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2014 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rules

Chairman: John S. Edwards

Clerk: Susan Schaar, Hobie Lehman
Staff: Cheryl Jackson, Brenda Edwards
Date of Meeting: January 31, 2014
Time and Place: 9:30 AM / Senate Room A
Updated to add SB 415 and 468

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. 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.

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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.

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S.B. 158 Bipartisan Virginia Redistricting Commission; referendum on creating advisory commission.

Patron: Miller

Bipartisan Virginia Redistricting Commission. Provides for a statewide referendum on the question of whether a bipartisan advisory commission should be created to propose redistricting plans for the House of Delegates, state Senate, and congressional districts. The referendum would be held at the November 2014 statewide election, and the results would be advisory only.

A BILL to provide for a statewide advisory referendum relating to the establishment of a Virginia Redistricting Commission.

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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. 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. 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.J.R. 78 United States Constitution; General Assembly to ratify and affirm Equal Rights Amendment.

Patron: Marsh

United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress.

Ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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S.J.R. 84 Physicians, nineteenth-century; recognizing training.

Patron: Marsh

Recognizing the training of nineteenth-century physicians in Richmond.

Recognizing the training of nineteenth-century physicians in Richmond.

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S.J.R. 87 Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated; extends state recognition.

Patron: Alexander

Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated. Extends state recognition to the Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated.

Extending state recognition to the Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated.

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S.J.R. 101 Suffolk, City of, & Paul D. Camp Community College; to collaborate on joint academic center, etc.

Patron: Cosgrove

Encouraging the City of Suffolk and Paul D. Camp Community College to collaborate on the creation of a joint academic center and new library for the Suffolk region.

Encouraging the City of Suffolk and Paul D. Camp Community College to collaborate on the creation of a joint academic center and new library for the Suffolk region.

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S.J.R. 102 Move Over Awareness Month; designating as June 2014, and each succeeding year thereafter.

Patron: Carrico

Move Over Awareness Month. Designates June, in 2014 and in each succeeding year, as Move Over Awareness Month in Virginia.

Designating June, in 2014 and in each succeeding year, as Move Over Awareness Month in Virginia.

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S.J.R. 104 Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

Patron: Lucas

Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

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