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- HB 1397 Residential energy efficiency standards; exempts certain homes from federal cap & trade legislation.
- HB 1438 Goods; those produced or manufactured within State are not subject to federal law, regulation, etc.
- HB 1458 Retained asset accounts; disclosures to beneficiaries.
- HB 1475 Workers' compensation; presumption that certain injuries are work related.
- HB 1504 Insurance companies; investments in derivative transactions, etc.
- HB 1538 Health insurance; multiple employer welfare arrangements.
- HB 1586 Insurance policies; exemptions of large commercial risks.
- HB 1599 Enterprise zone incentive grants; policies and procedures for allocation.
- HB 1686 Distributed solar generation demonstration programs; SCC to consider approval of facilities.
- HB 1705 Workers' compensation; modifications to employee's home and automobile.
- HB 1717 Insurance fraud; clarifies definition of insurer includes self-insured private & public employers.
- HB 1718 Uniform Commercial Code; negotiable instruments and bank deposits and collections.
- HB 1812 Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption for certain police officers.
- HB 1912 Commonwealth Energy Policy; SCC to consider effect of proposed facility on economic development.
- HB 1928 Health insurance; independent external reviews.
- HB 1958 Health insurance; federal market reforms.
- HB 1983 Net energy metering program; SCC shall approve a supplier's proposed standby charge methodology.
- HB 1985 Underinsured motorist; insurance coverage.
- HB 1992 Banks; capital stock.
- HB 2024 Electrical transmission lines; to assist in approval of lines applicant to minimize adverse impact.
- HB 2027 Underground transmission lines; extends scheduled expiration date of pilot program.
- HB 2050 Secondhand metal articles; sales procedures.
- HB 2052 Labor organization representation; right to vote by secret ballot.
- HB 2105 Electric vehicle charging service; excludes certain persons from retail sale of electricity.
- HB 2125 Electric utilities; SCC to enter its final order in biennial rate review proceedings.
- HB 2131 Joint enterprise zone; authorizes DHCD to expand an existing zone consisting of two localities, etc.
- HB 2148 Trademark infringement; court in criminal proceeding to order that material be destroyed, etc.
- HB 2159 Electric utility service; termination of service of customers with a serious medical condition.
- HB 2170 Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; parties' expenses.
- HB 2184 Wireless E-911 surcharge; definition.
- HB 2191 Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund; established.
- HB 2206 Bulk Sales; repeals Title 8.6A of Code of Virginia which is considered obsolete.
- HB 2237 Electric generation facilities; incentives for construction of using coalbed methane gas.
- HB 2286 Surplus lines insurance; eliminates requirement that broker be licensed in Virginia.
- HB 2316 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created.
- HB 2357 Unemployment compensation; eliminates requirement that certain benefits be reduced by 50 percent.
- HB 2358 Benefit corporations; definition, requirements.
- HB 2366 Out-of-state trust institutions; any national bank to serve as trustee without office in State.
- HB 2367 Telecommunications services; eliminates certain requirements.
- HB 2401 Workers' compensation; increases farm and horticultural laborers to remain exempt from requirements.
- HB 2434 Health benefits exchange; intent to develop.
- HB 2446 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; credit multipliers.
- HB 2467 Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- HB 2477 Workers' compensation coverage; revises requirements for determining coal worker's pneumoconiosis.
- HB 2480 Portable electronics insurance; provides coverage for repair or replacement of such devices.
- HB 2495 Advanced Shipbuilding Training Facility Grant Program; revises Program.
- SB 741 Terminations of electric utility service; endangerment of customer's health.
- SB 751 Motor vehicle title loans; caps interest rate.
- SB 752 Payday loans; permitted interest.
- SB 759 Workers' compensation; compensable consequences.
- SB 779 Joint enterprise zone; authorizes DHCD to expand an existing zone consisting of two localities, etc.
- SB 786 Mortgage loan originator for residential mortgage loan; allows for exception under definition.
- SB 787 Wireless E-911 Services Board; changes name to E-911 Services Board.
- SB 788 Wireless E-911 Fund; amends procedure by which Wireless E-911 Services Board distributes funds.
- SB 789 E-Verify program; requires Virginia Employment Commission to use.
- SB 791 Extended unemployment benefits; clarifies expiration of provisions that expanded certain criteria.
- SB 794 Electric utilities; integrated resource plans.
- SB 795 Foreclosure procedures; makes various changes to procedures.
- SB 814 Offshore energy resources; State to support oil and natural gas exploration, etc., exception.
- SB 823 Workers' compensation; presumption that certain injuries are work related.
- SB 825 Open-end loan plans; caps finance charges.
- SB 836 Notice of foreclosure; notify owner 30 days before proposed sale.
- SB 854 Sales of secondhand building materials; police chief may refuse to issue permit if a felon.
- SB 862 Commonwealth Energy Policy; local renewable energy facility siting ordinances.
- SB 879 Pharmacy; conforms elements of State's freedom of choice law to North Carolina's law.
- SB 882 Electric utility regulation; rebundles charges for transmission, etc., into base rates.
- SB 883 Electric utilities; reinstates part of system under which investor-owned were regulated.
- SB 890 Cable television system, etc.; contracts with electric cooperative facilities for pole attachments.
- SB 907 Electric utilities; inclining block rate schedules.
- SB 916 Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; notice to policy owners.
- SB 917 Virginia Life, Accident & Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; increase life insurance coverage.
- SB 930 Debt management plan providers; exempts licensed certified public accountants or firms.
- SB 933 Payday loans; permitted interest.
- SB 975 Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund; established.
- SB 1009 Mortgage loan originators; prohibits SCC from issuing provisional licenses on or after July 1, 2011.
- SB 1010 Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement, postpones scheduled increase.
- SB 1011 Low-income residential customers; investor-owned electric utilities to offer reduced rates.
- SB 1015 Insurance policies; exemptions of large commercial risks.
- SB 1033 Continuing care retirement community; no less than 20% of board shall be residents of facility.
- SB 1062 Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- SB 1113 Unemployment compensation; eliminates requirement that certain benefits be reduced by 50 percent.
- SB 1123 Wireless E-911 surcharge; required to be remitted to Department of Taxation.
- SB 1124 Gross premiums of certain insurance; administration of tax.
- SB 1125 Labor organization representation; right to vote by secret ballot.
- SB 1127 Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; review of proposals.
- SB 1131 State Corporation Commission; prohibited conflicts of interest.
- SB 1134 Offshore Wind Development Authority; membership.
- SB 1165 Electric utility service; termination of service of customers with a serious medical condition.
- SB 1166 Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records.
- SB 1239 Personal Information Privacy Act; makes several amendments to Act.
- SB 1284 Real estate lending; creditworthiness of victims of Chinese drywall.
- SB 1291 Continuing care retirement community; no less than 20% of board shall be residents of facility.
- SB 1294 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practice for supplier to sell defective drywall.
- SB 1304 Electronic transfer of funds; required approval to transfer into consumer deposit account.
- SB 1319 Insurance companies; investments in derivative transactions, etc.
- SB 1348 Enterprise zone incentive grants; policies and procedures for allocation.
- SB 1356 Limited liability companies; derivative actions.
- SB 1360 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created.
- SB 1366 Health benefits exchange; intent to develop.
- SB 1367 Motor vehicle title loans; loans to nonresidents.
- SB 1368 Telecommunications services; eliminates certain requirements.
- SB 1377 Claims-made liability insurance policies; prohibits an insurer from denying coverage.
- SB 1387 Automobile clubs; exempts an entity from licensing and other requirements under certain conditions.
- SB 1388 Retained asset accounts; to provide beneficiary at time a claim is made.
- SB 1390 Life insurance; specified disease coverage or limited benefit health coverage.
- SB 1392 Electric generation facilities; incentives for construction of using coalbed methane gas.
- SB 1401 Unemployment benefits; eligibility criteria.
- SB 1413 State Corporation Commission staff; discovery of settlement negotiations.
- SB 1430 Motor vehicle insurance; premiums based on credit information.
- SB 1460 Workforce skills enhancement training program; established for unemployed workers.
- SB 1461 Universal Broadband Deployment Act; establishes process for SCC to certify priority suppliers.
- SB 1472 Electric utilities; SCC to enter its final order in biennial rate review proceedings.
- SB 1474 Shared work programs; established.
- SB 1482 Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; surplus funds.