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- HB 780 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program; distribution of benefits.
- HB 877 Hybrid retirement program; local deferred compensation and cash match plans.
- HB 1287 Forfeiture of property used in connection with commission of crimes; conviction required.
- HB 1533 Obscene sexual display in a public place; third offense, penalty.
- HB 1692 Higher educational institutions; alternative tuition or fee structures offered to students.
- HB 1968 Recordation tax; open line deeds of trust.
- HB 2029 Concealed handgun permits; background check, exemption for permit holders.
- SB 19 Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming, penalties.
- SB 28 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; export of Virginia products and services.
- SB 32 Animal Cruelty Registry; established.
- SB 93 Unlawful photographs or videos; Class 6 felony for person to publish on Internet.
- SB 103 Health insurance; credit for retired state employees.
- SB 109 Health insurance; credit for certain retired employees.
- SB 137 Arrest photos; placement and removal on Internet, penalty.
- SB 208 Grand larceny & property injury; health & safety made an element of crimes where coal mine damaged.
- SB 255 Sexual crimes against minors; extend statute of limitations.
- SB 267 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; certified industrial parks.
- SB 289 Line of Duty Act; funding and review.
- SB 384 Sexual offenders; certain persons prohibited proximity to children at public libraries, penalty.
- SB 422 Hybrid retirement program; local deferred compensation and cash match plans.
- SB 428 Personal property tax; localities authorized to tax telephone and telegraph companies.
- SB 442 Sexual abuse; increases penalty for abuse of child 13 or 14 years of age to Class 6 felony.
- SB 483 Real property tax liens; assignment to third party.
- SB 487 Driving or boating while intoxicated; serious bodily injury, penalty.
- SB 505 Natural gas; incentives for expanded use as transportation fuel, report.
- SB 524 Segregated revenues; local fines and penalties.
- SB 566 Virginia Retirement System; increase of retirement allowance.
- SB 606 Secondary highway system; withdrawal of county from system.
- SB 619 Income tax, corporate; eliminates tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015.
- SB 656 Economic development, local; revenues from certain taxes for qualified locality.
- SB 663 Community college mental health services; Virginia Community College System to create pilot program.
- SB 674 Virginia Information Technologies Agency; email archiving.
- SB 687 Virginia Retirement System; limitations on average final compensation.
- SB 689 Concealed handgun permits; lifetime permits.
- SB 700 Animal Cruelty Conviction List established.
- SB 710 Human trafficking; new felonies created, penalties.
- SB 739 State Police, Department of; appointment of supervisory officers.
- SB 774 Admissions tax; all counties authorized to levy.
- SB 784 Cigarettes; all localities allowed to impose a tax.
- SB 788 Public assistance; changes in custody.
- SB 791 Motor vehicle safety inspection; increases charge.
- SB 807 Income tax, corporate; lower rate for certain businesses.
- SB 810 Income tax, state; changes credit for low-income taxpayers.
- SB 826 State appropriations; limitations
- SB 827 Voting systems; use of direct recording electronic machines on and after July 1, 2016.
- SB 873 Virginia Veterans Recovery Program; created, report.
- SB 886 Plastic bags; tax imposed in Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
- SB 887 Real property; tax on commercial and industrial property in certain localities.
- SB 943 Firearms; possession or transportation following convictions for certain misdemeanor crimes.
- SB 949 Hybrid vehicle registration; tax credit for certain vehicle owners.
- SB 973 Assault and battery; when attorney or deputy attorney for Commonwealth is victimized.
- SB 975 Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects.
- SB 976 Obscene sexual display in a public place; third offense, penalty.
- SB 985 Virginia Public School Educational Technology Grants Program; leases of educational technology.
- SB 1004 Electronic cigarettes and other vapor products; state tax created, localities authorized to impose.
- SB 1005 Income tax, state; refund payments.
- SB 1033 Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; increases membership.
- SB 1035 Felony homicide; felony drug offenses; penalty.
- SB 1075 State health plan; participation by employees of local school divisions.
- SB 1100 Enticing, etc., real estate licensee with intent to commit certain felonies; penalty.
- SB 1113 Impersonation via computer; Class 3 misdemeanor.
- SB 1138 Sexual abuse of certain children; penalty.
- SB 1141 RS&UT; exemption includes computer equipment and software used in certain data centers.
- SB 1144 Local economic development.
- SB 1147 Median income taxpayers; creates a $250 nonrefundable tax credit.
- SB 1170 Assault and battery against family or household member; penalty.
- SB 1172 Developments of regional impact; entitlement to certain sales tax revenues.
- SB 1175 Rental property tax; localities permitted to impose a short-term tax on bicycles.
- SB 1185 Admissions tax; extends expiration of tax in Stafford County.
- SB 1212 Watercraft; raises sales and use tax.
- SB 1224 Service dogs; establishes voluntary certification program.
- SB 1243 Tangible personal property; miscellaneous and incidental property.
- SB 1253 Sexual crimes against minors; extends statute of limitations.
- SB 1285 Income tax, corporate; reduces tax rate by one percent for taxable years beginning January 1, 2016.
- SB 1300 Northern Virginia Training Center; prohibition of closure.
- SB 1391 Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act.
- SB 1414 Cigarette tax, local; Montgomery and Pulaski Counties authorized to impose.
- SB 1422 Correctional facilities, local; state appropriations for operating costs.
- SB 1432 Income tax, corporate; commercial spaceflight entities.
- SB 1433 Protective orders; assault and battery; penalty.
- SB 1441 Transfer of firearms at gun shows; voluntary background check; penalties.
- SB 1453 Spirits in closed containers; commission on all sales.
- SJ 25 Pay It Forward, Pay It Back; SCHEV to study feasibility of implementing.
- SJ 56 Virginia Preschool Initiative; JLARC to study and identify policy and funding options to expand.
- SJ 81 Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for spouses of soldiers killed in action.
- SJ 279 Tannerite; joint subcommittee to study danger of use of these explosives.