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2018 SESSION
Senate Commerce and Labor
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Wagner (Chair), Saslaw, Norment, Newman, Obenshain, Stuart, Stanley, Cosgrove, Chafin, Dance, Lucas, McDougle, Black, Sturtevant, Spruill
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- HB 82 Workers' compensation; Uninsured Employer's Fund, financing tax.
- HB 110 Franchisees; status thereof and its employees as employees of the franchisor.
- HB 117 Workers' Compensation Commission; quorum.
- HB 139 Health insurance; physician reimbursements, credentialing.
- HB 170 Businesses; central filing of assumed or fictitious name, etc.
- HB 234 Health insurance; synchronization of medications.
- HB 238 State Corporation Commission; electronic registration system.
- HB 396 State Corporation Commission; assistance with foreign insurance policies.
- HB 433 Banks and credit unions; closure, appointment of receiver.
- HB 451 Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; board of directors.
- HB 531 Workers' compensation; proof of coverage information.
- HB 558 Workers' Compensation; employer's liability for medical services provided outside the Commonwealth.
- HB 686 Unclaimed property; deposits and funds with financial institutions, charges and interest.
- HB 698 Land use permits; issuance by Department of Transportation.
- HB 789 Banks; stock ownership by directors.
- HB 911 Automatic renewal offers and continuous service offers; penalties.
- HB 922 Electric vehicle charging stations; local and public operation.
- HB 999 Telework Promotion & Broadband Assistance, Office of, & Broadband Advisory Council; expiration.
- HB 1027 Security freezes; fees for placing on a consumer's credit report.
- HB 1087 Animal research; alternative test methods, civil penalty.
- HB 1177 Health insurance; contracts with pharmacies and pharmacists, etc.
- HB 1201 Health benefit; plans offered by foreign health insurer.
- HB 1205 Nonstock corporations; members' meetings.
- HB 1208 Banks; authorized to operate a branch office under a different name.
- HB 1233 Apprentice agreements; ratio of apprentices to journeymen.
- HB 1252 Renewable energy power purchase agreements; pilot programs.
- HB 1258 Wireless communications infrastructure; zoning.
- HB 1270 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; prohibition on participation by Commonwealth.
- HB 1293 Unemployment compensation; increases penalty for failure to file reports.
- HB 1368 Group accident and sickness insurance; eligibility for continuation of coverage.
- HB 1388 Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; implementation of 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) services.
- HB 1427 Wireless support structures; public rights-of-way use fees established.
- HB 1451 Public school divisions; SCC to establish pilot program for schools generating electricity.
- HB 1486 Va. Life, Accident & Sickness Insurance Guaranty Assoc.; assessments for long-term care insurance.
- HB 1552 Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; strategies to identify and engage certain persons.
- HB 1555 Hydroelectric plant; revenue sharing agreement among certain localities.
- HB 1558 Electric utility regulation; grid modernization, energy efficiency programs.
- HB 1559 Action without a meeting; articles of incorporation of a public corporation.
- HB 1583 Commonwealth Broadband Chief Advisor; establishes position.
- SB 9 Electric utility regulation; suspension of reviews of earnings, transitional rate period.
- SB 11 State Corporation Commission; increases number of members.
- SB 13 State Corporation Commission; intervenor compensation.
- SB 16 Security freezes; fees for placing on a consumer's credit report.
- SB 17 Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance policies; bad faith.
- SB 18 Security freezes; fees.
- SB 22 Security freezes; elimination of fees.
- SB 23 Health insurance; coverage for limited drug refills.
- SB 38 Security freezes; elimination of fees.
- SB 41 Sick leave; use for care of immediate family members.
- SB 42 Banks; loan applicant verification.
- SB 58 Minimum wage; increases wage from its current federally mandated level.
- SB 62 Security freezes; elimination of fees.
- SB 72 Electric distribution lines; minimum height upon or over agricultural land.
- SB 82 Electric utility regulation; agricultural net energy metering.
- SB 83 Renewable energy; third-party power purchase agreements.
- SB 95 Security freezes; protected consumer, proof of authority,
- SB 161 Medicare; supplement policies for individuals under age 65.
- SB 162 Marketplace Virginia; created.
- SB 176 Life insurance policies; claims of creditors.
- SB 191 Net energy metering; eligibility limits.
- SB 240 Minimum wage; increases to $8.00 per hour effective July 1, 2018.
- SB 244 Banks; authorized to operate a branch office under a different name.
- SB 246 Insurance agents; licensing requirements.
- SB 251 Minimum wage; increases to $10.00 per hour effective July 1, 2018, etc.
- SB 253 Unclaimed property; deposits and funds with financial institutions, charges and interest.
- SB 260 Banks; stock ownership by directors.
- SB 283 Fiber optics and other communications infrastructure; identifying during road construction projects.
- SB 284 Electric utilities; solar generation capacity, public interest.
- SB 285 Utility rates; voluntary rate design schedules or riders.
- SB 297 Communications companies; incentives, provision of wireless broadband services.
- SB 311 Community solar gardens; SCC to establish standards for operation.
- SB 313 Community solar generation; establishment of facilities.
- SB 324 Natural gas companies; right of entry upon property.
- SB 346 Fire Programs Fund; use of funds.
- SB 352 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- SB 380 Personal injury; loss of consortium claims by certain relatives.
- SB 384 Fiber optics and other communications infrastructure; identifying during road construction projects.
- SB 387 Corporations; annual reports.
- SB 388 Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; board of directors.
- SB 395 Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; awards for injuries.
- SB 405 Wireless communications infrastructure; zoning.
- SB 418 Public safety answering points (PSAP); deployment of text-to-9-1-1.
- SB 419 Discriminating between employees on the basis of sex; payment of wages.
- SB 421 Paid medical leave; private employers with 50 or more employees to give to each full-time employee.
- SB 513 Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; implementation of 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) services.
- SB 517 False and fraudulent insurance claims; civil penalties and damages.
- SB 536 Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP; duty of in-network providers to submit claims.
- SB 542 Surplus lines insurance; establishes criteria for SCC licensing of domestic surplus line insurers.
- SB 574 Step therapy protocols; health benefits, disclosure of information.
- SB 581 Health insurance plans; preauthorization for drug benefits.
- SB 593 Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- SB 624 Va. Consumer Protection Act; open-end credit plans.
- SB 625 Consumer finance companies; licensing by SCC.
- SB 626 Life insurance on minors; consent of parents.
- SB 629 State Corporation Commission; disclosures of information provided by financial institutions.
- SB 639 Health care shared savings; incentive programs.
- SB 642 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- SB 646 Electric utilities; fuel cost recovery, contracts for natural gas pipeline capacity.
- SB 654 Virginia Health Club Act; automated external defibrillator required in health clubs.
- SB 659 Security freezes; elimination of fees.
- SB 661 Wages; removes exemptions that exclude newsboys, shoe shine boys, etc., from Va. Minimum Wage Act.
- SB 662 Electric utilities; competition.
- SB 663 Air medical transportation; informed decision.
- SB 671 Health carriers; participation in health benefit exchange, requirement for conducting activities.
- SB 672 Health insurance; small employers, self-employed persons.
- SB 690 Debit card holds; disclosures.
- SB 697 Natural gas utilities; right of entry.
- SB 708 Coal combustion residuals unit; DEQ to require closure.
- SB 711 Electric utilities; community renewable projects.
- SB 717 Accident and sickness insurance; rate filings, agent commissions.
- SB 731 Health insurance plans; prior authorization for drug benefits or surgical procedures.
- SB 736 Paid family leave program; establishment of program.
- SB 755 Pension de-risking; transfer of retirement annuity contracts, subject to approval of Commissioner.
- SB 765 Coal ash ponds; mandatory testing of drinking water wells in Chesapeake Bay watershed.
- SB 766 Citizen water quality monitoring; use as evidence in enforcement actions.
- SB 767 Coal ash ponds; flaws in closure plans, delay of permit.
- SB 768 Electric utilities; recovery of costs associated with closure in place of coal ash facilities.
- SB 779 Covenants not to compete; physicians.
- SB 780 Hydroelectric plant; revenue sharing agreement among certain localities.
- SB 790 Virginia Employment Commission; development of a plan for a paid family-medical leave program.
- SB 807 Coal combustion residuals and other units; permits, request for proposals.
- SB 808 Electric utilities; Transitional Rate Period, coal combustion residuals landfills.
- SB 817 Life insurance; prohibits an insurer form issuing a policy for an individual under 5 years of age.
- SB 823 Wireless support structures; public rights-of-way use fees established.
- SB 837 Electric utilities; retail competition.
- SB 844 Health insurance; individual coverage, short-term policies.
- SB 853 Insurance agents; continuing education requirements.
- SB 855 Energy efficiency programs; programs proposed by an electric utility.
- SB 857 Public Rights-of-Way Use; fees used for high-speed Internet access in underserved areas.
- SB 860 Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers, public hospitals.
- SB 864 Cryptocurrencies; State Corporation Commission to study.
- SB 887 Child labor; volunteer fire companies.
- SB 897 Workers' compensation; taxicab and executive sedan drivers.
- SB 901 Electric utilities; undergrounding distribution lines, reasonableness and prudence of costs.
- SB 907 Health insurance; coverage for contraceptives.
- SB 908 Electric vehicle charging stations; local and public operation.
- SB 916 Health benefit plans; sale by authorized foreign health insurers.
- SB 922 Electric utilities; rates and tariffs.
- SB 933 Health insurance; contracts with pharmacies and pharmacists, etc.
- SB 934 Benefits consortium; formation by a sponsoring association.
- SB 935 Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations.
- SB 948 Net neutrality; an entity engaged in provision of broadband Internet access services.
- SB 955 Electric utility regulation; suspension of reviews of earnings, Transitional Rate Period.
- SB 964 Health insurance; catastrophic health plans.
- SB 965 Electric utility regulation; rate review proceedings, Transitional Rate Period, etc.
- SB 966 Electric utility regulation; grid modernization, energy efficiency.
- SB 967 Electric utility regulation; grid modernization, energy efficiency.
- SB 968 False statements, etc., by employing units; failure to furnish reports, etc.
- SB 974 Action without a meeting; articles of incorporation of a public corporation.
- SB 989 Virginia Antitrust Act; exemption for hospitals.
- SR 14 State Corporation Commission; nomination for election of member.
- SR 15 Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission; nomination for election of member.