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2012 SESSION

HOUSE CALENDAR FOR February 13, 2012 ... pdf

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• House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolution with Senate Amendments ... report | csv file
• Resolutions - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• Resolution - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

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House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 176 Nutrient credit certification; regulations, Nutrient Trading Act is established, penalty.
• HB 239 Forestry, Department of; use of methyl bromide gas fumigation.
• HB 522 Statewide system of trails; use of wheelchairs or other power-driven mobility devices permitted.
• HB 523 Fire insurance policy; notice regarding earthquake exclusion.
• HB 703 Higher educational institutions; policies related to student nonpayment to be established.
• HB 739 Virginia College Savings Plan; JLARC to oversee and evaluate, report.
• HB 746 Farm vehicles; exemption from registration.
• HB 777 Evaluate Tax Preferences, Joint Subcommittee to; established, report.
• HB 810 Transportation Accountability, Joint Commission on; admin. staff support by House Clerk's Office.
• HB 855 Nuisance species; definitionto include coyotes and feral swine.
• HB 861 Vehicle and trailer immobilization; subject to removal for outstanding parking violations.
• HB 872 Property and casualty insurance; provides for SCC licensing and regulation of public adjusters.
• HB 886 Truancy; Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to address.
• HB 1034 Interstate agreements, certain; State withdrawal from Southern Growth Policies Agreement.
• HB 1158 Virginia Water Protection Permit; issuance of permit by State Water Control Board.
• HB 1168 Trust institutions; entities authorized to engage in trust business in State includes out-of-state.
• HB 1178 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; offenders.
• HB 1210 Lawn maintenance fertilizer; nitrogen application rates, labeling.
• HB 1229 Persons with disabilities; SHHR to convene work group to develop plan to address needs.

House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 576 Public schools; teacher contract and evaluation policies.
• HB 710 Coal mining; right to use shell, void opened underground, etc., created by removal of coal.
• HB 807 Electronic tracking devices; person who uses without consent to track location of another, penalty.
• HB 864 Transportation Board; changes composition, Governor shall appoint or remove members, etc.
• HB 913 Solid waste management plan, regional or local; making such plans optional.
• HB 914 Children at play signs; allows county or town governments to install.
• HB 927 Secondhand articles; includes certain telecommunications cable.
• HB 1107 Public schools; possession and administration of auto-injectable epinephrine.
• HB 1186 Telecommunications service provider or cable television system; rates for pole attachments.
• HB 1218 Stream mitigation banks; established.
• HB 1113 Biscuit Run; DCR to negotiate land exchange of certain acres in Albemarle County.
• HB 76 Teachers; date changes for contract renewal for those without continuing contract status.

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

• HB 238 Blue crabs; Marine Resources Commission to manage harvesting in Albemarle and Currituck counties.
• HB 42 Line of Duty Act; expands definition of a deceased person.
• HB 57 Voter registration; registrars with respect to voter registration records.
• HB 72 Highway work zones; required to be marked with warning signs with attached flashing lights.
• HB 85 HOV lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates.
• HB 93 Pupil transportation; increases minimum amount of vehicle liability insurance and medical coverage.
• HB 269 Certificate of public need; process for review & approval of psychiatric & substance abuse services.
• HB 500 Foster care; DSS policies and procedures to protect personal identifying information of children.
• HB 551 Telework expenses tax credit; extended for employers through December 31, 2016.
• HB 585 Small Business Investment Grant Fund; created.
• HB 686 License plates, special; issuance to veterans of Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm.
• HB 766 Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund; established, report.
• HB 806 Overweight and oversize vehicle permits and fees; provides a method of assigning cost-based fees.
• HB 813 Commercial space flight; funding and oversight.
• HB 1042 Driver's licenses; extends expiration date for certain active military personnel.
• HB 1043 Vehicle registration; grace period for replacement of plates, etc., for member of armed forces, etc.
• HB 1073 Residential rental properties; appeal of real property assessments, fair market value.
• HB 1124 Capital outlay plan; projects to be funded from general fund-supported resources.
• HB 1217 Sergeants David Lambert Highway & Brandon Asbury Highway; designates portions of Routes 19 and 609.
• HB 1263 VDOT Integrated Directional Sign Program; maintenance, etc., of signs and impact of changes.
• HB 1290 Pedestrians; posting of right-of-way signs in City of Falls Church.
• HB 5 Constitutional amendment; taking or damaging of private property for public use (voter referendum).
• HB 8 Vessel accident; requires passengers 18 years of age or older to report, penalty.
• HB 49 DUI; raises penalty for aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
• HB 87 Aircraft; person who projects point of light from laser at an aircraft is guilty of misdemeanor.
• HB 180 Commonwealth Health Research Board; certain employees shall be entitled to state employee benefits.
• HB 210 Real estate appraisal management companies; includes feed paid to appraiser in appraisal reports.
• HB 216 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes certain computer equipment and enabling software.
• HB 233 Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; resale of time-shares, disclosures.
• HB 263 Correctional enterprises; Director of Purchases & Supply et al., to grant certain exemption, report.
• HB 288 Courthouses; exception from prohibition against carrying weapon for city and county treasurers.
• HB 300 Beehive Grant Fund and Beehive Grant Program; created.
• HB 316 Cemeteries; definition for purposes of zoning.
• HB 348 Asset forfeitures; consolidates certain provisions and eliminates redundancies.
• HB 352 Emergency management plans; victims' rights.
• HB 377 Condominium Act; exemptions from registration.
• HB 391 Confidential juvenile records; sharing with state and local correctional facilities, confidential.
• HB 438 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local law-enforcement employees.
• HB 466 Alcoholic beverage control; outdoor advertising.
• HB 475 Involuntary commitment; alters criteria for ordering mandatory outpatient treatment.
• HB 476 Mandatory outpatient treatment hearing; determination of treatment prior to release from commitment.
• HB 480 FOIA; attendance by certain members in a closed meeting.
• HB 508 Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.
• HB 520 State Inspector General, Office of; performance review of state agencies.
• HB 546 Gang crimes; includes definition of predicate criminal act.
• HB 561 Solid waste disposal fee; adds Pittsylvania County to list of counties authorized to levy fee.
• HB 571 Housing crisis; extends sunset date for several measures related to various land use approvals, etc.
• HB 573 Uniform Flag Act; flags shall be flown at half-mast for one day to honor fallen Virginians.
• HB 630 Racketeering; amends provisions that allow for forfeiture of real or personal property.
• HB 638 Judicial authorization of treatment; advance directives.
• HB 752 Strangulation of another; penalty.
• HB 839 Defective drywall; redefines term.
• HB 840 Charter; City of Portsmouth.
• HB 847 Charter; Town of Coeburn.
• HB 932 Voluntary Nutrient Management Plan Program; DCR to develop training and certification program.
• HB 939 Accounts, Department of; recovery of erroneous or improper payments to state officer or employee.
• HB 941 Fire investigation warrant; State Police arson investigators may obtain.
• HB 945 Virginia Public Procurement Act; performance and payment bonds on transportation-related projects.
• HB 965 Campus police; mutual aid agreements with local law-enforcement agencies and State Police.
• HB 969 Sexual assault response teams; State attorney to invite chiefs of campus police to annual meeting.
• HB 972 Involuntary commitment; criteria for commitment.
• HB 975 Governmental utility corporation; acting as public service corporation or public service company.
• HB 978 Charter; City of Falls Church.
• HB 1007 Voter registration; DMV to transmit voter registration applications to State Board of Elections.
• HB 1016 Alternative Fuel Vehicle Conversion Fund; established.
• HB 1019 Charter; City of Chesapeake.
• HB 1076 Special use permit; locality may require permit for storage or disposal of certain waste.
• HB 1104 Va. Fire Services Board and State Board of Juvenile Justice; powers & duties.
• HB 1110 Landlord and tenant laws; dwelling units.
• HB 1111 Statewide Fire Prevention Code & Uniform Statewide Building Code; fees for enforcement and appeals.
• HB 1121 Veterans Services, Department of; ratio of claims agents to number of veterans in State.
• HB 1127 Charter; Town of Virgilina.
• HB 1134 Line of Duty Act; definition of deceased person.
• HB 1140 Carisoprodol; added to list of Schedule IV controlled substances.
• HB 1141 Ezogabine; added to list of Schedule V controlled substances.
• HB 1151 Congressional districts; petition requirements for candidates for statewide offices.
• HB 1152 Threat assessment teams; authorized to receive health and criminal history records of students.
• HB 1154 State Police, Department of; access to electronic evidence.
• HB 1160 Unlawful detention of U.S. citizens; prevents any agency, etc., from assisting in investigation.
• HB 1167 High Performance Buildings Act; created.
• HB 1181 Public schools; reading intervention.
• HB 1183 Virginia Port Authority; amends several provisions governing conduct of business.
• HB 1200 Human trafficking hotline; posted notices, civil penalty.
• HB 1219 Common Interest Community Board; authorized to terminate inactive condominium, etc., registrations.
• HB 1228 State employees and members of General Assembly; compensation and fringe benefits.
• HB 1238 Forfeited drug assets; redirection of assets to construction of Public Safety Memorial.
• HB 1261 Landlord and tenant laws; energy submetering.
• HB 1270 Hampton, City of; Department of General Services to transfer certain property located within City.
• HB 1271 Sexually violent predators; Director of DOC shall develop protocol for assessing prisoner, etc.
• HB 1277 Contractors; licensing by localities, civil penalty.
• HB 1280 Psychiatric hospital admissions; local inmates.
• HB 1284 Circuit court clerks; duties.
• HB 1291 Governor's reorganization of executive branch of state government.
• HB 1295 State mandates; eliminating on local and regional government entities relating to education, etc.

House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 512 Intangible personal property tax; classification of certain machinery and tools.
• HB 1082 Recordation tax; eliminates exemption for certain deeds of trust securing a refinanced obligation.
• HB 599 Northern Virginia Transportation District; responsibilities of Department of Transportation.
• HB 183 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; coverage for certain children and pregnant women.
• HB 218 Deaf or hard-of-hearing children; special education.
• HB 271 Substance Abuse Recovery Support Services Grant Program; established, report.
• HB 274 Circuit court judges; increases number in Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, decreases in Seventeenth.
• HB 343 Virginia All-Payer Claims Database; created, report.
• HB 477 Interstate Highway System; allocation of funds for maintenance.
• HB 745 Supreme Court of Virginia; required to develop weighted caseload system to assess caseloads, report.
• HB 756 Innovation Technical Advisory Group; established.
• HB 841 Major business facility job credits & enterprise zone job creation grants; not allowed for same job.
• HB 935 Medical College of Virginia; naming conventions.
• HB 1116 Retail Sales and Use Tax; distribution of revenue collected in certain public facilities.
• HB 1179 Public schools; providing character education program during regular school year or summer.
• HB 1 Unborn children; construing the word "person" under Virginia law to include.
• HB 101 Rules of Evidence; adoption of amendments or additions of Rules by Supreme Court of Virginia, etc.
• HB 207 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes gold, silver, and platinum bullion.
• HB 211 Forward energy pricing; authorizes any public body to use mechanisms for budget risk reduction.
• HB 234 Time-share estates; advertisement of foreclosure sales, information to be hard copy and electonic.
• HB 259 House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries.
• HB 321 Income tax, corporate; tax credits for donations to non-profit organizations, etc.
• HB 325 Students with autism spectrum disorders; school board to require training of personnel.
• HB 389 Criminal law; redefinition of triggerman rule, penalty.
• HB 430 Inter-local service delivery; expands scope of Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund to foster.
• HB 462 Abortion; informed consent, shall undergo ultrasound imaging, exceptions.
• HB 479 Tax-paid contraband cigarettes; possession with intent to distribute, penalties.
• HB 567 Water and sewer authorities; may put lien on property for delinquent rates, etc., on real estate.
• HB 624 Sex offender registry; juvenile registration.
• HB 718 Juveniles; transfer and trial as adults charged with certain offenses.
• HB 771 Campus police officers; included in definition of law-enforcement officers.
• HB 878 Motor vehicles, certain; raises amount localities may charge for an annual license tax upon owners.
• HB 881 Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements.
• HB 958 Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain.
• HB 963 Child pornography; possession, distribution, solicitation, etc., penalty.
• HB 964 Child pornography or grooming video; person 18 years of age or older displaying to a minor, penalty.
• HB 968 Drug trafficking; 3 years shall be mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for subsequent offense.
• HB 973 Sex crimes; penalties for offender who is 18 or older for rape, etc. of child under age 13.
• HB 1001 Immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
• HB 1029 Real property; removes requirement that certain planning commissioners own.
• HB 1035 Eminent domain; definitions of lost access and lost profits, determining compensation.
• HB 1060 Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain.
• HB 1129 Virginia Retirement System; modifies several provisions of defined benefit retirement plan.
• HB 1130 Retirement System; hybrid retirement program created, optional defined retirement plan created, etc.
• HB 1137 Historic districts; any locality that establishes or expands district shall identify all landmarks.
• HB 1153 Income tax, state; conformity with federal law.
• HB 1192 Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit; extends sunset date.
• HB 1193 Public procurement; posting by local public bodies of procurement opportunities.
• HB 1234 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; appointment of executive director.
• HB 1248 Transportation; provides revenues for construction, maintenance, and funding.
• HB 1265 Mechanics' lien' notice; claimant must send to property owner 30 days before filing.
• HB 1269 Zoning appeals, board of; appeals resulting in tie vote may be carried over until next meeting.
• HB 1273 Chemotherapy; requirements for orally administered cancer drugs.

House Joint Resolution with Senate Amendments ... report | csv file

• HJ 49 Governor's Executive Reorganization Plan; approval by each house of General Assembly.

Resolutions - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HJ 65 Sesquicentennial of Emancipation Proclamation; recognizing African American members.
• HJ 96 Summer flounder; Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to allow options for harvest.
• HJ 124 Public Safety Memorial; requests Governor to include names of state and local parole officers, etc.

Resolution - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HJ 3 Constitutional amendment; taking or damaging of private property for public use (second reference).