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2009 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR January 16, 2009 ... pdf
- Senate Bill on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bill on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 919 Retirement System; retirees may be hired as teachers without interrupting retirement benefits.
- SB 927 Death certificates; disclosure to grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
- SB 965 Preventive medications for sexual assault victims; may authorize registered nurses to administer.
Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- SB 1296 Energy efficiency & demand response goal; every investor-owned utility in State reduce consumption.
- SB 1297 Juvenile dispositions; juvenile who has previously been adjudicated delinquent of violent felony.
- SB 1298 Juvenile disposition; allows court to reduce a felony to a misdemeanor after deferring adjudication.
- SB 1299 Administrative Process Act; certain requirement for agencies that submit documents or payments, etc.
- SB 1300 Assault and battery of family or household member; court may order person to obtain certain service.
- SB 1301 Identity theft; penalty.
- SB 1302 Master Settlement Agreement; makes several changes to enhance criminal enforcement activities.
- SB 1303 Involuntary commitment; court may appoint counsel for a minor in proceedings seeking approval.
- SB 1304 Drug treatment courts; authorized for County of Franklin if funded through local sources.
- SB 1305 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exempts from public assistance fraud.
- SB 1306 Retirement benefits; City of Danville to provide for deputy sheriffs.
- SB 1307 Transport of prisoners; minimum standards therefor by persons other than law-enforcement officers.
- SB 1308 Planning or zoning matters; locality to require person applying therefor to post sign notifying.
- SB 1309 Recordation tax; expands exemption statewide.
- SB 1310 Altavista Armory; Governor to convey to Town of Altavista.
- SB 1311 Correctional facilities, local; Danville and Pittsylvania to enter into a regional jail project.
- SB 1312 Pittsylvania County; Department of Corrections to convey certain real property thereto.
- SB 1313 Charter; Town of Hurt.
- SB 1314 Purchases of Services From People with Severe Disabilities, Board for; established.
- SB 1315 Machinery and tools; separate classification for local taxation.
- SB 1316 Freedom of Information Act; strikes requirement to publish a database index, etc.
- SB 1317 Electronic meetings by Air Pollution Control Board and State Water Control Board; in compliance.
- SB 1318 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; extends implementation.
- SB 1319 Freedom of Information Act; meeting minutes.
- SB 1320 Electronic reforms; makes various amendments to Title 24.2 that authorize Board of Elections.
- SB 1321 Advanced shipbuilding training grant program; established.
- SB 1322 Food allergies; Board of Education to establish guidelines for managing children in public schools.
- SB 1323 Charter; Town of Floyd.
- SB 1324 Notice of election of district directors; posted in prominent location at each district office.
- SB 1325 Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit; changes administration of and eligibility for an allocation.
- SB 1326 DMV fees; allows to collect for processing applications for titles.
- SB 1327 Health insurance credits; all retired employees of local school divisions to receive.
- SB 1328 Limited liability partnerships; cancellation of status.
- SB 1329 Crim. conviction; responsibility of Attorney Gen. relating to collection of collateral consequences.
- SB 1330 Personnel Act; willfully disclosing personal information prohibited by law, guilty of malfeasance.
- SB 1331 Health benefits plans; insurers licensed to sell in any other state may sell to Virginia residents.
- SB 1332 Private entities; operating, managing, or supervising any portion of state highway system.
- SB 1333 Paramilitary activity; Class 5 felony to provide land, etc. knowing it's used for illegal activity.
- SB 1334 Certificate of Public Need; increases maximum amount for fees for an application therefor.
- SB 1335 Conditional zoning; amendment to proffered condition is requested by proferror local body may waive.
- SB 1336 Broadband Advisory Council; established, report.
- SB 1337 Coal and gas road improvement tax; revenues generated designated for local water or sewer projects.
- SB 1338 Science and technology development and commercialization; promotion thereof in State.
- SB 1339 Electric utility regulation; directs SCC to require utilities to offer service under tariffs.
- SB 1340 School teachers as witnesses; party in any case involving custody of minor child may have subpoena.
- SB 1341 Alcoholic beverages; Class 3 misdemeanor when person permits underage person to consume.
- SB 1342 Triennial census of school population; eliminates requirement every 3 years a census take place.
- SB 1343 Restricted license eligibility while license is suspended; allows court to issue restricted license.
- SB 1344 Freedom of Information Act; amends an existing records exemption for economic development records.
- SB 1345 Energy efficiency in state government; goal of reducing annual cost nonrenewable energy purchases.
- SB 1346 Coastal Energy Research Consortium; makes certain technical corrections to membership.
- SB 1347 Small renewable energy projects; DEQ to develop procedure permitting construction and operation.
- SB 1348 Electricity; SCC to conduct proceeding to determine appropriate energy conservation, etc.
- SB 1349 Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact; established.
- SB 1350 Marine Resources Commission; authority to lease subaqueous lands for generating electrical energy.
- SB 1351 Health insurance plan; insurance mandate for accident, etc. apply to plans for state employees.
- SB 1352 Insurance holding companies; SCC to approve any ordinary dividend by a registered insurer.
- SB 1353 Bank franchise tax; deductions from gross capital.
- SB 1354 Conveyance to a family member; City of Suffolk no longer required to provide reasonable provisions.
- SB 1355 Trusts, state and local; created to fund costs for providing postemployment public benefits.
- SB 1356 Reassessments; Augusta County to elect its board of supervisors to conduct at 5 or 6-year intervals.
- SB 1357 Clean fuel vehicle job creation tax credit; adds advanced biofuels.
- SB 1358 Alternative fuel tax; exemption for agricultural operations.
- SB 1359 Locksmiths; transfers regulation thereof to State Board for contractors.
- SB 1360 Motor vehicle liability insurance coverage limits; increases, penalty.
- SB 1361 State park funds; transfers all moneys in State Park Operated Concessions Fund to Conservation Fund.
- SB 1362 Suppress evidence, etc.; criminal defendant to state grounds for a motion thereto.
- SB 1363 Criminal procedure; compensation of court-appointed counsel.
- SB 1364 Civics Education, Commission on; moves from executive to legislative branch.
- SB 1365 Elections; addresses of protected voters.
- SB 1366 Property Owners' Association Act; control of association by declarant.
- SB 1367 Food allergies; school board develop, etc. policy for management of students with life-threatening.
- SB 1368 Highway systems; allocation of maintenance funds.
- SB 1369 Graffiti abatement; permits localities to charge property owner for cost thereof.
- SB 1370 Branding of titles; title for repaired or rebuilt vehicle shall be printed on title.
- SB 1371 Land exchange; exchange of parcels of land between Departments of Conservation & Rec. & Forestry.
- SB 1372 Workers' compensation insurance; SCC establishes a mechanism for merger.
- SB 1373 Property owned by locality; service charge levied when property in boundary of another locality.
- SB 1374 Polygraph examiners; only a federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer shall operate device.
- SB 1375 Charter; Town of Clarksville.
- SB 1376 Unemployment compensation; eliminates requirement that applicants wait one week for benefits.
- SB 1377 Juvenile arrest information; police and sheriff departments may release current information.
- SB 1378 Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by teachers.
- SB 1379 Revocation/suspension of license to practice law; violation of Va. Rules of Professional Conduct.
- SB 1380 Probation revocation and suspended sentence revocation worksheets; court to utilize in all cases.
- SB 1381 Writs of actual innocence; ability to petition for, based on previously unknown biological evidence.
- SB 1382 Smoking in restaurants; creates a statewide ban thereon.
- SB 1383 Firearm silencer; repeals provision that makes it a Class 6 felony to possess if not registered.
- SB 1384 Illegal software, ticket sales; penalty.
- SB 1385 Firearms shows; state police presence.
- SB 1386 Jail construction, local and regional; adjusts state reimbursement therefor.
- SB 1387 Courthouses; localities to assess fee as part of costs in each criminal or traffic case, etc.
- SB 1388 Retirement System; provide benefits for regional jail's superintendent and sworn officers.
- SB 1389 Medical malpractice; judgement in excess of $2 million to be paid from Patient's Compensation Fund.
- SB 1390 Judges; designates specific districts and circuits to provide judicial assistance to each other.
- SB 1391 Criminal convictions; DNA Notification, report.
- SB 1392 Children in Need of Supervision or Services; created.
- SB 1393 Removal of public official; no person who signs petition for removal of shall be liable for costs.
- SB 1394 Removal of public official; no person who signs petition for removal of shall be liable for costs.
- SB 1395 Visitors, board of; William & Mary, VCU, & VPI&SU boards authorized to invest & manage funds.
- SB 1396 Purchase of service handgun; certain law-enforcement officers to purchase their handgun.
- SB 1397 Racing Commission; allocations from simulcast horse racing.
- SB 1398 Transportation corridors; Transportation Board to establish connection with Transportation Plan.
- SB 1399 Commission for Allocating Funds to Nonstate Agencies; created.
- SB 1400 Rebuttable presumption; proceedings to establish boundary lines of lands.
- SB 1401 Budget Bill(s); Chairman of House Appropriations Committee, etc. to issue reports concurrently.
- SB 1402 Improper driving; increases maximum penalty.
- SB 1403 General Assembly; compensation during regular session extension.
- SB 1404 Public service towing services; prohibits establishment of any regulatory scheme therefor.
- SB 1405 Richard Daley Mahone Memorial Bridge; designating as Route 143 bridge over Queens Creek.
- SB 1406 City of Williamsburg; charter.
- SB 1407 Criminal history record checks; adds Rita Welsh Adult Literacy Program to agencies to receive free.
- SB 1408 Safety belt enforcement; allows for when violations are observed by officers at checkpoints.
- SB 1409 Capital murder; adds auxiliary police officers, etc., to definition of law-enforcement officer.
- SB 1410 Motor vehicle dealers; revises responsibility of manufacturers toward dealers.
- SJ 314 Virginia's Rail Heritage Region; established to promote and encourage rail tourism.
- SJ 315 U.S. Constitution; Congress to call convention to propose an amendment for balanced budget.
- SJ 316 Surgeon General, State; Joint Commission on Health Care to study feasibility, etc. of establishing.
- SJ 318 Strategies & Models for Subtance Abuse Prevention & Treatment; Joint Subcommittee Studying.
- SJ 319 Home energy consumption; Housing Commission to study.
- SJ 321 Disability History and Awareness Month, designating as October 2009, and each succeeding year.
- SJ 322 Waterfowl; joint subcommittee to study hunting in urban and suburban areas.
- SJ 323 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds.
- SJ 324 Multistate service corporations; joint committee of Senate and House Committees on Finance to study.
- SJ 325 Chronic diseases; Joint Commission on Health Care to study opportunities for early identification.
- SJ 328 Voting equipment; joint subcommittee to study postelection audits.
- SJ 329 George Mason University; GMU, Loudoun County and Town of Leesburg to study permanent campus.
- SJ 330 State Employee Total Compensation, Review of; joint subcommittee study findings prepared by JLARC.
- SJ 331 School dropout prevention; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 332 Constitutional amendment; tax exemptions for buildings constructed or designed to conserve energy.
- SJ 333 Constitutional amendment; certain property exempt from taxation (first reference).
- SJ 334 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 335 Constitutional amendment; removes requirement that cities be established as entity independent.
- SJ 336 High caffeine energy drinks; joint subcommittee to study the risks of consuming with alcohol.
- SJ 337 Federal grants; Department of Planning and Budget, etc., to advise State agencies thereof.
- SJ 338 Public schools; state assistance for construction and renovation, report.
- SJ 339 Individuals with life-threatening conditions; Joint Commission on Health Care to study.
- SJ 341 Public officials; joint subcommittee to study conduct of state legislative and executive branches.
- SJ 342 Commemorating the Centennial of the NAACP.
- SJ 343 Commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.
- SJ 345 Recycling receptacles; state and local governmental entities to increase usage thereof.
- SJ 346 Local government; joint subcommittee to study organization thereof.
- SJ 347 Constitutional amendment; right to work (first reference).
- SJ 348 Abandoned property; Department of Treasury to study reporting and remittance requirements.
- SJ 349 Constitutional amendment; localities to cap annual increase in assessed values of real estate.
- SJ 353 Local government; distribution of state and local taxes therefor.
- SJ 354 Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for certain felons (first reference).
- SJ 356 Teenage driving; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 357 Rapid transit service network; continues mandate of study.
- SJ 358 Hospital emergency rooms; Crime Commission to study issues of public safety.
- SJ 359 Operations of Circuit Court Clerks' Offices, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
- SJ 360 Judicial personnel; joint committee of Senate and House Committee for Courts of Justice to study.
- SJ 361 Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference).
- SJ 362 Restorative justice; Crime Commission shall investigate legal and practical issues surrounding.
- SR 20 Senate; encourages timely communication and reports from any conference on budget bills.
Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
- SJ 317 Celebrating the life of Delessie Hall Floyd Dempsey.
- SJ 320 Commending the Mount Vernon Unitarian Church.
- SJ 326 Commending the Phoebus High School football team
- SJ 327 Celebrating the life of Henry Whitehead, Jr.
- SJ 340 Commending the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants on its 100th anniversary.
- SJ 344 Commending Dr. Deborah Moira Jewell-Sherman, former division superintendent of Richmond City Schools
- SJ 350 Commending the Lynchburg Area Center for Independent Living 10th anniversary.
- SJ 351 Celebrating the life of Thomas Benjamin Noland, Sr.
- SJ 352 Celebrating the life of David Ferl Deel.
- SJ 355 Commending Luca Paschina.