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- HB 1392 School security officers; carrying a firearm in performance of duties.
- HB 1400 Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report.
- HB 1415 Transient occupancy tax; Goochland, Powhatan, and Warren Counties authorized to impose.
- HB 1433 Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit; allocation to certain organizations.
- HB 1455 Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures.
- HB 1463 Delinquent taxes; publication of list by governing body or treasurer.
- HB 1467 Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Board of Health to adopt regulations to include as reportable disease.
- HB 1476 Real property tax; special assessment for land preservation.
- HB 1478 Recordation tax; exempts deed of trust or mortgage given by utility consumer services cooperatives.
- HB 1485 Sexual offenses; prohibits person from proximity to children and working on school property.
- HB 1487 Judges; reduces number in circuit court in 19th Judicial Circuit District.
- HB 1500 Budget Bill.
- HB 1518 Sales and use tax; automotive repair supplies.
- HB 1521 Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency.
- HB 1529 Temporary exemption periods from retail sales and use taxes for qualifying items; sunset dates.
- HB 1530 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; certification programs for certain businesses.
- HB 1543 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for audiovisual productions and equipment.
- HB 1549 Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report.
- HB 1555 Agency directors; human resource training and agency succession planning.
- HB 1565 Local tax and regulatory incentives; green development zones.
- HB 1566 Professions and occupations; active supervision of regulatory boards, definitions, report.
- HB 1605 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report.
- HB 1616 Felony homicide; certain drug offenses constitute second degree murder, penalty.
- HB 1626 License tax on peddlers and itinerant merchants; adhesive license display.
- HB 1650 Relief; Keith Allen Harward.
- HB 1663 Northern Va. Community College, et al.; computer science training, etc., for public school teachers.
- HB 1665 Motion picture production; extends sunset date of tax credit.
- HB 1668 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts legal tender coins.
- HB 1681 Transient occupancy tax; state parks.
- HB 1731 Joint Commission on Administrative Rules; periodic review of exemptions.
- HB 1738 Retail sales and use tax; aviation parts, engines, and supplies.
- HB 1768 Virginia Retirement System; stress testing and reporting policies.
- HB 1810 Retail Sales and Use Tax; online access to certain information.
- HB 1814 Worker retraining and telework expenses; extends sunset date for tax credits.
- HB 1815 Computer trespass; government computers and computers used for public utilities, penalty.
- HB 1838 Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; process of allocating credits.
- HB 1845 Model addiction recovery program; DCJS, et al., to develop.
- HB 1853 Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course.
- HB 1856 Restitution; supervised probation.
- HB 1884 Real property tax; exemption for certain surviving spouses.
- HB 1889 License taxes, local; exemption for certain defense production businesses.
- HB 1890 Sales and use tax; collection of taxes from consuming contractors.
- HB 1909 Real property tax; nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent property.
- HB 1913 Cigarettes; purchase for resale, issuance of a cigarette exemption certificate, penalties.
- HB 1950 Cigarette tax, local; refund of returned tax stamps.
- HB 1961 License tax, local; methodology for deducting certain gross receipts.
- HB 1965 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.
- HB 1974 Clean Power Plan; state implementation plan; General Assembly approval.
- HB 2007 Students who receive home instruction; dual enrollment courses.
- HB 2058 Sales and use tax; nexus for out-of-state businesses.
- HB 2074 Income tax, state and corporate; subtraction for Virginia venture capital account investment.
- HB 2092 Application for public assistance; eligibility, review of records.
- HB 2105 Investment of Public Funds Act; investment of public funds in Virginia Investment Pool Trust Fund.
- HB 2113 Breach of payroll data; notification requirement.
- HB 2144 Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; increases membership, effect of missing meetings.
- HB 2148 Veterans Services Foundation; powers and duties, appointment of Executive Director, report.
- HB 2169 Gas severance tax.
- HB 2193 Personal property tax; business property.
- HB 2198 Coal tax; limits aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated or claimed for employment, etc.
- HB 2206 Virginia Veteran and Family Support program; established, report.
- HB 2207 Food stamp program; requests for replacement of electronic benefit transfer card.
- HB 2209 Emergency Department Care Coordination Program; established.
- HB 2219 Real property tax; Stafford County may adopt, by ordinance, to restrict deferral of taxes.
- HB 2229 Electronic credentials; creates standards for DMV in issuing, reviewing, etc., report.
- HB 2238 DUI manslaughter; ignition interlock.
- HB 2243 Line of Duty Act; clarifies provisions of Act.
- HB 2244 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; changes name of Advisory Committee.
- HB 2246 Virginia Tax Amnesty Program; established.
- HB 2247 Va. Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; eligibility of employees for Workforce Transition Act.
- HB 2248 Capital outlay plan; revises six-year plan for projects.
- HB 2249 Virginia State University; revenue-producing capital project.
- HB 2250 Commonwealth of Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Bond Act of 2017; created.
- HB 2251 Virginia Retirement System; establishes an optional defined contribution retirement plan.
- HB 2262 Online Virginia Network Authority; established, membership, report.
- HB 2288 Computer trespass; computer invasion of privacy, penalty, civil relief.
- HB 2296 African Americans, formerly enslaved; identification of history in Virginia.
- HB 2304 Long-term care; requirements of Department of Medical Assistance Services.
- HB 2332 Teachers; compensation at rate competitive with national average salary.
- HB 2342 Public schools; Board of Education shall only establish regional charter school divisions.
- HB 2347 Commonwealth's Development Opportunity Fund; limitation on use of moneys from the Fund.
- HB 2348 Women's right to vote; Va. Historical Society shall plan commemoration of centennial anniversary.
- HB 2359 Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; changes effective date for creation of Authority.
- HB 2366 Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts.
- HB 2377 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption of certain textbooks and other educational materials.
- HB 2410 Terrorist organization, designated; providing material support, penalty.
- HB 2417 Prepayment analytics; DMAS shall establish program relating to fraud prevention.
- HB 2427 Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes to Program, Commonwealth Award grants.
- HB 2436 Auditor of Public Accounts; online database, register of funds expended.
- HB 2455 Personal property tax, tangible; list of uncollected balances.
- HB 2460 Historic rehabilitation; limits amount of tax credits that may be claimed by each taxpayer.
- HB 2470 Drug Control Act; Schedule II and Schedule V.
- HB 2471 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; membership, powers and duties.
- HB 2473 Protective orders or stalking; third or subsequent offense.
- SB 787 Sales & use tax; prohibits accelerated collection of payments from retail merchants & other dealers.
- SB 788 Income tax, state; rate of taxation.
- SB 789 Income tax, corporate; rate of taxation.
- SB 790 Crimes against law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel; penalty.
- SB 791 Concealed handgun permits; fee for processing.
- SB 793 Small businesses; waiver of tax penalties.
- SB 797 Competency to stand trial; evaluations.
- SB 798 Virginia adjusted gross income; sale of certain crops to craft breweries.
- SB 801 Dogs; public animal shelters required to notify intent to euthanize.
- SB 803 Executive budget; zero-based budgeting principles.
- SB 804 Retail Sales and Use Tax; media-related exemptions.
- SB 805 Vehicle registration fees; funds for Department of State Police.
- SB 806 Interstate 73 Corridor Development Fund and Program; created.
- SB 810 Food stamp program; categorical eligibility.
- SB 833 Fines and court costs; community work in lieu of payment.
- SB 834 Governor; efficiency and effectiveness review and assessment of state departments, agencies, etc.
- SB 835 Income tax, corporate; lowers tax rate to 2.5 percent.
- SB 836 License taxes; if locality imposes tax upon business, tax shall be based upon Va. taxable income.
- SB 838 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; VCCS to establish, report.
- SB 843 Biennial appropriation act; Commonwealth's appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered yrs.
- SB 849 Income tax, state; creates a deduction for small business owners.
- SB 868 Child protective services; investigation of complaints of child abuse or neglect.
- SB 871 Third-party registration groups; registration, disclosure, and recordkeeping requirements, etc.
- SB 875 Recordation tax; exempts deed of trust or mortgage given by utility consumer services cooperatives.
- SB 876 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program.
- SB 881 Va Retirement System (VRS); receipt of retirement allowance while employed in a covered position.
- SB 886 Gas severance tax.
- SB 889 Concealed handgun permit fees; exemptions; retired probation and parole officers.
- SB 897 Child care providers; criminal history background check; penalty.
- SB 900 Budget Bill.
- SB 912 Virginia taxable income of residents; reorganization of additions, subtractions, and deductions.
- SB 925 Plastic bag tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
- SB 933 DCJS training; jail officers; mental health first aid.
- SB 934 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts legal tender coins.
- SB 937 Office of the Children's Ombudsman.
- SB 939 Line of Duty Act; death benefit eligibility; Department of Military Affairs employees.
- SB 940 Mental health screening of prisoners at local correctional facilities.
- SB 955 Certain educational institutions; designation of governing boards.
- SB 956 County food and beverage tax.
- SB 962 Sales and use tax; nexus for out-of-state businesses.
- SB 963 Land preservation tax credit; per taxpayer limitation.
- SB 975 Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates.
- SB 977 Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency.
- SB 982 Motion picture production tax credit.
- SB 985 Higher education; in-state tuition.
- SB 986 Higher education; in-state tuition.
- SB 987 Higher education; in-state tuition.
- SB 1005 Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report.
- SB 1013 Host Localities Economic Development Incentive and Transportation Support Funds; created, etc.
- SB 1018 Temporary exemption periods from retail sales and use taxes for qualifying items; sunset dates.
- SB 1025 Payment of estimated taxes by certain public service corporations; repeal.
- SB 1026 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.
- SB 1029 Virginia taxable income; deduction for personal exemptions.
- SB 1033 Breach of payroll data; notification requirement.
- SB 1034 Historic rehabilitation; limits amount of tax credits that may be claimed by each taxpayer.
- SB 1039 Protective orders; possession of firearms; felony.
- SB 1044 Nonconfidential court records; secure remote access, date of birth verification.
- SB 1045 Capital outlay plan; revises six-year plan for projects.
- SB 1049 Firearms; administration of machine gun registry, nonresident concealed handgun permits.
- SB 1050 Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission.
- SB 1053 Student loans; licensing of qualified education loan servicers, report, civil penalties.
- SB 1060 Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action.
- SB 1063 Corrections, State Board of; membership, powers and duties.
- SB 1064 Mental health awareness training; law enforcement officers, firefighters, etc.
- SB 1067 Assault and battery of private police officers; penalty.
- SB 1071 Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officers.
- SB 1072 Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty.
- SB 1075 Veterans Services Foundation; powers and duties, appointment of an Executive Director, report.
- SB 1079 Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund; disbursement of moneys.
- SB 1086 In utero exposure to a controlled substance; departments of social services to collect information.
- SB 1087 Higher education; in-state tuition.
- SB 1088 Higher educational institutions, public; fixed four-year tuition rate.
- SB 1090 Computer trespass; computer invasion of privacy, penalty, civil relief.
- SB 1092 Motor vehicle fuels; establishes a floor on sales tax imposed in Northern Virginia.
- SB 1106 Made in Appalachia Initiative; refundable tax credits.
- SB 1107 Sales and use tax; prohibits any requirement that a dealer remit accelerated payments, exception.
- SB 1109 State-level charitable contribution deductions; elimination of certain deductions.
- SB 1114 Virginia Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Program and Fund.
- SB 1115 State Police, Department of; development, management, and operation of information technology.
- SB 1118 Line of Duty Act; Act includes firefighter trainees.
- SB 1119 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- SB 1129 Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts.
- SB 1133 Voter referendum; independent redistricting commission.
- SB 1137 Neighborhood assistance tax credits; reduces amount of credit of value for certain donations.
- SB 1138 Computer trespass; government computers and computers used for public utilities, penalty.
- SB 1145 Riparian planting grounds lease; eligibility.
- SB 1147 Companion animals; changes penalty to Class 6 felony for cruelty to animals.
- SB 1149 Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare; transitional support services, time limit.
- SB 1154 Terrorist organization, designated; providing material support, penalty.
- SB 1156 Virginia Public Building Authority; Military Mission Improvement and Expansion projects.
- SB 1165 Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; allocation of credits.
- SB 1167 Education programs; allocation of unissued tax credits.
- SB 1168 Neighborhood Assistance Act; reorganizes provisions of tax credit program.
- SB 1181 Virginia Retirement System; return to employment by retired public safety employees.
- SB 1186 All-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles; subject to motor vehicle tax.
- SB 1205 Commercial fishing vessels; classifies vessels as a separate class of property.
- SB 1218 Cats or dogs; killing of companion animals.
- SB 1222 Acute psychiatric patient registry; DBHDS to develop and administer.
- SB 1233 Temporary detention; certified evaluators.
- SB 1239 Child day programs; exemptions from licensure, certification of preschool or nursery school program.
- SB 1240 Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report.
- SB 1243 Va. Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, definitions, report, effective clause.
- SB 1248 Real property tax; Stafford County may adopt, by ordinance, to restrict deferral of taxes.
- SB 1249 Income tax, state; credit for certain disabled veterans, etc.
- SB 1253 Voter identification; photograph contained in electronic pollbook.
- SB 1268 Localities; public hearings for tax rate increases.
- SB 1274 License taxes, local; exemption for certain defense production businesses.
- SB 1278 Child pornography; discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints for possession.
- SB 1283 Public schools; Board of Education shall only establish regional charter school divisions.
- SB 1285 Restitution; supervised probation.
- SB 1286 Land preservation tax credits; withholding tax of nonresident owners.
- SB 1287 Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; changes effective date for creation of Authority.
- SB 1291 Well permit applications; disclosure of trade secrets.
- SB 1292 FOIA; trade secrets submitted to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
- SB 1293 State agencies; criminal background checks for certain positions.
- SB 1296 County food and beverage tax; referendum.
- SB 1300 Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course.
- SB 1308 Sales and use tax; collection of taxes from consuming contractors.
- SB 1314 Retail Sales and Use Tax; spirits sold at government stores.
- SB 1320 Admissions tax; Washington County to impose on multi-sports complex and entertainment venue.
- SB 1322 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; changes name of Advisory Committee.
- SB 1328 Enterprise zone grants and tax credits; qualified real property improvement expenditures.
- SB 1329 Cigarettes; all localities allowed to impose a tax.
- SB 1334 Virginia Public Procurement Act; small business enhancement program, limitations.
- SB 1336 Sales and use tax; school supplies and hurricane preparedness sales tax holidays.
- SB 1337 Claims; Davey Reedy.
- SB 1349 Coastal Protection and Flooding Adaptation, Secretary for; creates position, effective clause.
- SB 1350 Motor vehicle sales and use tax; refund to purchaser.
- SB 1353 Higher educational institutions; primary duties of members of governing boards.
- SB 1361 Food donation; tax credit for restaurants that donate prepared food or meals.
- SB 1369 Commonwealth of Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Bond Act of 2017; created.
- SB 1370 Virginia State University; revenue-producing capital project.
- SB 1371 Virginia Research Investment Committee; expands role of Committee.
- SB 1378 Computer crimes; penalties.
- SB 1379 Higher educational institutions; governing board to implement a plan to reduce in-state tuition.
- SB 1386 Income tax, state; creates a new tax bracket for small businesses.
- SB 1390 Cigarettes; purchase for resale, penalties.
- SB 1391 Alcoholic beverage control; new license for certain commercial lifestyle centers.
- SB 1392 Geothermal heat pump property expenditure; establishes a tax credit for taxable years 2017-2021.
- SB 1412 Adoption; leave benefit.
- SB 1416 Investment of Public Funds Act; investment of public funds in Virginia Investment Pool Trust Fund.
- SB 1426 Education improvement scholarships; increases tax credit.
- SB 1427 Education improvement scholarships tax credit; pre-kindergarten eligibility.
- SB 1428 Education improvement scholarships tax credit; eligibility of students with a disability.
- SB 1438 Virginia Tax Amnesty Program; established.
- SB 1440 Concealed handgun; eligibility to carry openly within Commonwealth.
- SB 1442 Prisoners; mental health screening at local correctional facilities.
- SB 1444 Restricted firearm ammunition; use or attempted use in the commission of a crime, penalty.
- SB 1449 Red Tape Reduction Commission; established, report.
- SB 1451 Motion picture production; amends tax credit.
- SB 1453 Firearms; prohibited at certain preschools and child day centers.
- SB 1454 Illegal voter registration; penalties.
- SB 1456 Motor vehicle fuels; definitions, sales tax in certain transportation districts, price floor.
- SB 1459 Discharge of treasurer; legal pleadings.
- SB 1463 Virginia Tobacco Region Revolving Fund; revises definition of project.
- SB 1470 Coal tax; limits aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated or claimed for employment, etc.
- SB 1479 Relief; Keith Allen Harward.
- SB 1485 Tax credits; expiration of certain tax credits.
- SB 1490 Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act; applying for and casting military-overseas ballots.
- SB 1493 Northern Va. Community College, et al.; computer science training, etc., for public school teachers.
- SB 1520 Property tax; notice by locality of public hearing of tax increase.
- SB 1523 Teachers turnover; exit questionnaire.
- SB 1526 Income-producing realty; income data.
- SB 1527 Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes to Program, Commonwealth Award grants.
- SB 1531 Teachers, qualified; creates dependent care tax credit.
- SB 1540 Tax credits, certain; aggregate caps.
- SB 1544 Food and beverage tax; York County authorized to impose.
- SB 1545 Income tax, state; credit for budget surplus.
- SB 1550 Women's Right to Vote, Commission for Commemoration of; established.
- SB 1551 Central Virginia Training Center; closure prohibited without General Assembly authorization.
- SB 1561 Emergency Department Care Coordination Program; established.
- SB 1562 Medicaid Supplemental Rate Fund; created.
- SB 1565 Higher educational institutions; tuition increases.
- SB 1576 Worker retraining and telework expenses; extends sunset date for tax credits.
- SB 1591 Economic Development Access Program; bonded projects.
- SJ 284 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax; exemption for surviving spouse.