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2016 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 8, 2016 ... 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
- House Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions on First Reading - Uncontested 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 507 Judicial creation of trusts.
- SB 636 State Council of Higher Education; longitudinal data system; report.
- SB 294 State officers & employees; retaliatory actions against persons providing certain testimony.
- SB 17 STEM programs; grants for donations to programs at qualified schools.
- SB 246 STEM Competition Team Grant Program and Fund; established, created.
- SB 309 Annexation; extends current moratorium on city annexations and county immunity actions.
- SB 414 Land Bank Entities Act.
- SB 444 Sales and use tax; refunds.
- SB 451 Dayton, Town of; amending charter, election of council.
- SB 460 Voter registration; notification to other states of a person's registration in Virginia.
- SB 527 Bomb threats; reimbursement of expenses incurred in emergency response.
- SB 589 Education improvement scholarship tax credit program; extends time for disbursement of donations.
- SB 642 Virginia Beach arena.
- SB 690 Local tax officials; electronic dissemination of tax bills and tax documents.
- SB 750 Commonwealth's Development Opportunity Fund; political contributions, report.
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 506 Small businesses; waiver of penalties related to taxes.
- SB 197 Interstate 73 Corridor Development Fund and Program; created.
- SB 466 Guardianship; communication between incapacitated person and others.
- SB 50 Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment.
- SB 57 Judges; increases number in 19th and 25th Judicial Districts.
- SB 153 Orange County; taxes for certain local improvements.
- SB 270 Sanctuary policies; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers.
- SB 549 Conditional zoning; provisions applicable to certain rezoning proffers.
- SB 574 Officers of election; required training every two years.
- SB 588 Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); charter schools.
- SB 646 Fantasy Contests Act; created, registration required, conditions of registration, civil penalty.
- SB 686 Presidential primary; voter pledge prohibited.
- SB 705 Sanctuary cities; liability for certain injuries and damages caused by an illegal alien.
- SB 767 Form of ballot; party identification of candidates.
- SB 769 Bedford; references to the former city of Bedford.
- SB 770 Congressional and state legislative districts; compactness standard.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 329 BVU Authority; alters Board powers and duties, change in membership, conflict of interest policy.
- SB 597 Appeal of tax assessments; prior to receipt of information, person to sign acknowledgment of order.
- SB 180 Prostitution; juveniles engaged in commercial sexual conduct, participation in specialized services.
- SB 212 Health regulatory boards; membership and terms.
- SB 237 Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; condemnation of common area.
- SB 264 Nurse practitioners; practicing outside of a patient care team.
- SB 286 Motor vehicles; vehicles not to be equipped with televisions and video within view of driver.
- SB 296 Conservators of the peace, special; required criminal history record information check required.
- SB 392 Real property; judgment creditor may record an instrument, upon payment of fee for recordation, etc.
- SB 427 Standards of Learning assessments; Board of Education's calculation of passage rate.
- SB 452 Medical school; clinical rotation requirements.
- SB 454 Juvenile court; retained jurisdiction, procedures in case of adults, penalties.
- SB 463 Nurse practitioners; licensed as certified nurse midwives, practicing without patient care team.
- SB 491 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of certain information.
- SB 513 Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers of opiates.
- SB 538 Students with limited English proficiency; alternative to the eleventh grade Standards of Learning.
- SB 669 Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes.
- SB 709 Recalled motor vehicles; disclosures by and compensation of dealers.
- SB 765 Highways, Commissioner of; powers, emergency removal of snow and ice.
- SB 774 DMAS; Request for Proposal.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 248 Minors; authority to consent to physical evidence recovery kit examination.
- SB 22 Police and court records; expungement of certain offenses.
- SB 128 Personal injury and wrongful death actions; disclosure of physical address of insured person.
- SB 170 Nonsuits; tolling of limitations, contractual limitation periods.
- SB 172 Foreign entities; consent to jurisdiction & service of summons for witness or subpoena duces tecum.
- SB 327 Driver's license; marijuana possession.
- SB 336 High school graduation; graduation requirements.
- SB 343 Cancer; possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes.
- SB 358 Hearsay exception; admissibility of statements by children in sexual conduct, etc., cases.
- SB 415 Emancipation petition for minors intending to marry; written findings.
- SB 438 Higher educational institutions; social media accounts.
- SB 611 Tort claim; notice of claim against the Commonwealth, transportation district, or locality.
- SB 626 Carrying concealed handguns; protective orders.
- SB 660 Teacher dismissal; appointment of hearing officer.
- SB 671 Lyme disease; treatment of a patient.
- SB 768 Reckless driving; exceeding speed limit.
- SB 778 Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving; penalty.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 225 Autism Advisory Council; extends sunset provision.
- SB 314 Nutrient offset credits; new and expanding wastewater discharge facilities to acquire.
- SB 467 Child day programs; exemptions from licensure.
- SB 598 Erosion and sediment control; compliance with stormwater management program.
- SB 600 Intergovernmental Cooperation, Virginia Commission on; membership.
- SB 634 Secure Commonwealth Panel; membership; reporting.
- SB 643 U.S. Department of the Interior; monitoring by VMRC, Assateague Island National Seashore.
- SB 651 Animal control officers; training.
- SB 673 Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Act; consolidation of programs, opt-out for locations.
- SB 680 General Assembly; JLARC to review fiscal impact statements for executive orders when requested.
- SB 691 Industrial hemp; lawful for a person with a license to manufacture products or engage in research.
- SB 695 Alcoholic beverage control; wine and beer licenses for certain properties.
- SB 758 Alcoholic beverage control; farm winery license.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 215 Juvenile detention homes and correctional facilities; room segregation.
- SB 417 Social Services, Department of; unauthorized practice of law.
- SB 488 Mixed beverage restaurant licensees; food-to-beverage ratio.
- SB 536 Alcoholic beverage control; spirits tastings by distiller licensee.
- SB 667 Governor; absolute pardons shall not be posted by DLAS on its website.
- SB 724 Corrections, Board of; powers and duties.
House Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SJ 6 Constitutional amendment (second resolution); charter schools.
- SJ 93 Constitutional amendment; charter schools.
- SJ 127 Constitutional amendment; right to work (submitting to qualified voters).
Senate Joint Resolutions on First Reading - Uncontested Calenda ... report | csv file
- SJ 27 International Assistance Dog Week; designating as first full week in August 2016.
- SJ 35 Advance Care Planning Month; designating as April 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 48 Blood Cancer Awareness Month; designating September 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 49 Lymphoma Awareness Day; designating September 15, 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 51 Comprehensive indigent defense system; State Crime Commission to study.
- SJ 58 Recurrent flooding; joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations.
- SJ 61 Virginia Constitution Day; designating as June 29, 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 71 Individuals with brain injury, etc.; Joint Commission on Health Care to study.
- SJ 73 Kinship foster care and adoptive placements; DSS to study restrictions of barrier crimes.
- SJ 80 Historic properties without homeowner associations; VHC to study disclosure of information.
- SJ 85 Public elementary and secondary education; joint committee to study future of education.
- SJ 87 Multifamily residential dwellings; VHC to study mandatory recycling programs.
- SJ 88 Early childhood development programs; JLARC to study specific programs.
- SJ 89 Tenant bankruptcy; VHC to study impact of proceedings on landlords.
- SJ 97 Commonwealth's aerospace industry; Virginia Economic Development Partnership to study.
- SJ 101 Purple Heart State; designating as the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- SJ 102 Purple Heart Day; designating as August 7, 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 129 Public Transportation Safety Day; designating as April 29, 2016, & each succeeding year thereafter.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- SB 28 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame; created, report.
- SB 711 Women's Right to Vote, Commission for Commemoration of Centennial of; established.
- SB 743 Division of Energy; state certifying authority for solar energy projects.
- SJ 83 Medicaid fraud cases; DMAS, et al., to study conferral of authority to local departments.
- SJ 95 TANF; Commission on Youth to study DSS's administration of Program.
- SJ 96 College readiness; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, et al.
House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HB 22 Income tax, state; sunset provision for tax credit for contributions to political candidates.
- HB 23 Fuels tax; refunds of taxes to certain nonprofit entities.
- HB 80 Property certified as tax exempt; effective date of tax exemption.
- HB 90 Virginia National Guard; possession of handguns by members at certain facilities.
- HB 95 Income tax, corporate; addback for Captive REIT dividends.
- HB 138 Virginia Beach arena; extends an existing contingent sunset provision.
- HB 148 Real property tax assessment; changes date counties, cities, and towns are required to fix tax rate.
- HB 182 Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Frederick County to impose an additional tax.
- HB 252 Assistant speech-language pathologists; duties, report.
- HB 279 Career and technical education; three-year licenses.
- HB 328 Transient occupancy tax; Botetourt County may impose additional tax.
- HB 357 Public schools; physical activity requirement for students in grades kindergarten through five.
- HB 382 Firearms; control by state agencies, rights of employees.
- HB 398 Sales and use tax; refunds.
- HB 487 School resource officers; those employed pursuant to School Resource Officer Grants Program.
- HB 515 Higher educational institutions; institutional 6-year plan, economic development, report.
- HB 516 Education, Board of; policy on sexually explicit instructional material.
- HB 557 School efficiency reviews; scope and costs.
- HB 590 Research and development expenses tax credit; eliminates reporting requirement.
- HB 596 Recordation tax; exemption of certain deeds of partition and deeds transferring property.
- HB 742 Neighborhood Assistance Program; eligibility for tax credits.
- HB 770 Conditional zoning; provisions applicable to all rezoning proffers, definitions.
- HB 812 Limited Residential Lodging Act; established, penalty.
- HB 942 School boards; reasonable access by certain youth groups.
- HB 951 Taxation, Department of; disclosure of certain tax information.
- HB 1017 Education improvement scholarships; tax credit, reporting and other requirements.
- HB 1062 Higher educational institutions; management agreements.
- HB 1152 Local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax.
- HB 1170 Real property tax; members of board of equalization.
- HB 1194 Transient occupancy tax; Bedford County permitted to impose.
- HB 1224 Bank franchise tax; sets a cap of $18 million on total annual tax liability per taxpayer.
- HB 1331 Income tax, state; withholding taxes, penalties.