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- HB 8 Vessel accident; requires passengers 18 years of age or older to report, penalty.
- HB 11 Transportation; bonds for specific project on northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 95.
- HB 23 Transportation Trust Fund; increases amount of sales and use tax revenue dedicated to Fund.
- HB 29 Budget Bill.
- HB 30 Budget Bill.
- HB 42 Line of Duty Act; expands definition of a deceased person.
- HB 49 DUI; raises penalty for aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
- HB 54 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2012; created.
- 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 73 VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.
- HB 93 Pupil transportation; increases minimum amount of vehicle liability insurance and medical coverage.
- HB 112 Executive budget; submission of budget using zero-based budgeting principles.
- HB 121 Virginia Housing Trust Fund Authority; created, report.
- HB 125 Uniform Power of Attorney Act; liability of agent, penalty.
- HB 140 State Police Officers’ Retirement System (SPORS); mandatory retirement requirement exemptions.
- HB 143 Preschool programs; private funding.
- HB 144 Virginia Preschool Initiative Local Grant Program; created.
- HB 147 Statewide fraud control program; medical assistance overpayment moneys to be paid into Fund.
- HB 169 Enterprise zones; criteria for designation.
- HB 180 Commonwealth Health Research Board; certain employees shall be entitled to state employee benefits.
- HB 183 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; coverage for certain children and pregnant women.
- HB 208 Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel.
- HB 218 Deaf or hard-of-hearing children; special education.
- HB 224 Standards of Learning; Board of Education to adopt regulations allowing students to retake.
- HB 242 Cooperative Extension Service; requires maintaining local office in each county.
- HB 244 Planning and Budget, Department of; submissions to General Assembly and Governor.
- HB 245 State agencies; procurement of nonprofessional services.
- HB 257 Defined contribution retirement plan; permits any locality or school board to establish.
- HB 269 Certificate of public need; process for review & approval of psychiatric & substance abuse services.
- 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 287 Gang-free zones; expansion of zone areas.
- HB 318 Virginia Retirement System; exception for early retirement for general registrars.
- HB 321 Income tax, corporate; tax credits for donations to non-profit organizations, etc.
- HB 324 Tax-supported debt; method of calculating total principal amount issued by any state agency, etc.
- HB 325 Students with autism spectrum disorders; school board to require training of personnel.
- HB 339 Budget development; each state agency to submit a prioritized list of its programs to Governor.
- HB 341 Auditor of Public Accounts; procurement of private accountants and auditing firms.
- HB 343 Virginia All-Payer Claims Database; created, report.
- HB 350 Virginia Retirement System; modifies disability benefits provided to state employees.
- HB 361 Stalking; enhanced penalties.
- HB 363 Protective orders; animals.
- HB 386 Virginia Retirement System; investments in certain companies related to Iran.
- HB 395 Line of Duty Act; expeditious payment for burial expense for person whose death is in line of duty.
- HB 420 Eligibilty for TANF; drug-related felonies.
- HB 421 Standards of Quality; apportionment of state and local share.
- HB 427 Highway maintenance funds; CTB to allocate funds on basis of achieving level of disparity.
- HB 428 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.
- HB 437 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.
- HB 438 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local law-enforcement employees.
- HB 447 Appropriation bills; House Appropriations and Senate Finance issue reports with budget conference.
- HB 468 Public school funding; Department of Education to adjust local composite index (LCI) calculation.
- HB 477 Interstate Highway System; allocation of funds for maintenance.
- HB 482 Circuit court clerks; technology fee.
- HB 486 VRS; certain higher educational institution employees in optional retirement plan.
- HB 500 Foster care; DSS policies and procedures to protect personal identifying information of children.
- HB 501 General fund; assignment of year-end balance.
- HB 508 Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.
- HB 511 VRS; calculation for pension fund liabilities and assumed rate of return on its investments.
- HB 533 Four-for-Life; substantive review.
- HB 546 Gang crimes; includes definition of predicate criminal act.
- HB 547 School divisions, local; may use unexpended state funds to provide one-time bonus to teachers.
- HB 569 Elections; identification to register to vote and to vote at polls.
- HB 575 Salem Highway Construction District Transportation Fund; established.
- HB 594 Virginia Retirement System; general registrars.
- HB 596 Methamphetamine laboratory; if presence of lab in same place as child, etc. person guilty of felony.
- HB 624 Sex offender registry; juvenile registration.
- HB 636 Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; adds attorneys for State and their assistants as members.
- HB 644 In-state tuition; eligibility of members of Virginia National Guard residing in state.
- HB 671 Tax administration; awards for detection of tax underpayments.
- HB 682 Child custody or visitation; issues may be included in single petition in JDRC; etc.
- HB 696 Virtual programs; state funding.
- HB 698 Budget; conference report to be posted on Internet.
- HB 702 Health insurance; credits provided for retired school division employees.
- HB 718 Juveniles; transfer and trial as adults charged with certain offenses.
- HB 721 Towing and Recovery Operators, Board of; abolishes Board.
- HB 723 Transportation; funding and administration in various construction districts.
- HB 740 Line of Duty Act; political subdivisions to make an irrevocable election to self-fund benefits.
- HB 745 Supreme Court of Virginia; required to develop weighted caseload system to assess caseloads, report.
- HB 749 Assault and battery; adds campus police officers to list for enhanced punishment.
- HB 751 Criminal street gang; recruitment of persons by telephone or electronic communication, penalty.
- HB 752 Strangulation of another; penalty.
- HB 756 Innovation Technical Advisory Group; established.
- HB 766 Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund; established, report.
- 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 791 Virginia Retirement System; technical changes to programs administered.
- HB 792 Virginia Retirement System; deferred compensation for local employees.
- 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 814 Virginia Public Health Foundation; established, report.
- HB 824 HPV vaccine; State shall assume liability for any injury resulting from administration.
- HB 832 Retail Sales and Use Tax; distribution of revenue to localities based on school-age population.
- HB 850 General registrars; shall serve on a full-time basis.
- HB 858 Tramadol; added to list of Schedule IV controlled substances.
- HB 873 Direct Aid to Public Education; amends by lowering maximum Composite Index rate.
- HB 877 Comptroller; assignment of general fund balance remaining at year end.
- HB 898 Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund; for transportation funding.
- HB 932 Voluntary Nutrient Management Plan Program; DCR to develop training and certification program.
- HB 935 Medical College of Virginia; naming conventions.
- HB 939 Accounts, Department of; recovery of erroneous or improper payments to state officer or employee.
- HB 949 Virginia Retirement System (VRS); optional defined contribution retirement plan for state employees.
- HB 950 Transcripts; provided to defendant in all felony cases.
- HB 953 Assault and battery; adds prison contractor to class of people victimized in prisons, penalty.
- HB 957 Zero tolerance; shall continue for two years following restoration of driving privileges for DUI.
- HB 962 DUI; penalty for maiming shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of one year.
- 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 967 Campus police officers; included in definition of law-enforcement officers.
- 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 976 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; DSS to annually review amount of payment made to recipient.
- HB 984 Department of State Police; establishment of cold case searchable database.
- HB 987 Financial exploitation of incapacitated adults; penalties.
- HB 988 Medical Fraud Control Unit; Attorney General to appoint investigators.
- HB 1012 Criminal history record information check; elimination of fees.
- HB 1016 Alternative Fuel Vehicle Conversion Fund; established.
- HB 1018 Route 58 Corridor Completion Fund; created.
- HB 1035 Eminent domain; definitions of lost access and lost profits, determining compensation.
- HB 1074 Prostitution; Class 1 misdemeanor for solicitation from a minor.
- HB 1090 Medicaid eligibility; determination of assets.
- HB 1103 Criminal history record information check; making false statements, penalty.
- HB 1120 Circuit court judges; increases number in Tenth Judicial Circuit.
- HB 1121 Veterans Services, Department of; ratio of claims agents to number of veterans in State.
- HB 1124 Capital outlay plan; projects to be funded from general fund-supported resources.
- HB 1126 Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE); created.
- 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 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 1165 Richmond Metropolitan Authority; may establish and maintain police department, etc.
- HB 1179 Public schools; providing character education program during regular school year or summer.
- HB 1180 Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond.
- HB 1181 Public schools; reading intervention.
- HB 1183 Virginia Port Authority; amends several provisions governing conduct of business.
- HB 1204 Domestic tobacco; incentive payments for use by nonparticipating manufacturers.
- HB 1228 State employees and members of General Assembly; compensation and fringe benefits.
- HB 1235 Virginia Public Procurement Act; contract pricing arrangements.
- HB 1248 Transportation; provides revenues for construction, maintenance, and funding.
- HB 1272 Virtual school program; Standards of Quality per pupil funding transferred from school division.
- HB 1273 Chemotherapy; requirements for orally administered cancer drugs.
- HB 1299 Immediate sanction probation program; created.
- HB 1300 Budget Bill.
- HB 1301 Budget Bill.
- HJ 112 Early childhood education; recognizes value to children and sets goal of extending availability.
- HJ 146 High capacity transit; Transportation Board to make priority for funding by State.
- SB 2 Claims; Melissa Scianna.
- SB 6 VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.
- 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 66 Abuse and neglect of a child; failure to report missing, penalty.
- SB 84 Foster care; extends option of independent living services to person between 18 and 21 years old.
- SB 85 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.
- SB 104 Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Reduced Tuition Program; created.
- SB 111 Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE); created.
- SB 117 Biennial appropriation act; shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years.
- SB 125 Line of Duty Act; political subdivision, etc., irrevocable election to self-fund benefits.
- SB 127 Sex offender registry; juvenile registration.
- SB 128 Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund; established, report.
- SB 130 Building Revitalization Grant Fund; established, report.
- SB 136 Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as police chief in certain towns.
- SB 159 Drug trafficking; 3 years shall be mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for subsequent offense.
- SB 171 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for firefighter, emergency medical technician, etc.
- SB 216 Retirement System; law-enforcement officer retirees hired as school board security personnel.
- SB 250 Small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; enhancement or remedial measures.
- SB 254 Veterans Services, Department of; ratio of claims agents to number of veterans in State.
- SB 255 Thoms Nelson Community College; creates pilot program for certain high school seniors.
- SB 261 Virginia Preschool Initiative Local Grant Program; created.
- SB 267 Appropriation bills; House Appropriations and Senate Finance issue reports with budget conference.
- SB 273 Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.
- SB 284 Commercial space flight; funding and oversight.
- SB 298 Virginia Retirement System; fiscal impact analysis of employer contribution rates.
- SB 344 Small Business Investment Grant Fund; created.
- SB 345 Criminal street gang; recruitment of persons, penalty.
- SB 348 Agency Effectiveness Review Commission; established, report.
- SB 354 Beehive Grant Fund and Beehive Grant Program; created.
- SB 424 Line of Duty Act; under coverage individuals employed as fire company personnel for National Guard.
- SB 431 Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; penalty.
- SB 436 Sex crimes; penalties.
- 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 465 General registrars; shall serve on a full-time basis.
- SB 494 Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond.
- SB 497 Virginia Retirement System; local government and school board employees, contributions.
- SB 498 Retirement System; hybrid retirement program created, optional defined retirement plan created, etc.
- SB 508 Tuition, in-state; members of Virginia National Guard.
- SB 535 Capital outlay plan; projects to be funded from general fund-supported resources.
- SB 549 Machinery and Tools Investment Grant Program; created.
- SB 552 Eligibilty for TANF; drug-related felonies.
- SB 568 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; coverage for certain children and pregnant women.
- SB 570 Circuit court judges; increases number in Tenth Judicial Circuit.
- SB 578 Virginia Port Authority; amends several provisions governing conduct of business.
- SB 585 Psychiatric hospital admissions; local inmates.
- SB 592 Tramadol; added to list of Schedule IV controlled substances.
- SB 598 Virtual school program; Standards of Quality per pupil funding transferred from school division.
- SB 617 Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center; adds King College to Board of Trustees.
- SB 644 Foreclosure counseling pilot program; established in Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, etc.
- SB 655 Compensation for wrongful incarceration; eliminates 20-year maximum for calculating.
- SB 657 Boarding or riding transportation district train with fraudulent ticket; penalty.