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2011 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 4, 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 Resolution on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Third 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 Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 912 Biennial appropriation act; shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years.
- SB 781 VIEW; screening and assessment for use of illegal substances.
- 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.
Senate Bills on Second 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 Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 1055 Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling, report.
- SB 1446 Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank; created, report.
- 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 Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 762 Emergency vehicles; proceeding past red lights.
- SB 763 Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement.
- SB 769 Reckless driving; failing to stop at a school bus.
- SB 906 Family life education; SOL objectives related to dating violence, etc., to be taught in school.
- SB 951 Freedom of Information Act; Library of Va. is custodian of records transferred to it for archiving.
- SB 956 Criminal history record information; Department of Rehabilitative Services to obtain for employment.
- SB 1103 Forensic Science, Department of; powers and duties.
- SB 1116 Laboratory results; authority to provide directly to insurance carrier, etc.
- SB 1146 Dentists; sedation and anesthesia permits.
- SB 1214 Attorney General; investigation of complaints of abuse of person in care of others.
- SB 1220 Va. Residential Landlord Tenant Act; landlord to provide notice to tenant in event of foreclosure.
- SB 1255 Freedom of Information Act; exempts certain records provided to Attorney General from disclosure.
- SB 1259 Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; changes requirement that data be reviewed every three years.
- SB 1260 Child pornography; possession by law-enforcement agency.
- SB 1265 Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals, Board for; licensed soil scientists.
- SB 1296 Freedom of Information Act; record and meeting exemption for certain commissions.
- SB 1337 Freedom of Information Act; exempts Commercial Space Flight Authority from disclosure requirements.
- SB 1375 Contractors, Board for; regulation of building analysts.
- SB 1424 Virginia Public Procurement Act; action against contractor's payment bond.
- SB 1434 Certificate of public need; addition of nursing facility beds in Planning District 11, etc.
- SB 1439 Tuition Assistance Grant Program; amends criteria for higher educational institutions.
- SB 1448 Cambridge Advanced Exams; course credit.
- SB 1453 Human trafficking; DCJS, etc., regarding identification, etc., of offenses using existing statutes.
- SB 1455 Amusement Device Act; excludes snow tubing parks, etc., from definition of amusement device, etc.
- SB 1471 Advisory boards, councils, and other advisory collegial bodies, certain; elimination.
- SB 1476 Charitable gaming; progressive games shall be sold and priced separately from other bingo games.
- SB 1477 Inspector General, Office of State; established.
- SB 1483 State and local government entities; limitation of authority over certain charitable organizations.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 810 Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations.
- SB 820 Mental health courts; any district court or circuit court may establish.
- SB 1031 Public schools; allows local school divisions to keep any funds from State for use next year.
- SB 1042 Handheld personal communications device; texting while driving.
- SB 1047 Driver's license holders, provisional; makes cell phone use while driving a primary offense.
- SB 1063 Veterans and military servicemembers; specialty treatment procedures.
- SB 1180 Pretrial deposition; creates a mechanism of a witness who is unavailable because of sickness, etc.
- SB 1341 Locksmiths; licensure and registration.
- SB 1382 State agency mandates; assessment imposed on local governments.
- SB 1395 Handgun; Class 1 misdemeanor for carrying while under influence of alcohol or drugs.
- SB 1429 Virginia Racing Commission; net pool wagering, retainage.
- SB 1470 Sexually violent predators; conditional release of those civilly committed.
Senate Joint Resolution on Second Reading - Uncontested Calenda ... report | csv file
Senate Joint Resolutions on Second 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).
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- HB 2037 Social work; unlawful for person not licensed by Board of Social Work to use title social worker.
- SB 1016 Public Procurement Act; establishment of historically underutilized business zones (HUB zones).
- SB 1464 Medicaid; eligibility for legal permanent residents.
- SB 1485 Investment in research and technology; expands Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund, etc.
House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HB 1492 Water well systems providers; definition.
- HB 1501 Elections; distribution of mail voter registration application forms.
- HB 1613 Prisoner programs, local; allows workforces to assist with maintaining certain cemeteries.
- HB 1702 Elections; member of local office, elected school board, etc., to take oath before first meeting.
- HB 1746 Biennial county supervisor elections; staggered terms.
- HB 1769 Annexations; amends law to allow townships to use traditional process to seek to expand boundaries.
- HB 1770 Charter; City of Alleghany Highlands.
- HB 1773 Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, Secretary of; establishes position.
- HB 1774 State of emergency; preparation for response.
- HB 1819 Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; registration of athlete agents, penalty.
- HB 1842 Boards, commissions, and councils; makes policy improvements and clarifications.
- HB 1858 Elections; voter registration for certain overseas voters, absentee voting by certain overseas.
- HB 1862 Spouse of member of armed forces; provides extension of expiration of certain licenses, etc.
- HB 1907 Real Estate Board; requirements for licensure and practice of real estate.
- HB 1948 Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; changes requirement that data be reviewed every three years.
- HB 1974 Professional & Occupational Regulation, Department of; prerequisites for obtaining business license.
- HB 2004 Bonds; public notice issued prior to public hearing shall state use of proceeds.
- HB 2006 Small businesses; clarifies process review of existing regulations.
- HB 2010 Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation; created.
- HB 2040 Inmate labor; authorizes use thereof at rest areas along Interstate Highway System.
- HB 2042 Veterans Services Foundation; annual report to Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.
- HB 2072 Charter; City of Hopewell.
- HB 2078 Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act; creates program administrator, review of applications.
- HB 2099 Real estate settlements; disclosures may be provided electronically and overnight delivery.
- HB 2100 Child care facility; some localities require certification from national criminal background check.
- HB 2105 Electric vehicle charging service; excludes certain persons from retail sale of electricity.
- HB 2130 Charter; City of Franklin.
- HB 2139 Charter; City of Williamsburg.
- HB 2142 Bad checks; raises fee locality may charge.
- HB 2149 Commonwealth, Secretary of; elimination of need to publish printed certified list of local officers.
- HB 2168 Uniform Statewide Building Code; harmonizes statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions.
- HB 2184 Wireless E-911 surcharge; definition.
- HB 2225 Inmates; Department of Corrections to establish a personal trust account therefor.
- HB 2329 Authorities for development of former federal areas; dissolution.
- HB 2358 Benefit corporations; definition, requirements.
- HB 2429 Golf cart and utility vehicle; fixes a punctuation error to clarify exceptions for use on highways.
- HB 2435 Corrections, Department of; elimination of agency mandates.
- HB 2467 Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- HB 2510 Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011; established, report.
Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
- SJ 428 Celebrating the life of William Baxter Perkinson, Sr.
- SJ 429 Commending James and Karen Connell Cleveland.
- SJ 430 Commending Beverly Cosham.
- SJ 431 Commending Boston Properties.
- SJ 432 Commending Sandy Amato.
- SJ 433 Commending Maude Hair Salon.
- SJ 434 Celebrating the life of Alexander Charles Ernandes.
- SJ 435 Commending Fairfax High School on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
- SR 27 Commending Marian A. White.