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2020 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 21, 2020 ... pdf
- Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file
- Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolution on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
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 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 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.
Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
- SB 69 Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.
- SB 105 Best interests of the child; history of child abuse and acts of violence, etc.
- SB 247 No-fault divorce; gender-neutral terminology.
- SB 263 Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence, effective date.
- SB 373 Virginia sexual assault forensic examiner coordination program; established, report.
- SB 593 Family day homes, licensed, etc.; storage of unloaded firearms in a locked container, cabinet, etc.
- SB 670 Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.
- SB 724 Misdemeanor sexual offenses; increases statute of limitations, where the victim is a minor.
- 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.
House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 554 Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure.
- HB 1597 GO Virginia grants; matching funds.
- HB 172 Virginia State Police Electronic Summons System Fund; created.
- HB 173 Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited.
- HB 186 Election day page program; central absentee voter precinct.
- HB 236 Elections, State Board of; increasing membership and terms, role and eligibility, report.
- HB 271 Public schools; school resource officers and school security officers, data.
- HB 275 Judges; increases maximum number in judicial district.
- HB 307 Income tax, state; subtraction for crime stopper rewards.
- HB 341 Taxation, Department of; sharing information with the Department of Social Services.
- HB 378 Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision.
- HB 388 Hunting elk; special license created.
- HB 449 Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibition upon conviction.
- HB 460 Scott, Winston Lamont; compensation for wrongful incarceration.
- HB 500 Registered voters; lists provided at no charge to courts of the Commonwealth.
- HB 539 Elections, State Board of; activities related to supervision of local electoral boards & registrars.
- HB 653 Condemned growing beds; electronic maps.
- HB 755 Real property taxes; definitions, blighted and derelict properties in certain localities.
- HB 775 Virginia College Savings Plan; analyzing current programs to encourage citizens to save.
- HB 797 Local school boards; lead testing, report, parental notification.
- HB 849 Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements, advertisements placed, etc.
- HB 882 Stormwater management; use of a proprietary best management practice.
- HB 886 State Trails Advisory Committee; extends sunset provision.
- HB 888 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain gun safes.
- HB 906 Entitlement to sales tax revenues from certain public facilities; authorized localities.
- HB 1023 Custodial interrogations; audiovisual recording.
- HB 1053 Voting systems; voter-verifiable paper record.
- HB 1061 Campaign finance; committee depositories and reimbursement.
- HB 1074 Harassing animals; certain species.
- HB 1086 Voting; restrictions on the basis of race.
- HB 1100 State Inspector General; powers and duties.
- HB 1131 Solar energy projects; revenue share assessment.
- HB 1238 Political campaign advertisements; print media requirements.
- HB 1262 Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.
- HB 1285 Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county, etc.
- HB 1318 Motion picture production tax credit; media-related exemptions, extends sunset provision.
- HB 1328 Offender medical & mental health information & records; exchange of information to facility, etc.
- HB 1349 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; removes references to Division of Marketing.
- HB 1353 Federal acts; meat and poultry.
- HB 1357 Wildlife or fish; sale of mounts permitted.
- HB 1402 Polling place procedures; election officer shall verify with voter his full name and address, etc.
- HB 1498 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program and Fund; created.
- HB 1602 Governor's New Airline Service Incentive Fund; created.
- HB 1615 Recordation tax; supplemental writings.
House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 787 Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes.
- HB 358 Public works contracts; definitions, authorization of project labor agreements.
- HB 831 Utility easements; location of broadband and other communications facilities.
- HB 833 Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works contracts, prevailing wage rate, penalty.
- HB 1037 Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date.
- HB 1623 Open-space preservation; increases fee for every writing document and instrument admitted to record.
- HB 1 Absentee voting; no excuse required, voting by absentee ballot.
- HB 5 Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
- HB 19 Voter identification; signed statement in lieu of required form of identification, penalty.
- HB 57 Elections; date of June primary election.
- HB 88 Campaign finance; filing schedule for persons with multiple campaign committees.
- HB 146 Sample ballots; color of paper of unofficial sample ballots.
- HB 179 Recounts; procedure for certain ballots.
- HB 196 Employment discrimination; prohibits against electoral board member, etc., for election day service.
- HB 200 Mecklenburg County; additional sales and use tax, appropriations to incorporated towns.
- HB 202 Officers of election; timing of additional training following change in law or regulation.
- HB 207 Absentee voting; no excuse required, permanent absentee voter list.
- HB 213 Voter identification; accepted forms of identification, out-of-state student identification card.
- HB 220 Absentee voting; postage prepaid on return envelope.
- HB 235 Voter registration; automatic voter registration.
- HB 237 Electoral boards, local; terms to begin January 1.
- HB 238 Absentee voting; deadline for returning absentee ballot.
- HB 239 Absentee voting; extends deadline for applying for an absentee ballot to cast other than in person.
- HB 240 Absentee voting; annual applications for eligible absentee voters.
- HB 242 Absentee voting; emergency voting.
- HB 273 School boards; planning time and planning periods for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.
- HB 282 Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 366 Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William.
- HB 486 Henry, Northampton, Patrick, & Pittsylvania Counties & City of Danville; additional sales &use tax.
- HB 504 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; preservation of mature trees.
- HB 520 Trees; DEQ to convene advisory to study planting or preservation, report.
- HB 533 Expanded polystyrene food service containers; definitions, prohibition on dispensing, penalty.
- HB 646 Pipeline construction permit; amount of civil penalty for violation.
- HB 704 Environmental justice; definitions, agency regulations, Virginia Environmental Justice Act, policy.
- HB 706 Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.
- HB 785 Localities; authority to levy taxes.
- HB 859 Stormwater management facilities; private residential lots, required disclosure.
- HB 1145 Pound River; designating as a Virginia scenic river.
- HB 1162 Environmental Quality, Department of; definition of environmental justice.
- HB 1164 Environmental Quality, Department of; policy statement.
- HB 1352 Solid waste disposal; unpermitted sites and open dumps, regulation and cleanup.
- HB 1383 Virginia Lottery; Internet sales.
- HB 1421 Pollbooks; requirement for printed copies.
- HB 1450 Electric utility regulation; energy efficiency standard, energy efficiency programs
- HB 1451 Electric utility regulation; mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard.
- HB 1556 Political campaign advertisements; authorization statement, name of candidate defined.
- HB 1587 Investment of public funds; ratings agencies.
- HB 1598 James River; designating as a State Scenic River.
- HB 1601 Staunton River; designating as State Scenic River.
- HB 1604 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; boat ramp fees; exemptions.
- HB 1612 Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 1631 Charlotte County; additional sales and use tax imposed.
- HB 1695 Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.
House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 97 Newborn screening; screening for Krabbe disease.
- HB 99 Va. Fair Housing Law; status as a victim of family abuse, etc.
- HB 104 Higher educational institutions, public; non-academic student codes of conduct.
- HB 113 Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism, definitions.
- HB 180 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
- HB 270 Public schools; lock-down drills, notice to parents.
- HB 298 Misdemeanor sexual offenses; increases statute of limitations, where the victim is a minor.
- HB 308 Students; DOE to establish guideline for excused absence due to mental and behavioral health.
- HB 340 Emergency laws; civil relief, citizens of the Commonwealth furloughed.
- HB 351 School bus drivers; critical shortages.
- HB 368 Public schools; enrollment, certain children placed in foster care.
- HB 375 Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreements, disputes, arbitration.
- HB 385 Chiropractic, practice of; clarifies definition.
- HB 392 School boards; applicants for employment, criminal history.
- HB 402 Public schools; lock-down drills, frequency, exemptions.
- HB 410 Parental notification; literacy and Response to Intervention screening and services.
- HB 415 Discipline; suspension, access to graded work during and after suspension.
- HB 437 DGS; disposition of surplus materials, permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses.
- HB 447 Active duty military personnel, etc.; eligibility for in-state tuition and other benefits.
- HB 454 Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase programs for recycled goods, climate positive materials.
- HB 456 Higher educational institutions, public; withdrawal of veteran student.
- HB 457 Postsecondary schools; distance learning, certification and reciprocity, effective date.
- HB 479 Death certificate; veterans, fees.
- HB 501 School boards; written school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans.
- HB 511 Electric vehicle charging stations; operation by state agencies.
- HB 513 Real Estate Board; death or disability of a real estate broker.
- HB 594 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; return of security deposit.
- HB 661 Exposure-prone incidents; Secretaries of HHR & PSHS to establish a work group.
- HB 688 Certified community health workers; establishes requirements for use of the title.
- HB 715 Higher educational institutions, public; increases in undergraduate tuition.
- HB 719 Administration of government; state publications to be made available in electronic format.
- HB 720 Property Owners' Association Act; display of political signs.
- HB 728 Residential psychiatric placement and services; SOE, et al., to establish work group.
- HB 743 Higher educational institutions; qualified education loans, providers of private education loans.
- HB 746 Custodial interrogation of a child; parental notification and contact.
- HB 757 Public employment; limitations on inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding arrests.
- HB 763 Hospitals; notification to patient of outpatient physical therapy following discharge.
- HB 788 Restrictive covenants; deeds of reformation.
- HB 791 Comprehensive harm reduction programs; authority to establish and operate.
- HB 810 Virginia housing opportunity tax credit program; VHDA, et al., to develop.
- HB 819 Real estate settlements; kickbacks and other payments, remedies, penalties.
- HB 836 Microcredentials; DOE to develop a plan to adopt, etc.
- HB 838 Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; Real Estate Board's disclosure statement.
- HB 860 Inhaled asthma medications; school nurse, etc., may administer to a student.
- HB 902 Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings.
- HB 913 Higher educational institutions; sexual violence policies, immunity from disciplinary action.
- HB 992 A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership; staff shall be treated as state employees.
- HB 999 School board policies; epinephrine, accessibility.
- HB 1000 Prescription drugs; expedited partner therapy, labels.
- HB 1013 Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, repeals sunset date.
- HB 1084 Surgical assistants; definition, licensure.
- HB 1096 Dead animals; makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to place within or on any church.
- HB 1118 Involuntary admission order; transportation, transfer to local law enforcement.
- HB 1161 Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, lead pipes.
- HB 1166 Accounts filed by fiduciaries and reports filed by guardians; civil penalty.
- HB 1174 Inhaled asthma medications; school nurse, etc., may administer to a student.
- HB 1181 Protective order; violation of provisions, venue.
- HB 1222 Notaries; satisfactory evidence of identity, persons in nursing homes or assisted living facilities.
- HB 1223 Higher educational institutions, public; foundations, annual reporting requirements, VCCS exempt.
- HB 1226 Higher educational institutions, public; collection of debts by hospitals affiliated w/institutions.
- HB 1231 Criminal Justice Services, Department of; crisis intervention team training.
- HB 1253 Virginia Defense Force; maximum age for recruitment.
- HB 1260 Athletic Training, Advisory Board on; membership.
- HB 1261 Athletic trainers; naloxone or other opioid antagonist.
- HB 1269 Veterans Services Foundation; board of trustees assisted by volunteers, etc.
- HB 1275 Veteran Student Transition Grant Fund and Program; established.
- HB 1324 Juvenile and domestic relations district court; intake procedures.
- HB 1330 Child pornography; possession, distribution, production, publication, sale, financing, etc.
- HB 1335 SCHEV; Director of Council to appoint student advisory committee.
- HB 1340 Revision of Title 55; technical amendments relating to the revision and recodification.
- HB 1344 Teacher licensure; written reprimand, suspension.
- HB 1437 Juveniles; confinement for violation of court order.
- HB 1452 Temporary detention; observation, testing, or treatment.
- HB 1453 Acute psychiatric bed registry; DBHDS shall establish work group to evaluate, etc.
- HB 1469 Teachers employed in an accredited private elementary and secondary schools; provisional licenses.
- HB 1523 Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created.
- HB 1531 Drug disposal; Bd. of Pharmacy to develop public awareness of proper methods.
- HB 1544 Children; strip searches.
- HB 1569 Dams; disclosure statements.
- HB 1570 Tobacco products, etc.; possession by persons under 21 years of age.
- HB 1581 Delinquent real property taxes; correction of tax records.
- HB 1608 Fort Monroe Authority; exemption from the Virginia Personnel Act.
- HB 1613 Public school teachers; technical professional licenses, eligibility criteria.
- HB 1630 Public schools; extension of provisional teacher licensure.
- HB 1660 Online Virginia Network Authority; adds President of James Madison University as member, etc.
- HB 1701 Medical Excellence Zone Program; VDH to determine feasibility of establishment.
House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 42 Prenatal and postnatal depression, etc.; importance of screening patients.
- HB 103 Higher educational institutions, certain; transcript notations, expungement.
- HB 183 Libraries; assessment for costs in civil actions, disbursement for law libraries.
- HB 334 Manufactured home parks; sale of park to developer, relocation expenses.
- HB 552 Birth control; definition.
- HB 618 Hate crimes; gender, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation, penalty, effective clause.
- HB 660 Deferred dispositions; property crimes, larceny and receiving stolen goods, exception.
- HB 753 Social-emotional learning; DOE to develop guidance standards.
- HB 759 Strategic lawsuits against public participation; special motion to dismiss, stay of discovery.
- HB 817 Public schools; use of digital devices.
- HB 824 Criminal cases; ex parte requests for expert assistance.
- HB 921 Housing authorities; notice of intent to demolish or liquidate housing projects.
- HB 962 Hemp; products intended for smoking.
- HB 974 Writ of actual innocence; petition by convicted person.
- HB 980 Abortion; expands who can perform in first trimester, informed consent required.
- HB 1003 Virginia Geographic Information Network; transfer of responsibilities.
- HB 1073 Tobacco and nicotine vapor products; parental educational information.
- HB 1121 Massage therapists; qualifications, license.
- HB 1179 Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, refugees.
- HB 1201 Virginia Public Procurement Act; determination of nonresponsibility, local option.
- HB 1315 Higher educational institutions, public; students, determination of domicile.
- HB 1394 Family life education programs; materials, summaries.
- HB 1462 Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail.
- HB 1491 Student voters; public high schools to provide Virginia voter registration information.
- HB 1499 Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund; created.
- HB 1529 Higher educational institutions, public; governing board to establish policy, donations, gifts, etc.
- HB 1614 Victims of human trafficking; affirmative defense to prosecution for certain offenses.
- HB 1627 Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; certain crimes prosecuted in Richmond.
- HB 1725 Administrative assistants; employees serving circuit court judges.
Senate Joint Resolution on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- HB 4 Lottery Board; regulation and control of casino gaming, definitions.
- HB 6 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices, sources of funds.
- HB 75 Electric utilities; electric school bus pilot program.
- HB 253 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration.
- HB 393 Landlord and tenant; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.
- HB 394 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Director of; position created.
- HB 420 Emergency services and disaster preparedness plans; DEM to review plans.
- HB 557 Carnal knowledge of pretrial or posttrial offender; bail bondsmen, increases penalty.
- HB 586 PFOA, PFOS, and PFAS; substances in public drinking water.
- HB 623 Gender-neutral terms; prohibitions on same-sex marriage and civil unions removed from Code.
- HB 687 State-certified doulas; certification, registry.
- HB 799 Child day programs; lead testing, potable water.
- HB 806 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; victims of sexual assault, report.
- HB 827 Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth.
- HB 832 Athlete agents; creates registration requirement, penalties.
- HB 852 VITA; required information security training program for state employees.
- HB 879 Certificate of public need; revises the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program.
- HB 881 Illegal gambling; definitions, skill games.
- HB 887 ABLE savings trust agreement; Medicaid clawback prohibition.
- HB 896 Virginia Lottery; powers and duties of Board, sports betting, etc.
- HB 907 Sickle cell anemia; treatment.
- HB 909 Driver's license; suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses.
- HB 928 Chesterfield County School Board; recovery high school to be established.
- HB 972 Marijuana; definitions, possession and consumption, civil penalties, report.
- HB 1010 Criminal fiscal impact statement; bills resulting in a net increase of period of imprisonment.
- HB 1017 Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority; created.
- HB 1025 Law-enforcement officers w/disability, former; vocational rehabilitation and employment services.
- HB 1090 Immunizations; regulations by State Board of Health.
- HB 1099 Rail construction or design; exempts high-risk contracts from required review.
- HB 1208 Students, certain; waiver to access student transportation in certain cases.
- HB 1271 Nonpublic service companies, certain; conveyance of right-of-way usage.
- HB 1300 Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts.
- HB 1301 Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; established.
- HB 1332 Telehealth services; definitions, report.
- HB 1336 Family life education; school boards to review curricula, contemporary community standards.
- HB 1524 Prostitution; touching the unclothed genitals or anus of another, penalty.
- HB 1557 Appointed school boards; eliminates the annual salary limits for board members.
- HB 1681 Virginia Charitable Gaming Board; electronic versions of instant bingo, pull tabs or seal cards.
- HB 1690 Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts.
Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
- SJ 139 Commending Advocates for Richmond Youth and Youth Housing Stability Coalition of Greater Richmond.
- SJ 141 Commending the Appalachian Society of American Foresters.
- SJ 142 Commending the Richmond County School Board.
- SR 35 Celebrating the life of Joseph Roland Wright, Sr.
- SR 36 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Willard James Moody, Sr.