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2020 SESSION
HOUSE CALENDAR FOR February 21, 2020 ... pdf
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills with Senate Amendments ... report | csv file
- Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file
- Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Reported - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Resolution Reported - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading and Referred ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- Bills Reported and Referred By Committee ... report | csv file
- Bills Referred By Committee ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Reported and Referred by Committee ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Referred by Committee ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 62 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
- SB 77 Student loans; licensing of qualified education loan servicers, civil penalties, report.
- SB 120 Health care providers, certain; program to address career fatigue and wellness, civil immunity.
- SB 122 Teledentistry; definitions, establishes requirements for practice, digital scans, etc.
- SB 156 Fostering Futures program; established.
- SB 164 Accident airtrip insurance; vending machine sales.
- SB 165 Life and annuities agents; report on licensure exam passage rate.
- SB 178 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; expands eligibility, fictive kin, definition.
- SB 233 Insurance agents; licensing and registration renewal.
- SB 235 Health insurance; association health plans.
- SB 239 Fluoride varnish; possession and administration by medical assistants, etc.
- SB 251 Pharmacy benefits managers; licensure and regulation definitions.
- SB 256 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends sunset provision.
- SB 264 Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority.
- SB 279 Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.
- SB 293 Financial institutions; multiple-fiduciary accounts.
- SB 297 Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; created, report.
- SB 328 Overweight permits; forest products.
- SB 343 Dams; disclosure statements.
- SB 412 Family assessments; increases timeline for completion.
- SB 480 Employment; covenants not to compete, definition of low-wage employees, civil penalty.
- SB 504 Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions.
- SB 538 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.
- SB 540 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.
- SB 542 Securities Act; equity crowdfunding exemption.
- SB 544 Physician assistant; capacity determinations.
- SB 549 Nuclear energy; strategic plan for overall goal of carbon-free energy.
- SB 561 Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, law-enforcement officers and firefighters.
- SB 565 Collaborative practice agreements; adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to list.
- SB 572 Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; early detection and diagnosis, risk reduction and care.
- SB 575 Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to Emergency Department Care Coord. Program.
- SB 605 Health insurance; formula and enteral nutrition products.
- SB 633 Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure.
- SB 672 Property Owners' Association Act and Virginia Condominium Act; contract disclosure statement.
- SB 675 Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks, repeals sunset.
- SB 678 Central registry; electronic requests and responses.
- SB 706 Human trafficking; assessments by local departments.
- SB 713 Art therapists and art therapy associates; definitions, licensure.
- SB 726 Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority; change in membership.
- SB 738 Temporary detention; observation, testing, or treatment.
- SB 739 Acute psychiatric bed registry; DBHDS shall establish work group to evaluate, etc.
- SB 757 Medical Excellence Zone Program; VDH to determine feasibility of establishment.
- SB 764 Certificate of public need; revises the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program.
- SB 794 Utility easements; location of broadband and other communications facilities.
- SB 830 Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration.
- SB 836 Naloxone; possession and administration, employee or person acting on behalf of a public place.
- SB 846 Organ, eye, or tissue transplantation; discrimination prohibited.
- SB 864 Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision.
- SB 902 Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings.
- SB 980 Fort Monroe Authority; exemption from the Virginia Personnel Act.
- SB 1031 Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder, individual and small group markets, etc.
- SB 1066 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 868 Discrimination; prohibited in public accommodations, etc., causes of action, civil actions.
- SB 36 Lottery Board; regulation and control of casino gaming, definitions.
- SB 48 Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited.
- SB 49 Nonpayment of wages; investigations.
- SB 50 Virginia Human Rights Act; racial discrimination, hair.
- SB 97 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices, effective clause.
- SB 124 Food stamps and TANF; eligibility, drug-related felonies.
- SB 384 Virginia Lottery; powers and duties of Board, sports betting, etc.
- SB 404 Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date.
- SB 406 Environmental justice; definitions, agency regulations, Virginia Environmental Justice Act, policy.
- SB 421 Consumer lending; replaces references to payday loans with term "short-term loans."
- SB 657 Certificate of birth; new certificate issued to show change of sex.
- SB 662 Employee misclassification; retaliatory actions prohibited, civil penalty.
- SB 707 Landlord and tenant; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.
- SB 720 PSAP dispatchers; definitions, telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EMD program.
- SB 782 Undergrounding electric transmission lines; pilot program.
- SB 871 Electric power-assisted bicycles; amends definition.
- SB 916 Towing fees; raises to $30 additional fee that can be charged for towing a vehicle at night, etc.
- SB 971 Illegal gambling; definitions, skill games.
- SB 991 New Americans, Office of; created within Department of Social Services.
- SB 995 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; labor organizations.
- SB 1005 CPL Ryan C. McGhee Memorial Bridge; bridge over I-95.
House Bills with Senate Amendments ... report | csv file
- HB 1482 Involuntary admission or certification of eligibility order; clarifies provisions governing appeals.
- HB 34 Refusal of tests; restricted license.
- HB 257 School principals; incident reports.
- HB 262 Immigration status; prohibiting inquiry into status of certain victims or witnesses of crimes.
- HB 284 Removal of dangerous roadside vegetation; local option.
- HB 475 Va. sexual assault forensic examiner coordination program; established, report, effective clause.
- HB 558 Micro-business; enhancement of participation in local procurement.
- HB 651 Recoupment; actions that qualify.
- HB 656 Solar energy projects; national standards.
- HB 742 Unmanned aircraft; political subdivision may regulate take-off and landing of system, etc.
- HB 790 Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions.
- HB 870 Sexual abuse; statute of limitations, personal action for injury to person.
- HB 1186 Disposal of solid waste fees; Russell County.
- HB 1655 Landowners; sale of certain property by locality, tax delinquent property.
Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file
- HB 33 Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes.
- HB 259 Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.
- HB 405 Menstrual supplies; school boards shall make available in each school building.
- HB 477 Juveniles; trial as adult, minimum age.
- HB 519 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; certain notices of termination.
- HB 648 Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to Emergency Department Care Coord. Program.
- HB 752 Felons; postrelease incarceration of offenders sentenced for certain offenses.
- HB 792 Appeals of right in general district court; appeals of final orders or judgments.
- HB 861 Best interests of the child; history of child abuse and acts of violence, etc.
- HB 1150 Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes.
- HB 1540 Behavioral health providers; barrier crimes, exceptions.
Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
- SB 110 Research and development tax credits; extends sunset date, aggregate caps.
- SB 200 Income tax, state; housing choice vouchers, definition of eligible housing areas.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 41 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Va. Council on; membership.
- SB 93 Taxes on income, wills, and administrations; exemption for victims of the Va. Beach mass shooting.
- SB 130 Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; extends sunset provision.
- SB 177 Autism Advisory Council; extends sunset provision.
- SB 214 Guardianship; review of Individualized Education Plan.
- SB 229 Pleadings, motions, and other papers; signature defects.
- SB 262 Hunting elk; special license created.
- SB 294 Bail bondsman; petition for return of deposit for surrender of principal, etc.
- SB 312 Felons; postrelease incarceration of offenders sentenced for certain offenses.
- SB 336 Fishing permits; special permits for certain youth camps.
- SB 407 American Revolutionary 250 Commission; established, membership, report, sunset provision.
- SB 448 Higher educational institutions, public; contracting firms, president of the institution.
- SB 463 Student-athletes; sudden cardiac arrest prevention.
- SB 499 Specialty dockets; veterans docket.
- SB 515 Northern Neck Technical Center; opening of the school year.
- SB 545 Appeals of right in general district court; appeals of final orders or judgments.
- SB 580 Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2020; created.
- SB 586 Auditor of Public Accounts; duties, Commonwealth Data Point.
- SB 587 MEI Project Approval Commission; changes to membership and operation.
- SB 594 Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; eligible security equipment.
- SB 600 Elementary and secondary schools, etc.; repealing several Acts relating to racial segregation.
- SB 607 Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts.
- SB 636 Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts.
- SB 679 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; established, report, sunset provision.
- SB 683 Competency to stand trial; outpatient treatment may occur.
- SB 693 Common-law defense of intra-family immunity; abolished in certain cases.
- SB 700 Wills; indexed in the name of executor as listed in such instrument.
- SB 722 Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.
- SB 734 Residential psychiatric placement and services; SOE, et al., to establish work group.
- SB 745 Income tax, state; exclusion, student loan forgiveness, disabled veterans.
- SB 768 Temporary detention; DBHDS shall study who may evaluate.
- SB 771 Interlocutory appeals; immunity, petitions or appeals, civil actions.
- SB 772 Bait fish; unlawful to transport for sale outside of the Commonwealth, penalty.
- SB 774 Big game hunting; guaranteed kills prohibited, penalty.
- SB 818 Behavioral health dockets; established.
- SB 850 Central State Colony, etc.; repeals various Chapters relating to establishment.
- SB 874 Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly.
- SB 881 Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created.
- SB 896 Segregation in transportation; repeals certain Acts.
- SB 951 Eminent domain; written offer to purchase property.
- SB 954 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.
- SB 967 Eminent domain; notice of intent to file certificate.
- SB 996 Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction.
- SB 1020 Public schools; alternative school discipline process.
- SB 1071 DNA; post-conviction testing.
- SB 1094 Conservation and Recreation, Department of; authorized to divest itself of certain property.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 11 Disposable plastic bags; local tax.
- SB 44 Public elementary and secondary school students; use of topical sunscreen, etc.
- SB 224 Gloucester County; additional sales and use tax, appropriations to incorporated towns.
- SB 271 Higher educational institutions, public; public-private partnerships, wind and solar power.
- SB 282 Ignition interlock; first offense driving under the influence of drugs.
- SB 283 The Virginia Opry; designating as the official opry of the Commonwealth.
- SB 286 Deferred dispositions; property crimes, larceny and receiving stolen goods, exception.
- SB 288 Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- SB 307 Adults sentenced for juvenile offenses; good conduct credit.
- SB 313 New College Institute; increases members on board of directors to 10.
- SB 325 Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors; criminal case.
- SB 377 Teacher grievance procedures; hearing, three-member fact-finding panel.
- SB 378 Computer trespass; expands the crime.
- SB 429 Child support; withholding from income of an independent contractor.
- SB 435 Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited.
- SB 478 Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
- SB 546 Juveniles; trial as adult, minimum age.
- SB 588 Localities; authority to levy taxes.
- SB 590 Advanced recycling; incentives in income tax, sales tax, and machinery and tools tax, taxable years.
- SB 595 Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; eligible security equipment, vaping detectors.
- SB 601 Legal holidays; Election Day, removes Lee-Jackson Day as state holiday.
- SB 612 Historical Statues in the United States Capitol, Commission for; removal of Robert E. Lee statue.
- SB 616 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change.
- SB 673 Nonagricultural irrigation wells; prohibited outside surficial aquifer.
- SB 674 Voluntary forest mitigation; agreements.
- SB 702 Marine Resources Commission; permit fees, pier application, oyster fund.
- SB 704 Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.
- SB 747 Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.
- SB 783 Carbon market participation; submerged aquatic vegetation.
- SB 788 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- SB 791 Menhaden; management of the fishery.
- SB 795 Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.
- SB 832 Private schools; sexual misconduct, employment assistance prohibited.
- SB 845 School buildings, public; mold testing, effective date.
- SB 849 Lawn fertilizer; contractor-applicators.
- SB 882 Conservation police officers; external appointment.
- SB 923 Motion picture production tax credit; media-related exemptions, extends sunset provision.
- SB 931 Income tax, state; subtraction for crime stopper rewards.
- SB 935 Higher educational institutions, public; eligibility for in-state tuition.
- SB 943 Mecklenburg County; additional sales and use tax, appropriations to incorporated towns.
- SB 987 Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds.
- SB 1004 Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.
- SB 1018 Sentence reductions; substantial assistance in furtherance of investigation, etc.
- SB 1038 Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program and Fund; created, transit funding.
- SB 1090 Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
Resolutions Reported - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SJ 31 Honor and Sacrifice Flag; emblem for honoring fallen public safety personnel.
- SJ 51 World Prematurity Month and Day; designating as November 2020, and November 17, 2020, respectively.
- SJ 60 Nuclear energy; advancement of nuclear energy research & exploration of economic opportunities.
- SJ 68 Puppy Mill Awareness Month; designating as December in 2020 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 78 African American legislators; commemorating 150th anniv. of swearing in to serve General Assembly.
- SJ 80 National Prosthodontics Awareness Week; designating as April 19-25, 2020, etc.
- SJ 86 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month; designating as September 2020 and each succeeding year thereafter.
Resolution Reported - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on First Reading and Referred ... report | csv file
- SB 31 Eminent domain; costs for petition for distribution of funds, interest rate.
- SB 35 Firearms, ammunition, etc.; control by localities by governing possession, etc., within locality.
- SB 72 Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William.
- SB 209 Judges; increases maximum number in judicial district.
- SB 495 Alcoholic beverage control; jewelry store license.
- SB 776 Wetlands protection; living shorelines.
- SB 787 Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority; created, financing of a Hampton Roads arena and facility.
- SB 885 Performance of laboratory analysis; cannabidiol oil, THC-A oil, tetrahydrocannabinol.
Senate Joint Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- SJ 18 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission (second reference).
- SJ 35 Barrier crimes and criminal history records checks; joint subcommittee to study.
Bills Reported and Referred By Committee ... report | csv file
- SB 1 Driver's license; suspension for nonpayment of fines or costs, reinstatement of privilege to drive.
- SB 2 Marijuana; definitions, possession and consumption, civil penalties, report.
- SB 4 Public School Assistance Fund and Program; created.
- SB 5 Public school buildings, modern; Board of Education to prescribe uniform minimum standards, etc.
- SB 231 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for menstrual supplies, effective date and clause.
- SB 277 Income tax, state and corporate; deduction for commuter benefits provided by an employer.
- SB 410 Public school buildings; school board shall maintain water mgmt. program to prevent Legionnaires'.
- SB 415 Compensation for wrongful incarceration; annuity term.
- SB 452 Motor vehicle fuels; sales tax in certain counties and cities.
- SB 462 Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, children of active duty service members.
- SB 500 Teaching material expenses; establishes a tax credit, effective clause.
- SB 511 Writ of actual innocence; petition by convicted person.
- SB 513 Driver's license; suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses.
- SB 730 Custodial interrogations; recording.
- SB 735 Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms; definitions, establishes requirements.
- SB 744 Misclassification of employees as independent contractors; Department of Taxation to investigate.
- SB 806 Criminal cases; ex parte requests for expert assistance.
- SB 840 Insanity; persons acquitted.
- SB 890 Transportation; amends numerous laws related to funds, safety programs, revenue sources, etc.
- SB 938 Circuit court clerks; fees collected for recording and indexing.
- SB 940 Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging, etc., of wills.
- SB 1012 Income tax, state; subtraction for certain low-income and middle-income students, effective clause.
- SB 1040 School board member compensation; City of Winchester.
- SB 1058 Income tax, corporate; returns of affiliated corporations, effective date.
- SB 1080 Urban Teacher Fund and Program; established.
Bills Referred By Committee ... report | csv file
- SB 494 Criminal Justice Services, Department of; crisis intervention team training.
- SB 712 Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth.
- SB 949 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; victims of sexual assault, report.
- SB 992 Carbon trading program; allocation of allowances, new facility.
- SB 1027 Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; definitions, funds, report.
- SB 1089 Correctional facilities, state; strip searches of those entering a facility.
Resolutions Reported and Referred by Committee ... report | csv file
- SJ 27 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, appropriations.
- SJ 50 Commonwealth Corridor passenger rail service; DRPT to study feasibility of an east-west service.
Resolutions Referred by Committee ... report | csv file
- SJ 38 Coastal areas; study on economic consequences of weather-related events.
- SJ 53 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund; DEQ to study revised priority ranking criteria for grants.
Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
- HJ 273 Commending Dianne H. Smith.
- HJ 274 Commending the Hopewell High School football team.
- HJ 275 Commending Robert M. Oman.
- HJ 276 Commending the South Lakes High School boys' soccer team.
- HJ 277 Commending Dorothy A. Jaeckle.
- HJ 278 Commending Matteo Lambert.
- HJ 279 Commending the Texas Tavern.
- HJ 280 Commending Sherman P. Lea.
- HJ 281 Commending the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke.
- HJ 282 Commending Local Colors.
- HJ 283 Commending the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission.
- HJ 284 Commending the Virginia Emergency Management Association.
- HJ 285 Commending Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare.
- HJ 286 Commending the West End Center for Youth.
- HJ 287 Commending the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA.
- HJ 288 Commending Visit Loudoun.
- HJ 289 Commending United Methodist Family Services.
- HR 96 Commending Diane C. Ickes.
- HR 97 Celebrating the life of Margie Dickinson Davis.
- HR 99 Commending Pamela Hall.