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2015 SESSION
SENATE MEMBERS
Legislation introduced after the pre-file period.
- Kenneth C. Alexander (5)
- SB 1332 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission.
- SB 1333 Virginia Public Procurement Act; small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses.
- SB 1363 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created.
- SB 1364 Income tax, corporate; apportionment of income for manufacturers, exemptions.
- SB 1375 School boards; elections; City of Norfolk.
- George L. Barker (5)
- SB 1378 Virginia Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement, certain councils of governments.
- SB 1423 Foster care; placement of children, local board shall request a search of Putative Father Registry.
- SB 1429 Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk, penalties.
- SB 1460 Financial exploitation of adults; report to State Police when loss is greater then $100,000.
- SJ 298 Constitutional amendment; apportionment, partisan balance.
- Richard H. Black (5)
- SB 727 School Performance Report Card; redesign to be more effective in communicating to parents & public.
- SB 1353 Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; toll rate increases by State Corporation Commission.
- SB 1383 Home instruction; disclosure of personal information to Department of Education or other person.
- SB 1384 Certain industrial uses; transmission lines.
- SB 1437 Underground electrical line; pilot program.
- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. (4)
- SB 1431 Commonwealth Space Flight Fund; allocations, 2021-2022 fiscal year sunset.
- SB 1432 Income tax, corporate; commercial spaceflight entities.
- SB 1433 Protective orders; assault and battery; penalty.
- SJ 279 Tannerite; joint subcommittee to study danger of use of these explosives.
- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin (8)
- SB 1334 Electric utilities; cost recovery.
- SB 1348 Motorcycles, off-road, and all-terrain vehicles; fees collected by DMV to be deposited in a fund.
- SB 1366 Coal mine safety; wide tracking and electric equipment shall maintain safe operating conditions.
- SB 1367 Trails; allocation of federal funds for establishment and maintenance.
- SB 1452 Creation of the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
- SJ 254 Clean Water Act; opposition.
- SJ 294 Carbon dioxide emissions; regulation of existing power plants, withdrawal of federal guidelines.
- SJ 317 NASA's Wallops Flight Facility; environmental impact statement.
- Charles J. Colgan (4)
- SB 1022 Virginia Retirement System; increase of retirement allowance.
- SB 1128 State song.
- SB 1421 TANF; Back-to-School Supplies and Clothing Allowance Program.
- SB 1422 Correctional facilities, local; state appropriations for operating costs.
- John A. Cosgrove (3)
- SB 1335 State Board for Community Colleges; policy for the award of academic credit for military training.
- SB 1402 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; open meeting exemption for gang-related activities.
- SB 1430 Salvage license; salvage advertising and display.
- Rosalyn R. Dance (6)
- SB 955 Industrial hemp production and manufacturing.
- SB 1394 Prescription drugs; specialty tier coverage.
- SB 1395 Electric utilities; net energy metering programs.
- SB 1413 Fees for testing and monitoring of land application of industrial wastes.
- SB 1415 Certificate of public need; definition of project.
- SJ 243 Veterans Services, Department of; JLARC to review.
- R. Creigh Deeds (7)
- SB 1326 Academic transcripts; documentation of dismissal.
- SB 1408 Emergency services; routine review, report.
- SB 1409 Community services boards; DBHDS to enter into agreements with certain health care providers.
- SB 1410 Crisis intervention specialists; community services boards and behavioral health authorities.
- SB 1435 Eminent domain; lost profits and just compensation.
- SB 1453 Spirits in closed containers; commission on all sales.
- SJ 355 Celebrating the life of William Mackensen Dressler, Sr.
- Adam P. Ebbin (3)
- SB 1210 Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes on room rentals.
- SB 1444 Driver's license; forfeiture if marijuana possession.
- SJ 276 Driver's license; federal requirement suspension upon conviction of a drug offense.
- John S. Edwards (8)
- SB 833 Electric utilities; net energy metering.
- SB 1276 Roanoke, City of; amending charter, appointment of director of finance.
- SB 1330 Rights of the Disabled, Board for, & Board for the Rights of Virginians with Disabilities; repeals.
- SB 1382 Motor vehicles involved in an accident; removal and disposition.
- SB 1387 Contract carrier's transportation of railroad employees; civil penalty.
- SB 1388 Railroad trains; trespassing, raises penalty.
- SB 1389 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility for benefits.
- SB 1414 Cigarette tax, local; Montgomery and Pulaski Counties authorized to impose.
- Barbara A. Favola (3)
- SB 853 Elections; assistance for qualified voter who is 75 years of age or older or person with disability.
- SB 1405 Health services plans; effects of actions of other states.
- SJ 245 Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
- Thomas A. Garrett (2)
- SB 1329 Higher educational institutions; memorandum of understanding and policies for sexual assaults.
- SB 1392 Planning district commissions; representation of regional partners.
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. (6)
- SB 1166 Public service corporations; access to public records.
- SB 1338 Natural gas companies; right of entry upon property.
- SB 1376 State park master plans; update schedule.
- SB 1377 State-owned communication towers; charges for use.
- SB 1434 Dead bodies; disposition, identification of decedent.
- SJ 282 Sex Offender Registry; Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to study effectiveness.
- Janet D. Howell (1)
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. (8)
- SB 1315 Nonhuman primates; acquisition prohibited, penalties.
- SB 1317 Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund; established.
- SB 1323 Study; Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; report.
- SB 1406 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- SB 1407 Paid sick leave for employees; civil penalties.
- SB 1464 Menhaden fishery; management.
- SJ 290 Governor's School for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; establishes in Hampton Roads.
- SJ 291 Flood resilience; DEQ to study potential for funding source to localities in coastal Virginia.
- Mamie E. Locke (1)
- L. Louise Lucas (3)
- SB 988 Sexual orientation change efforts prohibited.
- SB 1441 Transfer of firearms at gun shows; voluntary background check; penalties.
- SB 1451 Tolls; imposition and collection for use of Interstate Route 95 south of City of Fredericksburg.
- David W. Marsden (4)
- SB 1374 Sex offender registry; failure of defendant to register.
- SB 1390 Virginia Condominium Act; meetings of the unit owners' association, failure to obtain a quorum.
- SB 1391 Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act.
- SB 1416 Railroads; trespassing on property, signage required, penalties.
- Stephen H. Martin (6)
- SB 1294 Board of Nursing; criminal history record check for applicants for licensure.
- SB 1318 Application of foreign law in Virginia courts; domestic relations.
- SB 1346 Virginia Public Building Authority; Military Mission Improvement and Expansion projects.
- SB 1403 Home instruction; evidence of progress requirement for students.
- SB 1445 Appraisal management companies; appraiser compensation.
- SJ 228 Higher education; endorsement of SCHEV's statewide strategic plan, report.
- Ryan T. McDougle (4)
- SB 1032 Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; created, report, eliminates ABC Board.
- SB 1361 Incarcerated persons; transfer to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- SB 1397 Elections; run-off elections.
- SB 1447 Income tax, corporate; subtraction for certain qualifying facility or business operations.
- A. Donald McEachin (8)
- SB 1337 Voter registration; voter list maintenance.
- SB 1345 State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act & General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act.
- SB 1436 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; reduces number of membership.
- SB 1456 Virginia Community Policing Act; created, report.
- SJ 292 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly of Virginia to extend state recognition.
- SJ 293 Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote, restoration of civil rights.
- SJ 299 Virginia Housing Commission; affordable housing for people reentering society.
- SJ 358 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; designating as March 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- Jeffrey L. McWaters (5)
- SB 1358 Virginia Port Authority police powers.
- SB 1359 Virginia Port Authority; additional exemptions from the Public Procurement Act.
- SB 1418 Candidate petitions; collection of signatures by electronic means.
- SB 1419 Virginia crab meat; Class 3 misdemeanor for improper labeling.
- SB 1459 Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; members to allow public comment before vote.
- John C. Miller (3)
- SB 1347 Uniformed services-connected students; identification.
- SB 1443 Comprehensive plan; strategies to combat projected sea-level rise.
- SB 1446 Training centers; discharge plans.
- Stephen D. Newman (2)
- SB 1340 School board clerks; electronic maintenance of records.
- SB 1411 Court costs; agreement with DMV authorizing collection of payment.
- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (8)
- SB 1341 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; established, report.
- SB 1360 Commonwealth's Attorneys Training Fund.
- SB 1368 Limited liability companies; liability.
- SB 1369 Virginia Science Technology Engineering and Applied Mathematics (STEAM) Academy, Inc.; established.
- SB 1401 Tourism project of regional significance; entitlement to tax revenues.
- SB 1412 Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited trade practices.
- SB 1424 Conflicts of Interests Act, State & Local Gov't & General Assembly, etc.; ethics reforms.
- SB 1466 Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; extends sunset provision.
- Mark D. Obenshain (2)
- SB 1380 Schedule I drugs.
- SB 1450 Privacy Expectation Afterlife and Choices Act; created, undue burden restriction, etc.
- J. Chapman Petersen (5)
- SB 1331 Natural Gas Conservation and Ratemaking Efficiency Act; cost-effective programs.
- SB 1398 Counseling, Board of; criminal history records check for applicants for licensure.
- SB 1399 Political candidates; repeals personal income tax credit for contributions.
- SB 1400 Campaign finance; campaign contribution limits, civil penalty.
- SB 1417 Counselors; client notification.
- Linda T. Puller (2)
- SB 1034 Alcoholic beverage control; adds powdered or crystalline alcohol, penalty.
- SB 1342 Residential Improved Accessibility and Universal Visitability Grant Fund and Program; established.
- Bryce E. Reeves (8)
- SB 1234 Grand larceny; threshold.
- SB 1237 Senate districts; adjustments.
- SB 1327 Higher education; in-state tuition.
- SB 1354 Uniformed services-connected students; identification.
- SB 1355 Local planning commission; action on proposed plat.
- SB 1356 Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program; created.
- SB 1357 Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; duty of counsel to exercise due diligence.
- SB 1420 VPPA; information technology procurement, terms and conditions, limitation on contractor liability.
- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. (6)
- SB 976 Obscene sexual display in a public place; third offense, penalty.
- SB 1371 Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA); methods of procurement.
- SB 1372 Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; changes to Board requirements.
- SB 1440 Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission; financial viability & feasibility.
- SJ 287 Study; JLARC; early childhood development programs; report.
- SJ 301 Commending Morgan Lumber Company, Inc.
- Richard L. Saslaw (4)
- SB 1319 Retail Sales and Use Tax; limited exemption for certain qualifying items, beginning in 2015.
- SB 1379 Higher educational institutions; sexual misconduct policies.
- SB 1393 Pharmacists; compounding of drugs for use in executions.
- SB 1449 Governor's Powering Economic Growth Program; created.
- Ralph K. Smith (5)
- SB 1339 School board clerks; electronic maintenance of records.
- SB 1352 General Assembly; consideration of the conference committee report on the biennial budget.
- SB 1425 General Assembly; reports accompanying general appropriation bills.
- SB 1426 Standards of Learning; reduces total number and type of required assessments.
- SJ 305 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); powers of General Assembly; limitations.
- William M. Stanley, Jr. (5)
- SB 1316 Circuit court clerks; changes to operation of clerks, including electronic records, fees, etc.
- SB 1381 Private animal shelter; clarifies purpose and definition.
- SB 1396 Danville and Martinsville, Cities of; authority related to disposition of certain utilities, report.
- SB 1454 Driving recklessly with a suspended or revoked license; causing death of another person, penalty.
- SJ 300 Municipal electric utility; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study regulations of rates.
- Walter A. Stosch (3)
- SB 1322 State Board for Community Colleges; policy for the award of academic credit for military training.
- SB 1362 "Sweet Virginia Breeze" and "Our Great Virginia"; designating as the official state songs.
- SB 1404 ABLE savings trust accounts; established, administered by the Virginia College Savings Plan.
- Richard H. Stuart (7)
- SB 1149 Expanded access to investigational drugs, biological products, and devices.
- SB 1150 General Assembly; consideration of the conference committee report on the biennial budget.
- SB 1325 Nicotine Vapor products; prohibits purchase, etc., by minors, packaging, civil penalty.
- SB 1344 Interpreters; appointed for non-English-speaking defendant.
- SB 1439 Vessel operation; law-enforcement officers prohibited from stopping, etc., without probable cause.
- SB 1458 Cable franchises; service available to areas where density is not less 20 residential units.
- SJ 302 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); general warrants of search or seizure prohibited.
- Jill Holtzman Vogel (8)
- SB 1324 Judges; mandatory retirement.
- SB 1350 Voter registration; cancellation of registration by notifying Dept. of Elections to remove his name.
- SB 1351 Polling place; authorized representative of political party permitted, handheld wireless devices.
- SB 1385 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority; powers, report.
- SB 1386 Teacher licensure; professional development.
- SB 1448 Community development authorities; tax levied or assessment imposed by locality.
- SB 1457 Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- SJ 288 Study; Department of Education; effect of local use value assessment of certain real estate.
- Frank W. Wagner (8)
- SB 1336 Sales and use tax; exemption includes gold, silver, & platinum whose sales price exceeds $1,000.
- SB 1343 Joint Rules Committee of General Assembly; employment of legal counsel.
- SB 1349 Electric utility regulation; suspension of regulatory reviews of utility earnings.
- SB 1442 Clean Power State Implementation Plan; DEQ prohibited from expending funds, etc., federal ruling.
- SB 1461 Waterfowl blinds; expiration and renewal of licenses in Virginia Beach, late fee, etc.
- SB 1463 Voter registration; electronic signatures.
- SJ 308 Joint Rules Committee; to employ counsel to challenge federal rules carbon emission guidelines.
- SJ 318 Celebrating the life of Lieutenant J. Wesley Van Dorn.
- John C. Watkins (8)
- SB 1031 Real property tax exemption; certain leasehold interests.
- SB 1162 Hybrid retirement program; disclosure of services, etc., associated with voluntary contributions.
- SB 1328 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created.
- SB 1365 Carbon dioxide emissions; DEQ to develop state plan to regulate emissions.
- SB 1370 Richmond City Public Schools Learning Excellence by Aligning Public Schools Commission.
- SB 1455 Commonwealth of Virginia Veterans Bond Act of 2015; created.
- SB 1465 U.S. savings bonds; establishes a procedure for the escheat of unclaimed bonds.
- SJ 346 Virginia Hospital Week; designating as May 10 through May 16, 2015.
- Jennifer T. Wexton (3)
- SB 1427 Breastfeeding in public places; mother's right.
- SB 1438 State and local government employees; prohibited use of state funds.
- SJ 345 Commending Eric Betzig, Ph.D.