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- HB 44 Workers' Compensation Commission; authorized to award interest on expenses to claimant's attorney.
- HB 66 Incandescent light bulbs; creates procedure by which manufacturer may obtain a license from SCC.
- HB 69 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; required participation of electric utility.
- HB 70 Energy conservation; establishes statewide goal of reducing consumption of electric energy.
- HB 109 Personal Localized Alerting Network.
- HB 127 Property and casualty insurance policies; forms and endorsements.
- HB 128 Workers' compensation; records referring to accidents, etc., available for file match program.
- HB 129 Electric utilities; purchases from net metering sellers.
- HB 133 Insurance information; posting on insurer's website.
- HB 137 Workers' compensation; injuries presumed to be in course of employment.
- HB 148 Unemployment benefits; each applicant, for eligibility, to provide VEC results of a drug test.
- HB 153 Workers' compensation; exclusion of certain employees.
- HB 167 Child labor; exemption for children employed in family business.
- HB 209 Insurance agents; continuing education requirements.
- HB 213 Mandated health insurance; benefits not applicable if exceed essential benefits package.
- HB 214 Credit unions; amendments to organizational documents.
- HB 219 Unemployment benefits; volunteer service requirement, report.
- HB 226 Workers' Compensation Commission; terms of deputy commissioners.
- HB 231 Gas pipeline safety; information disclosures.
- HB 232 Renewable energy; expands definition.
- HB 264 Interstate Health Care Compact; established.
- HB 312 Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency programs.
- HB 313 State Corporation Commission; required to review pass rate of licensing examination.
- HB 315 Check cashers; practice for customer identification, civil penalty.
- HB 354 Benefit limited liability companies; purpose is to create general public benefit.
- HB 355 Automobile insurance policies; use of credit and driving record information.
- HB 356 Check cashing fees; collection and dissemination of information.
- HB 357 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Authority; created.
- HB 402 Health Benefit Exchange Authority; created, report.
- HB 414 Safe deposit boxes; bank to permit limited access upon death of lessee.
- HB 425 Telephone carriers; prohibited from billing customers for certain services, etc.
- HB 429 Telephone bills; blocking third-party charges.
- HB 432 Motor vehicle insurance; premiums based on credit information prohibited.
- HB 443 Debt collection practices; penalty.
- HB 448 Net energy metering program; standby charges.
- HB 452 Virginia Employment Commission; transcripts.
- HB 453 Workers' compensation; penalty for State's failure to pay.
- HB 454 Workers' compensation; penalty for State's failure to pay.
- HB 455 Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution of funds on monthly basis to public safety answering point.
- HB 464 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report.
- HB 519 Corporations and other business entities; conversion and termination.
- HB 523 Fire insurance policy; notice regarding earthquake exclusion.
- HB 559 Natural gas utilities; qualified projects.
- HB 562 Substance abuse assessment and screening; unemployment benefits.
- HB 564 Electric utilities; ratemaking incentives, landfill gas.
- HB 570 Mortgage loan originators; exempts from licensing employees of bona fide nonprofit organizations.
- HB 572 Owner financing for real property; licensing.
- HB 587 Electric transmission lines; approval process.
- HB 590 Renewable energy facilities; eligibility for incentives.
- HB 610 Corporations; filing articles of dissolution.
- HB 641 Children; employment certificate requirements.
- HB 643 Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone call includes any text message sent.
- HB 645 Renewable energy; expands definition.
- HB 657 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; adjusts mix of energy sources that qualify.
- HB 661 Workers' compensation benefits; refusal of employment by disabled employee.
- HB 672 Community Solar Gardens; created.
- HB 678 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; local towing ordinances.
- HB 679 Criminal history information; prohibits sale of person's conviction when record is expunged.
- HB 705 Health insurance; diagnostic procedures resulting from preventive care or screening.
- HB 708 Bank-owned real estate; repeals provision that limits period that banks may hold.
- HB 709 Motor vehicle insurance; medical expense benefits, assignments.
- HB 725 Motor vehicle title loans, payday loans, and open-end credit plans; caps interest rate.
- HB 735 Community-based continuing care (CBCC) providers; required to be registered with SCC.
- HB 789 Electrical utility facilities; consideration of stability of fuel prices.
- HB 835 Shared work programs; established, report.
- HB 845 Business entities; clarifies that name of entity cannot imply that is another type of business.
- HB 867 Certificates of insurance; unfair insurance trade practices.
- HB 871 Limited burial insurance authority; changes definition.
- HB 872 Property and casualty insurance; provides for SCC licensing and regulation of public adjusters.
- HB 893 E-911 Services Board; Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinator to serve as advisor.
- HB 894 Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency programs.
- HB 911 Renewable energy; requires SCC to establish a program of community net metering.
- HB 912 Virginia Intrastate Commerce Act; created.
- HB 927 Secondhand articles; includes certain telecommunications cable.
- HB 960 Certificates of insurance; no person shall issue those with false or misleading information.
- HB 975 Governmental utility corporation; acting as public service corporation or public service company.
- HB 980 Health insurance; time limit on submitting claims.
- HB 1017 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; eliminates Performance Incentive provision.
- HB 1028 Electrical utility facilities; State Corporation Commission to consider public health impacts.
- HB 1062 Virginia Employment Commission; Office of Attorney General may represent interests of State.
- HB 1077 Day labor centers; use of E-Verify program.
- HB 1088 Reduced cigarette ignition propensity; eliminates an exemption.
- HB 1102 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; credits for investments.
- HB 1136 Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act; exemptions for certain liquefied propane gas containers.
- HB 1139 Reinsurance credits; conforms State's law to Credit for Reinsurance Model Law of NAIC.
- HB 1166 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; reporting requirements to State Corporation Commission.
- HB 1168 Trust institutions; entities authorized to engage in trust business in State includes out-of-state.
- HB 1169 Workers' compensation; WCC shall retain jurisdiction for employees to pursue payment of charges.
- HB 1174 Health insurance; policies without abortion coverage.
- HB 1177 Virginia Energy Plan; adds to list of State's energy objectives.
- HB 1186 Telecommunications service provider or cable television system; rates for pole attachments.
- HB 1187 Noncompetition agreements; prohibits contract that serves to restrict an employee from engaging.
- HB 1190 Workers' compensation; injured employee's choice of pharmacy providers shall not be restricted.
- HB 1191 Cable television systems and cooperatives; nogotiate in good faith to resolve certain issues.
- HB 1200 Human trafficking hotline; posted notices, civil penalty.
- HB 1202 Fire policy; shall provide coverage for cost charged by volunteer fire department, etc.
- HB 1206 Preneed funeral contracts; requirements.
- HB 1246 Dulles Greenway; allowed to lease property for outdoor advertising, SCC to approve toll rates.
- HB 1254 Unemployment benefits; symphony orchestra performers.
- HB 1273 Chemotherapy; requirements for orally administered cancer drugs.
- HB 1276 Virginia Private Recreational Club Act; created.
- SB 47 Certificates of insurance; unfair insurance trade practices.
- SB 50 Corporations and limited liability companies; conversions, dissolution, and procedures.
- SB 51 Uniform Commercial Code; secured transactions.
- SB 54 Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement, postpones scheduled increase.
- SB 75 Mortgage loan originators; exempts from licensing employees of bona fide nonprofit organizations.
- SB 76 Owner financing for real property; licensing.
- SB 120 Risk-Based Capital Act; way to measure minimum capital appropriate for insurer based on size & risk.
- SB 121 Bank-owned real estate; repeals provision that limits period that banks may hold.
- SB 124 Mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers; criminal background checks.
- SB 132 Credit unions; amendments to organizational documents.
- SB 140 Fire policy; shall provide coverage for cost charged by volunteer fire department, etc.
- SB 248 Employers of domestic service individuals; reporting and paying unemployment insurance taxes.
- SB 266 Community-based continuing care (CBCC) providers; required to be registered with SCC.
- SB 295 Virginia Employment Commission; Office of Attorney General may represent interests of State.
- SB 307 Reduced cigarette ignition propensity; eliminates an exemption.
- SB 369 Fire insurance policy; notice regarding earthquake exclusion.
- SB 382 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; reporting requirements to State Corporation Commission.
- SB 413 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; credits for investments.
- SB 418 Electric transmission lines; approval process.
- SB 492 Renewable energy; expands definition.
- SB 493 Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency programs.
- SB 495 Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution of funds on monthly basis to public safety answering point.
- SB 511 Natural gas utilities; qualified projects.
- SB 520 Property and casualty insurance; provides for SCC licensing and regulation of public adjusters.
- SB 532 Insurance, Bureau of; maintenance assessment.
- SB 533 Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; revises requirements for operation of retail outlets.
- SB 576 Workers' compensation; uninsured employer's fund financing tax.
- SB 577 VWC; majority of members constitutes a quorum for purposes of exercising functions of Commission.
- SB 591 MEWA; increases number of residents employed at bank who may receive accident & sickness benefits.
- SB 632 Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution of funds.
- SB 646 Life insurance benefits; providing additional benefits incidental to a loss in event of death, etc.
- SB 652 Cable television systems and cooperatives; negotiate in good faith to resolve certain issues.