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2012 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR January 31, 2012 ... pdf
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- House Joint Resolutions Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 155 Repairable vehicles; definition, exemption from certain provisions, exceptions.
- SB 195 Towing ordinances; localities in Northern Virginia to require companies to submit to inspection.
- SB 230 Highway projects; VDOT to provide for training and certification of local government employees.
- SB 259 Human trafficking; Board of Education to provide information for local school division staff.
- SB 364 Towing; allows police-requested towing to be initiated by employees authorized by local agency.
- SB 421 Motor vehicle dealers; recovering title.
- SB 530 Colleges, etc., projects, certain; required to hold at least one public hearing before undertaking.
- SB 544 Mammograms; information on breast density.
- SB 593 Back of Dragon; designates portion of Route 16 in Tazewell and Smyth Counties.
- SB 595 Railroad grade crossings; vehicles who are required to stop for trains.
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 125 Line of Duty Act; political subdivision, etc., irrevocable election to self-fund benefits.
- SB 242 Public procurement; state agency agreements with labor organizations.
- SB 250 Small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; enhancement or remedial measures.
- SB 207 Elections; extension of polling hours.
- SB 276 Elections; method of nominating party candidates.
- SB 283 Illegal voting and registrations; prohibition against voting more than once.
- SB 225 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.
- SB 484 Abortion; ultrasound required at least 24 hours prior to undergoing procedure.
- SB 587 License plates, special; changes those promoting tourism on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 126 Forestry, Department of; use of methyl bromide gas fumigation.
- SB 128 Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund; established, report.
- SB 147 Bear hound training; allows training of dogs to hunt bears to occur from 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
- SB 363 Virginia Child Protection Accountability System; reporting of certain information by VCSC, etc.
- SB 370 Virginia Resources Authority; designees for Board of Directors.
- SB 428 Forestry, Department of; limits payments from timber sales to localities.
- SB 470 Sportfishing licenses, special combined; costs.
- SB 528 Hunting and fishing license, special; permanently disabled veteran to apply and receive at no cost.
- SB 550 Oyster beds; adjustment of boundaries on Eastern Shore.
- SB 559 State forest lands; special use permits.
- SB 596 Assisted living facilities and adult foster care homes; may accept third-party payments.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 56 Elections; party identification on ballots in local elections.
- SB 57 Absentee voting; applications shall be processed 5 days after person registers to vote, exceptions.
- SB 299 Kinship foster care placements; Commissioner of Social Services may grant variance from requirement.
- SB 407 Erosion & Sediment Control, Stormwater, & Chesapeake Bay Preservation Acts; integration of programs.
- SB 641 Air pollution; regulating emissions resulting from use of outdoor wood-burning heaters.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 314 Sexually violent predators; Director of DOC determines if prisoner meets definition.
- SB 445 Protective orders, permanent; provides circuit court jurisdiction to hear petitions to modify.
- SB 503 Motor vehicle fuels sales tax; transfers administration and collection to DMV.
- SB 548 Property conveyance; DGS to convey to County of Accomack certain real property.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 4 Castle doctrine; self-defense and defense of others.
- SB 67 Concealed handgun permit applications; removes option for locality to require fingerprints.
- SB 94 Rules of Evidence; amendments or additions to Rule shall be adopted by Supreme Court of Va., etc.
- SB 323 Handguns; eliminates prohibition on purchasing more than one in a 30-day period.
- SB 429 Criminal history record information check; required forms upon sale of a firearm.
- SB 461 Sexually violent predators; conducting probable cause hearing.
- SB 554 Firearms; possession within residence of victim by persons subject to protective orders.
- SB 563 Concealed handgun permit; alters certain application procedures to obtain.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- SB 111 Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE); created.
- SB 159 Drug trafficking; 3 years shall be mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for subsequent offense.
- SB 183 Virginia Outdoors Foundation; exempt from paying clerk for remote access to land records.
- SB 184 Interpreters; cost shall be borne by non-English-speaking defendant if he is convicted of offense.
- SB 251 Circuit court clerks; fees charged and collected.
- SB 439 Medical Fraud Control Unit; Attorney General to appoint investigators.
- SB 459 Strangulation of another; penalty.
- SB 547 Assault and battery; adds prison contractor to class of people victimized in prisons, penalty.
- SB 655 Compensation for wrongful incarceration; eliminates 20-year maximum for calculating.
- SB 668 Sex offense; felony punishment for subsequent misdemeanor.
House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HB 17 Search warrant affidavits; allows for electronic filing by means other than electronic facsimile.
- HB 45 General Assembly; continuance of case.
- HB 77 Jury sentencing; provides criminal sentencing by different jury when original cannot agree.
- HB 83 Mammograms; information on breast density.
- HB 98 Athletic training; amends definition.
- HB 102 Injunctions; requirement for bond.
- HB 126 Affidavits; use in no-fault divorce cases.
- HB 134 Court distributions; dollar limits.
- HB 202 Hampton, City of; special commissioner to execute title to real estate with delinquent taxes, etc.
- HB 217 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; not applicable to certain records.
- HB 229 Doctrine of necessaries; lien not to attach on residence held by spouses as tenants by entireties.
- HB 266 Surgery; definition and who may perform.
- HB 275 Accountancy, Board of; confidentiality of certain information.
- HB 278 Bonds in recognizances; how payable.
- HB 280 Deeds; affidavit by an attorney involved in transaction may be used in correcting errors.
- HB 282 Divorce or annulment; revocation of death benefits.
- HB 283 Divorce; ordered to maintain life insurance policy.
- HB 285 Foreign adoption; procedure to obtain State certificate of birth.
- HB 294 Public libraries; qualifications of librarian, use of state funds.
- HB 302 Environmental laboratory certification program; exempts certain laboratories.
- HB 350 Virginia Retirement System; modifies disability benefits provided to state employees.
- HB 362 Garnishment; corrects form listing exemptions.
- HB 387 Clerks of courts; increases fee when payment with dishonored check or credit card.
- HB 481 State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; disclosure forms.
- HB 521 Indemnifying bond; not required of Commonwealth.
- HB 552 Mental health and developmental services; replaces certain terminology, technical amendments.
- HB 555 Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage license for certain motor sports facilities.
- HB 677 Power of attorney; termination.
- HB 681 Interest on appeal; computed from date of filing notice of to date appellate court issues mandate.
- HB 730 Veterans Services, Board of; voting by ex officio members.
- HB 753 Juvenile offenses; State attorney to file motion with court of offenses requiring registration.
- HB 770 Emergency protective orders; not to be issued against law-enforcement officer performing his duties.
- HB 775 Public assistance; social services to collect accurate contact information from applicants.
- HB 791 Virginia Retirement System; technical changes to programs administered.
- HB 792 Virginia Retirement System; deferred compensation for local employees.
- HB 849 Juveniles; court to conduct review hearing in secure facility via two-way electronic video.
- HB 896 Alcoholic beverage control; Sunday operation of government stores after 1:00 p.m.
- HB 915 Habeas corpus; oral argument on motion.
- HB 922 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- HB 948 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; crimes included.
- HB 1091 Alcoholic beverages; unlawful possession.
- HB 1095 Qualified domestic relations order; enforcement of support.
- HB 1112 Human papillomavirus vaccine; eliminates requirement of vaccination for female children.
House Joint Resolutions Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file
- HJ 217 Celebrating the life of Ben Pope Phillips.
- HJ 218 Celebrating the life of Chester R. Lane.
- HJ 219 Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Gaudette Buffington.
- HJ 220 Celebrating the life of Richard Paul Kern.
- HJ 221 Commending J. Samuel Burton.
- HJ 222 Commending the Town of Boydton on the occasion of its 200th anniversary.
- HJ 223 Commending John R. Newhart.
- HJ 224 Commending Terrence L. Nyhous.
- HJ 225 Commending Raymond E. Graham.
- HJ 232 Celebrating the life of F. Wayne McLeskey, Jr.
- HJ 233 Celebrating the life of Fred Elvin Yohey, Jr.
- HJ 234 Commending John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
- HJ 235 Commending Virginia R. Diamond.
- HJ 236 Commending Virginia school boards that employ Mathematics Specialists.
- HJ 237 Commending Elizabeth Coakley.
- HJ 238 Commending Dr. Linwood H. Rose.
- HJ 239 Commending Hadden Culp.
- HJ 240 Commending Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
- HJ 241 Commending Bishop Peter James Lee.
- HJ 242 Commending Hunt Riegel.
- HJ 244 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Billie Meriwether Millner.
- HJ 245 Commending Nottingham Enterprises, Inc.
- HJ 247 Celebrating the life of Marion A. Boush.
- HJ 248 Celebrating the life of Charles Richard Foxx, Jr.
- HJ 249 Celebrating the life of Joseph Dixon, Jr.
- HJ 250 Celebrating the life of Alice R. Morris.
- HJ 251 Celebrating the life of Eunice White Terry.
- HJ 252 Celebrating the life of Addie Beatrice Weaver Christian.
- HJ 253 Celebrating the life of Shirley A. Freeman.
- HJ 254 Celebrating the life of Dr. Cynthia Patricia Chapman.
- HJ 255 Celebrating the life of Bishop Anthony E. Moses.
- HJ 256 Celebrating the life of Joseph Temple Henley, Jr.
- HJ 257 Celebrating the life of Lawrence S. Eagleburger.
- HJ 258 Commending Earlie Blount, Sr., and Blanche Blount.
- HJ 259 Commending the White Hall Ruritan Club on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HJ 260 Commending Adam Boehley.
- HJ 261 Commending Emily Boda.
- HJ 262 Celebrating the life of Lucy Love Wells Clark.
- HJ 263 Celebrating the life of Nick Prillaman, Jr.
- HJ 264 Celebrating the life of Deborah Ann Cradle Harris.
- HJ 265 Celebrating the life of Dowell Richardson.
- HJ 266 Celebrating the life of Kathleen Lyons Hester.
- HJ 267 Celebrating the life of Jim 'Coach' Riggs.
- HJ 268 Commending the Clay Springs Ruritan Club.
- HJ 269 Commending William Harvey Pritchett.
- HJ 270 Commending Blair Construction, Inc.
- HJ 271 Commending Marilyn Pace Maxwell.
- HJ 277 Commending Kevin Lunsmann.
Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
- SJ 135 Commending Norfolk State University on hosting Sesquicentennial of Civil War Conference.
- SJ 136 Commending the Norfolk State University football team.
- SJ 137 Commending the Norfolk State University men’s cross country team.
- SJ 138 Commending Jennifer Ruley.
- SJ 139 Commending Jon Fried.
- SJ 140 Celebrating the life of Daniel B. Fleming, Jr.
- SJ 141 Commending the Virginia State Police on the occasion of its 80th anniversary.