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- HB 10 BPOL tax; maximum fee and tax rates established by a locality.
- HB 18 Space flight entities; transfer of certain revenue to Va. Commercial Space Flight Authority, etc.
- HB 29 Budget Bill.
- HB 30 Budget Bill.
- HB 35 State taxes; period of limitation on collection reduced to seven years.
- HB 41 Personal property tax; situs of certain motor vehicles.
- HB 49 DUI; raises penalty for aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
- HB 52 Tax information; reports/information provided by Attorney General to tobacco products manufacturer.
- HB 54 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2012; created.
- HB 62 Abortion funding; repealed.
- HB 80 Real property tax; assessment of wetlands.
- HB 81 Real property tax; prior use of any property shall not be considered in land use valuation.
- HB 103 Consumer utility tax; exemption for public utilities, etc. on natural gas used to make electricity.
- HB 117 Taxes, local; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.
- HB 140 State Police Officers’ Retirement System (SPORS); mandatory retirement requirement exemptions.
- HB 154 Income tax, corporate; requires retail companies to use single-sales factor apportionment formula.
- HB 173 Interpreters; cost shall be borne by non-English-speaking defendant if he is convicted of offense.
- HB 185 Criminal cases; fines collected upon conviction shall be credited to Literary Fund.
- HB 190 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- HB 202 Hampton, City of; special commissioner to execute title to real estate with delinquent taxes, etc.
- HB 207 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes gold, silver, and platinum bullion.
- HB 216 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes certain computer equipment and enabling software.
- HB 243 Virginia Investment Partnership Act; definitions.
- HB 246 Legislation; prohibits any committee of General Assembly from reporting new state tax credit, etc.
- HB 255 Warrants; those maintained by treasurers shall not disclose certain information.
- 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 277 Cigarette tax stamps, local; same technology used or required by State.
- HB 298 Machinery and tools tax; classifies car washing businesses as separate class of property.
- 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 314 Roll-your-own cigarette machines; person who operates at a retail establishment is a manufacturer.
- 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 336 Virginia Land Conservation Fund; distribution of revenues.
- HB 350 Virginia Retirement System; modifies disability benefits provided to state employees.
- HB 368 Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; eligibility of certain mediators.
- HB 387 Clerks of courts; increases fee when payment with dishonored check or credit card.
- HB 395 Line of Duty Act; expeditious payment for burial expense for person whose death is in line of duty.
- HB 406 Incentives, local; local government to provide regulatory flexibility to defense contractors.
- HB 408 Real property tax; exemption for elderly and disabled.
- HB 438 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local law-enforcement employees.
- HB 460 Income tax, corporate; basis by which TAX shall assess manufacturing companies with additional tax.
- HB 483 Real property tax; concerning validity of valuation of property, etc.
- HB 508 Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.
- HB 509 Recordation tax; clarifies tax for deeds of trust is based on value of security interest.
- HB 513 Retail Sales and Use Tax; extends sunset dates for limited exemption periods for certain products.
- HB 516 Income tax, state; advances conformity with federal law.
- HB 531 Historic rehabilitation tax credit; certain income under federal law is not income for State tax.
- HB 536 Motor fuels tax; removes requirement that bulk users & retailers of undyed diesel fuel be licensed.
- HB 546 Gang crimes; includes definition of predicate criminal act.
- HB 551 Telework expenses tax credit; extended for employers through December 31, 2016.
- HB 581 Retail Sales and Use Tax; clarifies amount of revenue authorized tourism project is entitled.
- HB 585 Small Business Investment Grant Fund; created.
- HB 624 Sex offender registry; juvenile registration.
- HB 714 Major business facility job tax credit; extends time credit may be taken over a two-year period.
- HB 718 Juveniles; transfer and trial as adults charged with certain offenses.
- HB 734 Recordation tax; a deed to have amount of consideration stated on its first page of document.
- HB 738 Human Resource Management, Department of; health and related insurance for state employees.
- HB 743 Farm utility vehicles; tax exemption.
- HB 745 Supreme Court of Virginia; required to develop weighted caseload system to assess caseloads, report.
- HB 752 Strangulation of another; penalty.
- HB 771 Campus police officers; included in definition of law-enforcement officers.
- HB 791 Virginia Retirement System; technical changes to programs administered.
- HB 792 Virginia Retirement System; deferred compensation for local employees.
- HB 813 Commercial space flight; funding and oversight.
- HB 841 Major business facility job credits & enterprise zone job creation grants; not allowed for same job.
- HB 876 Motor vehicle fuels sales tax; transfer administration and collection to DMV.
- HB 879 Income tax, state; subtraction for certain death benefit payments.
- HB 919 Personal property tax; vehicle distrained and sold for delinquent taxes, penalty & accrued interest.
- HB 922 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- HB 926 Circuit court; Prince William County authorizing clerk to charge convenience fee for land records.
- HB 933 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- HB 939 Accounts, Department of; recovery of erroneous or improper payments to state officer or employee.
- HB 959 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption on certain tangible personal property.
- 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 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 1013 Income tax, state & corporate; extends subtraction for capital gains from investments in businesses.
- HB 1068 Real estate tax; commercial and industrial property in localities in Northern Virginia.
- HB 1073 Residential rental properties; appeal of real property assessments, fair market value.
- HB 1116 Retail Sales and Use Tax; distribution of revenue collected in certain public facilities.
- HB 1124 Capital outlay plan; projects to be funded from general fund-supported resources.
- HB 1128 Real property tax; attorney to request commissioner of revenue to correct assessment of property.
- 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 1148 Tangible personal property; volunteer deputy sheriffs.
- HB 1153 Income tax, state; conformity with federal law.
- HB 1169 Workers' compensation; WCC shall retain jurisdiction for employees to pursue payment of charges.
- HB 1183 Virginia Port Authority; amends several provisions governing conduct of business.
- HB 1192 Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit; extends sunset date.
- HB 1228 State employees and members of General Assembly; compensation and fringe benefits.
- HB 1233 License tax, local; ordinances for severance oil, coal, or gas from earth, report.
- HB 1248 Transportation; provides revenues for construction, maintenance, and funding.
- HB 1273 Chemotherapy; requirements for orally administered cancer drugs.
- HB 1300 Budget Bill.
- HB 1301 Budget Bill.
- SB 2 Claims; Melissa Scianna.
- SB 3 Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of Project, etc.
- SB 5 Claims; Kenneth and Leslie VanAuken.
- SB 6 VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.
- SB 18 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; removes authorization for State's membership.
- SB 22 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- SB 24 Welfare and other entitlement fraud; penalties.
- SB 29 Budget Bill.
- SB 30 Budget Bill.
- SB 31 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2012; created.
- SB 33 Hampton, City of; special commissioner to execute title to real estate with delinquent taxes, etc.
- SB 37 Retail Sales and Use Tax; extends sunset provision for certain educational materials.
- SB 40 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption on certain tangible personal property.
- SB 41 Claims; Thomas Edward Haynesworth.
- SB 42 Tax amnesty program; expands scope of City of Richmond to include local taxes and accrued interest.
- SB 48 Residential rental properties; establishes criteria by which an assessor determines market value.
- SB 49 Income tax, corporate; requires retail companies to use single-sales factor apportionment formula.
- SB 53 Commonwealth Health Research Board; certain employees shall be entitled to state employee benefits.
- SB 61 Income tax, corporate; lower rate for certain businesses.
- SB 66 Abuse and neglect of a child; failure to report missing, penalty.
- SB 68 Income tax, corporate; creates industrial building rehabilitation tax credit.
- SB 70 Retail Sales and Use Tax; two-year sales tax moratorium for construction materials & supplies.
- SB 73 Residential rental apartments; appeal of real property assessments, fair market value.
- SB 74 Roll-your-own cigarette machines; person who operates at a retail establishment is a manufacturer.
- SB 78 Income tax, corporate; taxes paid in another state.
- 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 95 Mandatory judicial retirement; increases age from 70 to 73.
- SB 96 Unlawful photographs or video; Class 6 felony for a person to publish on Internet, penalty.
- SB 100 Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- SB 103 Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Roanoke County to impose.
- SB 104 Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Reduced Tuition Program; created.
- SB 108 Power of attorney; embezzlement by agent, penalty.
- SB 111 Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE); created.
- SB 112 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes certain computer equipment and enabling software.
- SB 114 Retail Sales and Use Tax; adds veterans organizations to nonprofit entities that qualify.
- SB 116 Court costs, fines, etc.; extends from 15 to 30 number of days a person has to pay.
- 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 129 State mandates on localities; Governor to temporarily suspend certain unfunded.
- SB 130 Building Revitalization Grant Fund; established, report.
- SB 131 Income tax, corporate; tax credits for donations to non-profit organizations, etc.
- SB 136 Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as police chief in certain towns.
- SB 138 Motor vehicle fuels sales tax; transfers administration and collection to DMV.
- SB 154 License tax; uniform ordinances.
- SB 159 Drug trafficking; 3 years shall be mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for subsequent offense.
- SB 162 Fuels taxes; indexing of tax rates.
- SB 171 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for firefighter, emergency medical technician, etc.
- SB 178 Satellite office expenses tax credit; creates a $250,000 tax credit for certain businesses.
- SB 181 Retail Sales and Use Tax; use tax be reported annually.
- 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 198 Health insurance; credits provided for retired school division employees.
- SB 211 Comptroller; assignment of general fund balance remaining at year end.
- SB 216 Retirement System; law-enforcement officer retirees hired as school board security personnel.
- SB 220 General fund; assignment of year-end surplus.
- SB 224 Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against a family or household member.
- SB 226 Income tax, state & corporate; extends subtraction for capital gains from investments in businesses.
- SB 232 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes certain computer equipment and enabling software.
- SB 238 Telework expenses tax credit; extended for employers through December 31, 2016.
- SB 241 Tax credits; businesses providing assistance to low-income families, etc., in private schools.
- SB 251 Circuit court clerks; fees charged and collected.
- SB 255 Thoms Nelson Community College; creates pilot program for certain high school seniors.
- SB 261 Virginia Preschool Initiative Local Grant Program; created.
- SB 262 Microenterprise Investment Grant Fund and Program; created.
- SB 267 Appropriation bills; House Appropriations and Senate Finance issue reports with budget conference.
- SB 272 General Assembly; consideration of certain documents related to budget bill.
- 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 306 Tax increment financing; blighted areas.
- SB 312 Four-for-Life; substantive review.
- SB 317 Drug treatment courts; established in Buchanan, Dickenson, Goochland, Montgomery & Russell Counties.
- SB 327 Workers' compensation; presumptions, members of enforcement division of DMV.
- SB 331 Law enforcement officers; early retirement.
- SB 338 Virginia Investment Partnership Act; definitions.
- SB 341 Income tax, state; increases long-term care insurance credit.
- SB 344 Small Business Investment Grant Fund; created.
- SB 345 Criminal street gang; recruitment of persons, penalty.
- SB 347 Tax-paid contraband cigarettes; possession with intent to distribute, penalties.
- SB 352 Land conservation tax credit; transfer in event of death.
- SB 354 Beehive Grant Fund and Beehive Grant Program; created.
- SB 355 Land preservation tax credit; information about issued credits.
- SB 357 Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; adds conservation officers of DCR as members.
- SB 368 Major business facility job tax credit; extends time credit may be taken over a two-year period.
- SB 377 Construction projects using public funds; iron, steel, manufactured goods must be produced in USA.
- SB 383 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Authority; created.
- SB 393 Media-related tax exemptions; extends sunset provision until 2017.
- SB 394 Cigarette tax stamps, local; same technology used or required by State.
- SB 401 Taxes, local; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.
- SB 403 Land preservation tax credit; increased for working farmers.
- SB 404 Riparian Forest Grant Program; created, sunset date for riparian forest tax credit.
- SB 409 Recordation tax; eliminates exemption for deeds of trust securing a refinanced obligation.
- SB 414 Retail Sales and Use Tax; clarifies amount of revenue authorized tourism project is entitled.
- 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 435 Criminal history record information check; making false statements, penalty.
- SB 436 Sex crimes; penalties.
- SB 439 Medical Fraud Control Unit; Attorney General to appoint investigators.
- SB 441 Line of Duty Act; expeditious payment for burial expense for person whose death is in line of duty.
- SB 444 Historic rehabilitation tax credit; certain income under federal law is not income for State tax.
- SB 450 Chemotherapy; requirements for orally administered cancer drugs.
- SB 459 Strangulation of another; penalty.
- SB 462 Income tax, state; conformity with federal law.
- SB 463 Income tax, state; advances conformity with federal law.
- SB 465 General registrars; shall serve on a full-time basis.
- SB 473 Fort Monroe Authority Act; declaration of policy, Governor to approve Fort Monroe Master Plan.
- 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 503 Motor vehicle fuels sales tax; transfers administration and collection to DMV.
- SB 506 Defined contribution retirement plan; permits any locality or school board to establish.
- SB 508 Tuition, in-state; members of Virginia National Guard.
- SB 519 Consumer utility tax; exemption for public utilities, etc. on natural gas used to make electricity.
- SB 529 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- SB 534 Tangible personal property; volunteer deputy sheriffs.
- SB 535 Capital outlay plan; projects to be funded from general fund-supported resources.
- SB 540 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- SB 547 Assault and battery; adds prison contractor to class of people victimized in prisons, penalty.
- SB 549 Machinery and Tools Investment Grant Program; created.
- SB 552 Eligibilty for TANF; drug-related felonies.
- SB 553 School divisions, local; may use unexpended state funds to provide one-time bonus to teachers.
- SB 562 Transient occupancy tax; adds Campbell County to list authorized to impose.
- SB 567 Low-income and student toll tax credit; established.
- 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 579 Commonwealth Innovation Investment Fund; created.
- SB 580 Virtual programs; state funding.
- SB 585 Psychiatric hospital admissions; local inmates.
- SB 586 Felonies by prisoners; penalties.
- SB 597 Retail Sales and Use Tax; presumption of sufficient activity to require dealer to register.
- SB 598 Virtual school program; Standards of Quality per pupil funding transferred from school division.
- SB 605 Tuition, in-state; military personnel eligibility.
- SB 607 Retail Sales and Use Tax; distribution of revenue collected in certain public facilities.
- SB 609 Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit; extends sunset date.
- SB 614 Local sales tax distribution; correction of erroneous payments.
- SB 616 Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit; eliminates sunset date.
- SB 618 Domestic tobacco; incentive payments for use by nonparticipating manufacturers.
- SB 619 Commonwealth Tolling Assistance Program; established.
- SB 620 Federal Government Contractor Grant Fund and Program; created & established for certain businesses.
- SB 621 State-owned buildings; DGS to establish program requiring energy efficiency data.
- SB 631 Motor fuels tax; required to be indexed starting January 1 of year preceeding affected year.
- SB 639 Transportation; provides revenues for construction, maintenance, and funding.
- SB 642 Retail Sales and Use Tax; amends definition of retail sale to include lottery tickets.
- SB 644 Foreclosure counseling pilot program; established in Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, etc.
- SB 649 Haynesworth, Thomas Edward; awarded 27 years of creditable service in Virginia Retirement System.
- SB 655 Compensation for wrongful incarceration; eliminates 20-year maximum for calculating.
- SB 658 License tax, local; ordinances for severance oil, coal, or gas from earth, report.
- SB 665 Standards of Learning; method of administration.
- SB 668 Sex offense; felony punishment for subsequent misdemeanor.
- SB 671 Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes; taxes on room rentals based upon charges for use, etc.
- SB 672 Hampton Roads Sanitation District; amends enabling act, etc.
- SB 673 Income tax, state; deconforms State laws from provision of Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act.
- SB 677 State Inspector General, Office of; performance review of state agencies.
- SB 680 Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; at least 40 percent of those served are impoverished.
- SB 681 Income tax; definition.
- SB 684 RS&UT; adds Cities of Winchester and Lynchburg to list of localities entitled to revenues.
- SJ 64 Offender classification; Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study.
- SJ 76 Flooding; Institute of Marine Science to study strategies to prevent recurrent flooding.