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2014 SESSION
SENATE MEMBERS
Legislation introduced after the pre-file period.
- Kenneth C. Alexander (2)
- SB 616 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; elimination of Department, etc.
- SJ 87 Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated; extends state recognition.
- George L. Barker (5)
- SB 572 Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Office of State; access to clients, patients, individuals, etc., records.
- SB 575 Advance Health Care Directive Registry; submission of documents.
- SB 587 Virginia Human Rights Act; causes of action for age discrimination.
- SB 591 Neighborhood assistance tax credits; proposals, emergency.
- SB 595 Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; length of term of Board of Directors.
- Richard H. Black (9)
- SB 555 Chaplains of Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force; sermons.
- SB 556 Student religious viewpoint expression; limited public forums, school division policy.
- SB 557 Alcoholic beverage control; distillers' licenses, tasting privileges, special event licenses.
- SB 558 Officers of election; appointment, qualification, and terms.
- SB 588 Student discipline; school board may modify suspension, if it deems such action to be warranted.
- SB 657 Alternative onsite sewage system installers; extension of certain interim licenses.
- SB 658 Physical evidence recovery kits; local and state law-enforcement agencies shall report an inventory.
- SB 659 Protective orders, preliminary; changes standard for issuing.
- SJ 81 Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for spouses of soldiers killed in action.
- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. (7)
- SB 552 Gas severance tax; extends sunset provision to December 31, 2015.
- SB 607 Method of execution; Director of DOC certifies that lethal injection isn't available, electrocution.
- SB 608 Concealed handgun permits, lifetime; Department of State Police to issue, penalty.
- SB 615 Carbon dioxide; regulating emissions.
- SB 667 Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute; DBHDS to onvey certain real property.
- SB 668 Zoning ordinance; circuit court of Grayson County to order referendum to repeal existing ordinance.
- SJ 102 Move Over Awareness Month; designating as June 2014, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- Charles J. Colgan (3)
- SB 566 Virginia Retirement System; increase of retirement allowance.
- SB 567 Charter; City of Manassas.
- SB 586 Communications sales and use tax revenues; changes distribution.
- John A. Cosgrove (8)
- SB 349 Seized drugs and paraphernalia; forfeiture to law enforcement.
- SB 565 Commercial driver's licenses, etc.; compliance with federal requirements.
- SB 577 Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; public offering statement, multisite registration.
- SB 599 Student data; cloud computing.
- SB 600 Concealed handgun permits; references to issuance of handgun permit before July 1, 2008.
- SB 601 Hampton Roads, Transportation District Commission of; staggers terms of gubernatorial appointees.
- SB 610 Criminal history record information checks, protective order registry; dissemination of information.
- SJ 101 Suffolk, City of, & Paul D. Camp Community College; to collaborate on joint academic center, etc.
- R. Creigh Deeds (3)
- SB 573 Transient occupancy tax; adds Highland County to list of counties authorized to levy.
- SB 609 Charter; City of Covington.
- SB 612 Master Trooper Jerry L. Hines Memorial Bridge; designating as I-81 bridges over Maury River.
- Adam P. Ebbin (3)
- SB 604 Immigrant Assistance, Office of; created.
- SB 663 Community college mental health services; Virginia Community College System to create pilot program.
- SJ 53 Public officials; joint subcommittee to study creation of a State Ethics Commission, etc.
- John S. Edwards (5)
- SB 580 Electric utility regulation; renewable energy portfolio standard program, etc.
- SB 633 Higher educational institutions; tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty.
- SB 660 Attorney General, Office of; Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, funds recovered.
- SJ 56 Virginia Preschool Initiative; JLARC to study and identify policy and funding options to expand.
- SJ 180 Historic Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg; designating as a Family Homestead of Va. Governors.
- Barbara A. Favola (5)
- SB 162 License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Equality Virginia.
- SB 510 Firearms; possession following a misdemeanor conviction of certain crimes.
- SB 662 Child care; certain counties permitted to continue using local sliding scale to determine copayment.
- SB 671 Water; reporting usage.
- SB 672 Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; out-of-state students.
- Thomas A. Garrett (5)
- SB 574 Local fiscal impact bills; first day introduction.
- SB 581 Longwood University; removal of member of Board of Visitors.
- SB 582 Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP); DCR to utilize storm-based approach in order to derive PMP.
- SB 583 General Assembly; testimony under oath before committee or subcommittee.
- SB 656 Economic development, local; revenues from certain taxes for qualified locality.
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. (2)
- SB 636 Standards of Learning; Board of Education to review assessments.
- SB 639 Child care; Department of Social Services to plan for national background checks for providers.
- Janet D. Howell (4)
- SB 452 License plate reader database; Department of State Police to maintain database.
- SB 539 Education, Secretary of; annual report to Governor and General Assembly.
- SB 541 Criminal defendant; competency reports for restoration providers.
- SB 640 Witnesses; right to nondisclosure of certain information.
- Mamie E. Locke (7)
- SB 562 College partnership laboratory schools; tuition.
- SB 597 Regional Criminal Justice Academy Training Fund; local fee.
- SB 598 Virginia Health Spa Act; exclusion for dojos.
- SB 613 Juvenile delinquency prevention and youth development programs; savings grants.
- SB 617 Abortion; removes requirement that woman undergo transabdominal ultrasound.
- SB 618 Health insurance; essential health benefits, abortion coverage.
- SJ 86 Advanced Composites Initiative; encouraging development at historic Langley Research Center.
- L. Louise Lucas (4)
- SB 339 Secondhand fixtures and scrap metal; payment for materials to be in form of check.
- SB 589 Disposal of solid waste fees; Southampton County.
- SB 632 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; establishment of state purchasing program.
- SJ 104 Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
- David W. Marsden (5)
- SB 554 Driver education; community colleges shall have authority to offer courses to become instructor.
- SB 590 Minimum wage; increases wage from its current federally mandated level.
- SB 592 Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program; eligibility for volunteer appointments.
- SB 593 Urban county executive form of government; disclosure in land use proceedings.
- SB 596 Alcoholic beverage control; state and local license tax on certain brewery licensees.
- Henry L. Marsh, III (2)
- SJ 78 United States Constitution; General Assembly to ratify and affirm Equal Rights Amendment.
- SJ 84 Physicians, nineteenth-century; recognizing training in Richmond.
- Stephen H. Martin (4)
- SB 540 Confederate graves; disbursement of funds for care and maintenance at Skinquarter Baptist Church.
- SB 542 Health benefit exchanges; regulation of navigators.
- SB 619 Income tax, corporate; eliminates tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015.
- SB 669 Higher educational institutions; educational programs for governing boards.
- Ryan T. McDougle (3)
- SB 433 Child pornography; modifications to discretionary sentencing guidelines for possession.
- SB 623 Research and development, qualified; increases amount of tax credit for expenses.
- SB 641 Correctional facilities, certain; communication of results of immigration alien query.
- A. Donald McEachin (9)
- SB 251 Grand larceny and certain property crimes; increases threshold amount of money from $200 to $1,000.
- SB 520 Firearm transfers; penalties.
- SB 576 Mental health; prohibition of firearms.
- SB 642 Alcoholic beverage control; temporary licenses for applicant for mixed beverage restaurant license.
- SB 643 Electric utility regulation; recovery of costs of offshore wind facilities, etc.
- SB 644 Educational neglect of students with disabilities; fraud within educational programs, penalties.
- SB 645 Virginia Public Procurement Act; transportation construction services.
- SB 646 Health insurance; essential health benefits, abortion coverage.
- SB 648 General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; prohibited gifts, disclosure of permissible gifts.
- John C. Miller (2)
- SB 626 Christopher Newport University; membership of Board of Visitors.
- SB 630 Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act; regulations.
- Stephen D. Newman (4)
- SB 344 Senate districts; technical adjustment.
- SB 477 Health benefit plans; exception for certain plans previously approved, waiver for navigator program.
- SB 624 Emergency care; school board employees that render certain care shall not be liable for negligence.
- SB 627 Training center residents; DBHDS to ensure resources available prior to transfer to another center.
- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (6)
- SB 649 Conflicts of Interests Acts, State and Local Government & General Assembly; establishes Council.
- SB 650 Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; political contributions and gifts, prohibited conduct.
- SB 651 Attorney General, Office of; employment of outside counsel where a conflict of interests exists.
- SB 652 Governor and Attorney General; parties to litigation with state, prohibited conduct, penalties.
- SB 653 Renewable energy property; grants for placing into service, Renewable Energy Property Grant Fund.
- SJ 203 Commending the Nansemond River Garden Club.
- Mark D. Obenshain (3)
- SB 578 Permits and approvals, certain; damages for unconstitutional grant or denial by locality.
- SB 594 Controlled substance analogs; regulation by Board of Pharmacy, synthetic cannabinoids, penalties.
- SB 655 Involuntary commitment; appeal of order.
- J. Chapman Petersen (4)
- SB 664 Agreements as to compensation; Commissioner of Highways' decisions to be reasonable, not arbitrary.
- SB 665 Eminent domain; limitations, property right of quiet and peaceful enjoyment.
- SB 666 Eminent domain; costs, attorney fees.
- SB 670 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; limitation on personal information.
- Phillip P. Puckett (8)
- SB 548 Coalbed methane; arbitration of conflicting claims of ownership.
- SB 549 Emergency relief; donations by localities to charitable institutions.
- SB 551 Cranesnest River; designates as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- SB 560 Coal-mined areas; reclamation.
- SB 561 Geriatric prisoners; conditional release, persons subject to protective order, ineligible.
- SB 661 Parole; hearing for nonviolent offenders whose crime was committed on or after January 1, 1995.
- SB 673 Retail Sales and Use Tax; distribution of certain revenue.
- SJ 55 Corrections, Department of; JLARC to study staffing levels and employment conditions.
- Linda T. Puller (2)
- SB 550 Service districts; underground utilities.
- SB 605 Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage license for Virginia State Fair.
- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. (9)
- SB 405 Confederate cemeteries & graves; changes entity responsible for care of graves in Pittsylvania Co.
- SB 543 Judges; adds fourth circuit court judge to 10th Judicial Circuit.
- SB 544 Charter; Town of Victoria.
- SB 545 Reforestation Operations Fund; changes current Fund to nonreverting special fund.
- SB 546 Virginia Defense Force; localities may appropriate money, etc., for Force.
- SB 547 Uranium exploration; sampling of well near activity.
- SB 628 Community colleges; workforce training.
- SJ 79 Hunting over bait; Department of Game & Inland Fisheries to study effects of removal of prohibition.
- SJ 80 Brain injury services; JLARC to study progress made by the Commonwealth in expanding access.
- Richard L. Saslaw (3)
- SB 584 Competitive telephone companies; regulation of local exchange companies, duties.
- SB 585 Electric utility regulation; recovery of costs of new underground distribution facilities.
- SB 611 Automated sales suppression devices; falsifying electronic records, penalties.
- Ralph K. Smith (2)
- SB 637 School calendar; continuing waivers.
- SB 638 Prescription Monitoring Program; reporting requirements.
- William M. Stanley, Jr. (4)
- SB 269 Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program; claiming credits.
- SB 621 Felony convictions, certain; court may reduce to misdemeanor pursuant to plea agreement.
- SB 622 Companion animals; surgical sterilization program, fund, penalty.
- SB 625 Protective orders; hearing to be held simultaneously with pending criminal action.
- Walter A. Stosch (3)
- SB 559 Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law.
- SB 563 Neighborhood Assistance Act; increases amount of tax credits that may be issued under program.
- SB 564 Accountancy, Board of; licensing requirements.
- Richard H. Stuart (6)
- SB 568 Land preservation tax credit; retention of qualified mineral interest.
- SB 569 Living shorelines projects; issuance of general permits.
- SB 570 Assault and battery; full-time or part-time employee, penalty.
- SB 579 Retail Sales and Use Tax; revenues from certain baseball facilities.
- SB 602 Nonriparian stationary blinds; prohibits placement of blinds in a marked navigation channel.
- SB 603 Oyster grounds; condemnation.
- Jill Holtzman Vogel (7)
- SB 319 Elections; primary elections, date of June primary elections.
- SB 395 Personal action for injury to person; malpractice against health care provider, failure to report.
- SB 396 Firearms; criminal background check for transfer, exemption for holders of concealed permits.
- SB 397 Loudoun County; VDOT's duties & responsibilities to properly maintain the rural gravel road network.
- SB 614 Waste kitchen grease; persons transporting to conspicuously display decal.
- SB 631 Authorities for development of former federal areas; dissolution.
- SJ 179 Movable soccer goal safety; standard for use by public and private soccer programs.
- Frank W. Wagner (2)
- SB 516 Private employment; preference for veterans and spouses of certain veterans.
- SB 571 Va.Beach arena; if Va. Beach issues bonds for a facility, it shall create an Arena Financing Fund.
- John C. Watkins (7)
- SB 86 Annuity contracts; interest on proceeds.
- SB 120 Benefits consortium; exemption and exclusions.
- SB 323 Dams; risk management plan for owners.
- SB 431 Voluntary remediation program; removes cap on registration fees.
- SB 466 Dams, certain; liability of owners.
- SB 531 Contract passenger carriers; eliminates certain requirements.
- SB 606 Secondary highway system; withdrawal of county from system.