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2015 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Finance

Co-Chair: Walter A. Stosch - Co-Chair: Charles J. Colgan

Clerk: Patty Lung
Staff: Lisa Wallmeyer, Nicole Brenner
Date of Meeting: February 3, 2015
Time and Place: 9:00 a.m. Senate Room B
Revised to add SBs 1054, 1055, 1123, 1168, 1300 and 1421

S.B. 689 Concealed handgun permits; lifetime permits.

Patron: Black

Concealed handgun permits; lifetime permits. Provides for the issuance of concealed handgun permits for Virginia residents that do not expire. Currently, such permits must be renewed every five years.

S.B. 709 Publication of unlawful images; venue, penalty.

Patron: Edwards

Publication of unlawful images; venue; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person to publish on the Internet a videographic or still image made in violation of the current law prohibiting filming, videotaping, or photographing a nonconsenting person in certain situations where there is an expectation of privacy. The bill also provides that venue for prosecution is the same as venue for computer crimes.

S.B. 710 Human trafficking; new felonies created, penalties.

Patron: Edwards

Trafficking in persons; penalties. Creates new felonies for trafficking in persons for forced labor or sexual servitude and adds the new felonies as a predicate criminal act under the criminal gang statute, as racketeering crimes, adds their investigation to the functions of a multijurisdiction grand jury, and also allows seizure and forfeiture of property used in committing such felonies. The new felonies and the existing felony of receiving money for procuring a person are added to the rape shield statute. The bill allows a petition for a child in need of services to be substituted for a delinquency petition for certain minors arrested for prostitution, disallows the release of certain victim information, specifies law-enforcement protocol for victims who may not be legally present, requires persons convicted of the new felonies to pay restitution that compensates for the victim's labor, and creates a civil action for trafficked persons. The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security is required to convene an anti-trafficking committee and the Virginia Prevention of Human Trafficking Victim Fund is created, which will be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.

S.B. 736 Courthouse and courtroom security; increases assessment.

Patron: Howell

Courthouse security; assessment. Increases from $10 to $20 the maximum amount a local governing body may assess against a convicted defendant as part of the costs in a criminal or traffic case in district or circuit court to fund courthouse security.

S.B. 739 State Police, Department of; appointment of supervisory officers.

Patron: Carrico

Department of State Police; appointment of supervisory officers. Establishes a career progression program for State Troopers and Special Agents based on years of satisfactory service. For State Troopers, the program provides for promotion to the rank of Senior Trooper after 10 years of service and promotion to the rank of Master Trooper after 20 years of service. For Special Agents, the program provides for a salary increase after 10 years and a salary increase and promotion to the rank of Senior Special Agent after 20 years of service. The bill prohibits a sworn employee of the Department from receiving more than two career progression salary increases, regardless of such employee's assignment or promotion to Special Agent.

S.B. 741 Coalfield employment enhancement; extends expiration date of tax credit.

Patron: Carrico

Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit; expiration. Extends the expiration date of the credit from January 1, 2017, to January 1, 2022.

S.B. 742 Elections; run-off elections.

Patron: Carrico

Elections; run-off elections. Provides that no candidate shall be deemed to have been elected at a general election to any statewide office unless such candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast for that office. The bill requires that when no candidate for an office receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast at the general election for that office, a run-off election between the candidates receiving the highest and next-highest number of votes for that office shall be held. However, no run-off election shall be held if the total number of write-in votes cast for an office and the total number of votes cast for the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for an office together equal more than 50 percent of the total votes cast for that office. The bill requires run-off elections to be held on the fourth Tuesday following the date of the certification of the results of the general election or, if a recount is conducted after the general election, on the fourth Tuesday following the date of the certification of the results of the recount, unless the fourth Tuesday falls on a legal holiday, in which the case the run-off election will be held on the sixth Tuesday. The bill provides that all other elections, including a general election of electors for the President and Vice-President of the United States, the person having the highest number of votes for an office shall be deemed to have been elected to such office and shall receive the certificate of election. Under current law, except in the case of a recount, the person having the most votes cast at any election shall be deemed to have been elected to that office.

S.B. 754 Vehicle registration; increases fees, allocates funds for Department of State Police.

Patron: Carrico

Vehicle registration fees; funds for Department of State Police. Raises the vehicle registration fee an additional $1.25 per year on each July 1 from 2015 through 2024 and allocates the funds to the Department of State Police.

S.B. 771 Toxic waste site; to inventory Department of Environmental Quality.

Patron: McEachin

Department of Environmental Quality; toxic waste site inventory. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to inventory by July 1, 2016, nonfederally managed toxic waste sites in Virginia and publish the inventory at that time and annually thereafter. The bill also makes technical amendments.

S.B. 791 Motor vehicle safety inspection; increases charge.

Patron: Carrico

Vehicle safety inspection fees. Increases the price of a vehicle safety inspection by $1 for each category of vehicle and allocates $0.50 of the additional $1 to the Department of State Police toward the Department's costs in administering the motor vehicle safety inspection program; the remaining $0.50 is retained by the inspection station.

S.B. 809 Industrial parks, local; DHCD to develop a program for certification of parks.

Patron: Stanley

Certification of industrial parks. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a program for the certification of local industrial parks.

S.B. 819 TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies.

Patron: Favola

TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits shall not be denied such benefits solely because he has been convicted of a felony offense of possession of a controlled substance, provided he is not using illegal drugs, complies with all obligations imposed by the criminal court and the Department of Social Services, is actively engaged in or has completed substance abuse treatment, and participates in drug screenings. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

S.B. 827 Voting systems; use of direct recording electronic machines on and after July 1, 2016.

Patron: Miller

Voting systems; use of direct recording electronic machines. Prohibits the use of direct recording electronic (DRE) machines in elections on and after July 1, 2016, except for the express purpose of providing accessible voting equipment as required by law. The bill allows the modification of previously acquired DREs for the express purpose of providing accessible voting equipment.

S.B. 846 Recipients of public assistance; access to financial literacy courses.

Patron: Stanley

Recipients of public assistance; access to financial literacy courses. Directs the Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Virginia Employment Commission and Virginia Community College System, to develop and implement a plan under which citizens receiving public assistance will be provided information on free financial literacy courses.

S.B. 873 Virginia Veterans Recovery Program; created, report.

Patron: Cosgrove

Virginia Veterans Recovery Program. Creates the Virginia Veterans Recovery Program for the purpose of providing diagnostic services, hyperbaric oxygen treatment, and support services to eligible veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder or a traumatic brain injury. The program reimburses eligible facilities that provide hyperbaric oxygen treatment to an eligible veteran at no cost to the veteran and reimburses the eligible veteran for any necessary travel and living expenses required to receive treatment.

S.B. 888 Electronic summons systems; fees assessed by towns.

Patron: Petersen

Electronic summons systems; fees; towns. Allows towns to assess a fee not to exceed $5, as part of the costs in each criminal or traffic case in district or circuit court, to be used for the implementation and maintenance of an electronic summons system.

S.B. 913 Custody or visitation orders; filing fees.

Patron: Wexton

Filing fees; motions to modify custody or visitation orders. Provides for a $25 filing fee for a petition for the modification of a custody or visitation order filed in the juvenile and domestic relations district court.

S.B. 941 Protective orders; compensation for required representation of respondents.

Patron: Stuart

Protective orders; compensation for required representation of respondents. Provides for the compensation of counsel or a guardian ad litem for the required representation of a respondent in a proceeding for the issuance of a protective order under Chapter 9.1 of Title 19.2. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.

S.B. 942 Virginia Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit.

Patron: Stuart

Virginia Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit. Allows a member of the Virginia Retirement System granted an unpaid leave of absence for the death of a child to purchase up to one year of service credit per occurrence of leave. Current law allows the purchase of service credit for an unpaid leave of absence related to the birth or adoption of a child.

S.B. 943 Firearms; possession or transportation following convictions for certain misdemeanor crimes.

Patron: Favola

Possession or transportation of firearms following convictions for certain misdemeanor crimes; restoration of rights; penalty. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of stalking, assault and battery of a family or household member, or sexual battery from possessing or transporting a firearm. A person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill provides for a process by which a person convicted of such crimes may petition the circuit court for a reinstatement of his rights to possess or transport a firearm.

S.B. 949 Hybrid vehicle registration; tax credit for certain vehicle owners.

Patron: Stuart

Tax credit for hybrid vehicle registration. Creates a $64 tax credit for the 2015 tax year for hybrid vehicle owners who paid the $64 annual license tax between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014. The bill has a July 1, 2018, expiration date.

S.B. 950 Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program; created.

Patrons: Lewis, Puller

Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program. Creates the Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program (Program) to be administered by the Department of Veterans Services to provide grants to businesses certified by the Department as participants in the Department's program to create employment opportunities for veterans by assisting employers in hiring and retaining veterans. The bill sets out the criteria for the award of grants and requires the Department to establish a certification process for participating employers with the objective of setting measurable goals for hiring and retaining veterans.

S.B. 967 Extended Foster Care Services and Support; created.

Patron: Favola

Extended foster care services and support. Creates the Extended Foster Care Services and Support Program to provide foster care services and support, including foster care maintenance payments, to qualifying individuals age 18 to 21 years who were formerly in the custody of a local board of social services.

S.B. 971 Community College Workforce Training Grant Program; established.

Patron: Ruff

Community colleges; workforce training. Establishes the Community College Workforce Training Grant Program to provide a $1,000 incentive payment to a community college for each student who (i) has successfully completed a noncredit workforce training program at the community college and (ii) subsequently obtains an industry-recognized certification or license in a high employer demand field in the region served by the community college, with such fields to be identified by the State Board for Community Colleges.

S.B. 973 Assault and battery; when attorney or deputy attorney for Commonwealth is victimized.

Patron: Ruff

Assault and battery of attorney for the Commonwealth or deputy attorney for the Commonwealth; penalty. Adds attorney for the Commonwealth and deputy attorney for the Commonwealth to the list of persons for which an enhanced penalty applies if such person is victimized because of his position.

S.B. 975 Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects.

Patron: Ruff

Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects. Decreases from 80 percent to 70 percent the share of the total cost of a tourism project that the project must have in place before being eligible to receive a percentage of the state and local sales tax revenues generated on the premises of the project, to be used towards debt service to bridge the gap between available debt and equity and the expected costs of the project.

S.B. 976 Obscene sexual display; third offense; penalty.

Patron: Ruff

Obscene sexual display; third offense; penalty. Adds engaging in an obscene sexual display, i.e., actual or explicitly simulated masturbation in a public place, to the list of misdemeanor sex offenses for which the penalty for a third offense of any of the listed offenses committed in a 10-year period is a Class 6 felony.

S.B. 985 Virginia Public School Educational Technology Grants Program; leases of educational technology.

Patron: Garrett

Virginia Public School Educational Technology Grants Program; leases of educational technology. Permits eligible school divisions to apply for grants to lease educational technology under the Virginia Public School Educational Technology Grants Program. Under current law, such grants are available only for the acquisition and replacement of educational technology.

S.B. 1006 Virginia Marine Resources Commission; submerged lands, permit fees.

Patron: Watkins

Virginia Marine Resources Commission; submerged lands; permit fees. Clarifies the requirement of a permit application to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (Commission) for the placement of certain piers and provides that certain applications for permits to use state-owned submerged lands shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable processing fee of $100. The bill raises the existing fees for the issuance of such a permit from $25 to $100 for small projects and from $100 to $300 for projects costing more than $10,000. The bill establishes a permit fee of $600 for projects costing $500,000 or more. The bill also increases the range of royalties for removal of each cubic yard of bottom material from $0.20-$0.60 to $0.40-$0.80. Finally, the bill authorizes the Commission to increase fees beginning in 2018 and once every three years thereafter.

S.B. 1009 Income tax, state; deduction for long-term health care insurance premiums.

Patron: Howell

Income tax deduction; long-term health care insurance premiums. Reduces the allowable income tax deduction for long-term health care insurance premiums to from 100 percent to 50 percent of the amount an individual pays annually in premiums, effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015.

S.B. 1012 Income tax, state; subtraction, sale of land for open-space use.

Patron: Watkins

Income tax subtraction; sale of land for open-space use. Eliminates the income tax subtraction available for the gain derived from the sale of land for open-space use for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015.

S.B. 1019 Land preservation; reduces maximum tax credit that may be claimed.

Patron: Watkins

Land preservation tax credit; maximum credit claimed. Reduces from $100,000 to $20,000 the maximum amount of the land preservation tax credit that may be claimed beginning with income tax returns for taxable year 2015. Any taxpayer affected by the credit reduction would be allowed an additional three taxable years in which to claim the land preservation tax credit.

S.B. 1028 Compensation of court-appointed counsel; waivers.

Patron: Marsden

Compensation of court-appointed counsel; waivers. Allows court-appointed counsel for parents in child welfare cases to submit a waiver application for additional compensation of $120 in district court and $158 for cases appealed to the circuit court.

S.B. 1035 Felony homicide; felony drug offenses; penalty.

Patron: Wexton

Felony homicide; felony drug offenses; penalty. Provides that the killing of one accidentally, contrary to the intention of the parties, from the use of a controlled substance in violation of a felony drug offense involving the manufacture, sale, gift, distribution, or possession with the intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance, regardless of any lapse in time between the felony drug offense and the use of the controlled substance, is murder of the second degree and is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than five years nor more than 40 years. The bill also provides that venue for a prosecution of this crime shall lie in the locality where the felony violation of § 18.2-248 occurred, where the use of the controlled substance occurred, or where the death occurred. This bill overrules the Court of Appeals of Virginia decision in Woodard v. Commonwealth, 61 Va. App. 567, 739 S.E.2d 220 (2013), aff'd, 287 Va. 276, 754 S.E.2d 309 (2014).

S.B. 1041 Community policy and management teams.

Patron: Hanger

Community policy and management teams. Directs community policy and management teams to establish as part of their policies governing referrals and reviews of children and families to the family assessment and planning teams or a collaborative, multidisciplinary team process approved by the State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families to include a process for parents and persons who have primary physical custody of a child to directly refer children in their care to the teams.

S.B. 1053 Civil commitment proceedings; fees and compensation.

Patron: McDougle

Civil commitment proceedings; fees and compensation. Increases from $25 to $75 the fee paid to court-appointed counsel representing a person in a civil commitment proceeding under Title 19.2. The bill also provides that court-appointed counsel representing a person acquitted of a felony by reason of insanity in a hearing to assess the need for inpatient hospitalization shall be paid a fee not to exceed $445. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.

S.B. 1054 Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families, State Executive Council for; regulations.

Patron: Hanger

State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families; regulations. Provides that the State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out its powers and duties. The bill contains technical amendments.

S.B. 1055 Family day homes; barrier crimes.

Patron: Hanger

Family day homes; barrier crimes. Adds the offenses that require registration in the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry to those in current law for which it is unlawful for any person to operate a family day home if he, or if he knows that any other person who resides in, is employed by, or volunteers in the home, has been convicted of such offense.

S.B. 1056 Child pornography and obscenity offenses; penalties.

Patron: Howell

Child pornography; obscenity; penalties. Adds a mens rea of "knowingly" for the offenses of reproducing child pornography and for soliciting child pornography to gain entry to a group and removes the requirement of lascivious intent for these offenses. The bill also amends a penalty section that applies to the obscenity article to correctly reflect the existing penalties. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

S.B. 1083 Immunizations; adds certain doses of meningococcal vaccine to minimum requirements.

Patron: Vogel

Immunizations; meningococcal vaccine. Adds certain doses of the meningococcal vaccine to the minimum immunization requirements set forth in the State Board of Health Regulations for the Immunization of School Children.

S.B. 1100 Enticing, etc., real estate licensee with intent to commit certain felonies; penalty.

Patron: Obenshain

Enticing, etc., real estate licensee with intent to commit certain felonies; penalty. Criminalizes the conduct of enticing, soliciting, or requesting a real estate licensee to enter a dwelling house in the licensee's professional capacity with the intent to commit murder, rape, forcible sodomy, inanimate or animate object sexual penetration, robbery, carjacking, aggravated malicious wounding, or abduction. A first offense is punishable by a 20-year mandatory minimum sentence and a second offense is punishable by a 40-year mandatory minimum sentence.

S.B. 1113 Impersonation via computer; Class 3 misdemeanor.

Patron: Barker

Impersonation via computer; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 3 misdemeanor for a person to use a computer to knowingly and intentionally assume the identity of another living individual, without authority and with the intent to harm, where a reasonable person would believe that the offender is in fact the individual whose identity is assumed.

S.B. 1123 Child care subsidy; license required.

Patron: Barker

Child care subsidy; license required. Requires licensure for any child day center or family day home, other than those located on federal property and operated or certified by the U.S. Department of Defense, that contracts with the State Department of Social Services or a local department of social services to provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Fund.

S.B. 1138 Sexual abuse of certain children; penalty.

Patron: Garrett

Sexual abuse of certain children; penalty. Raises the penalty for sexual abuse (a defined term) of a child 13 or 14 years old from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony.

S.B. 1142 Apportionment of corporate income tax; data processing; hosting companies; telecommunications.

Patron: McDougle

Apportionment of corporate income tax; data processing and hosting companies and specialized telecommunications companies. Requires data processing and hosting companies and specialized telecommunications companies to use a formula for apportioning taxable income to the Commonwealth based on multiplying their incomes by the sales factor. The provisions of the bill would be effective for taxable years beginning July 1, 2015, and would be phased in with the apportionment formula having a 100 percent sales factor by July 1, 2016.

S.B. 1144 Local economic development.

Patron: Garrett

Local economic development. Provides that the Virginia income tax net revenue and sales and use tax generated by certain corporations or limited liability companies within a qualified locality shall be transferred to the qualified locality under certain conditions. A qualified locality is one that (i) has made application to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority for a Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant pursuant to § 2.2-2240.2 and has been rejected for such grant and (ii) has expended local funds for the economic development purposes specified in § 2.2-2240.2. The total amount eligible to be returned to a qualified locality shall not exceed $5 million for any single economic development project.

S.B. 1147 Median income taxpayers; creates a $250 nonrefundable tax credit.

Patron: Stuart

Median income taxpayers tax credit. Creates a $250 nonrefundable tax credit for taxpayers who have one or more dependents under the age of 18 and whose family adjusted gross income is within 25 percent, above or below, of the statewide median household income. The tax credit is available for taxable years 2016 through 2020.

S.B. 1161 Coal employment and production incentives, etc., limits tax credit.

Patron: Colgan

Coal tax credits. Limits the amount of the credit that may be claimed for each of the coal employment and production incentive and coalfield employment enhancement tax credits to $500,000 per return. The $500,000 limitation for the coalfield employment enhancement tax credit applies to such credits claimed on the tax return or redeemed with the Tax Commissioner. The bill also reduces the coal employment and production incentive tax credit from $3 per ton of coal purchased and consumed by an electricity generator to $2 per ton.

Any unused tax credits may be carried forward for 5 taxable years. However, any coal employment and production incentive tax credit earned prior to January 1, 2015, may be carried forward for the 12 taxable years following the year in which the credit was earned.

The provisions of the bill would become effective for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2015.

S.B. 1162 Hybrid retirement program; school division deferred compensation and cash match plans.

Patron: Watkins

Hybrid retirement program; school division deferred compensation and cash match plans. Allows school divisions the option of establishing and administering their own deferred compensation and cash match plans for the hybrid retirement program. Employees of such school divisions would have the option of participating in such programs. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2016.

S.B. 1168 Child welfare agencies, etc.; regulation.

Patron: Hanger

Regulation of child welfare agencies. Establishes a national criminal history record check requirement for licensure as a child welfare agency, for approval as a family day home by a family day system, for approval as a foster or adoptive parent; for employment or to volunteer at a child welfare agency or family day home; and for all adults residing in a home in which a family day home is operated and provides that the children of a family day home provider and any children who reside in the family day home where care is provided shall be included in determining the number of children receiving care for the purpose of licensure. This bill includes a delayed effective date.

S.B. 1170 Assault and battery against family or household member; penalty.

Patron: Carrico

Assault and battery against family or household member; penalty. Provides that upon a conviction for assault and battery against a family or household member, when the person has been previously convicted of an offense of (i) assault and battery against a family or household member, (ii) malicious or unlawful wounding, (iii) aggravated malicious wounding, (iv) malicious bodily injury by means of a substance, (v) strangulation, or (vi) an offense under the law of any other jurisdiction which has the same elements as any of the above offenses, which occurred within a period of 20 years, and on a different date, the person is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, the Class 6 felony applies only if there are two prior convictions.

S.B. 1187 DNA; analysis upon conviction of certain misdemeanors.

Patron: Obenshain

DNA analysis upon conviction of certain misdemeanors. Adds misdemeanor violations of § 16.1-253.2 (violation of protective orders), 18.2-19 (accessory after the fact), 18.2-60.3 (stalking), 18.2-67.4:1 (infected sexual battery), 18.2-119 (trespass), 18.2-346 (solicitation of prostitution), 18.2-371 (contributing to the delinquency of a minor), 18.2-387 (indecent exposure), or 18.2-387.1 (obscene sexual display) to the list of offenses for which a person convicted of such offense must have a sample of his blood, saliva, or tissue taken for DNA analysis. The bill also requires such sample be taken from every juvenile convicted of or adjudicated delinquent of a misdemeanor violation of § 16.2-253.2, 18.2-19, 18.2-60.3, 18.2-67.4 (sexual battery), 18.2-67.4:1, 18.2-67.5 (attempt to commit sexual battery), 18.2-119, 18.2-130 (peeping), 18.2-346, 18.2-387, or 18.2-387.1. Under current law, a sample is not taken for DNA analysis from juveniles convicted or adjudicated delinquent of any misdemeanor offenses and is taken from adults convicted of only five misdemeanor sex offenses: (i) § 18.2-67.4, (ii) § 18.2-67.4:2 (sexual abuse of a child 13 years of age or older but under 15), (iii) § 18.2-67.5, (iv) § 18.2-130, or (v) § 18.2-370.6 (penetrating the mouth of a child under 13 with the tongue). The provisions of the bill apply only to persons convicted or juveniles adjudicated delinquent on or after July 1, 2015.

S.B. 1188 Sex trafficking; penalties.

Patron: Obenshain

Sex trafficking; penalties. Creates new felonies for trafficking of persons for commercial sexual activity. The bill provides that any person who recruits, transports, harbors, receives, provides, obtains, isolates, maintains, patronizes, solicits, or entices a minor to engage in commercial sexual activity is guilty of a Class 2 felony, the punishment for which includes a mandatory minimum sentence that is based on the age of the minor. The bill also provides that any person who engages in the same conduct with any other person knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that coercion or fraud will be used to cause such person to engage in commercial sexual activity is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Finally, the bill provides that any person who receives money or its equivalent that he knows or has reason to know was derived from the trafficking of persons for commercial sexual activity is guilty of a Class 3 felony.

S.B. 1210 Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes on room rentals.

Patron: Ebbin

Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes on room rentals. Provides that retail sales and hotel taxes on transient room rentals are computed based upon the total charges or the total price paid for the use or possession of the room. For those cases in which a hotel or similar establishment contracts with an intermediary to facilitate the sale of the room and the intermediary charges the customer for the room and such facilitation efforts, the bill would require the intermediary to separately state the taxes on the bill or invoice provided to the customer and to collect the taxes based upon the total charges or the total price paid for the use or possession of the room.

S.B. 1224 Service dogs; establishes voluntary certification program.

Patron: Reeves

Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; voluntary certification program for service dogs; penalty. Requires the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to establish a voluntary certification program for service dogs that have completed training from an accredited training provider. No person may represent a dog as a "certified service dog" unless the dog has been granted the certification by the Commission. Under the bill, any person who represents a dog as a "certified service dog" when it is not is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $250.

S.B. 1231 Cigarettes; possession with intent to distribute contraband; fraudulent purchase; penalties.

Patrons: Reeves, Howell

Cigarettes; possession with intent to distribute contraband; fraudulent purchase; penalties. Lowers the felony threshold for possession with intent to distribute tax-paid cigarettes from 500 cartons to 200 cartons and creates a criminal offense and civil penalties for purchasing cigarettes using a forged business license or a forged or invalid Virginia sales and use tax exemption certificate. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

S.B. 1253 Sexual crimes against minors; extends statute of limitations.

Patron: Deeds

Statute of limitations; sexual crimes against minors. Extends the statute of limitations to one year after the victim reaches 18 years of age for misdemeanor violations of the following crimes: carnal knowledge by employee of bail bond company, sexual battery, infected sexual battery, sexual abuse of a child age 13 or 14 by an adult, attempted sexual battery, and tongue penetration by adult of mouth of child under age 13. Under existing law, there is a one-year statute of limitations on most misdemeanors.

S.B. 1265 Acute psychiatric bed registry; frequency of updating.

Patron: Deeds

Acute psychiatric bed registry; frequency of updating. Requires state facilities, community services boards, behavioral health authorities, and private inpatient psychiatric service providers to (i) update information included in the acute psychiatric bed registry whenever there is a change in bed availability for the facility, board, authority, or provider and (ii) review information included in the acute psychiatric bed registry for accuracy at least once daily.

S.B. 1292 Sanitary districts; boat ramps, shoreline management, and dredging.

Patron: Stuart

Sanitary districts; boat ramps, shoreline management, and dredging. Authorizes a county governing board to construct and operate boat ramps and facilities systems, beach and shoreline management and restoration systems, and creek and river dredging systems within a county sanitary district. The bill also authorizes the governing board to charge the owner of each parcel of improved real property a flat fee for a shoreline management or dredging system, regardless of whether the owner also owns unimproved land.

S.B. 1300 Northern Virginia Training Center; prohibition of closure.

Patron: Newman

Training centers; prohibition of closure. Provides that the Northern Virginia Training Center shall not be closed prior to December 31, 2016, and shall not be declared surplus on any land use plan developed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to identify by November 30, 2015, at least three training centers that shall not be subject to closure and requires such training centers to remain open and to continue to accept new admissions of individuals with intellectual disability for whom treatment in a training center is appropriate.

S.B. 1319 Retail sales and use taxes; temporary exemption periods for qualifying items.

Patron: Saslaw

Temporary exemption periods from retail sales and use taxes for qualifying items. Combines the three existing "sales tax holidays" into one three-day holiday that begins on the first Friday in August and ends at 11:59 p.m. the following Sunday. Currently, the sales tax holidays for Energy Star products, school supplies, and hurricane preparedness equipment take place at different times during the calendar year and for differing lengths of time.

S.B. 1401 Tourism project of regional impact; entitlement to tax revenues.

Patron: Norment

Entitlement to tax revenues; tourism project of regional impact. Entitles a tourism project of regional significance that meets certain heightened criteria to the revenues generated by a 1.75 percent state sales and use tax on transactions taking place on its premises, to be used for debt service on gap financing for the project. Current law allows certain tourism projects to qualify for revenues generated by a one percent state sales and use tax. A project would be eligible for the increased revenues if it involves new private, capital investment of at least $100 million and supports increased hotel occupancy, job creation, and out-of-state visitors.

S.B. 1410 Crisis intervention specialists; community services boards and behavioral health authorities.

Patron: Deeds

Crisis intervention specialists; community services boards; behavioral health authorities; emergency custody or temporary detention. Provides for the certification of crisis intervention specialists and crisis intervention specialist licensed clinical supervisors. The bill also requires community services boards and behavioral health authorities to employ or contract with certified crisis intervention specialists for evaluations for emergency custody or temporary detention.

S.B. 1421 TANF; Back-to-School Supplies and Clothing Allowance Program.

Patron: Colgan

TANF; Back-to-School Supplies and Clothing Allowance Program. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish and administer the Back-to-School Supplies and Clothing Allowance Program (the Program). Under the Program, families receiving benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program shall be eligible to receive an annual $100 voucher for each eligible school-age child in the home to be used for supplies and clothing essential for returning to school. The Program shall be funded by the TANF block grant.

S.B. 1422 Correctional facilities, local; state appropriations for operating costs.

Patron: Colgan

State appropriations for operating costs of local correctional facilities. Provides that the appropriation for operating costs for local correctional facilities, for each fiscal year, contained in the Governor's proposed biennial budget bill shall include an amount for compensating localities for the cost of maintaining prisoners arrested on state warrants in local jails, regional jails, and jail farms and for maintaining convicted state felons in local correctional facilities for a period of incarceration that may not exceed one year unless a longer period of incarceration has been agreed upon in writing by the governing body of the locality or the regional jail authority. Current law requires that the Governor's biennial budget bill contain such amounts but does not impose the limitation of the length of the period of incarceration.

S.B. 1433 Protective orders; assault and battery; penalty.

Patron: Carrico

Protective orders; assault and battery; penalty. Provides that a person who is the subject of a protective order who commits an assault and battery resulting in bodily injury on the person protected by the order is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, the assault and battery must result in serious bodily injury in order for the offense to be punishable as a Class 6 felony.

S.B. 1447 Income tax, corporate; exemption for certain previously-inverted corporations.

Patron: McDougle

Corporate income tax; rate of taxation. Provides that if a previously-inverted corporation makes a capital investment of at least $5 million to open a facility or business operation in the Commonwealth, then the first $5,000,000 of the corporation's profits each year shall be exempt from the corporate income tax for the first five years of operation of such business or facility.

S.B. 1455 Commonwealth Bond Act of 2015; created.

Patron: Watkins

Commonwealth of Virginia General Obligation Bonds.