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2015 SESSION

SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 24, 2015 ... pdf

• Current Item

• Bills in Conference ... report | csv file
• Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file
• Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• Senate Bill on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• Senate Joint Resolutions on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• Senate Resolutions on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• Bills or Resolutions Recommitted ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolutions Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file
• Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
• Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

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Bills in Conference ... report | csv file

• HB 1275 Veterans Care Center projects; funding of projects.
• HB 1276 Northern Virginia Veterans Care Center; funding of project.
• HB 1329 Out-of-state concealed handgun permits; photo identification.
• HB 1400 Budget Bill.
• HB 1891 Capital outlay plan; creates a six-year plan.
• SB 675 Northern Virginia Veterans Care Center; funding of project.
• SB 676 Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center; funding of project.
• SB 741 Coalfield employment enhancement; extends expiration date of tax credit to January 1, 2019.
• SB 803 Speed limits in school crossing zones; counties allowed to increase or decrease.
• SB 892 Overdoses; establishes an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual, etc., safe reporting.
• SB 916 Diploma seals; BOE shall establish criteria for awarding.
• SB 938 Fire services and emergency medical services; revises certain terminology.
• SB 1042 Capital outlay plan.
• SB 1188 Commercial sex trafficking; penalties.
• SB 1290 Criminal cases; venue for prosecution.

Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file

• HB 1353 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; Supplement to Registry.
• HB 1500 Overdoses; definition.
• HB 1673 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; limitation on collection.
• HB 1800 Open-end lending by banks, savings institutions, etc.; determining grace period.
• HB 1807 Cigarettes; possession with intent to distribute contraband, fraudulent purchase.
• HB 1890 Virginia Retirement System; purchase of service credit for prior service.
• HB 1901 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; clarifies definition of small business.
• HB 1964 Commercial sex trafficking; penalties.
• HB 1984 Judicial retirement; any member who attains 73 years of age shall be retired 20 days after convening
• HB 2277 Life insurance; coverage for retired state employees.
• HB 2329 Protective orders; compensation for required representation of respondents.
• HB 1351 Diploma seals; biliteracy.
• HB 1458 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; pharmacist may dispense in cases of opiate overdose.
• HB 1531 Speed limits in school crossing zones; counties allowed to increase or decrease.
• HB 2114 Competitive foods; school-sponsored fundraisers.
• HB 1959 Higher educational institutions; information for six-year plans.

Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file

• SB 727 School Performance Report Card; redesign to be more effective in communicating to parents & public.
• SB 781 Passing with a double yellow line; drivers allowed to pass a pedestrian, bicycle, skateboard, etc.
• SB 847 Interstate 73 Transportation Compact; created.
• SB 927 Administrative Process Act; process for disqualification of a hearing officer.
• SB 928 Administrative Process Act; default by nonappearing party.
• SB 982 Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard units of credit.
• SB 997 Emergency medical services personnel; background checks, process.
• SB 1002 Local workforce investment boards; pay-for-performance contract strategy incentives.
• SB 1030 Virginia Marine Resources Commission; conveyance of easement across Rappahannock River.
• SB 1047 Stormwater utility fees; municipal separate storm sewer permits.
• SB 1049 Regional jails; reimbursement of capital costs, regional contracts for cooperative jailing.
• SB 1197 Hospitals; establishing policies to follow when a stillbirth occurs, reporting.
• SB 1201 Stormwater; procedure for approval of dredging operations in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
• SB 1206 Higher educational institutions; six-year plan to include intellectual property interests, etc.
• SB 1262 Health insurance; carrier business practices.
• SB 1314 Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; long-range plan.
• SB 1331 Natural Gas Conservation and Ratemaking Efficiency Act; cost-effective programs.
• SB 1365 Carbon dioxide emissions; DEQ to develop state plan to regulate emissions.
• SB 1381 Private animal shelter; clarifies purpose and definition.
• SB 1383 Home instruction; disclosure of personal information to Department of Education or other person.
• SB 1435 Eminent domain; lost profits and just compensation.
• SB 1440 Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission; financial viability & feasibility.
• SB 712 Higher education; handling of sexual assault cases.
• SB 965 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; limitation on collection.
• SB 1066 Elected offices; term of officer elected to fill vacancy, filling vacancies in U.S. Senate & House.
• SB 1168 Family day homes and child day centers; local government to report business licenses issued.
• SB 1190 Motor vehicle liability insurance; underinsured motorist claims, settlement procedures, subrogation.
• SB 1194 Conservators of the peace, special; registration with DCJS.
• SB 1195 Conservators of the peace, special; training standards, orders of appointment, etc.
• SB 1354 Uniformed services-connected students; identification.
• SB 1424 Conflicts of Interests Act, State & Local Gov't & General Assembly, etc.; ethics reforms.
• SJ 268 Medicaid; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
• SJ 271 Biosolids and industrial residuals; SNR, et al., to review & evaluate impact on human health, etc.
• SJ 272 Virginia's water resource planning and management; JLARC to study.
• SB 885 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; clarifies definition of small business.
• SB 1186 Naloxone; administration in cases of opiate overdose.

House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 1486 Workers' compensation; exclusivity of remedy.
• HB 1750 Investigational drugs; expanded access.
• HB 1887 Commonwealth Transportation Board; membership, funding, updates annual reporting, and allocations.
• HB 1303 Local school boards; administration of Standards of Learning assessments.
• HB 1320 Teacher licensure renewal; college credit.
• HB 1338 Electronic textbooks; hardware.
• HB 1298 Noncommercial vessels; reasonable suspicion.
• HB 1466 Capitol Police; security for Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General-elect, etc.
• HB 1542 State Trails Advisory Committee; established, report, sunset provision.
• HB 1645 Alcoholic beverage control; expands bed and breakfast licenses.
• HB 1686 Fish; DGIF shall establish a special permit.
• HB 1734 Living shorelines; loans for creation.
• HB 1811 Clams, cultured; use of handheld devices for harvesting.
• HB 1924 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; established, report.
• HB 1998 State and federal programs; VRS shall convene a work group to review, etc.
• HB 2026 Health Insurance Reform Commission; power and duties, upon request assess proposed mandated DLS.
• HB 2070 Conflicts of Interests Act, State & Local Gov't & General Assembly, etc.; ethics reforms.
• HB 2106 Virginia Indian Recognition, Joint Commission on; established, report, sunset provision.
• HB 2111 Hunting, trapping, or fishing licenses; electronic copies.
• HB 2193 Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund; use of grant funds for battlefield preservation.
• HB 2195 Fishing privileges; Marine Resources Commission shall revoke license to fish in tidal water.
• HB 2226 State park master plans; update schedule.
• HB 2240 Blue catfish; introduction, stocking, and release of Blue catfish, exception.
• HB 2247 Henry County; DCR to convey certain property in Horsepasture District.
• HB 2257 Coal mine safety; wide tracking and electric equipment shall maintain safe operating conditions.
• HB 2281 Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote.
• HB 2330 Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission; created, financial viability & feasibility.
• HB 2331 Fur-bearing animal; defines fisher in hunting and trapping provisions.

House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 2129 Barriers to licensure or registration; certain DCJS regulated industries.
• HB 2318 High school graduation rate; Board of Education's formula for assessing rates.
• HB 1812 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement; requirements of annual report.
• HB 1871 Private wells; registration of wells located in ground water management areas.
• HB 1918 Public assistance; local director of social services to determine eligibility.
• HB 2058 Coalbed methane gas; release of funds held in escrow or suspense.
• HB 2067 Daylighted streams; not required to become Resource Protection Area.
• HB 2246 Wood heaters; Air Pollution Control Board shall not adopt regulations that limit emissions.

Senate Bill on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• SB 1459 Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; members to allow public comment before vote.

House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 1474 Detention of delinquent juveniles; offenses causing death.
• HB 1780 Circuit court clerk; revises certain responsibilities.
• HB 1951 Child support; proportionate share of health insurance premiums.
• HB 2048 General district court or circuit court; payment of funds.
• HB 2125 Use of unmanned aircraft systems; search warrant required.
• HB 2320 Cooperative degree program; Secretary of Education, et al., shall develop a plan to establish.
• HB 2369 Conservators of the peace, special; orders of appointment.

House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 1570 Child day centers and family day homes; regulations, national background check required, report.
• HB 1783 Child support; arrearage.
• HB 1946 Administrative subpoenas; electronic communication services.
• HB 1957 Juvenile records; DMV information released to certain persons.
• HB 2009 Firearms, certain; law-enforcement certification.
• HB 2120 Strangulation; admission to bail, alleged victim is a family or household member.
• HB 2144 Detention and removal of U.S. citizen from State; SPS shall request notification within 24 hours.
• HB 2238 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established.
• HB 2314 Bail bondsmen and bail enforcement agents; license suspension when arrested for a felony, reporting.
• HB 2396 Surety on a bond; discharge from liability, magistrates.

House Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HJ 506 Long-term impact of biosolids and industrial waste; Va. Institute of Marine Science & DMME to study.
• HJ 507 National Day of the Cowboy; designating as fourth Saturday in July 2015, and each year thereafter.
• HJ 521 Virginia's Rail Heritage Region; designating certain areas in the Commonwealth.
• HJ 527 Virginia Caregivers Month; designating as November 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 533 Gum Disease Awareness Month; designating as February 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 555 Higher education; endorsement of SCHEV's statewide strategic plan, report.
• HJ 557 Veterans Services, Department of; JLARC to review.
• HJ 558 Teachers, qualified; Department of Education and SCHEV, report.
• HJ 566 Lewis & Clark Eastern Legacy Trail; designating as portion of Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail.
• HJ 586 Public elementary schools; voluntary mental health screenings for students.
• HJ 587 Stormwater regulations; impact on high water table area, report.
• HJ 593 Losing Loved Ones in a Tragic Accident Month; designating as August 2015, and each year thereafter.
• HJ 594 Insurance underwriting; Bureau of Insurance to study use of credit history.
• HJ 598 Driver's license; suspension for unpaid court fines and costs.
• HJ 600 Sexual Assault Awareness Month; designating as April 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 606 Maternal Mental Health Month; designating as May 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 607 National Atomic Veterans Day; designating as July 16, 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 623 Water resource and planning management; JLARC to study Virginia's resources.
• HJ 630 Opioid; mandating health insurance coverage for abuse deterrent formulations.
• HJ 635 Communications sales and use tax; Department of Taxation to study performance of tax.
• HJ 637 Medicaid; JLARC to study the Commonwealth's program.
• HJ 638 Kinship Caregivers of Children Month; designating as September 2015, and each succeeding year.
• HJ 641 Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution; designating as January 30, 2016.
• HJ 644 Internet; benefit of sharing wireless access with local law-enforcement agencies.
• HJ 674 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
• HJ 692 Farm-to-School Week; designating as first full week in October 2015, and each succeeding year.
• HJ 693 Tax Withholding and Employer Contribution Awareness Month; designating as March 2016.
• HJ 702 Day to Serve; designating as each day from September 11 to October 10, 2015.
• HJ 797 Day of Honor for the Marquis de Lafayette; designating as March 14, 2015, and each year thereafter.
• HJ 804 Speaker of the House of Delegates; confirming appointments.

House Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HJ 515 Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, suspension of portions of administrative rule.

Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calenda ... report | csv file

• SJ 356 Governor; confirming appointments.
• SJ 360 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; reconfirming appointment of Director.

House Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HJ 709 Law Day 2015; commending.

House Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HJ 659 Israel, State of; encouraging support for the State.

Senate Joint Resolutions on Second Reading - Uncontested Calend ... report | csv file

• SJ 346 Virginia Hospital Week; designating as May 10 through May 16, 2015.
• SJ 358 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; designating as March 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.

Senate Resolutions on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• SR 100 Confirming appointments to the Senate Ethics Advisory Panel.
• SR 108 Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the creation of the Court of Scott County.

Bills or Resolutions Recommitted ... report | csv file

• HB 2319 Halifax County Board of Supervisors; election of an at-large member.

House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file

• HJ 803 Commending Virginia Master Gardener Association, Inc.
• HJ 811 Commending the Stuarts Draft Ruritan Club.
• HJ 812 Celebrating the life of Jon Reed Donnelly.
• HJ 838 Commemorating the arrival of the French frigate Hermione at Virginia in 2015.
• HJ 841 Celebrating the life of Sam Kornblau.
• HJ 843 Celebrating the life of Robert Barns Brittain.
• HJ 860 Celebrating the life of Kathleen Therese Brown Rodenburg.
• HJ 861 Commending George Frederick Boyland.
• HJ 866 Commending Edward M. Page, Sr.

House Joint Resolutions Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file

• HJ 760 Celebrating the life of William Rohimbox Morrison, Jr., M.D.
• HJ 773 Celebrating the life of George B. Fitch.
• HJ 776 Celebrating the life of Wainola Inez Campbell Holloman.
• HJ 777 Celebrating the life of Nora Ruth Williamson.
• HJ 779 Commending the Palisades Restaurant.
• HJ 805 Commending Dolores A. Moore.
• HJ 806 Commending Mike Wray.
• HJ 807 Commending Ginny Wray.
• HJ 809 Commending Patrick Henry Elementary School.
• HJ 810 Commending Hoffman-Boston Elementary School.
• HJ 813 Commending the J.R. Tucker High School Sparky 384 robotics team.
• HJ 814 Commending Sheldon M. Retchin, M.D.
• HJ 816 Commending the Hanover High School baseball team.
• HJ 817 Commending ABATE of Virginia, Inc.
• HJ 818 Commending Fairfield Court Tenant Council.
• HJ 819 Commending the Richmond Amateur Radio Club.
• HJ 820 Commending Leadership Metro Richmond.
• HJ 821 Commending Ginter Park Terrace Historic District.
• HJ 822 Commending Henrico County Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc.
• HJ 823 Celebrating the life of S. Dallas Simmons.
• HJ 824 Celebrating the life of Garfield Ford Childs, Jr.
• HJ 825 Celebrating the life of Robert Douglas Jones.
• HJ 826 Commending the City of Virginia Beach Department of Agriculture.
• HJ 827 Celebrating the life of W. Scott Street III.
• HJ 828 Celebrating the life of Jim Bullington.
• HJ 830 Commending the Magna Vista High School football team.
• HJ 831 Commending Kenny Lewis.
• HJ 832 Commending Charles Majors.
• HJ 833 Commending Third Avenue Congregational Christian Church.
• HJ 834 Commending Robert Simpkins.
• HJ 835 Commending Frances Rice.
• HJ 836 Commending Bess Pierce, D.V.M.
• HJ 837 Commending Joseph Sheffey.
• HJ 839 Celebrating the life of Frances Hallam Hurt.
• HJ 840 Celebrating the life of John Early McDonald, Jr.
• HJ 842 Celebrating the life of Christopher John Kennedy.
• HJ 844 Commending the Lloyd C. Bird High School football team.
• HJ 845 Commending Charles A. Reilly.
• HJ 846 Celebrating the life of Reuben V. Burrell.
• HJ 847 Commending Marshall Ford.
• HJ 848 Commending Swift Creek Mill Theatre.
• HJ 849 Commending the Council for the Arts of Herndon.
• HJ 851 Commending the Crisis Intervention Team program.
• HJ 852 Commending Robin Douglas Davenport.
• HJ 853 Commending the National Association of Social Workers Virginia Chapter.
• HJ 854 Commending Joanna Wise Barnes.
• HJ 855 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
• HJ 856 Commending the Faith Baptist School varsity men's basketball team.
• HJ 857 Commending Robert E. Phillips, Jr.
• HJ 858 Celebrating the life of Glenwood Elmo Hankins.
• HJ 859 Commending the Reverend George M. Wilson.
• HJ 862 Commending Jaclyn Roller Ryan.
• HJ 863 Celebrating the life of William Broderick Prendergast.
• HJ 864 Commending Faith Baptist Church.
• HJ 865 Celebrating the life of William Norman Ward.
• HJ 867 Commending the Honorable Donald P. McDonough.
• HJ 868 Commending the Fairfax Young Democrats.
• HJ 869 Commending Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School.

Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file

• SB 1466 Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; extends sunset provision.

Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file

• SJ 370 Commending Farrar W. Howard, Jr.
• SJ 371 Commending Laura Puleo.
• SJ 372 Commending John J. Accordino, Ph.D.
• SJ 373 Commending Apheresis Associates of Northern Virginia.
• SJ 374 Commending the Honorable George William Whitehurst.
• SJ 375 Commending the Arlington Street People's Assistance Network, Inc.
• SJ 376 Commending Swanson Middle School.
• SJ 377 Commending David Stuart Buchanan, Sr.
• SJ 378 Celebrating the life of Claudia Emerson.
• SJ 379 Commending Jerry M. Jenkins.
• SJ 380 Commending Nancy Pool.
• SJ 381 Celebrating the life of Henry D. Parker, Jr.
• SR 112 Celebrating the life of Willie Fobbs, Sr.
• SR 113 Commending Albert Jack Stodghill.
• SR 114 Celebrating the life of William Francis Swain.
• SR 115 Commending Ida Annette Minor Ward.
• SR 116 Celebrating the life of Charles B. Walker.
• SR 117 Commending Elton J. Wade, Sr.