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2012 SESSION

HOUSE CALENDAR FOR January 16, 2012 ... pdf

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• Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

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House Bill on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 252 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; changes in composition.

Bills Referred ... report | csv file

• HB 644 In-state tuition; eligibility of members of Virginia National Guard residing in state.
• HB 645 Renewable energy; expands definition.
• HB 646 Outdoor advertising; permit application fees.
• HB 647 Driver's licenses; minors to be accompanied by parent, guardian, etc., to ceremony.
• HB 648 Judgment; payee, etc., may appoint substitute for any attorney-in-fact authorized to confess.
• HB 649 Vehicle odometers; increases penalty for tampering.
• HB 650 Companion animals; notice to organizations of scheduled euthanizations.
• HB 651 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: I SUPPORT ANIMAL RESCUE.
• HB 652 Handheld personal communications devices; penalty if text messaging and emailing while driving.
• HB 653 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening of school year.
• HB 654 Smoking; prohibition on grounds of public schools, etc.
• HB 655 Higher educational institutions; graduation rates.
• HB 656 Parental notification; school investigations.
• HB 657 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; adjusts mix of energy sources that qualify.
• HB 658 Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local; definition of personal interest in a transaction.
• HB 659 Transportation Board; increases number of members.
• HB 660 Solar photovoltaic power production projects; VDOT to lease space within highway rights-of-way.
• HB 661 Workers' compensation benefits; refusal of employment by disabled employee.
• HB 662 Community Colleges, State Board for; development of mental health services.
• HB 663 Child care subsidies; time limits.
• HB 664 Tax credits, state; publication of names on Department of Taxation's website.
• HB 665 Lobbying and finance disclosure; disclosure of gifts and contributions.
• HB 666 General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure requirements.
• HB 667 Political contributions; prohibitions during procurement process.
• HB 668 Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; posting of documents on association website.
• HB 669 Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older on day of election may vote absentee.
• HB 670 Voter registration; copy of change of address made at DMV shall be forwarded to Board of Elections.
• HB 671 Tax administration; awards for detection of tax underpayments.
• HB 672 Community Solar Gardens; created.
• HB 673 Protective orders; Allows general distict court to transfer case to appropriate court.
• HB 674 Protective orders; minor may petition on his own behalf without consent of parent or guardian.
• HB 675 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount from $200 to $500.
• HB 676 Child support; interest on arrearage.
• HB 677 Power of attorney; termination.
• HB 678 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; local towing ordinances.
• HB 679 Criminal history information; prohibits sale of person's conviction when record is expunged.
• HB 680 Driving under influence of alcohol; award of exemplary damages.
• HB 681 Interest on appeal; computed from date of filing notice of to date appellate court issues mandate.
• HB 682 Child custody or visitation; issues may be included in single petition in JDRC; etc.
• HB 683 Courthouses and courtrooms; assessment for security.
• HB 684 Coal mine safety; operator of coal mine to submit map and revisions that show directional changes.
• HB 685 Emergency lights; removes member of fire department, rescue squad, etc.
• HB 686 License plates, special; issuance to veterans of Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm.
• HB 687 Virginia Resources Authority; designees for Board of Directors.
• HB 688 Driver's license, special; required for convicted methamphetamine offenders.
• HB 689 Driver's license; allows issuance to an applicant who fails to provide a social security number.
• HB 690 Financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults; penalty.
• HB 691 General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure requirements of certain large gifts.
• HB 692 Public employment; prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, etc.
• HB 693 HOV lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates.
• HB 694 Virginia Human Rights Act; policy of State.
• HB 695 Fox and coyote penning; Class 1 misdemeanor for purpose of hunting or killing with dogs.
• HB 696 Virtual programs; state funding.
• HB 697 Higher educational institutions; mental health policies.
• HB 698 Budget; conference report to be posted on Internet.
• HB 699 Highway maintenance funds; allocation of funds.
• HB 700 Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty.
• HB 701 Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency.
• HB 702 Health insurance; credits provided for retired school division employees.
• HB 703 Higher educational institutions; policies related to student nonpayment to be established.
• HB 704 Death of child; parent, guardian, etc., failure to report to local law-enforcement agency, etc.
• HB 705 Health insurance; diagnostic procedures resulting from preventive care or screening.
• HB 706 Pedestrians; requires vehicle drivers to stop at marked crosswalks, etc.
• HB 707 Funeral protests; penalty.
• HB 708 Bank-owned real estate; repeals provision that limits period that banks may hold.
• HB 709 Motor vehicle insurance; medical expense benefits, assignments.
• HB 710 Coal mining; right to use shell, void opened underground, etc., created by removal of coal.
• HB 711 Nursing education programs; due process procedures.
• HB 712 Coal severance tax; codifies manner in which it is calculated.
• HB 713 Power of attorney; embezzlement by agent, penalty.
• HB 714 Major business facility job tax credit; extends time credit may be taken over a two-year period.
• HB 715 Health plan, State; makes changes to appeals process for complaints.
• HB 716 Auxiliary police officers; training standards.
• HB 717 Methamphetamine manufactory; allowing child to be present, penalty.
• HB 718 Juveniles; transfer and trial as adults charged with certain offenses.
• HB 719 Hunting and fishing license, special; permanently disabled veteran to apply and receive at no cost.
• HB 720 Worker retraining tax credit; increase in credit amount.
• HB 721 Towing and Recovery Operators, Board of; abolishes Board.
• HB 722 Charter; City of Newport News.
• HB 723 Transportation; funding and administration in various construction districts.
• HB 724 False advertising; exempts real estate brokers and salespersons from criminal and civil liability.
• HB 725 Motor vehicle title loans, payday loans, and open-end credit plans; caps interest rate.
• HB 726 Sale of property; City of Newport News to sell certain property for nominal amount.
• HB 727 Statewide uniform grading policy; requires Board of Education to establish.
• HB 728 Transportation impact fees; when amount assessed and imposed.
• HB 729 Urban development areas; increases population thresholds to determine applicability of requirements.
• HB 730 Veterans Services, Board of; voting by ex officio members.
• HB 731 Performance guarantees; street construction.
• HB 732 Transfer of development rights; ordinance may permit a sending property to be used for parks, etc.
• HB 733 Pharmacists; compounding authority.
• HB 734 Recordation tax; a deed to have amount of consideration stated on its first page of document.
• HB 735 Community-based continuing care (CBCC) providers; required to be registered with SCC.
• HB 736 Primary schedule; moves primary date in anticipation of redistricting process, etc.
• HB 737 Modeling and Simulation Advisory Council; adds two citizen members representing higher education.
• HB 738 Human Resource Management, Department of; health and related insurance for state employees.
• HB 739 Virginia College Savings Plan; JLARC to oversee and evaluate, report.
• HB 740 Line of Duty Act; political subdivisions to make an irrevocable election to self-fund benefits.
• HB 741 Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission; powers.
• HB 742 Farm vehicles; distance limit.
• HB 743 Farm utility vehicles; tax exemption.
• HB 744 Interstate Compact on Placement of Children; placement of children in residential facility.
• HB 745 Supreme Court of Virginia; required to develop weighted caseload system to assess caseloads, report.
• HB 746 Farm vehicles; exemption from registration.
• HB 747 Juvenile delinquency records; destruction of court records for underage possession of alcohol.
• HB 748 Expungement of cases; ineligibility for those deferred and dismissed.
• HB 749 Assault and battery; adds campus police officers to list for enhanced punishment.
• HB 750 Inherent authority; deferred disposition in criminal case.
• HB 751 Criminal street gang; recruitment of persons by telephone or electronic communication, penalty.
• HB 752 Strangulation of another; penalty.
• HB 753 Juvenile offenses; State attorney to file motion with court of offenses requiring registration.
• HB 754 Concealed handgun permit applications; removes option for locality to require fingerprints.
• HB 755 Judgments; statute of limitations.
• HB 756 Innovation Technical Advisory Group; established.
• HB 757 Town of Urbanna; liens for water charges.
• HB 758 Littering; defines and provides for penalties based on gravity of offense.
• HB 759 Public libraries; adds County of Middlesex to localities that are not required to have boards.
• HB 760 Water and sewer system connections; adds Gloucester County to those counties that may require.
• HB 761 Recording deeds; statement of preparation.
• HB 762 License plates, special; changes those promoting tourism on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
• HB 763 Nonresident executors and testamentary trustees; conveyance of real estate located in State.
• HB 764 Higher educational institutions; indemnification agreements.
• HB 765 College partnership laboratory schools; development of programs with public school divisions.
• HB 766 Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund; established, report.
• HB 767 Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program; developed to assist small businesses job creation.
• HB 768 Virginia Jobs Investment Program; created, Dept. of Business Assistance to administer programs.
• HB 769 Elections; party identification on ballots in local elections.
• HB 770 Emergency protective orders; not to be issued against law-enforcement officer performing his duties.
• HB 771 Campus police officers; included in definition of law-enforcement officers.
• HB 772 Inspector General, State; investigator included in definition of law-enforcement officer.
• HB 773 Local government; publication of notices for charter changes, etc.
• HB 774 License plates, special; repeals issuance to supporters celebrating centennial of Fort Belvoir.
• HB 775 Public assistance; social services to collect accurate contact information from applicants.
• HB 776 Federal Oversight, Commission on; created, report.
• HB 777 Evaluate Tax Preferences, Joint Subcommittee to; established, report.
• HB 778 Tolls; prohibits on Interstate 95 without approval of General Assembly.
• HB 779 In-state tuition; undocumented persons eligibility.
• HB 780 Converted electric vehicles; creates definition for vehicles converted from gas to electric power.
• HB 781 Minority Business Enterprises, Department of; changes definition of small business, etc.
• HB 782 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; coverage for certain children and pregnant women.
• HB 783 Microenterprise investment tax credits; created for individuals who make qualified investment.
• HB 784 Exercise due care; requires drivers to avoid colliding with pedestrian.
• HB 785 Following too closely; includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, mopeds, etc.
• HB 786 Elections; absentee voting.
• HB 787 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption on renewable energy equipment.
• HB 788 Green Public Buildings Act; created.
• HB 789 Electrical utility facilities; consideration of stability of fuel prices.
• HB 790 Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund; renamed Virginia Housing Trust Fund.
• HB 791 Virginia Retirement System; technical changes to programs administered.
• HB 792 Virginia Retirement System; deferred compensation for local employees.
• HB 793 Drug treatment court; established in County of Montgomery.
• HB 794 Urban development areas; incorporation of areas optional rather than mandatory, etc.
• HB 795 Food and beverage tax; authorizes Floyd County to impose.
• HB 796 Health, State Board of; guidelines for cleanup of residential property used as clandestine drug lab.
• HB 797 Handguns; carrying while under influence of alcohol or drugs in a public place, penalty.
• HB 798 Salvage vehicles; consumer awareness of issues that may occur from purchasing at auction.
• HB 799 Wetlands and streams; water protection permits, conditions for contribution to Board-approved fund.
• HB 800 Speed limits; shall be 35 miles per hour on nonsurface treated highways.
• HB 801 Equalization, Board of; Loudoun County board of supervisors to appoint members.
• HB 802 Virginia Pump Toll; established.
• HB 803 Charter; Town of Hillsboro in Loudoun County.
• HB 804 Charter; Town of Purcellville.
• HB 805 Motor vehicles; authorized on-road clean screen program and emissions inspection.
• HB 806 Overweight and oversize vehicle permits and fees; provides a method of assigning cost-based fees.
• HB 807 Electronic tracking devices; person who uses without consent to track location of another, penalty.
• HB 808 Senate and House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in boundries.
• HB 809 Insurance; employees of political subdivisions of State may receive from a locality.
• HB 810 Transportation Accountability, Joint Commission on; admin. staff support by House Clerk's Office.
• HB 811 Corporate tax credit; taxes paid in another state.
• HB 812 Historic district; notice of public hearing on designation of district.
• HB 813 Commercial space flight; funding and oversight.
• HB 814 Virginia Public Health Foundation; established, report.
• HB 815 University of Virginia; university-related foundation funds used in relation to FOIA.
• HB 816 Freedom of Information Act; university-related foundation funds.
• HB 817 FOIA; use of general fund appropriations by colleges or universities.
• HB 818 Freedom of Information Act; use of general fund appropriations.
• HB 819 Virginia College Savings Plan; acceptance of commemorative coins minted by State Treasurer.
• HB 820 National Guard; eligibility for service.
• HB 821 Wrongful foreclosure; creates civil cause of action for owner of any residential real property, etc.
• HB 822 Mortgage modification; application, limitations on foreclosure.
• HB 823 Planning district commissions; functional areas warranting regional cooperation shall be limited.
• HB 824 HPV vaccine; State shall assume liability for any injury resulting from administration.
• HB 825 Application of foreign law; court decisions will be void as violation of public policy of State.
• HB 826 Bigamy; penalty.
• HB 827 Transportation districts; repeals allocation of funds.
• HB 828 Elections; voter integrity and identification provisions.
• HB 829 Virginia Immunization Information System; linkages to other VDH databases.
• HB 830 Arts and cultural districts; allows a locality to create more than one.
• HB 831 Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission; created.
• HB 832 Retail Sales and Use Tax; distribution of revenue to localities based on school-age population.
• HB 833 At Home in Virginia; designating as official state song.
• HB 834 Fines and fees; imposed under certain local ordinances are to be paid to school division, etc.
• HB 835 Shared work programs; established, report.
• HB 836 Pregnant prisoners; prohibits use of restraints by any correctional facility.
• HB 837 District court employees; local salary supplements may be paid wholly out of local funds.
• HB 838 House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustment in boundaries.
• HB 839 Defective drywall; redefines term.
• HB 840 Charter; City of Portsmouth.
• HB 841 Major business facility job credits & enterprise zone job creation grants; not allowed for same job.
• HB 842 Business license or land use authorization, local; conditions of issuance.
• HB 843 License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Trees Virginia.
• HB 844 Edgar Mullins Bridge; designating as bridge on Route 666 and on South Mountain Road in Wise County.
• HB 845 Business entities; clarifies that name of entity cannot imply that is another type of business.
• HB 846 Jake brakes; Town of St. Paul to regulate use when operating motor vehicles within Town.
• HB 847 Charter; Town of Coeburn.
• HB 848 Methamphetamine lab cleanup costs; localities may charge for reimbursement.
• HB 849 Juveniles; court to conduct review hearing in secure facility via two-way electronic video.
• HB 850 General registrars; shall serve on a full-time basis.
• HB 851 Higher education; establishing violence prevention committees and threat assessment teams.
• HB 852 Higher educational institutions; may require any accepted student provide complete record.
• HB 853 Suicidal students; higher educational institutions shall develop policies addressing.
• HB 854 Drug treatment court; established in County of Montgomery.
• HB 855 Nuisance species; definitionto include coyotes and feral swine.
• HB 856 Critical incident stress management teams; privileged information regarding criminal acts, etc.
• HB 857 Bicycles; Town Council of Blacksburg to permit operation in either direction on one-way streets.
• HB 858 Tramadol; added to list of Schedule IV controlled substances.
• HB 859 Concealed handgun permittees; criminal history record information check exemption for some firearms.
• HB 860 Towing ordinances; localities in Northern Virginia to require companies to submit to inspection.
• HB 861 Vehicle and trailer immobilization; subject to removal for outstanding parking violations.
• HB 862 Income tax, state; deduction for tolls.
• HB 863 Zoning; civil penalties constitute liens on real property.
• HB 864 Transportation Board; changes composition, Governor shall appoint or remove members, etc.
• HB 865 Taxicabs; local regulation.
• HB 866 Fairfax County School Board; staggered elections.
• HB 867 Certificates of insurance; unfair insurance trade practices.
• HB 868 Plug-in electric-drive vehicles; may park free of charge in certain parking spaces when recharging.
• HB 869 Urban development areas; makes designation optional rather than mandatory for all localities.
• HB 870 Repairable vehicles; definition, exemption.
• HB 871 Limited burial insurance authority; changes definition.
• HB 872 Property and casualty insurance; provides for SCC licensing and regulation of public adjusters.
• HB 873 Direct Aid to Public Education; amends by lowering maximum Composite Index rate.
• HB 874 Handheld personal communications devices; penalty if text messaging and emailing while driving.
• HB 875 Motor vehicle insurance; places time limits on appeals to DMV for suspension of driver's license.
• HB 876 Motor vehicle fuels sales tax; transfer administration and collection to DMV.
• HB 877 Comptroller; assignment of general fund balance remaining at year end.
• HB 878 Motor vehicles, certain; raises amount localities may charge for an annual license tax upon owners.
• HB 879 Income tax, state; subtraction for certain death benefit payments.
• HB 880 Fishing license, special; established for partially disabled veterans.
• HB 881 Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements.
• HB 882 Financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults; penalty.
• HB 883 Income tax, state; credit for solar energy equipment systems.
• HB 884 DMV; privileged records of law-enforcement officers.
• HB 885 Nurses; licensure exemption.
• HB 886 Truancy; Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to address.
• HB 887 Student suspension or expulsion from school; requires superintendent to ensure continued education.
• HB 888 Companion animals, tethering of; allows any locality to regulate by ordinance.
• HB 889 Tolls; collected for use of Midtown or Downtown Tunnels between Norfolk and Portsmouth.
• HB 890 Mortgage foreclosure; right to reinstatement.
• HB 891 Mobile infrared transmitters; violation of prohibition on operation of nonemergency vehicles.
• HB 892 Highway Construction Projects Trust Fund; established.
• HB 893 E-911 Services Board; Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinator to serve as advisor.
• HB 894 Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency programs.
• HB 895 Voter registration; requires proof of U.S. citizenship, residence, and photo ID to register.
• HB 896 Alcoholic beverage control; Sunday operation of government stores after 1:00 p.m.
• HB 897 Virginia Child Protection Accountability System; reporting of certain information by VCSC, etc.
• HB 898 Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund; for transportation funding.
• HB 899 Retail Sales and Use Tax and motor fuels tax; funds for transportation.

Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

• HJ 177 Celebrating the life of Augustine Bellamy.
• HJ 178 Commending Dulles Chapter 1241 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.
• HJ 179 Commending Lawrence G. Sprader.
• HJ 180 Commending Mercedes-Benz of Arlington on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its founding.
• HJ 181 Commending the Honorable James F. Almand.
• HJ 182 Celebrating the life of Wanda June M. Roberts.
• HJ 183 Commending Michael J. Quillen.