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2014 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rules

Chairman: Ryan T. McDougle

Clerk: Susan Schaar, Hobie Lehman
Staff: Cheryl Jackson, Brenda Edwards
Date of Meeting: January 17, 2014
Time and Place: 9:30 AM / Senate Room A

S.B. 47 Southern States Energy Board; authorizes legislative member of Board to designate an alternate.

Patron: Watkins

Southern States Energy Board. Authorizes each Virginia legislative member of the Board to designate an alternate. The bill also contains technical amendments.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-5601 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Southern States Energy Board.

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S.B. 54 General Assembly; signature for prefiled legislation.

Patron: McDougle

General Assembly; signature for prefiled legislation. Removes the sunset clause from Chapter 670 of the Acts of Assembly of 2012, which allows the substitution of an electronic signature for a handwritten signature on prefiled legislation. The provision is due to expire July 1, 2014.

A BILL to repeal the second enactment of Chapter 670 of the Acts of Assembly of 2012, relating to electronic signatures on prefiled bills and resolutions.

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S.B. 60 Health Care, Joint Commission on; extends sunset provision.

Patron: Puller

Joint Commission on Health Care; sunset. Extends the sunset provision for the Joint Commission on Health Care from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2019.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-170 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Joint Commission on Health Care; sunset.

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S.B. 82 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends sunset provision.

Patron: Ruff

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; sunset. Extends the sunset provision for the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2021.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 51.5-154 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; sunset.

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S.B. 83 Rural Virginia, Center for; adds Secretary of Agriculture & Forestry as member of Board of Trustees.

Patron: Ruff

Center for Rural Virginia Board of Trustees; membership. Adds the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Center for Rural Virginia.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2721 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Center for Rural Virginia Board of Trustees; membership.

14102061D

S.B. 148 Appropriation act conference report; availability.

Patron: Stuart

Appropriation act conference report; availability. Requires the conference committee report of the appropriation act to be available online for 36 hours and distributed to each member of the General Assembly before a vote is taken on the report.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 30-18.1, relating to appropriation act conference report.

14100946D

S.B. 189 Administrative Rules, Joint Commission on; effect of administrative rules.

Patron: Garrett

Joint Commission on Administrative Rules; powers and duties; effect of administrative rules on private sector employment. Adds to the powers and duties of the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules the power to review proposed rules and regulations of any agency during the promulgation or final adoption process and determine whether or not a rule or regulation will cause a substantial reduction in private sector employment. The bill contains technical amendments.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-73.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules; powers and duties; effect of administrative rules on private sector employment.

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S.B. 322 Human trafficking, Commission on Prevention of; established, report.

Patron: Ebbin

Human trafficking; legislative commission created; study; report. Creates a legislative commission for the purpose of developing and implementing a State Plan for the Prevention of Human Trafficking. The commission will expire in two years.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 30 a chapter numbered 55, consisting of sections numbered 30-348 through 30-354, relating to the Commission on the Prevention of Human Trafficking; study; report.

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S.B. 415 Autism Advisory Council; extends sunset provision.

Patron: Hanger

Autism Advisory Council; sunset extended. Extends the sunset date for the Autism Advisory Council from July 1, 2014 to July 1, 2017.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-329 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Autism Advisory Council; sunset extended.

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S.B. 446 General Assembly; reports accompanying general appropriation bills.

Patron: Norment

General Assembly; general appropriation bills. Requires the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to issue reports concurrently with the budget conference report that specifically identify (i) any nonstate agency appropriation, (ii) any item in the conference report that was not included in a general appropriation bill as passed by either the House or the Senate, and (iii) any item that represents legislation that failed in either house during the regular or a special session.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 30 a section numbered 30-19.10:1, relating to reports accompanying a general appropriation bill.

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S.B. 468 General Assembly; consideration of conference committee report on biennial budget.

Patron: Smith

General Assembly; consideration of the conference committee report on the biennial budget or general appropriation act. Provides that no legislative action shall be taken on the conference committee report on the biennial budget until the conference committee report has been posted on the General Assembly's website for at least 48 hours.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 30-19.1:12, relating to the General Assembly; consideration of the conference committee report on the biennial budget or general appropriation act.

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S.B. 500 General Assembly; compensation of members.

Patron: McEachin

Compensation of members of the General Assembly. Prohibits compensation to legislators for attending conferences for which the agenda and materials are not available to the public.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1.1 of Title 30 a section numbered 30-19.21, relating to compensation of members of the General Assembly for attendance at conferences.

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S.B. 523 Local fiscal impact bills; first day introduction.

Patron: Ruff

Local fiscal impact bills; first day introduction. Requires local fiscal impact bills to be introduced no later than the first day of the session.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-19.03 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local fiscal impact estimates.

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S.B. 538 Legislative commissions; absences from meetings.

Patron: McDougle

Absences on legislative commissions.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 30-19.8:2, relating to absences on legislative commissions.

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S.B. 574 Local fiscal impact bills; first day introduction.

Patron: Garrett

Local fiscal impact bills; first day introduction. Requires local fiscal impact bills to be introduced no later than the first day of the session.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-19.03 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local fiscal impact estimates.

14103626D

S.B. 583 General Assembly; testimony under oath before committee or subcommittee.

Patron: Garrett

General Assembly; testimony under oath before committee or subcommittee. Authorizes the chairman or at least one-third of the total membership of a committee or subcommittee to request any person addressing the committee or subcommittee to take an oath to testify truthfully. Any person who takes the oath and then knowingly makes a false statement to the committee or subcommittee is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-11 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 30-10.1, relating to the General Assembly; testimony under oath before committee or subcommittee.

14103572D

S.J.R. 3 Recurrent flooding; joint subcommittee established to formulate recommendations to address.

Patron: Locke

Study; recurrent flooding; report. Establishes a 15-member joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding. The joint subcommittee is charged with recommending short- and long-term strategies for minimizing the impact of recurrent flooding. Its report is to be submitted by November 1, 2015.

Establishing a joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding. Report.

14100663D

S.J.R. 10 Study; improving access to higher ed for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Patron: Marsden

Study; strategies for improving access to higher education for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities; report. Requests that each public institution of higher education in Virginia report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in the form and manner determined by SCHEV, on the number and percentage of students with developmental and intellectual disabilities who were enrolled at each public institution of higher education based on the fall counts for the 2014-2015 academic year, identify strategies that public institutions of higher education in other states use to improve access to higher education for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities, recommend strategies that the institution could use to annually increase the percentage of enrolled students with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and estimate the fiscal impact to the institution of an annual increase in the percentage of enrolled students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. The resolution requests that SCHEV collect and summarize the data, strategies, recommendations, and estimates received from each public institution of higher education and report its findings to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Disability Commission no later than November 30, 2015. The study is a recommendation of the Disability Commission.

Requesting the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and the public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to study strategies for improving access to higher education for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Report.

14100344D

S.J.R. 16 Study; mental health and the criminal justice system; report.

Patron: Howell

Study; mental health and the criminal justice system; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study mental health and the criminal justice system, including (i) the training provided to law-enforcement officers and other first responders under the crisis intervention team program, (ii) the need for crisis receiving centers at the local level, and (iii) the need for mental health treatment beds or other appropriate alternatives for jail diversion at the regional or local level, including the current and projected future availability of beds in state and private hospitals and local and regional jails and other housing arrangements where appropriate.

Establishing a joint subcommittee to study mental health and the criminal justice system. Report.

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S.J.R. 23 Study; construction of I-73; report.

Patron: Stanley

Study; construction of I-73; report. Creates a joint subcommittee to conduct a two-year study to promote the construction of I-73 in Virginia.

Establishing a joint subcommittee to study construction of proposed Interstate 73. Report.

14103100D

S.J.R. 24 Study; expungement of juvenile records; report.

Patron: Favola

Study; expungement of juvenile records; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study expungement of juvenile records.

Directing the Virginia State Crime Commission to study expungement of juvenile records. Report.

14101583D

S.J.R. 25 Study; SCHEV; Pay It Forward, Pay It Back; report.

Patron: Edwards

Study; SCHEV; Pay It Forward, Pay It Back; report. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study the feasibility of implementing a "Pay It Forward, Pay It Back" higher education tuition financing model to increase access to educational opportunities and to decrease the debt burden on students in the Commonwealth.

Requesting the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study the feasibility of implementing a "Pay It Forward, Pay It Back" higher education tuition financing model to increase access to educational opportunities and to decrease the debt burden on students in the Commonwealth. Report.

14100193D

S.J.R. 30 Study; joint committee; study options for reducing the number of Standards of Learning assessments.

Patron: Miller

Study; joint committee to study options for reducing the number of Standards of Learning assessments; report. Establishes a joint committee of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education to gather information and develop recommendations on (i) the feasibility of changing the number, frequency, or content of SOL assessments administered to public school students in grades three through 11 (ii) which SOL assessments to eliminate and which SOL assessments to continue administering; (iii) when to administer SOL assessments; (iv) whether to administer SOL assessments with essay and short answer questions rather than multiple choice questions; (v) whether to allow students to forego SOL assessment if they achieve satisfactory scores on Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or other such assessments; and (vi) the appropriateness of alternative assessments for students with disabilities and student with limited English proficiency.

Establishing a joint committee of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education to study options for changing the number, frequency, or content of Standards of Learning assessments. Report.

14100770D

S.J.R. 33 Study; JLARC; staffing Department of Corrections; report.

Patron: Lucas

Study; JLARC; staffing Department of Corrections; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study staffing levels and employment conditions at the Department of Corrections.

Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study staffing levels and employment conditions at the Department of Corrections. Report.

14102761D

S.J.R. 34 Study; recurrent flooding; report.

Patron: McWaters

Study; recurrent flooding; report. Establishes a 15-member joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding. The joint subcommittee is charged with recommending short- and long-term strategies for minimizing the impact of recurrent flooding. Its report is to be submitted by November 1, 2015.

Establishing a joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding. Report.

14101018D

S.J.R. 35 Study; toxicity of selenium; report.

Patron: Carrico

Study; toxicity of selenium; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the toxicity of selenium to aquatic life.

Requesting the Department of Environmental Quality to review the toxicity of selenium to aquatic life. Report.

14101770D

S.J.R. 36 Study; JLARC to study consolidation of law-enforcement agencies under the Virginia State Police.

Patron: Deeds

Study; JLARC to study consolidation of law-enforcement agencies under the Virginia State Police; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study consolidation of all state law-enforcement agencies under the Virginia State Police.

Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study consolidation of all state law-enforcement agencies under the Virginia State Police. Report.

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S.J.R. 46 Study; VDOT to study location of regional Hampton Roads VDOT office; report.

Patron: Cosgrove

Study; VDOT to study location of regional Hampton Roads VDOT office; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the location of its regional Hampton Roads office and whether or not a new location could better serve the highway construction district.

Requesting the Department of Transportation to study the location of its regional Hampton Roads office. Report.

14102150D

S.J.R. 52 Early childhood education.

Patron: Marsden

Early childhood education. Recognizes the inestimable value of early childhood education to children and sets a goal of extending the availability of early childhood education so that the Virginia Preschool Initiative and Head Start together serve 50,000 children in the Commonwealth by 2019.

Recognizing the inestimable value of early childhood education to children and to the Commonwealth.

14102853D

S.J.R. 54 Study; tiered-reimbursement subsidy program for child-care providers; report.

Patron: Miller

Study; tiered-reimbursement subsidy program for child-care providers; report. Requests that the Department of Social Services (DSS) study strategies for implementation of a tiered-reimbursement subsidy program based on a quality-rating-improvement system for child-care providers in the Commonwealth.

Requesting the Department of Social Services to study a tiered-reimbursement subsidy program for child-care providers. Report.

14101602D

S.J.R. 55 Study; JLARC; staffing Department of Corrections; report.

Patron: Puckett

Study; JLARC; staffing Department of Corrections; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study staffing levels and employment conditions at the Department of Corrections.

Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study staffing levels and employment conditions at the Department of Corrections. Report.

14103512D

S.J.R. 56 Study; JLARC; Virginia Preschool Initiative; report.

Patron: Edwards

Study; JLARC; Virginia Preschool Initiative; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and identify policy and funding options to expand the Virginia Preschool Initiative.

Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and identify policy and funding options to expand the Virginia Preschool Initiative. Report.

14103474D

S.J.R. 61 Study; strategies for preventing/mitigating potential damages caused by geomagnetic disturbances.

Patron: Reeves

Study; strategies for preventing and mitigating potential damages caused by geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) to study the nature and magnitude of potential threats caused by geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses, examine the Commonwealth's vulnerabilities to such threats, and recommend strategies to protect the Commonwealth's infrastructure from geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses. The resolution requests that JCOTS report its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2015 Regular Session.

Directing the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study strategies for preventing and mitigating potential damages caused by geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses. Report.

14100988D

S.J.R. 63 Study; preserving Virginia Bobwhite quail; report.

Patron: Hanger

Study; preserving Virginia Bobwhite quail; report. Establishes a seven-member joint subcommittee to study ways to preserve the Virginia Bobwhite quail population. The subcommittee is charged with (i) developing strategies for preserving the Bobwhite quail population and (ii) determining the resources, financial and staffing, necessary to implement such strategies.

Establishing a joint subcommittee to study ways to preserve the Virginia Bobwhite quail population. Report.

14100565D

S.J.R. 64 Study; Crime Commission; missing persons; report.

Patron: McDougle

Study; Crime Commission; missing persons; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the current state of readiness of Virginia Law Enforcement and Search and Rescue efforts for rapid and well-coordinated deployment in all missing, endangered, and abducted person cases.

Directing the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the current state of readiness of Virginia’s Law Enforcement and Search and Rescue efforts for rapid and well-coordinated deployment in all missing, endangered, and abducted person cases. Report.

14103463D

S.J.R. 69 Department of Rail and Public Transportation; Master Rail Plan; Report.

Patron: Watkins

Department of Rail and Public Transportation; Master Rail Plan; Report.

Requesting the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to develop a Master Rail Plan for the principal facilities of the Port of Virginia. Report.

14103573D

S.J.R. 72 Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study equity of transportation funding.

Patron: Wagner

Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study equity of transportation funding; report. Directs JLARC to review the equity of transportation funding in light of new revenues and because such a study has not been conducted in 30 years.

Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the equity of transportation funding. Report.

14100680D

S.J.R. 75 Study; Manufacturing Development Commission; report.

Patron: Wagner

Study; Manufacturing Development Commission; report. Directs the Manufacturing Development Commission to examine the economic and environmental benefits of the use of recycled material in the manufacturing process in Virginia.

Directing the Manufacturing Development Commission to examine the economic and environmental benefits of the use of recycled material in the manufacturing process in Virginia. Report.

14102013D

S.J.R. 76 Amending Senate Joint Resolution No. 11 (1984).

Patron: McDougle

Amending Senate Joint Resolution No. 11 (1984), relating to the membership of the commemorative commission to honor the contributions of the women of Virginia with a monument on the grounds of Capitol Square.

Amending Senate Joint Resolution No. 11 (1984), relating to the membership of the commemorative commission to honor the contributions of the women of Virginia with a monument on the grounds of Capitol Square.

14103593D

S.J.R. 79 Study; DGIF to study removal of prohibition against hunting over bait; report.

Patron: Ruff

Study; DGIF to study removal of prohibition against hunting over bait; report. Requests the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to study the effects of a removal of the prohibition against baiting, with an emphasis on the recent experience in North Carolina, where baiting is permitted. The Department shall submit its report by the first day of the 2015 Regular Session.

Requesting the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to study the effects of a removal of the prohibition against hunting over bait. Report.

14102064D

S.J.R. 80 Study; JLARC; brain injury services; report.

Patron: Ruff

Study; JLARC; brain injury services; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the progress made by the Commonwealth in expanding access to brain injury services.

Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the progress made by the Commonwealth in expanding access to brain injury services. Report.

14103383D

S.J.R. 84 Recognizing the training of nineteenth-century physicians in Richmond.

Patron: Marsh

Recognizing the training of nineteenth-century physicians in Richmond.

Recognizing the training of nineteenth-century physicians in Richmond.

14100434D

S.J.R. 86 Advanced Composites Initiative.

Patron: Locke

Advanced Composites Initiative. Encourages the development of the Advanced Composites Initiative at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration historic Langley Research Center.

Encouraging the development of the Advanced Composites Initiative.

14101867D

S.R. 12 Recognizing efforts to secure the release of Sergeant Bowe R. Bergdahl, U.S. Army, POW.

Patron: Reeves

Recognizing efforts to secure the release of Sergeant Bowe R. Bergdahl, U.S. Army, POW, from the Haqqani Network in Pakistan.

Recognizing efforts to secure the release of Sergeant Bowe R. Bergdahl, U.S. Army, POW, from the Haqqani Network in Pakistan.

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