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- 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 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 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 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 287 Gang-free zones; expansion of zone areas.
- HB 318 Virginia Retirement System; exception for early retirement for general registrars.
- 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 361 Stalking; enhanced penalties.
- HB 363 Protective orders; animals.
- HB 386 Virginia Retirement System; investments in certain companies related to Iran.
- 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 437 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.
- 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 482 Circuit court clerks; technology fee.
- HB 501 General fund; assignment of year-end balance.
- HB 511 VRS; calculation for pension fund liabilities and assumed rate of return on its investments.
- HB 533 Four-for-Life; substantive review.
- 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 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 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 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 772 Inspector General, State; investigator included in definition of law-enforcement officer.
- HB 824 HPV vaccine; State shall assume liability for any injury resulting from administration.
- 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 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 967 Campus police officers; included in definition of law-enforcement officers.
- 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 1018 Route 58 Corridor Completion Fund; created.
- 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 1126 Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE); created.
- HB 1204 Domestic tobacco; incentive payments for use by nonparticipating manufacturers.
- HB 1235 Virginia Public Procurement Act; contract pricing arrangements.
- HB 1272 Virtual school program; Standards of Quality per pupil funding transferred from school division.
- HB 1299 Immediate sanction probation program; created.
- 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 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 130 Building Revitalization Grant Fund; established, report.
- SB 136 Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as police chief in certain towns.
- SB 250 Small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; enhancement or remedial measures.
- 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 298 Virginia Retirement System; fiscal impact analysis of employer contribution rates.
- SB 345 Criminal street gang; recruitment of persons, penalty.
- SB 348 Agency Effectiveness Review Commission; established, report.
- SB 431 Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; penalty.
- SB 508 Tuition, in-state; members of Virginia National Guard.
- SB 549 Machinery and Tools Investment Grant Program; created.
- SB 552 Eligibilty for TANF; drug-related felonies.
- SB 570 Circuit court judges; increases number in Tenth Judicial Circuit.
- SB 585 Psychiatric hospital admissions; local inmates.
- SB 592 Tramadol; added to list of Schedule IV controlled substances.
- 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.