Transient occupancy tax; any county ordinance may levy on single-family residences rented out.
- SB 1030 Commonwealth Law-Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement; established.
- SB 1031 Real estate brokers; exempt license requirement in certain circumstances.
- SB 1032 Medication aide training programs; requirements therefor .
- SB 1033 Licensed farm wineries; restrictions on activities.
- SB 1034 Law-enforcement officers; deemed consent.
- SB 1035 Concealed handguns; prohibited in restaurants, etc when consuming alcohol.
- SJ 273 Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for certain felons (first reference).
- SJ 274 Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week; designating as third week of September 2009.
- SJ 275 Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
- SJ 276 Medicine, Board of; JLARC to review effectiveness thereof in regulating practice of medicine.
- SJ 277 Tort claims brought against entities; JLARC to study costs incurred by State or its localities.
- SJ 278 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 279 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 280 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 281 Constitutional amendment; establishing Redistricting Commission (first reference).
- SJ 289 Criminal Sentencing Commission; confirming appointment of Chairman.
- SJ 290 Constitutional amendment; establishes limitations on takings of private property.
- SJ 292 Cancer research; joint subcommittee to study benefits to State of appropriating additional funds.
- SJ 295 Constitutional amendment; reversing present schedule of sessions of General Assembly.
- SJ 296 General Assembly; joint committee to be established to oversee provision of revenue estimates.
- SJ 303 Year of Astronomy; designating as year 2009.
- SJ 304 Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
- SJ 305 Steamboat Era Day; designating as Sept. 14, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 306 Constitutional amendment; supervision of schools by school boards (first reference).
- SJ 307 Public schools and families; joint subcommittee to study effects of economic recession thereon.
- SJ 310 Shooting preserves; Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries to establish task force to analyze laws.
- SJ 311 Blue crabs; Congress of U.S. urged to examine equitability of allocation of licenses to harvest.
- SJ 312 Constitutional amendment; establishing Redistricting Commission (first reference).
- SJ 313 Public schools; JLARC to study ways to promote and ensure early reading proficiency.
Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
- SJ 272 Commending Gladys Cook Bushrod.
- SJ 282 Celebrating the life of Mary Mildred Carrington.
- SJ 283 Celebrating the life of Arnetta Gilmore Washington.
- SJ 284 Celebrating the life of Dorothy Davis Gardner.
- SJ 285 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Clifton R. Wilson.
- SJ 286 Celebrating the life of Ruby Warren Thompson.
- SJ 287 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Theodore Alfred Bashford.
- SJ 288 Commending Jack and Jill of Norfolk.
- SJ 291 Celebrating the life of E.C. Warren II.
- SJ 293 Commending Laura Marshall.
- SJ 294 Commending the Urban League of Greater Richmond on exemplary community service.
- SJ 297 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Andrew Jackson Ellis, Jr.
- SJ 298 Celebrating the life of Benjamin H. Bolen.
- SJ 299 Celebrating the life of William Randolph Dyer.
- SJ 300 Celebrating the life of Jessie Hanby Key.
- SJ 301 Celebrating the life of Avis H. Collier
- SJ 302 Celebrating the life of Leigh Buckner Hanes, Jr.
- SJ 308 Celebrating the life of Macon Peyton Booker.
- SJ 309 Commending Eugene P. Trani.