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2011 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 3, 2011 ... pdf
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolution on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file
- Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Recommitted ... report | csv file
- House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 1038 Foster care; allows child placed in care to remain at his original school.
- SB 1191 Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; places limitations and conditions on relationship.
- SB 750 Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; established.
- SB 841 Immunity of officers, etc., of nonprofit organizations; termination, etc., of corporation.
- SB 843 Aboveground storage tanks; Water Control Board to develop performance standards for certain tanks.
- SB 868 Damage of crops and livestock; lawful killing of deer, elk, and bear.
- SB 902 Judicial Retirement System; retired judges or justices appearing as counsel.
- SB 910 Military parents; delegation of visitation rights.
- SB 931 Transfer fee covenants; shall not run with title to real property & not enforceable against owner.
- SB 990 Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer.
- SB 995 Special combined individual sportfishing licenses; boat license.
- SB 1017 Game & Inland Fisheries, Board of; to introduce new species of game, approval by local government.
- SB 1059 Master Settlement Agreement; regulation of cigarette manufacturers.
- SB 1141 Child abduction; money, property, etc., owned by person are subject to lawful seizure, etc.
- SB 1166 Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records.
- SB 1167 HOT lanes; when a vehicle crashes on certain interstates, driver must move to nearest pull-off area.
- SB 1168 Juvenile; may be detained in secure facility for violation if fail to adhere to conditions of court.
- SB 1170 Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department.
- SB 1182 Bar Examiners, Board of; expands methods of submitting an application to take bar exam.
- SB 1197 DNA data bank; modifies entities to which Department of Forensic Science may release information.
- SB 1198 Communications intercepts; broadens court jurisdiction of order sought by Attorney General.
- SB 1199 Victims of domestic violence; expands Address Confidentiality Program to all jurisdictions in State.
- SB 1262 Va. Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; designee of Attorney General may issue civil investigative demands.
- SB 1318 Sex offenders; prohibiting entry onto school grounds during school-related activities.
- SB 1323 Common interest communities; payment of resale disclosure packet fees.
- SB 1436 Eminent domain; condemnor is required to provide an appraisal to owner of condemned property.
- SB 1437 Motor vehicle dealers, etc.; burden of proof of evidence in hearings before DMV Commissioner.
- SB 1469 Medical malpractice; privileged communications of certain committees.
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 912 Biennial appropriation act; shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years.
- SB 1463 Kinesiotherapists; requires Board of Medicine to license and regulate.
- SB 1001 Corrections, State Board of; powers and duties.
- SB 754 Protective orders, preliminary; prohibition on purchase & transport of firearms for certain persons.
- SB 827 Electronic notary; notary to notarize document if signer is not present if identity is established.
- SB 831 Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; issuance of civil investigative demands.
- SB 1145 Sexual abuse; limitations period.
- SB 1172 Tracking devices; Department of Criminal Justices establish training standards.
- SB 1195 Illegal gambling; amends definition.
- SB 1327 Common interest communities; court may enter default judgment against unit owner on sworn affidavit.
- SB 1402 Law-enforcement officer; definition.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 1226 Commissioners of the revenue; powers and duties.
- SB 1268 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; bond requirements and escrow payments by certain manufacturers.
- SB 1426 Child pornography; restitution for victims.
- SB 745 Cannabinoids, synthetic; penalties for transport, possession, sale, or distribution, etc.
- SB 772 Assault and battery; penalty when against fire marshals with police powers.
- SB 823 Workers' compensation; presumption that certain injuries are work related.
- SB 904 Assault and battery; penalty when against family to be elevated to Class 6 felony.
- SB 916 Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; notice to policy owners.
- SB 975 Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund; established.
- SB 1123 Wireless E-911 surcharge; required to be remitted to Department of Taxation.
- SB 1124 Gross premiums of certain insurance; administration of tax.
- SB 1137 Virginia Fuels Tax Act; definition of commercial watercraft.
- SB 1165 Electric utility service; termination of service of customers with a serious medical condition.
- SB 1185 Sex offenders; prohibiting entry onto school grounds during school-related activities.
- SB 1222 Protective orders; expands class of persons eligible to obtain.
- SB 1294 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practice for supplier to sell defective drywall.
- SB 1383 Retirement System; certain retirees hired as law-enforcement officers of certain towns.
- SB 1388 Retained asset accounts; to provide beneficiary at time a claim is made.
- SB 1390 Life insurance; specified disease coverage or limited benefit health coverage.
- SB 1450 Fillable tax forms; Tax Commissioner to ensure all are in a portable document format, etc.
- SB 1472 Electric utilities; SCC to enter its final order in biennial rate review proceedings.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 781 VIEW; screening and assessment for use of illegal substances.
- SB 1055 Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling, report.
- SB 774 Jurisdictional limits of courts; increases maximum civil limit of general district courts
- SB 805 Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.
- SB 848 Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.
- SB 862 Commonwealth Energy Policy; local renewable energy facility siting ordinances.
- SB 1066 Judicial retirement; mandatory retirement.
- SB 1068 Circuit court clerks; collection of fees.
- SB 1233 Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; adds certain conservation officers as members.
- SB 1257 Real property; DGS to inventory all property owned and update at least annually.
- SB 1408 Business, professional, occupational license tax; exemption for unprofitable business.
- SB 1446 Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank; created, report.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 801 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2011; created.
- SB 821 Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report.
- SB 932 Virginia Redistricting Commission; created.
- SB 972 Retail Sales & Use & transient occupancy taxes; taxes on room rentals computed based on total price.
- SB 979 Land preservation tax credit; DCR to report on land qualifying for credit to protect water quality.
- SB 1004 Transportation agency efficiencies & cost recoveries; exempts VDOT, etc., paying remote access fee.
- SB 1062 Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- SB 1092 Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act; creates program administrator, review of applications.
- SB 1132 Motor vehicle rental tax; shall be determined by Tax Commissioner, exemptions.
- SB 1153 Land preservation tax credit; credit shall not be reduced by amount of unused credit in prior year.
- SB 1155 Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; supplemental allowance paid to certain members.
- SB 1193 Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects.
- SB 1211 Mennel Milling Company; DGS to convey certain real property located in Roanoke County.
- SB 1216 Delinquent sewer & water fees; authority to provide 30 days notice prior to recording lien.
- SB 1232 Land preservation tax credits; changes to procedures.
- SB 1300 DCR; authorized to divest itself of certain properties conveyed to it by Norfolk Southern Railroad.
- SB 1335 Income tax, corporate; telework expenses tax credit.
- SB 1340 Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities.
- SB 1348 Enterprise zone incentive grants; policies and procedures for allocation.
- SB 1349 Small Business Financing Authority; definition of eligible business.
- SB 1350 Real property tax assessments; appeals.
- SB 1359 Insurance premiums tax; retaliatory costs tax credit.
- SB 1363 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; increases amount, students enrollment requirements.
- SB 1369 Clerks; may provide official certificates and certified records in digital form, etc.
- SB 1371 Capital outlay plan; sets forth 6-year plan for project funded entirely from general fund resources.
- SB 1400 Fort Monroe Authority Act; created.
- SB 1407 Line of Duty Act; fire company personnel of National Guard and Air National Guard.
- SB 1428 Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan; process by which agencies' requests for capital project are presented.
- SB 1431 Retailers of motor vehicle tires; sufficient activity to require collection of certain state taxes.
- SB 1447 Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority; tax revenues generated by commercial spaceflight.
- SB 1451 Behavioral health services; posting of certain information to be available on its website.
- SB 1452 Local Government, Commission on; shall assist a 5-member task force to review state mandates.
- SB 1458 Claims; Richard Hitt and Charles P. Jarrett.
- SB 1459 Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011; established, report.
- SB 1473 Business Assistance, Department of; job retraining account program created within Department.
- SB 1478 Judicial sale of real estate; authorizes locality to institute proceedings to sell certain property.
- SB 1484 Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; use of nongeneral fund.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 768 School zones; designation of zones in certain residential communities.
- SB 780 Recordation and grantor taxes; expands reduced tax accorded to deeds of trust.
- SB 973 Weights and measures; imposition of fee used for inspecting and testing petroleum dispensing pumps.
- SB 978 FAMIS Plan; eligibility.
- SB 1030 Primaries; state will reimburse localities for costs of statewide and federal elections.
- SB 1051 Elections; extension of polling hours.
- SB 1086 Motor vehicle sales and use tax; exemption to include certain four-wheel plug-in electric vehicles.
- SB 1108 Home food inspections; exempts private home whose resident processes honey produced from hives.
- SB 1136 Income tax, state; international trade facility tax credit.
- SB 1188 Aircraft sales and use tax; exemption for qualified companies headquartered in Virginia.
- SB 1237 Ground water withdrawal permit fees; increases maximum amount State Water Control Board can charge.
- SB 1282 Income tax, state; barge and rail usage tax credit.
- SB 1347 Virginia Racing Commission; authorizes wagering on horse historical racing.
- SB 1352 Local governments; private capital lending.
- SB 1354 Grass and weeds; adds James City County to list authorized to require cutting on occupied property.
- SB 1386 Lottery Proceeds Fund; appropriates a portion to Department of Veterans Services.
- SB 1466 Liens; water and waste authorities required to notify property owner of those that may be placed.
- SB 1481 Income tax, corporate; Virginia port volume increase tax credit.
Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calenda ... report | csv file
- SJ 385 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 358 Cancer Prevention Day; designating as February 4, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
Senate Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Joint Resolution on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Joint Resolutions on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SJ 357 U.S. Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment that was proposed by Congress in 1972.
- SJ 371 Constitutional amendment; contributions to defined benefit retirement plans maintained for employee.
- SJ 401 Constitutional amendment; reversing present schedule of General Assembly sessions (first reference).
Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file
- HJ 720 Celebrating the life of J. Clyde Hooker, Jr.
- HJ 721 Celebrating the life of Melvin Brown.
- HJ 722 Celebrating the life of Walter Holladay Yeaman.
- HJ 723 Celebrating the life of Leonard Coleman.
- HJ 724 Celebrating the life of Jean Beaumont Merritt Mihalyka.
- HJ 727 Celebrating the life of Posey W. Dillon.
- HJ 728 Celebrating the life of William Daniel Altice.
- HJ 738 Celebrating the life of James L. Ruffa.
- HJ 739 Celebrating the life of John Alison Baum.
- HJ 740 Celebrating the life of David B. Nichols.
- HJ 741 Celebrating the life of Jason Allen Long.
- HJ 744 Celebrating the life of Creston Martin Owen.
- HJ 745 Celebrating the life of Paul Michael Dittamo.
- HJ 746 Celebrating the life of Edwin F. Gulick.
- HJ 747 Celebrating the life of Specialist Sean Russell Cutsforth.
- SJ 285 Celebrating the life of Owen Bradford Pickett.
- SJ 381 Celebrating the life of Leonard Coleman.
- SJ 404 Terrorist attacks; remembering Virginians lost and injured on September 11, 2001.
- SJ 406 Celebrating the life of Barbara Ann Simpson LeSeur.
- SJ 407 Celebrating the life of Patricia McCormick Delano.
- SJ 412 Celebrating the life of Jason Allen Long.
- SJ 413 Celebrating the life of Specialist Brian Michael Anderson, United States Army.
Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file
- HJ 725 Commending Rosalyn H. and J.V. White.
- HJ 726 Commending Save a Life - Save the World Foundation.
- HJ 729 Commending Jack Swicegood.
- HJ 730 Commending the Gretna High School softball team.
- HJ 731 Commending James Bernard Scott.
- HJ 736 Commending Eldridge N. Cook.
- HJ 737 Commending Brittany Nicole Poteet.
- HJ 742 Commending Heidi Peterson.
- HJ 743 Commending the Rappahannock High School baseball team.
- HJ 748 Commending Mark Twain Middle School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HJ 749 Commending Senior Lieutenant Phillip Harrover, Jr.
- HJ 750 Commending William F. Fox Model School.
- HJ 751 Commending Janice Holland.
- HJ 752 Commending Victoria Christian Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
- HJ 753 Commending Lucille Liechty.
- HJ 754 Commending Dave Edwards.
- HJ 755 Commending Marian A. White.
- HJ 756 Commending Tommy Woodson.
- HJ 757 Commending Abingdon Masonic Lodge No. 48 on the occasion of its 215th anniversary.
- HJ 785 Commending Arthur W. Arundel.
- SJ 403 Commending Major General Jerrold P. Allen, USAF (Ret.).
- SJ 405 Commending Loudoun County’s observance of Earth Day.
- SJ 408 Commending David G. Dickson.
- SJ 409 Commending Thurston Spring Service Inc.
- SJ 410 Commending the Veterans Independence Program.
- SJ 411 Commending the Richmond Boys Choir.
- SJ 414 Commending Donald J. Ford.
- SJ 415 Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award Program.
- SJ 416 Commending the students, etc., of Virginia College and University Legislative Redistricting Comp.
- SJ 417 Commending Hardy W. Cash, Sr.
- SJ 418 Commending Colonial Behavioral Health.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
Bills or Resolutions Recommitted ... report | csv file
House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HB 1603 License plates, special; issuance to those marking bicentennial of American War of 1812.
- HB 1644 Public schools; physical education requirement, exception.
- HB 1696 Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; places limitations and conditions on relationship.
- HB 1728 Vehicle window tinting films; not to be applied to certain windows reducing light to less than 35%.
- HB 1791 Driver's license reinstatement fees; additional fees for persons with multiple suspensions, etc.
- HB 1799 License plates, special; issuance to certain business entities with fleets of vehicles.
- HB 1818 Nursing homes; required by Board of Health to send notices and information about family council.
- HB 1836 Infants; blood sample provided to parents.
- HB 1838 Motor vehicle dealers; bonding requirements, limitations on Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund.
- HB 2018 Cemetery Board; establish requirements for resale of interment rights in cemetery, exemptions.
- HB 2028 Motor vehicle registration; federal and state safety requirements.
- HB 2164 Railroad tracks; funding for construction of industrial access.
- HB 2303 Health Care, Joint Commission on; extends sunset provision.
- HB 2318 Electronic notary; notary to notarize document if signer is not present if identity is established.
- HB 2372 Flashing amber warning lights; state vehicles performing environmental functions to be equipped.
- HB 2374 Moped; definition.
- HB 2379 Discontinued secondary system highways; shall be available for use by public as a road.
- HB 2464 Drug Control Act; conforms Schedule II to federal drug classification schedule.
House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HJ 539 Constitutional amendment; imposition of taxes and fees by General Assembly or local governing body.
- HJ 593 Constitutional amendment; free exercise of religion (first reference).
- HJ 614 Constitutional amendment; aid for nonpublic higher education, religious or theological education.
- HJ 615 Constitutional amendment; restriction on contents of bill or law that appropriates funds.
Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
- SJ 420 Celebrating the life of Alan Watson Dutton.
- SJ 421 Commending Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr.
- SJ 422 Celebrating the life of David J. Edwards, Sr.
- SJ 423 Commending Inova Fairfax Hospital on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- SJ 424 Commending the Fairfax Stars U12 Girls National basketball team.
- SJ 425 Commending John Schoeberlein.
- SJ 426 Commending the Vienna Steelers football team.
- SJ 427 Commending the Town of Strasburg on the occasion of its 250th anniversary.