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2009 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR January 29, 2009 ... pdf
- House Bill on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolution on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file
- Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
House Bill on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 887 Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; conduct of interrogations.
- SB 803 Motorcycles, off-road; prohibits operation thereof on highways.
- SB 855 Uniform Power of Attorney Act; created.
- SB 865 Coal combustion by-products; use, reuse, or reclamation in a flood plain.
- SB 897 Animal shelter and pounds; allowed to purchase, etc., certain controlled substances for euthanizing.
- SB 958 Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act; created.
- SB 1059 Child support orders; revises requirements for court and administrative.
- SB 1114 Stormwater management; emerging technology.
- SB 1198 State parks; establishes a Disabled Veterans Passport for disabled persons for free entry, etc.
- SB 1211 Invasive species; Sec. of Nat. Resources, etc., to develop a plan to prevent introduction thereof.
- SB 1254 Concealed handguns; when permit from reciprocal State, person shall carry permit at all times.
- SB 1275 Privileged communications; provides communications between physicians and patients thereof.
- SB 1291 Deed of trust or mortgage; limitation on enforcement.
- SB 1293 Persons under a disability; approval of compromises on behalf thereof in suits or actions.
- SB 1350 Marine Resources Commission; authority to lease subaqueous lands for generating electrical energy.
- SB 1379 Revocation/suspension of license to practice law; violation of Va. Rules of Professional Conduct.
- SB 1460 Replacement of water by gas well operators; replace water supply contaminated, etc. by an operation.
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 1217 Employment Dispute Resolution, Department of; powers and duties of Director.
- SB 1087 Marine Resources Commission; membership.
- SB 1115 Land Conservation Fund; public access parkland.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 1338 Science and technology development and commercialization; promotion thereof in State.
- SB 1168 DMV records; contract with Postal Service to obtain updated addresses for Department's records.
- SB 845 Livable home tax credit; increase limit on or after January 1, 2010.
- SB 891 Communications sales and use tax; distributions to Bath County and Town of Clifton.
- SB 893 Submission of executive budget; personnel costs for state agencies.
- SB 895 Governor's revenue forecasts; submission to include alternative revenue estimates.
- SB 905 Power of attorney; Dept. of Taxation to provide taxpayer's representative copies of correspondence.
- SB 944 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts fabrication of animal meat, grains, vegetables, etc.
- SB 946 Noncorporate entities; minimum tax is imposed on telecommunications and electric suppliers.
- SB 989 Resources Authority; authorized to finance projects of local government buildings.
- SB 1013 Crash prevention courses; to be delivered via Internet or other electronic means if approved by DMV.
- SB 1029 Transient occupancy tax; any county ordinance may levy on single-family residences rented out.
- SB 1044 Insurers; SCC with discretion to prescribe method of filing annual statements.
- SB 1047 Workers' Compensation; respiratory disease, etc. causing death of Port Authority police compensable.
- SB 1058 Green roofs; authorizes counties, cities, and towns, by ordinance, to grant incentives, etc.
- SB 1074 BPOL tax; allows towns to levy on any person, firm, etc., in business of renting real property.
- SB 1131 Notice for setting local real property tax rate; public notice required for increasing rate.
- SB 1175 Property owned by locality; Cumberland County may levy and collect service charge.
- SB 1176 Transient occupancy tax; consultation with lodging industry.
- SB 1246 Retaliatory costs tax credit; extends carry-over period to 10 years.
- SB 1292 Setoff Debt Collection Act; allows local governments to collect past due local taxes..
- SB 1315 Machinery and tools; separate classification for local taxation.
- SB 1346 Coastal Energy Research Consortium; makes certain technical corrections to membership.
- SB 1356 Reassessments; Augusta County to elect its board of supervisors to conduct at 5 or 6-year intervals.
- SB 1427 Energy Plan; promotes use of sustainable biofuels made from traditional agricultural crops, etc.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 997 Trespassing vehicle; local regulation of removal and immobilization thereof.
- SB 1018 Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; abolished, disposition of revenues, etc.
- SB 1257 Firearms; criminal records check performed at a gun show before vendor may transfer.
- SB 860 Income tax credit, earned; employers to provide notice to employees that may be eligible.
- SB 910 Automatic dialing-announcing devices; prohibits use of if making commercial telephone solicitation.
- SB 920 Health insurance; policy offered to small employer with 50 or less employees to protect uninsured.
- SB 945 Group life insurance; allows coverage to be extended to insure any class of persons.
- SB 1116 Health insurance; mandated coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
- SB 1123 Admissions tax; adds Greensville County to list of those that may impose at events.
- SB 1451 Resources Authority; increases debt ceiling for bonds issued by and local obligations guaranteed by.
- SB 1470 Payday lenders; prohibits any person licensed under Payday Loan Act from making open end loan.
- SB 1476 Resources Authority; authorized to finance any program to perform site acquisition develop work.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 926 Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created.
- SB 932 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission; mayor of D.C. to appoint member to represent D.C.
- SB 943 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person thereunder, payment to beneficiaries.
- SB 955 Charter; City of Petersburg.
- SB 986 Land preservation tax credit; reduces amount that may be claimed for taxable years 2009 and 2010.
- SB 1019 Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.
- SB 1052 Affordable housing assessments; determination of fair market value of affordable rental housing.
- SB 1064 Comprehensive plan; local planning commission to post plan being considered on their website.
- SB 1070 Absentee voting; firefighters and other first responders are entitled thereto.
- SB 1093 Mutual aid agreement; institution of higher learning having police force appointed to enter therein.
- SB 1110 Town of Nassawadox; charter.
- SB 1137 Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; adds Cities of Alexandria, etc., to use % of revenues.
- SB 1177 Regional Industrial Facilities Act; expands scope of act statewide.
- SB 1200 Vehicle license fees and taxes; localities to exempt veterans and surviving spouses of veterans.
- SB 1216 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include solar photovoltaic systems, etc. purchased.
- SB 1225 Charter; Town of Fincastle.
- SB 1245 Public Building Authority; financing energy performance-based contract projects.
- SB 1313 Charter; Town of Hurt.
- SB 1349 Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Development Compact; established.
- SB 1357 Clean fuel vehicle job creation tax credit; adds advanced biofuels.
- SB 1375 Charter; Town of Clarksville.
- SB 1406 City of Williamsburg; charter.
- SB 1412 Charter; City of Bristol.
- SB 1421 Digital media purchase or rental; fee created.
- SB 1511 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; amends Compact relating to Board membership, etc.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 838 Land preservation tax credit; conveyance for public parks or public recreational facilities.
- SB 881 Grass; adds Stafford County to counties authorized to require property owners to cut.
- SB 979 Fuel fee; allows authorities to pass an ordinance to impose a fee on motor vehicle violations.
- SB 1001 Economic development authority; allows City of Suffolk to increase size of board of directors.
- SB 1010 Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older may vote absentee.
- SB 1067 Governments, local; adoption of ordinances prohibiting delivery of unsolicited newspapers.
- SB 1094 Derelict buildings and structures; locality authorized to require removal, repair, etc., thereof.
- SB 1141 Income tax, state; renewable energy property tax credit.
- SB 1212 Clean Energy Financing Program; locality may authorize contracts to finance by ordinance.
- SB 1222 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions for nonprofit entities.
- SB 1309 Recordation tax; expands exemption statewide.
- SB 1365 Elections; addresses of protected voters.
Senate Joint Resolution on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Joint Resolutions on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SJ 332 Constitutional amendment; tax exemptions for buildings constructed or designed to conserve energy.
- SJ 361 Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference).
Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file
- HJ 743 Celebrating the life of Joan Gifford.
- HJ 744 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Theodore Alfred Bashford.
- HJ 745 Celebrating the life of Frederick Wayne Hutchins, Jr.
- HJ 749 Celebrating the life of James R. Whorley.
- HJ 757 Celebrating the life of Nancy P. Thalhimer.
- HJ 766 Celebrating the life of George Rogers Clark Stuart.
- HJ 767 Celebrating the life of Josephine Compton Rife.
- HJ 772 Celebrating the life of Charles A. Perlik, Jr.
- HJ 773 Celebrating the life of Virginia Tubbs Caskie.
- HJ 774 Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Emmanuel McNeal.
- SJ 383 Celebrating the life of Felicia Bryan Farrar Johnson.
- SJ 386 Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jesse A. Ault.
- SJ 389 Celebrating the life of William E. Fears.
- SJ 391 Celebrating the life of Leslie Funk Herdegen Rohrer.
- SJ 398 Celebrating the life of Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr.
- SJ 400 Celebrating the life of Edgar Hall Bartley, Jr.
Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file
- HJ 698 Commending Lisa G. Kaplowitz.
- HJ 746 Commending Sanford B. Wanner.
- HJ 747 Commending Fauquier County on the occasion of its 250th anniversary.
- HJ 748 Commending the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
- HJ 750 Commending the James Monroe High School football team.
- HJ 751 Commending Hunter Stephens.
- HJ 752 Commending the William Campbell High School drama team.
- HJ 758 Commending the Gate City High School girls' volleyball team.
- HJ 759 Commending the 1032nd Transportation Company, Virginia Army National Guard, based in Gate City.
- HJ 760 Commending Willis Davis.
- HJ 761 Commending the Town of Culpeper on the occasion of its 250th anniversary.
- HJ 762 Commending the Charlotte County AAA Dixie Youth baseball team.
- HJ 763 Commending Virginia's Olympic athletes of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
- HJ 764 Commending the Commonwealth Protection Institute.
- HJ 765 Commending Woodlawn Baptist Church on the occasion of its 140th anniversary.
- HJ 768 Commending Kelly Lambert.
- HJ 769 Commending the Tabb High School field hockey team.
- HJ 776 Commending the University of Richmond football team on its 2008 NCAA Div. I Football Championship.
- HJ 777 Commending Elvira Shaw.
- HJ 778 Commending Lamese Essey.
- HJ 779 Commending Lucas Brown.
- HJ 780 Commending the American Cancer Society.
- HJ 781 Commending the Virginia Credit Union League.
- HJ 785 Commending Cadet Gregory E. Lippiatt.
- HJ 798 Commending Eugene P. Trani.
- SJ 371 Commending Michael J. Polychrones.
- SJ 372 Commending Louise Archer Elementary School on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
- SJ 378 Commending the Henrico County Division of Police on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
- SJ 381 Commending the White Rock Baptist Church on the occasion of its 120th anniversary.
- SJ 384 Commending the James Monroe High School football team.
- SJ 388 Resolution; Commending United Network for Organ Sharing.
- SJ 393 Commending the Children's Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center.
- SJ 394 Commending the crew of John Adams.
- SJ 395 Commemorating the life of Thomas Jefferson on the occasion of the 265th anniversary of his birth.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- SB 870 Indoor Clean Air Act; allows localities to exceed requirements that regulate smoking.
- SB 874 Mobile telephone and other wireless electronic devices; use of hands-free accessory while driving.
- SB 942 Charter; County of Chesterfield.
- SB 1002 Indoor Clean Air Act; localities to adopt ordinances containing standards, etc. relating to smoking.
- SB 1105 Indoor Clean Air Act; prohibits smoking in certain public buildings, restaurants, etc., exceptions.
- 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.
House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HB 1683 Checks; additional recovery if stop-payment order placed in bad faith.
- HB 1713 Holland-Councill Memorial Bridge; designating as Route 58 business bridge over Blackwater River.
- HB 1714 Diversionary cash assistance; revises limitation on receipt of one-time assistance to one payment.
- HB 1718 Estheticians; extends grandfather period for licensure thereas until July 31, 2009.
- HB 1806 Disorderly conduct; conduct punishable thereas.
- HB 1837 Speed limit; adds Albemarle County to list of maximum speed limit on nonsurface treated highways.
- HB 1866 Court-established community service programs; court shall establish.
- HB 1868 Driving under influence of alcohol; clarifies punishment for underage drinking.
- HB 1874 Magistrates; issuance of felony arrest warrants.
- HB 1888 Writ of fieri facias; repeals statutory mandate that every officer endorse thereon date & time.
- HB 1899 Jury commissioners; changes date which judge of circuit court may appoint jury commissioners.
- HB 1914 Foster care; deletes certain Code references, guidelines for continuation thereof.
- HB 1939 Radiologist assistants; licensure.
- HB 1944 Succession; determination of parent-child relationship in determining rights to property.
- HB 1968 Sentencing order; failing to comply.
- HB 1983 Governor-declared emergency; provides civil immunity for private & charitable organizations.
- HB 1986 Medication aide training programs; requirements therefor.
- HB 2248 Marine Resources Commission; Commissioner to establish permanent office on Virginia Peninsula.