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2012 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 8, 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
- Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolution on Second 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 Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- House Joint Resolutions Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 123 Environmental covenants; compliance with Uniform Environmental Covenants Act, etc.
- SB 204 Children in foster care; school placement.
- SB 396 Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families, State Executive Council for; membership.
- SB 448 Child abuse; increases reporting period by health care providers on substance exposed infants.
- SB 504 Air quality, water quality or solid waste permits; facilities upgrading and requiring new permit.
- SB 573 Capitol Police; disposal of unclaimed firearms.
- SB 611 Prefiled legislation; electronic signature may be used.
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 442 Onsite sewage systems; design and inspection.
- SB 524 Certificate of public need; establishing psychiatric service and addition of inpatient beds.
- SB 440 Charter schools, public; funding and service contracts.
- SB 77 Nutrient credit certification; regulations, Nutrient Trading Act is established, penalty.
- SB 359 Trap, Neuter, and Return programs; permits operation of formal program relating to feral cats.
- SB 603 Driver's licenses; allows suspension of or refusal to renew of prisoners who do not pay fees.
- SB 676 Recycling survey; requires solid waste planning units and localities to submit report every 4 years.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 503 Motor vehicle fuels sales tax; transfers administration and collection to DMV.
- SB 420 Sex Offender Registry; notification of laws.
- SB 558 Forfeited drug assets; redirection of assets to construction of Public Safety Memorial.
- SB 561 Garnishment, previous; allows costs incurred by judgment creditor are chargeable to judgment debtor.
- SB 625 Garnishment; venue, garnishment without judgement debtor's social security number.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 411 Va. Fire Services Board and State Board of Juvenile Justice; powers & duties.
- SB 62 Primary elections; adds party affiliation to application when registering to vote.
- SB 240 Constitutional amendment; taking or damaging of private property for public use (voter referendum).
- SB 239 Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting, penalties.
- SB 349 Child-placing agency; shall not be required to participate in placement of child for foster care.
- SB 163 Foreclosure; use of false records, documents, or statements.
- SB 246 Winter Sports Safety Act; limits liability of ski resorts and other winter sports area operators.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 66 Abuse and neglect of a child; failure to report missing, penalty.
- SB 224 Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against a family or household member.
- SB 273 Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.
- SB 345 Criminal street gang; recruitment of persons, penalty.
- SB 368 Major business facility job tax credit; extends time credit may be taken over a two-year period.
- SB 404 Riparian Forest Grant Program; created, sunset date for riparian forest tax credit.
- SB 405 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; increases membership of board of directors.
- SB 459 Strangulation of another; penalty.
- SB 472 Common Interest Community Board; authorized to terminate inactive condominium, etc., registrations.
- SB 493 Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency programs.
- SB 494 Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond.
- SB 535 Capital outlay plan; projects to be funded from general fund-supported resources.
- SB 591 MEWA; increases number of residents employed at bank who may receive accident & sickness benefits.
- SB 597 Retail Sales and Use Tax; presumption of sufficient activity to require dealer to register.
- SB 638 Cemeteries; allocation of perpetual care trust fund.
- SB 652 Cable television systems and cooperatives; negotiate in good faith to resolve certain issues.
- SB 679 State mandates; eliminating on local and regional government entities relating to education, etc.
- SB 684 RS&UT; adds Cities of Winchester and Lynchburg to list of localities entitled to revenues.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 3 Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of Project, etc.
- SB 111 Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE); created.
- SB 127 Sex offender registry; juvenile registration.
- SB 130 Building Revitalization Grant Fund; established, report.
- SB 159 Drug trafficking; 3 years shall be mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for subsequent offense.
- SB 409 Recordation tax; eliminates exemption for deeds of trust securing a refinanced obligation.
- SB 431 Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; penalty.
- SB 436 Sex crimes; penalties.
- SB 452 Charitable gaming; authorizes network bingo.
- SB 607 Retail Sales and Use Tax; distribution of revenue collected in certain public facilities.
- SB 627 Solar panels; restrictions by community associations.
- SB 658 License tax, local; ordinances for severance oil, coal, or gas from earth, report.
- SB 678 Governor's reorganization of executive branch of state government.
Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calenda ... report | csv file
- SJ 13 Sesquicentennial of Emancipation Proclamation; recognizing African American members.
- SJ 58 Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.
- SJ 127 Employment First practices; SHHR, et al., to adopt, etc., in providing service to certain persons.
Senate Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
House Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HB 39 Telephones or digital pagers; second violation is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
- HB 54 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2012; created.
- HB 62 Abortion funding; repealed.
- HB 84 Child custody; judge shall communicate basis for decision, except in certain cases.
- HB 95 Bear hound training; allows training of dogs to hunt bears to occur from 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
- HB 104 Divorce; failure to respond by defendant.
- HB 129 Electric utilities; purchases from net metering sellers.
- HB 140 State Police Officers’ Retirement System (SPORS); mandatory retirement requirement exemptions.
- HB 153 Workers' compensation; exclusion of certain employees.
- HB 173 Interpreters; cost shall be borne by non-English-speaking defendant if he is convicted of offense.
- HB 175 Duck blinds; limits placement by riparian landowners in Back Bay.
- HB 189 Child-placing agency; shall not be required to participate in placement of child for foster care.
- HB 212 Asset forfeiture; forfeited drug assets are to be distributed in accordance with Constitution.
- HB 262 Transportation Board; adds urban and rural at-large members.
- HB 293 Dam safety; consultation with Department of Emergency Management.
- HB 313 State Corporation Commission; required to review pass rate of licensing examination.
- HB 329 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemptions.
- HB 395 Line of Duty Act; expeditious payment for burial expense for person whose death is in line of duty.
- HB 417 Polling places; prohibited campaign area.
- HB 451 Adoption; appointment of counsel if parent is determined to be indigent.
- HB 463 Juveniles; legal custody transferred to Department of Juvenile Justice.
- HB 537 Dangerous dog registry; changes procedure for registering.
- HB 538 Hunter education program; establishes a full-time position for each administrative region in DGIF.
- HB 564 Electric utilities; ratemaking incentives, landfill gas.
- HB 572 Owner financing for real property; licensing.
- HB 579 Applications for public assistance; may be made electronically.
- HB 601 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; board membership.
- HB 635 Equitable distribution; change of venue.
- HB 648 Judgment; payee, etc., may appoint substitute for any attorney-in-fact authorized to confess.
- HB 684 Coal mine safety; operator of coal mine to submit map and revisions that show directional changes.
- HB 719 Hunting and fishing license, special; permanently disabled veteran to apply and receive at no cost.
- HB 733 Pharmacists; compounding authority.
- HB 744 Interstate Compact on Placement of Children; placement of children in residential facility.
- HB 761 Recording deeds; statement of preparation.
- HB 763 Nonresident executors and testamentary trustees; conveyance of real estate located in State.
- HB 765 College partnership laboratory schools; development of programs with public school divisions.
- HB 805 Motor vehicles; authorized on-road clean screen program and emissions inspection.
- HB 837 District court employees; local salary supplements may be paid wholly out of local funds.
- HB 880 Fishing license, special; established for partially disabled veterans.
- HB 926 Circuit court; Prince William County authorizing clerk to charge convenience fee for land records.
- HB 928 Mechanics' liens; allows contractors to obtain liens in amount of value of work contracted for lots.
- HB 961 Shoplifting and employee theft; merchant allowed to recover damages under certain circumstances.
- HB 1009 Land-disturbing activities; service of order for violation shall be posted on site, etc.
- HB 1011 Abatement of criminal conviction; effect of death of person convicted in circuit court, etc.
- HB 1033 Protective orders, permanent; provides circuit court jurisdiction to hear petitions to modify.
- HB 1037 Methamphetamine site cleanup; court shall order reasonable costs to be paid by defendant, etc.
- HB 1065 Erosion & Sediment Control, Stormwater, & Chesapeake Bay Preservation Acts; integration of programs.
- HB 1119 Wake surfing; unlawful to operate certain watercraft within 50 feet of docks, etc., exception.
- HB 1123 Criminal history record information; access by State Treasurer.
- HB 1132 Primary elections; allows write-in votes, etc.
- HB 1147 Garnishment; venue, garnishment without judgement debtor's social security number.
- HB 1164 Secondary and urban system highways; STO to conduct periodic examination of process.
- HB 1166 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; reporting requirements to State Corporation Commission.
- HB 1169 Workers' compensation; WCC shall retain jurisdiction for employees to pursue payment of charges.
- HB 1177 Virginia Energy Plan; adds to list of State's energy objectives.
- HB 1182 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; uses.
- HB 1184 Public education; dual enrollment for high school students.
- HB 1201 Foreign service workers and military; exemptions from jury service
- HB 1215 Virtual schools, public; Board of Education shall establish standards for accreditation.
- HB 1250 Judicial Conference of Virginia; membership.
House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HJ 92 Value-added tax; memorializing members of Va. Delegation of Congress of United States to oppose.
- HJ 98 First Lady Edith Bolling Wilson Day; designating as October 15, 2012, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 142 Asian Lunar New Year Day; designates day designated as new year on Asian lunar calendar 2012.
- HJ 145 Preeclampsia Month; designating as May 2012, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 216 X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month; designating as May 2012, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 230 Wilson, Edith Bolling; General Assembly to recognize Birthplace and Childhood Home in Wythe County.
House Joint Resolutions Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file
- HJ 274 Commending the Virginia Wine Industry on the occasion of its 250th anniversary.
- HJ 275 Commending W.T. Woodson High School.
- HJ 276 Commending United Auto Workers Local 2069.
- HJ 278 Commending Donna M. Blatecky.
- HJ 279 Commending Bobby Bondurant.
- HJ 280 Commending Harold Swisher.
- HJ 283 Celebrating the life of W. Todd Benson.
- HJ 284 Celebrating the life of George Linwood Beavers, Sr.
- HJ 285 Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Wilder Elwood.
- HJ 286 Celebrating the life of Alicia Inez Bowler Lugo.
- HJ 287 Celebrating the life of Dr. Raymond C. Bice, Jr.
- HJ 288 Commending the McLean Project for the Arts on its 50th anniversary.
- HJ 289 Commending Joseph Servideo, M.D.
- HJ 290 Commending the Reverend Dr. Constantine Rogakos.
- HJ 292 Commending David W. Ingram.
- HJ 294 Celebrating the life of Russell V. Palmore, Jr.
- HJ 295 Celebrating the life of William Mathias Jones.
- HJ 296 Celebrating the life of Frances Wood McClenney.
- HJ 297 Commending Rose Pleskow.
- HJ 298 Commending Helen Burnett Shields.
- HJ 299 Commending Daniel Certa.
- HJ 300 Commending David Curtin.
- HJ 301 Commending the Right Reverend David Colin Jones.
- HJ 302 Commending Ashland Boy Scout Troop No. 700.
- HJ 303 Commending Elizabeth Klein.
- HJ 304 Commending Boaz & Ruth, Inc.
- HJ 305 Commending Union Presbyterian Seminary on the occasion of its 200th anniversary.