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- HB 1404 Handheld personal communications devices; prohibits use thereof while operating motor vehicle, etc.
- HB 1411 Reckless handling of firearms; revocation of hunting license.
- HB 1424 Wireless telecommunications devices; extends prohibition on use in motor vehicles, etc.
- HB 1488 Prisoners; prohibits use of restraints on those who are pregnant, exception.
- HB 1489 Handheld personal communications device; texting while driving.
- HB 1511 Cold case searchable database; Superintendent of State Police may establish.
- HB 1515 Traffic lights; use of a red light activation terminal approved by State Police Superintendent.
- HB 1533 Parole; eligibility for certain inmates otherwise ineligible.
- HB 1546 Handheld personal communications device; texting while driving.
- HB 1552 Concealed handgun permits; amends language relating to issuance of de facto permits.
- HB 1562 Home/electronic incarceration; good conduct credits.
- HB 1563 Good conduct credits; failure to comply with order or decree for support.
- HB 1579 Sex offender registry; penalties when registrants do not disclose all real property owned in State.
- HB 1600 Libraries; locality may adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, etc., on premises.
- HB 1613 Prisoner programs, local; allows workforces to assist with maintaining certain cemeteries.
- HB 1628 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; makes procedural changes.
- HB 1630 Cell phones or other wireless telecommunications devices; prohibited use while driving, exception.
- HB 1637 Open container of alcohol; passenger in motor vehicle shall not possess, civil penalty.
- HB 1662 Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
- HB 1669 Firearms; criminal records check be performed at a gunshow before vendor may transfer.
- HB 1678 Correctional officers; overtime compensation.
- HB 1688 Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
- HB 1699 Restoration of firearms rights; any person may petition court to restore his right, etc.
- HB 1717 Insurance fraud; clarifies definition of insurer includes self-insured private & public employers.
- HB 1732 Concealed handgun permits; recognition of out-of-state permits.
- HB 1757 Victims of domestic violence; expands Address Confidentiality Program to all jurisdictions in State.
- HB 1764 Mopeds; riders and passengers required to wear helmets.
- HB 1771 Law-enforcement deputies; allocation to city sheriff in certain cities without a police force.
- HB 1773 Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, Secretary of; establishes position.
- HB 1774 State of emergency; preparation for response.
- HB 1813 Handguns; prohibits possession of firearm in Capitol and General Assembly Building.
- HB 1850 Motorcycles; prohibits children under age eight from riding.
- HB 1852 State military laws; several technical changes and amendments.
- HB 1856 Concealed handgun permits; holder may obtain replacement for lost or destroyed permits.
- HB 1857 Firearms; documentation of residence for certain military members.
- HB 1948 Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; changes requirement that data be reviewed every three years.
- HB 1953 Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; receive & integrate criminal-related intelligence information.
- HB 1994 National Guard; failure to report for duty, penalty.
- HB 2005 Firearms shows; promoter shall display materials developed by State Police at entrance.
- HB 2040 Inmate labor; authorizes use thereof at rest areas along Interstate Highway System.
- HB 2042 Veterans Services Foundation; annual report to Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.
- HB 2062 Concealed weapons; allows Department of Corrections correctional officer to carry without a permit.
- HB 2069 Concealed handguns; person to inform law-enforcement officer of his possession, penalty.
- HB 2092 Death sentence; removes some circumstances which circuit courts are required to set execution dates.
- HB 2136 Motor vehicle safety belts; makes nonuse a primary offense.
- HB 2212 Law-Enforcement Pursuit Database; State Police to develop and maintain.
- HB 2213 Driver training standards; establish for law-enforcement emergency calls and pursuits.
- HB 2214 Criminal Justice Services, Department of; develop plan for prevention of juvenile delinquency.
- HB 2219 Correctional facilities, local; jailers have written policy for revocation of good conduct credits.
- HB 2225 Inmates; Department of Corrections to establish a personal trust account therefor.
- HB 2284 Jail processing fee; allows sheriff's department, regional jail, or police department to receive.
- HB 2298 Marijuana; reduces penalty for possession by prisoner.
- HB 2307 Handheld personal communications devices; fines for texting while driving doubled in work zones.
- HB 2327 Photo monitoring systems; limitations on local adoption of systems.
- HB 2330 Information exchange program; Secretary of Public Safety to establish.
- HB 2339 Smoking in cars with minor present; civil penalty.
- HB 2343 Handgun; Class 1 misdemeanor for carrying while under influence of alcohol or drugs.
- HB 2382 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; written notice to sex offenders of applicable laws.
- HB 2386 Concealed weapons permit; authorizes person to obtain permit to carry any lawfully possessed weapon.
- HB 2432 Law-enforcement officer; definition.
- HB 2435 Corrections, Department of; elimination of agency mandates.
- HB 2445 Juvenile information dissemination; info. disseminated to State Police or U.S. Attorney General.
- HB 2489 Sheriffs' offices vehicles; allows a sheriff to approve display of advertisements.
- HB 2490 Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency.
- HB 2491 Virginia Correctional Enterprises; mandatory procurement, exception.
- HB 2524 Firearms; prohibition of sale, etc., of magazines that hold 20 or more rounds of ammunition.
- HB 2526 Service handguns; purchase of weapon when resignation in good standing.
- SB 754 Protective orders, preliminary; prohibition on purchase & transport of firearms for certain persons.
- SB 757 Pneumatic guns; regulations, exceptions.
- SB 777 Jail processing fee; allows sheriff's department, regional jail, or police department to receive.
- SB 870 Blue Alert Program; established.
- SB 891 State of emergency; preparation for response.
- SB 898 Photo-monitoring systems; repeals requirement that localities submit list of intersections approved.
- SB 923 Inmates; Department of Corrections to establish a personal trust account therefor.
- SB 944 Driver training standards; establish for law-enforcement pursuits and for emergency calls.
- SB 954 Juvenile work programs; adds additional members to committee reviewing those employing offenders.
- SB 1001 Corrections, State Board of; powers and duties.
- SB 1042 Handheld personal communications device; texting while driving.
- SB 1047 Driver's license holders, provisional; makes cell phone use while driving a primary offense.
- SB 1109 Inmate labor; authorizes use thereof at rest areas along Interstate Highway System.
- SB 1128 National Guard; failure to report for duty, penalty.
- SB 1170 Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department.
- SB 1172 Tracking devices; Department of Criminal Justices establish training standards.
- SB 1199 Victims of domestic violence; expands Address Confidentiality Program to all jurisdictions in State.
- SB 1227 Electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners; sheriffs, etc., to charge fee for use.
- SB 1258 Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
- SB 1259 Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; changes requirement that data be reviewed every three years.
- SB 1263 Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, Secretary of; establishes position.
- SB 1275 Sexually violent predators; procedure for rescission of respondent's refusal for examination.
- SB 1287 Jails; localities’ responsibility to pay jail expenses.
- SB 1334 State military laws; several technical changes and amendments.
- SB 1351 Wireless telecommunications devices; prohibits answering a call unless in hands-free mode.
- SB 1357 Veterans Services Officer pilot program; Commissioner of Dept. of Veterans Services to establish.
- SB 1395 Handgun; Class 1 misdemeanor for carrying while under influence of alcohol or drugs.
- SB 1402 Law-enforcement officer; definition.
- SB 1407 Line of Duty Act; fire company personnel of National Guard and Air National Guard.
- SB 1470 Sexually violent predators; conditional release of those civilly committed.