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- HB 1278 Unemployment compensation; employer responsibility for benefit charges.
- HB 1281 Kill switches for digital devices; definitions, civil penalty.
- HB 1285 Workers' compensation; definition of employee; property owners' associations.
- HB 1339 Health benefit exchange; information on health benefit plans.
- HB 1357 Automobile and homeowners insurance policies; notices.
- HB 1360 Securities Act; crowdfunding exemption.
- HB 1372 Motor vehicle accidents; not-at-fault accidents.
- HB 1382 Unemployment compensation benefits; liability for benefit charges.
- HB 1384 Securities Act; exemption for crowdfunding.
- HB 1386 Disaster relief; assistance by out-of-state businesses and employees.
- HB 1387 Health insurance; coverage for renewals of Schedule IV prescription eyedrops.
- HB 1399 Flood insurance; escrow accounts.
- HB 1421 Workforce development; duties of the Chief Workforce Development Advisor.
- HB 1430 Unemployment compensation; benefit charges.
- HB 1444 Vision care plans; reimbursement for services.
- HB 1475 Natural gas utilities; recovery and deferral of system expansion infrastructure costs.
- HB 1486 Workers' compensation; exclusivity of remedy.
- HB 1487 Depository institutions; authority to sponsor savings promotions.
- HB 1512 Minimum wage; increases to $15.15 per hour.
- HB 1523 Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; qualification for services related to WIA.
- HB 1530 Federal health benefit exchange; plan management function.
- HB 1563 Business entities; reserved names.
- HB 1608 Local government; prohibits practices that would require contractors to provide benefits.
- HB 1622 Electric utilities; net energy metering.
- HB 1623 Securities Act; crowdfunding exemption.
- HB 1629 Financial institutions; a bank may establish & operate automated teller machines, service facility.
- HB 1636 Net energy metering; program for community subscriber organizations.
- HB 1640 State Corporation Commission; certificates of fact.
- HB 1654 Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour.
- HB 1681 Workplace safety; employer reporting requirements.
- HB 1696 Public service corporations; access to public records to exercise right of eminent domain.
- HB 1708 Certain industrial uses; transmission lines.
- HB 1725 Virginia Solar Energy Development Authority; created, report.
- HB 1729 Distributed electric generation; establishment of community solar gardens.
- HB 1730 Electric & natural gas utilities; energy efficiency goals required for investor-owned utilities.
- HB 1742 Self storage insurance; authority of unit lessors.
- HB 1745 Fire Programs Fund; expense of administration of insurance laws and regulatory revenue taxes.
- HB 1747 Health insurance; mental health parity.
- HB 1768 Workplace safety; Voluntary Protection Program.
- HB 1800 Open-end lending by banks, savings institutions, etc.; determining grace period.
- HB 1806 Workers' compensation; exclusion of certain truck owner-operators.
- HB 1820 Workers' compensation; pecuniary liability of the employer for medical services, report.
- HB 1823 Discrimination; equal pay irrespective of sex.
- HB 1855 Unemployment compensation; wages excluded from tax.
- HB 1878 Stock corporations and nonstock corporations; procedures.
- HB 1880 Workers' compensation; financing Uninsured Employer's Fund.
- HB 1906 Children; employment on tobacco farms prohibited, exception.
- HB 1911 Electric utilities; net energy metering, standby charges.
- HB 1912 Electric utilities; net energy metering.
- HB 1913 Electric utilities; renewable energy resources and energy efficiency goals.
- HB 1920 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; exclusions.
- HB 1925 Renewable energy; third party power purchase agreements.
- HB 1936 Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; limits on obligations.
- HB 1940 Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- HB 1942 Health insurance; carrier business practices, prior authorization provisions.
- HB 1945 Domestic violence leave for employees.
- HB 1948 Prescription drugs; specialty tier coverage.
- HB 1950 Electric utilities; net energy metering programs.
- HB 1973 Businesses, certain; local limitations on number.
- HB 1976 Petersburg, City of; limitations on number of certain businesses.
- HB 1986 Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; changes to Board requirements, annual report.
- HB 1987 Consumer finance company loans; permitted charges.
- HB 1989 Motor vehicle title loans, payday loans, and open-end credit plans; caps interest rate.
- HB 1990 Payday lending; prohibition.
- HB 2008 Paid sick leave for employees; civil penalties.
- HB 2011 Motor vehicle title lenders; location of offices.
- HB 2013 State Corporation Commission; disclosure of records related to administrative activities.
- HB 2031 Health insurance; updating maximum allowable cost pricing lists.
- HB 2033 Workforce development; coordination of statewide delivery of training programs & activities, report.
- HB 2059 Limited partnerships; admission or withdrawal of partners.
- HB 2073 Electric utilities; net energy metering, energy balancing devices.
- HB 2075 Electric utility regulation; solar renewable energy certificate registration system.
- HB 2081 Employers; disclosure of social media account information.
- HB 2086 Motor vehicle liability insurance; coverage for damage to covered property.
- HB 2113 Limited liability companies; access to records.
- HB 2143 Secondhand articles; building material.
- HB 2150 Domestic violence or sexual assault leave; duty of employers.
- HB 2151 Employment; break to express breast milk.
- HB 2155 Energy diversification requirement.
- HB 2156 Health insurance; coverage for hearing aids and related professional services.
- HB 2176 Virginia Stock Corporation Act and Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act; updates terminology.
- HB 2191 Payday loan offices and motor vehicle title loan offices; distance from casino facility.
- HB 2196 Virginia Energy Economic Development Advisory Board; Governor's Energy Fund; report.
- HB 2205 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; Commonwealth Resilience Fund established.
- HB 2209 Partnerships; general formation.
- HB 2219 Utility-scale solar energy facilities; construction of facilities to be in the public interest.
- HB 2237 Electric utility ratemaking; recovery of costs of solar energy facilities.
- HB 2244 Electric utilities, certain; updated integrated resource plans.
- HB 2256 Insurance rates; policies transferred pursuant to agent book transfer.
- HB 2264 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- HB 2267 Virginia Solar Energy Development Authority; created, report.
- HB 2274 Electric utilities; cost recovery.
- HB 2291 Clean Power Plan; state implementation plan, General Assembly approval.
- HB 2299 Health services plans; effects of actions of other states.
- HB 2322 Health benefit plans; essential health benefits waiver.
- HB 2325 Utility pole attachments; broadband service providers.
- HB 2333 Underground electrical line; pilot program.
- HB 2334 Electrical transmission lines; underground placement.
- HB 2340 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; powers and duties of the private entity.
- HB 2344 Dulles Greenway; powers & responsibilities of SCC to regulate toll road operators.
- HB 2352 Broadband; installation of conduit on pipeline.
- HB 2356 Underground transmission lines; pilot program.
- HB 2357 Insurance rates; limitation for renewal policies.
- HB 2361 Employees; person who is summoned to serve jury duty.
- HB 2365 Open-end credit agreements; only a seller of goods to extend credit under an agreement.
- HB 2372 Medical assistance; asset verification, financial institutions to provide certain medical records.
- HB 2375 Employers; reasonable accommodation for employees with disability.
- HB 2384 Workers' compensation; electronic billing and payment.
- HB 2387 Medical assistance; asset verification, financial institutions to provide certain medical records.
- HB 2398 U.S. savings bonds; establishes a procedure for the escheat of unclaimed bonds.
- SB 697 Automobile and homeowners insurance policies; notices.
- SB 729 Credit life and credit accident and sickness insurance; reports.
- SB 737 Depository institutions; authority to sponsor savings promotions.
- SB 745 Workers' compensation; exclusion of certain truck owner-operators.
- SB 748 Insurance plans; provisions regulating hypothecation of assets.
- SB 763 Securities Act; crowdfunding exemption.
- SB 770 Workers' compensation; exclusivity of remedy.
- SB 859 Open-end lending by banks, savings institutions, etc.; determining grace period.
- SB 875 Financial institutions; automated teller machines and other terminals, service facilities.
- SB 881 Safety and Health Codes Board; establishment of Voluntary Protection Program.
- SB 896 Child labor laws; appeal procedures.
- SB 1002 Local workforce investment boards; pay-for-performance contract strategy incentives.
- SB 1046 Benefits consortium; formation of a not-for-profit consortium by localities.
- SB 1080 State Corporation Commission; secure online system.
- SB 1099 Virginia Solar Energy Development Authority; created, report.
- SB 1103 Disposable plastic shopping bags; distribution prohibited, local option.
- SB 1153 Apprenticeship opportunities; online portal.
- SB 1163 Natural gas utilities; recovery of system expansion infrastructure costs.
- SB 1204 Secondhand building materials; exemption for donation of certain materials.
- SB 1225 Life insurance policies and annuity contracts; proceeds and avails of policies and contracts.
- SB 1262 Health insurance; carrier business practices.
- SB 1331 Natural Gas Conservation and Ratemaking Efficiency Act; cost-effective programs.
- SB 1334 Electric utilities; cost recovery.
- SB 1349 Electric utility regulation; suspension of regulatory reviews of utility earnings.
- SB 1368 Limited liability companies; liability.
- SB 1372 Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; changes to Board requirements.
- SB 1395 Electric utilities; net energy metering programs.
- SB 1405 Health services plans; effects of actions of other states.
- SB 1465 U.S. savings bonds; establishes a procedure for the escheat of unclaimed bonds.
- SB 1466 Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; extends sunset provision.