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2012 SESSION

HOUSE CALENDAR FOR March 2, 2012 ... pdf

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• Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bill on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills with Senate Amendments ... report | csv file
• Memorial Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table ... report | csv file
• Commending Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table ... report | csv file
• House Bills and Joint Resolution in Conference ... report | csv file
• Senate Bills and Joint Resolution in Conference ... report | csv file
• Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file
• Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
• Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• Bill Referred by House ... report | csv file
• Bill Reported and Referred By Committee ... report | csv file
• Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

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

• SB 128 Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund; established, report.
• SB 45 Open Education Curriculum Board; alters function from a policy board to an advisory board.
• SB 230 Highway projects; VDOT to provide for training and certification of local government employees.
• SB 425 Interbasin transfer of water resources; State Water Control Board to establish procedures, etc.
• SB 559 State forest lands; special use permits.
• SB 656 Public schools; possession and administration of auto-injectable epinephrine.
• SB 686 Electronic titling program; allows DMV to establish for new motor vehicles.

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

• SB 1 Voter procedures; voter shall be offered provisional ballot, etc.
• SB 453 Charter; City of Winchester.
• SB 530 Colleges, etc., projects, certain; required to hold at least one public hearing before undertaking.
• SB 564 Home instruction of children; limits required description of curriculum.
• SB 676 Recycling survey; requires solid waste planning units and localities to submit report every 4 years.
• SB 217 Public schools; residency of children in kinship care.

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

• HB 1298 GPS tracking device; provides authority & protocol for law enforcement to apply for search warrant.

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

• HB 1300 Budget Bill.
• HB 1301 Budget Bill.

House Bills with Senate Amendments ... report | csv file

• HB 1160 Unlawful detention of U.S. citizens; prevents any agency, etc., from assisting in investigation.
• HB 87 Aircraft; person who projects point of light from laser at an aircraft is guilty of misdemeanor.
• HB 101 Rules of Evidence; adoption of amendments or additions of Rules by Supreme Court of Virginia, etc.
• HB 348 Asset forfeitures; consolidates certain provisions and eliminates redundancies.
• HB 573 Uniform Flag Act; flags shall be flown at half-mast for one day to honor fallen Virginians.
• HB 958 Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain.
• HB 1154 State Police, Department of; access to electronic evidence.
• 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 1280 Psychiatric hospital admissions; local inmates.
• HB 1284 Circuit court clerks; duties.

Memorial Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table ... report | csv file

• SJ 173 Celebrating the life of Francis Nelson Crenshaw.
• SJ 179 Celebrating the life of Rachel Guerrero Ayoub.
• SJ 183 Celebrating the life of Reverend Dr. Robert Louis Taylor.
• SJ 185 Celebrating the life of John Martin Couric.
• SJ 187 Celebrating the life of Bishop Barnett Karl Thoroughgood.
• SJ 189 Celebrating the life of Charles Curtis Grindstaff.
• SJ 191 Celebrating the life of Steve Appleton.
• SJ 206 On the death of Charlotte Ann Wynn Pollard.
• HJ 431 Celebrating the life of Alfred Landon Harris.
• HJ 432 Celebrating the life of Andrew Haliday McCutcheon, Jr.
• HJ 433 Celebrating the life of Police Officer Specialist Timothy Brian Schock.
• HJ 434 Celebrating the life of Bishop Barnett Karl Thoroughgood.
• HJ 443 Celebrating the life of John Weldon McCain.
• HJ 444 Celebrating the life of James Willard Lineweaver.
• HJ 452 Celebrating the life of Edgar Clarence Eck, Jr.
• HJ 453 Celebrating the life of Captain Ronald Anton Erchul, USN (Ret.).
• HJ 454 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Glenn Brooks McClanan, Sr.
• HJ 464 Celebrating the life of Roger Lee Zirkle.
• HJ 465 Celebrating the life of John William Pumphrey, Jr.
• HJ 468 Celebrating the life of Zachary Taylor Whitacre.
• HJ 469 Celebrating the life of Chris Breiner.
• HJ 470 Celebrating the life of Thomas Raysor Salley, Jr.
• HR 34 Celebrating the life of Elbernia Elizabeth Copeland Lee.
• HR 36 Celebrating the life of Barbara Williams Hahne.
• HR 39 Celebrating the life of Percy Plemmer, Jr.
• HR 40 Celebrating the life of Jizeng Chen.

Commending Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table ... report | csv file

• SJ 174 Commending Toby Owens.
• SJ 175 Commending Robert F. Lederer.
• SJ 176 Commending Graceful Spaces.
• SJ 177 Commending Wee Play.
• SJ 178 Commending Janet and Vade Bolton.
• SJ 180 Commending Richmond International Raceway on the occasion of its 60th anniversary of operation.
• SJ 181 Commending the Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work.
• SJ 182 Commending Vanessa Reese Crawford, Sheriff of the City of Petersburg.
• SJ 184 Commending Virginia Advanced Study Strategies, Inc.
• SJ 186 Commending Timothy A. Rudy.
• SJ 188 Commending Donnie Keene.
• SJ 190 Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Reverend John Jasper.
• SJ 192 Commending George Mason University.
• SJ 199 Commemorating the centennial of the Carroll County Courthouse tragedy.
• HJ 384 Commending George Mason University.
• HJ 435 Commending the Rappahannock Valley Amateur Radio Club.
• HJ 436 Commending Trey Edmunds.
• HJ 437 Commending Timothy B. Scearce.
• HJ 438 Commending Kenneth A. Guthrie.
• HJ 439 Commending Sharon Wilson.
• HJ 440 Commending Brenda Hooper Campbell.
• HJ 441 Commending Edward F. Lewis.
• HJ 442 Commending John Thomas Hennessy.
• HJ 445 Commending Matt Hagan.
• HJ 446 Commending the Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies.
• HJ 447 Commending Emily-Anne Rigal.
• HJ 448 Commending Fort Belvoir.
• HJ 449 Commending Sara Fartro.
• HJ 455 Commending the Christiansburg High School wrestling team.
• HJ 456 Commending Gleaning For The World.
• HJ 457 Commending E. Brock Price.
• HJ 458 Commending Patrick D. Nutz.
• HJ 459 Commending Robert and Betty Niles.
• HJ 460 Commending Kenneth S. Watts.
• HJ 461 Commending Mack Smith.
• HJ 462 Commending Boyd Walker.
• HJ 463 Commending Carroll Comstock.
• HJ 466 Commending the Dulles Area Association of Realtors.
• HJ 467 Commending Saint Anthony Maronite Catholic Church.
• HJ 471 Commending the Virginia Health Care Foundation on its 20 years of service to the Commonwealth.
• HJ 472 Commending the Colonial Forge High School wrestling team.
• HJ 473 Commending Becky Wales.
• HJ 474 Commending Sharlet Rowley Bouchelle.
• HJ 475 Commending Sam Mays.
• HJ 476 Commending J. Mikel Clements.
• HJ 477 Commending Nancy Sorrells.
• HJ 478 Commending Suzanne Harsel.
• HJ 479 Commending Dr. Charles P. Poland, Jr.
• HJ 480 Commending Dr. Robert M. Hazen.
• HJ 481 Commending Dr. Giorgio A. Ascoli.
• HJ 482 Commending Cody Allala.
• HR 37 Commending Molly Ward.
• HR 38 Commending Temple Rodef Shalom.

House Bills and Joint Resolution in Conference ... report | csv file

• HB 48 Castle doctrine; self-defense and defense of others.
• HB 216 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes certain computer equipment and enabling software.
• HB 299 Retail Sales and Use Tax; extends sunset date for exemption of certain educational materials.
• HB 300 Beehive Grant Fund and Beehive Grant Program; created.
• HB 424 School records; self-authentication.
• HB 513 Retail Sales and Use Tax; extends sunset dates for limited exemption periods for certain products.
• HB 585 Small Business Investment Grant Fund; created.
• HB 813 Commercial space flight; funding and oversight.
• HB 928 Mechanics' liens; allows contractors to obtain liens in amount of value of work contracted for lots.
• HB 1183 Virginia Port Authority; amends several provisions governing conduct of business.
• HB 1248 Transportation; provides revenues for construction, maintenance, and funding.
• HJ 49 Governor's Executive Reorganization Plan; approval by each house of General Assembly.

Senate Bills and Joint Resolution in Conference ... report | csv file

• SB 112 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes certain computer equipment and enabling software.
• SB 284 Commercial space flight; funding and oversight.
• SB 344 Small Business Investment Grant Fund; created.
• SB 354 Beehive Grant Fund and Beehive Grant Program; created.
• SB 440 Charter schools, public; funding and service contracts.
• SB 578 Virginia Port Authority; amends several provisions governing conduct of business.
• SB 639 Transportation; provides revenues for construction, maintenance, and funding.
• SB 678 Governor's reorganization of executive branch of state government.
• SB 680 Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; at least 40 percent of those served are impoverished.
• SJ 66 Governor's Executive Reorganization Plan; approval by each house of General Assembly.

Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file

• HB 9 Voting procedures; voter identification requirements, provisional ballots.
• HB 85 HOV lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates.
• HB 117 Taxes, local; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.
• HB 183 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; coverage for certain children and pregnant women.
• HB 349 Virginia Bicentennial of American War of 1812 Commission; extends time Commission may be funded.
• HB 375 Firearms; workplace rule by locality that prevents storing in locked motor vehicle, exceptions.
• HB 391 Confidential juvenile records; sharing with state and local correctional facilities, confidential.
• HB 599 Northern Virginia Transportation District; responsibilities of Department of Transportation.
• HB 777 Evaluate Tax Preferences, Joint Subcommittee to; established, report.
• HB 1173 Charter schools, public; funding and service contracts.
• HB 1262 Waterworks & Wastewater Works Operators & Onsite Sewage System Professionals, Board for; licensure.
• HJ 50 Flooding; Institute of Marine Science to study strategies to prevent in Tidewater localities.
• HJ 65 Sesquicentennial of Emancipation Proclamation; recognizing African American members.
• HJ 85 Income tax credits, partnerships, etc.; House & Senate to study multiplier effects of various types.

Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file

• SB 413 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; credits for investments.
• SB 531 Northern Virginia Transportation District; responsibilities of Transportation Board.
• SB 662 Waterworks & Wastewater Works Operators & Onsite Sewage System Professionals, Board for; licensure.
• SB 679 State mandates; eliminating on local and regional government entities relating to education, etc.
• SJ 13 Sesquicentennial of Emancipation Proclamation; recognizing African American members.

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

• SB 2 Claims; Melissa Scianna.
• SB 31 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2012; created.
• SB 41 Claims; Thomas Edward Haynesworth.
• SB 53 Commonwealth Health Research Board; certain employees shall be entitled to state employee benefits.
• SB 171 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for firefighter, emergency medical technician, etc.
• SB 254 Veterans Services, Department of; ratio of claims agents to number of veterans in State.
• SB 273 Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.
• SB 424 Line of Duty Act; under coverage individuals employed as fire company personnel for National Guard.
• SB 441 Line of Duty Act; expeditious payment for burial expense for person whose death is in line of duty.
• SB 459 Strangulation of another; penalty.
• SB 497 Virginia Retirement System; local government and school board employees, contributions.
• SB 535 Capital outlay plan; projects to be funded from general fund-supported resources.
• SB 655 Compensation for wrongful incarceration; eliminates 20-year maximum for calculating.

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

• SB 127 Sex offender registry; juvenile registration.
• SB 159 Drug trafficking; 3 years shall be mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for subsequent offense.
• SB 436 Sex crimes; penalties.
• SB 498 Retirement System; hybrid retirement program created, optional defined retirement plan created, etc.
• SB 598 Virtual school program; Standards of Quality per pupil funding transferred from school division.

Bill Referred by House ... report | csv file

• SB 515 Alcoholic beverage control; no retail licensee shall employ as manager any unauthorized alien.

Bill Reported and Referred By Committee ... report | csv file

• SB 657 Boarding or riding transportation district train with fraudulent ticket; penalty.

Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

• HJ 483 Celebrating the life of Herbert W. Guthrie.
• HJ 484 Celebrating the life of Bernard Henry Ferron.
• HJ 485 Celebrating the life of J. Clifford Hutt.
• HJ 486 Commending Billy Sydnor.
• HJ 487 Commending Virgil R. Hazelett.
• HJ 488 Commending the Patrick Henry College moot court national championship team.
• HJ 489 Commending "The Forget Me Not Project".
• HR 41 Celebrating the life of Robert Anthony Snow.
• HR 42 Commending the Older Dominion Partnership.
• HR 43 Commending the Lenoid and Bessie Fowlkes family.