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- HB 3 Teachers; health insurance credit increased for those retired.
- HB 4 Retirement System; service retirement benefit allowance for teachers.
- HB 6 Military personnel; free hunting and fishing licenses.
- HB 10 Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by teachers.
- HB 16 State agencies; performance review of certain, report.
- HB 17 Housing allowance; provided for full-time, sworn State Police officers.
- HB 22 Motor vehicle safety inspections; increase in fees.
- HB 29 Budget Bill. Relating to the appropriation of funds for the 2004 - 06 biennium.
- HB 30 Budget Bill. Appropriations for 2006 - 2008 biennium.
- HB 35 Teachers; health insurance credits increased for those retired.
- HB 37 Retirement System; benefits for emergency medical technicians.
- HB 55 Biennial budget; continuation of budget, failure to enact.
- HB 59 Health insurance; credits for retired state employees.
- HB 60 Law Officers' Retirement System; includes emergency medical technicians.
- HB 62 Judges; increases number in general district court.
- HB 63 Judges; increases number in circuit court.
- HB 66 Caregivers Grant Program; applicability to physically or mentally handicapped person.
- HB 68 Courts Technology Fund; created, increase in certain fees.
- HB 75 Venture capital investments; funds and return guarantees, report.
- HB 76 Public Building Authority; issuance of bonds to finance capital projects for MHMRSAS.
- HB 77 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2006; created.
- HB 82 Law Officers' Retirement System; adding juvenile probation and parole officers.
- HB 83 Public Building Authority; issuance of bonds for State Agency Radio System for State Police.
- HB 85 Retail Sales and Use Tax revenue; increases amount to Transportation Trust Fund.
- HB 89 Retirement System; increases benefits of certain future retirees.
- HB 92 Housing Trust Fund; name change, deposit of recordation tax revenues into Fund.
- HB 102 Driver's license; operating vehicle with suspended or revoked license, penalty.
- HB 103 Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by members of National Guard.
- HB 108 General fund appropriations; automatic reduction by Governor.
- HB 118 Transportation Trust Fund; increases amount of sales and use tax revenue dedicated thereto.
- HB 130 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include purchases of energy efficient products.
- HB 140 Personal Property Tax Relief Fund; created, change in reimbursements for certain vehicles, report.
- HB 159 Technology and Biotechnology Investment Act; created.
- HB 176 Court-appointed counsel; court may waive limit on compensation for certain cases.
- HB 178 Deputy sheriffs; number of full-time in county or city to be fixed by Compensation Board.
- HB 186 Immigration, Commission on; created, report.
- HB 214 Treasurers' sales; relief for certain purchasers of property sold prior to designated date.
- HB 221 Prisoner Reentry Fund; created, rates for telephone services.
- HB 256 National Guard; requires that officers and enlisted members thereof receive active duty pay.
- HB 257 National Guard; retirement payments.
- HB 267 Nursing home bed projects; conditions for issuance of certificate of public need.
- HB 305 Learning Technology, Office of; created within Council of Higher Education.
- HB 313 Court-appointed counsel; removes monetary caps on fees.
- HB 329 Technology, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology Investment Fund; created.
- HB 333 Retirement System; employer contribution rates.
- HB 341 Confederate cemeteries and graves; increases number of graves cared for.
- HB 350 School for the Deaf & Blind at Staunton, & School for Deaf, Blind, & Multi-Disabled at Hampton.
- HB 351 Health regulatory boards; prohibition of certain transfers of moneys collected on behalf thereof.
- HB 361 Virginia Military Institute; reduces minimum number of cadets admitted annually free of charge.
- HB 369 Retirement System; changes in benefits for state employees, state & local law-enforcement officers.
- HB 404 Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; VDOT to convey certain property thereto.
- HB 406 Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit.
- HB 407 Earned income tax credit information; Dept. of Taxation share with Dept. of Social Services.
- HB 410 Recordation tax; distribution for transportation.
- HB 413 Cord Blood Bank Initiative; created.
- HB 417 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Program; employee benefits in Retirement System.
- HB 419 Retirement System; Board shall pay cash-out amount in direct rollover to an individual plan.
- HB 420 Health insurance credits; clarifies retirees who are eligible therefor.
- HB 423 Retail Sales and Use Tax; distribution to certain localities.
- HB 429 Church or public school building; arson of any unoccupied, penalty.
- HB 430 Law Officers' Retirement System; adds juvenile probation & parole officers as members of VALORS.
- HB 431 Virginia Retirement System; increases monthly retirement benefits of future retirees.
- HB 437 Autism; DMAS to seek Medicaid waiver to establish program for support of children with disability.
- HB 451 Retirement System; forfeiture of eligibility.
- HB 452 Retirement System; allows a member to transfer his contributions to the optional plan.
- HB 453 Retirement System; optional life insurance to be reviewed by VRS.
- HB 454 Retirement System; reemployment shall not result in suspension of benefit payments.
- HB 455 Life insurance; clarifies the date when reductions in coverage for State disability retiree begins.
- HB 459 Sickness and Disability Program; plan administrator to direct employee to apply for other benefits.
- HB 460 Sickness and Disability Program; reporting requirements of certain insurers.
- HB 461 Sickness and Disability Program; clarifies period an employee may receive short-term benefits.
- HB 462 Sickness and Disability Program; employees approved for benefits at age 60 eligible for max. 5 yrs.
- HB 467 Retirement System; adds Municipal League and Association of Counties to membership.
- HB 468 Sickness and Disability Program; clarifies emp. receiving benefits must apply for soc. security.
- HB 471 Retirement System; modifies benefits of state and local law-enforcement officers.
- HB 473 Retirement System; local retirement plans not participating in the VRS.
- HB 486 Income tax, state; teleworking tax credit to certain qualified employers for eligible cost incurred.
- HB 488 Motor vehicle insurance license tax; revenues generated credited to Transportation Trust Fund.
- HB 489 Transportation Investment Bond Act of 2006; created.
- HB 492 Textbooks; provide each student a copy that may be used at home.
- HB 501 Health insurance; employees of local governments to have same coverage as state employees.
- HB 502 Health benefits program; permits a judge to participate if he does so within 31 days of retirement.
- HB 508 Retirement System; prohibits reduction in the net retirement benefit paid to state employees.
- HB 517 New College Institute; created.
- HB 527 Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund; created.
- HB 544 Planning & Budget, Department of; agency budget estimates to Governor & General Assembly.
- HB 570 Public libraries; technology protection measures.
- HB 572 Medical assistance services; burial expenses disregard from countable resources.
- HB 583 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; person not ineligible due to drug possession conviction.
- HB 588 Machete; illegal to brandish machete in threatening manner, penalty.
- HB 592 Law-enforcement officers; DCJS to assist agencies to develop programs for languages besides English.
- HB 595 Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit.
- HB 596 Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund; Fund includes dam safety, report.
- HB 607 Planning & Budget, Department of; removes requirement of school div. to pay cost efficiency review.
- HB 629 Prisoners; felony to tamper with fire protection or fire suppression system.
- HB 630 Claims; Rodney Robinette and Susan Cowden.
- HB 659 Recordation tax; dedicated for transportation.
- HB 660 Insurance license tax; dedicated for transportation.
- HB 661 Retail Sales and Use Tax; increases revenue to Transportation Trust Fund.
- HB 669 Transportation improvement projects; increases project cap.
- HB 680 Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program and Fund; created.
- HB 681 Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing fund program.
- HB 682 Student Financial Security Program; created.
- HB 695 In-state tuition; dependents of active duty military personnel shall be eligible to receive.
- HB 713 Predicate crimminal act; addition to list of crimes included in definition.
- HB 728 Putative Father Registry Fund; created, additional adoption fee to be used for Fund.
- HB 757 Medical Assistance Services; contracting for delivery of disease management for chronic disorders.
- HB 758 Medical assistance services; State Plan amendment or application for certain waiver.
- HB 760 Health care; determination of data concerning safety & quality services rendered by physicians.
- HB 767 Transportation Trust Fund; dedication of certain surplus revenue.
- HB 770 Income tax, state; distribution of revenues to localities.
- HB 775 Predicate crimminal act; addition to list of crimes included in definition.
- HB 786 Income tax, state; credit for purchase of long-term care insurance.
- HB 850 Income tax, state; revenue surplus tax credit.
- HB 893 Income tax, state; reimbursement for milage for private veh. used for traveling on state business.
- HB 905 Literary Fund; raises the maximum limit for any loan thereof.
- HB 911 Urban Highway Congestion Mitigation Fund; created.
- HB 926 Economic Development for Virginians with Disabilities Grant Program; created.
- HB 947 George P. Coleman Bridge; tolls to be removed therefrom.
- HB 957 Retirement System; clarifies vesting requirements of public safety officers.
- HB 958 Retirement System; specifies Dec. 31 as date to submit annual reports.
- HB 969 Adult Fatality Review Team; created, report.
- HB 984 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; penalties.
- HB 1014 Internet; payment for access to sexually explicit material thereon, penalty.
- HB 1018 Capital murder; includes premeditated killing of justice or judge.
- HB 1037 Sexually Violent Predators Services, Office of; established.
- HB 1038 Sexually violent predators; adds to list of offenses that qualify as sexual offenses.
- HB 1039 Dogs; penalty when recklessly controlling or handling.
- HB 1042 Involuntary manslaughter; causing death of another while engaging in vehicle race.
- HB 1062 Geriatric mental health services, specialized; DMHMRSAS to develop pilot program.
- HB 1066 Sex offenders; prohibits those convicted of offense against minor from residing with unless related.
- HB 1085 Transportation Trust Fund; increases percentage of revenues flowing to Mass Transit Fund.
- HB 1089 Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; State Board of Elections to review reports of certain candidates.
- HB 1104 Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing fund program.
- HB 1122 State agencies; services to be procured from private sector if on commercial activity list.
- HB 1123 Planning & Budget, Department of; required to provide copies of agncy budget estimate for Gov. & GA.
- HB 1124 Retail Sales & Use Tax; revenue distribution to localities based on real estate tax revenue growth.
- HB 1127 Rail Enhancement Fund; certain percentage of expenditures committed to intermodal rail projects.
- HB 1128 Lottery; Department prohibited from charging fees to individual for using copyrighted words, etc.
- HB 1136 Community College Transfer Grant Program Fund; created.
- HB 1141 Identity theft; penalty.
- HB 1153 Virginia Energy Plan; created.
- HB 1162 Congregate Housing Services Pilot Program; created, reports.
- HB 1213 Faith-based Community Services, Office of; created within Department of Social Services.
- HB 1243 Electronic voting equipment; State Board of Elections to design pilot program.
- HB 1244 Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Grant Program Fund; created.
- HB 1257 Transportation Investment Bond Act of 2006; created.
- HB 1281 Retirement System; juvenile detention employees eligible for benefits equivalent to State Police.
- HB 1297 Realignment Commission; created, report.
- HB 1313 Virginia Retirement System; certain Fairfax County employees.
- HB 1317 Foster care; requires a nationwide criminal background check before placement of child.
- HB 1329 Revenue Stabilization Fund; excess funds deposited in Taxpayer Surplus Relief Fund.
- HB 1331 Retirement System; creates new defined contribution plan for employees covered thereby.
- HB 1333 Sex Offender Registry; modifies registration of a person convicted of murdering a child.
- HB 1339 Peeping or spying; conviction of third offense
- HB 1346 Heath insurance; members of vol. fire dept. and rescue squads to enroll in state employees plan.
- HB 1347 Drugs; punishment for distributing, manufacturing, etc..
- HB 1362 Retirement Systm; employees operating E-911 system eligible for benefits equivalent to State Police.
- HB 1369 Local retirement systems; prohibits allowing any employee to earn more than 1 yr. of service credit.
- HB 1377 Keep Our Promise Act of 2006; reinstates Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998.
- HB 1379 Claims; Willie Neville Davidson.
- HB 1380 Claims; Phillip Thurman.
- HB 1383 Veterans care center; Governor to request federal funds to construct in Hampton Roads area.
- HB 1385 Car tax relief.
- HB 1387 Line of Duty Disability Fund; created.
- HB 1394 Medical assistance services; implementation of online electronic & encrypted system.
- HB 1397 Rural Public Transportation program; provision of state matching funds.
- HB 1407 Fees; certain charged by Commissioner.
- HB 1415 General registrars; shall serve on five-day per week full-time basis.
- HB 1418 Line of Duty Act; payment of benefits.
- HB 1423 Biofuels Production Fund and Incentive Grant Program; created.
- HB 1433 Law Officers' Retirement System; supplemental allowance.
- HB 1436 Transportation Trust Fund; dedication of certain recordation tax revenue.
- HB 1441 Law-enforcement officer; definition thereof.
- HB 1454 Wetlands and stream restoration; companies to file erosion & sediment control specifications.
- HB 1465 Southwest Va. Veterans Cemetery; Dept. of Veterans Services authorized to accept donated property.
- HB 1473 Executive budget; submission to General Assembly.
- HB 1474 Viral hepatitis; certain awareness program required.
- HB 1475 Commonwealth Transportation Board; bonds for Route 58 Corridor.
- HB 1493 Address Confidentiality Program; established to protect victims of domestic violence.
- HB 1502 Higher educational institutions; management agreements, report.
- HB 1517 Gang and Terrorism Law-enforcement Assistance Unit; created within Office of Attorney General.
- HB 1540 Destructive substances; attempting to poison a person considered a crime.
- HB 1555 Transportation; provides for new funding in Northern Virginia.
- HB 1556 Retirement System; creditable service.
- HB 1557 Sex offenders; prohibits certain employment or volunteer activity, penalty.
- HB 1561 International adoptions; fee for testimonials.
- HB 1591 Office of Small Business Advocacy; created.
- HB 1612 DMV; assessment of fees on certain drivers, use of fees collected.
- HB 1614 Vehicle registration fees; additional fee for transportation purposes.
- SB 27 Public Building Authority; issuance of bonds for State Agency Radio System for State Police.
- SB 28 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2006; created.
- SB 29 Budget Bill. Relating to the appropriation of funds for the 2004 - 06 biennium.
- SB 30 Budget Bill. Appropriations for 2006 - 2008 biennium.
- SB 32 Social services; time limit on receipt of TANF.
- SB 40 Higher Education; New College Institute created.
- SB 94 Student Financial Security Program; created.
- SB 99 Retirement System; qualifications of retired persons teaching in critical shortage positions.
- SB 115 Retirement System; benefit restoration plans.
- SB 116 Immunizations; minimum requirements for children entering public or private schools or centers.
- SB 121 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel and dependents.
- SB 139 Military Family Relief Fund; created, report.
- SB 156 Appeals, Court of; additional compensation for chief judge.
- SB 157 Courts Technology Fund; created, increase in certain fees.
- SB 172 Learning Technology, Office of; created within Council of Higher Education.
- SB 176 Libraries; certain shall have technology protection measures against Internet restrictions.
- SB 215 TransDominion Express Authority Act; created.
- SB 235 Address Confidentiality Program; established to keep victims of crime personal address confidential.
- SB 272 Electronic voting equipment; State Board of Elections to design pilot program.
- SB 290 Psychiatric Inpatient Commitment of Minors Act; special justices.
- SB 370 Cord Blood Bank Initiative; established.
- SB 372 Law-enforcement vehicle; penalty for impersonating or misrepresenting.
- SB 388 Judges; increases number in circuit court.
- SB 391 Judges; increases number in general district court.
- SB 393 Retirement System; benefits for certain state and local law-enforcement officers.
- SB 400 Economic Development for Virginians with Disabilities Grant Program; created.
- SB 486 Virginia Military Institute; reduces minimum number of cadets admitted annually free.
- SB 495 Law Officers' Retirement System; supplemental allowance.
- SB 534 Adoption laws; creation of putative father registry.
- SB 536 Retirement System; cash match plan for state employees.
- SB 538 Higher educational articulation agreements; requires agreements between four-yr. & community col.
- SB 539 Private College Enrollment Grant Fund; created.
- SB 540 Community College Transfer Grant Program Fund; created.
- SB 544 Neighborhood Assistance Act; Schools for Students with Disabilities Fund, created.
- SB 550 Law Officers' Retirement System; includes emergency medical technicians.
- SB 578 Sex offenders; presumption of no bail for person charged with certain offense.
- SB 609 Claims; Troy D. Hopkins.
- SB 610 Physicians; extends sunset provision to purchase medical malpractice insurance.
- SB 639 Expert witness; increase in fee for rendering professional service.
- SB 675 Higher educational institutions; management agreements, report.
- SB 676 School for the Deaf & Blind at Staunton, & School for Deaf, Blind, & Multi-Disabled at Hampton.
- SB 721 Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing fund program.