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- HB 995 Firearms; purchaser may present military identification card or concealed handgun permit.
- HB 1123 Second Chance Act; Secretary of Public Safety, et al. to study and make recommendations.
- HB 1316 Residential community programs; DOC to give nonviolent prisoners opportunity to participate.
- HB 1404 Handheld personal communications devices; prohibits use thereof while operating motor vehicle, etc.
- HB 1424 Wireless telecommunications devices; extends prohibition on use in motor vehicles, etc.
- HB 1488 Prisoners; prohibits use of restraints on those who are pregnant, exception.
- HB 1489 Handheld personal communications device; texting while driving.
- HB 1511 Cold case searchable database; Superintendent of State Police may establish.
- HB 1533 Parole; eligibility for certain inmates otherwise ineligible.
- HB 1546 Handheld personal communications device; texting while driving.
- HB 1562 Home/electronic incarceration; good conduct credits.
- HB 1563 Good conduct credits; failure to comply with order or decree for support.
- HB 1600 Libraries; locality may adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, etc., on premises.
- HB 1630 Cell phones or other wireless telecommunications devices; prohibited use while driving, exception.
- HB 1637 Open container of alcohol; passenger in motor vehicle shall not possess, civil penalty.
- HB 1662 Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
- HB 1669 Firearms; criminal records check be performed at a gunshow before vendor may transfer.
- HB 1732 Concealed handgun permits; recognition of out-of-state permits.
- HB 1764 Mopeds; riders and passengers required to wear helmets.
- HB 1813 Handguns; prohibits possession of firearm in Capitol and General Assembly Building.
- HB 1850 Motorcycles; prohibits children under age eight from riding.
- HB 1953 Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; receive & integrate criminal-related intelligence information.
- HB 2005 Firearms shows; promoter shall display materials developed by State Police at entrance.
- HB 2062 Concealed weapons; allows Department of Corrections correctional officer to carry without a permit.
- HB 2069 Concealed handguns; person to inform law-enforcement officer of his possession, penalty.
- HB 2092 Death sentence; removes some circumstances which circuit courts are required to set execution dates.
- HB 2136 Motor vehicle safety belts; makes nonuse a primary offense.
- HB 2212 Law-Enforcement Pursuit Database; State Police to develop and maintain.
- HB 2214 Criminal Justice Services, Department of; develop plan for prevention of juvenile delinquency.
- HB 2298 Marijuana; reduces penalty for possession by prisoner.
- HB 2307 Handheld personal communications devices; fines for texting while driving doubled in work zones.
- HB 2327 Photo monitoring systems; limitations on local adoption of systems.
- HB 2339 Smoking in cars with minor present; civil penalty.
- HB 2343 Handgun; Class 1 misdemeanor for carrying while under influence of alcohol or drugs.
- HB 2382 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; written notice to sex offenders of applicable laws.
- HB 2386 Concealed weapons permit; authorizes person to obtain permit to carry any lawfully possessed weapon.
- HB 2432 Law-enforcement officer; definition.
- HB 2489 Sheriffs' offices vehicles; allows a sheriff to approve display of advertisements.
- HB 2490 Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency.
- HB 2491 Virginia Correctional Enterprises; mandatory procurement, exception.
- HB 2524 Firearms; prohibition of sale, etc., of magazines that hold 20 or more rounds of ammunition.
- SB 898 Photo-monitoring systems; repeals requirement that localities submit list of intersections approved.
- 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 1351 Wireless telecommunications devices; prohibits answering a call unless in hands-free mode.
- SB 1395 Handgun; Class 1 misdemeanor for carrying while under influence of alcohol or drugs.
- SB 1402 Law-enforcement officer; definition.