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2017 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR January 26, 2017 ... pdf
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bill on Second Reading - Uncontested 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 Resolutions on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file
- Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 919 Removal of blight; building collapse; emergency.
- SB 1216 Alcoholic beverage control; availability of food when spirits served.
- SB 1006 Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information.
- SB 1273 City of Richmond general district court; concurrent criminal jurisdiction.
- SB 1377 Computer trespass; penalty.
- SB 1465 Concealed handgun; retired conservation officers may carry.
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 816 Grand larceny & certain property crimes; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc., to $1,000.
- SB 825 New sentencing hearing; abolition of parole.
- SB 862 Driving after forfeiture of license.
- SB 1047 DCJS training standards; community engaged policing.
- SB 1091 Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.
- SB 1298 Marijuana; possession or distribution for medical purposes, affirmative defense for treatment.
- SB 1347 Switchblade knife; person may carry concealed, exception.
- SB 1474 Arrest; resisting law-enforcement officers, etc.
House Bill on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 798 Virginia adjusted gross income; sale of certain crops to craft breweries.
- SB 875 Recordation tax; exempts deed of trust or mortgage given by utility consumer services cooperatives.
- SB 886 Gas severance tax.
- SB 916 Virginia Register Act; guidance documents; duty to file with the Registrar.
- SB 1019 Board of Accountancy.
- SB 1040 FOIA; record exclusion for personal contact information, definition.
- SB 1074 Automobile clubs; a service agreement offered by a club does not constitute insurance.
- SB 1102 FOIA; records of completed unattended death investigations, definition, mandatory disclosure.
- SB 1136 Money order sellers and money transmitters; required investments.
- SB 1158 Insurance; reciprocals.
- SB 1175 Workers' compensation; employer's lien, third party actions.
- SB 1186 All-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles; subject to motor vehicle tax.
- SB 1202 Commercial Space Flight Authority; development of six-year strategic plan.
- SB 1205 Commercial fishing vessels; classifies vessels as a separate class of property.
- SB 1217 Negotiable instruments; statute of limitations.
- SB 1248 Real property tax; Stafford County may adopt, by ordinance, to restrict deferral of taxes.
- SB 1274 License taxes, local; exemption for certain defense production businesses.
- SB 1289 Natural gas utilities; qualified projects, investments in eligible infrastructure.
- SB 1369 Commonwealth of Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Bond Act of 2017; created.
- SB 1370 Virginia State University; revenue-producing capital project.
- SB 1390 Cigarettes; purchase for resale, penalties.
- SB 1463 Virginia Tobacco Region Revolving Fund; revises definition of project.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 783 Public employment; prohibits discrimination on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
- SB 793 Small businesses; waiver of tax penalties.
- SB 812 Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, Board for; home inspections, required statement.
- SB 822 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices, sexual orientation and gender.
- SB 990 Electric energy; consumption reduction goal, annual progress reports.
- SB 1128 FOIA; failure to respond to request for records, rebuttable presumption.
- SB 1171 Public employment; inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal convictions.
- SB 1201 Workers' compensation; suitably equipped automobile for incapacitated employee.
- SB 1258 Virginia Solar Energy Development and Energy Storage Authority; increases membership.
- SB 1261 George Washington's rye whiskey; designating as the state spirit.
- SB 1268 Localities; public hearings for tax rate increases.
- SB 1296 County food and beverage tax; referendum.
- SB 1320 Admissions tax; Washington County to impose on multi-sports complex and entertainment venue.
- SB 1332 "Song of the Mountains"; designating as state television series.
- SB 1400 Poker; definition of illegal gambling and charitable gaming.
- SB 1437 Aging, Commonwealth Council on; duties.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 801 Dogs; public animal shelters required to notify intent to euthanize.
- SB 868 Child protective services; investigation of complaints of child abuse or neglect.
- SB 876 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program.
- SB 934 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts legal tender coins.
- SB 962 Sales and use tax; nexus for out-of-state businesses.
- SB 967 Local industrial development authorities; port authority.
- SB 976 Va Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program.
- SB 992 Charter; City of Hopewell; water renewal commission.
- SB 1026 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.
- SB 1033 Breach of payroll data; notification requirement.
- SB 1045 Capital outlay plan; revises six-year plan for projects.
- SB 1050 Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission.
- SB 1064 Mental health awareness training; law enforcement officers, firefighters, etc.
- SB 1145 Riparian planting grounds lease; eligibility.
- SB 1173 Vested property rights; nonconforming uses.
- SB 1203 Working waterfront development areas; establishment.
- SB 1308 Sales and use tax; collection of taxes from consuming contractors.
- SB 1311 Hampton Roads Sanitation District; adds County of Surry to territory.
- SB 1318 Troutdale, Town of; amending charter, specifies terms of mayor and recorder as four years.
- SB 1319 Wytheville, Town of; amending charter, removes certain provisions requiring special election.
- SB 1429 Onley, Town of; amending charter, shifts municipal elections from May to November.
- SB 1438 Virginia Tax Amnesty Program; established.
- SB 1467 Central absentee voter precincts; expedited counting of absentee ballots.
- SB 1487 Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony.
- SB 1520 Property tax; notice by locality of public hearing of tax increase.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 872 Absentee voting; applications and ballots; photo identification required.
- SB 897 Child care providers; criminal history background check; penalty.
- SB 920 Lien priority.
- SB 1105 Registered voters and persons voting; reports of persons voting at elections.
- SB 1189 Water and sewer services; liens, owners, lessees, or tenants.
- SB 1349 Coastal Protection and Flooding Adaptation, Secretary for; creates position, effective clause.
- SB 1350 Motor vehicle sales and use tax; refund to purchaser.
- SB 1441 Absentee voting; eligibility of persons whose polling place prohibits firearms.
- SB 1455 Voter registration; monetary payments for registering for another.
Senate Joint Resolutions on First Reading - Uncontested Calenda ... report | csv file
- SJ 307 Confirming Governor's appointments of certain persons.
- SJ 308 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 309 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 310 Governor; confirming appointments.
Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file
- SJ 250 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Johnny S. Joannou.
- HJ 718 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Otho Beverley Roller.
- HJ 724 Celebrating the life of Leslie Gilliam.
- HJ 731 Celebrating the life of Anthony Randolph Cooke.
- HJ 739 Celebrating the life of James Early Wood.
- HJ 740 Celebrating the life of Colonel Damon Igou, USA, Ret.
- HJ 741 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Johnny S. Joannou.
- HJ 746 Celebrating the life of Roger L. Williams.
- HJ 774 Celebrating the life of Connie Henry.
- HJ 775 Celebrating the life of Eric John Franklin.
- HJ 776 Celebrating the life of Kenneth A. Lawrence.
- HJ 777 Celebrating the life of Alfred C. Anderson.
- HJ 785 Celebrating the life of Anshul Chimaladinne.
- SJ 327 Celebrating the life of Dr. Debra Saunders-White.
- SJ 337 Celebrating the life of Colonel John Betts, USAF, Ret.
- SJ 338 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Charles J. Colgan.
- SR 108 Celebrating the life of Ralph Edmond Stanley.
- SR 121 Celebrating the life of Charles C. Allen.
Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file
- HJ 631 Commending Peter Allen Lewis.
- SJ 315 Commending the Center for Alexandria’s Children.
- HJ 626 Commending Richard W. Harris, Sr.
- HJ 662 Commending Robert S. Argabright II.
- HJ 663 Commending the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County.
- HJ 664 Commending the Fresta Valley Christian School Robotics Club.
- HJ 665 Commending John W. McCarthy III.
- HJ 666 Commending Ursula Beverley Baxley.
- HJ 681 Commending the Rappahannock County High School volleyball team.
- HJ 683 Commending John P. Molière.
- HJ 721 Commending the Fort Defiance High School Envirothon team.
- HJ 722 Commending Lucy Weidner.
- HJ 726 Commending J. Hamilton Lambert.
- HJ 729 Commending New Hope Housing.
- HJ 730 Commending The Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary of Fredericksburg.
- HJ 732 Commending the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company.
- HJ 733 Commending iFly Loudoun.
- HJ 734 Commending Sihan Sandhu.
- HJ 735 Commending the Freedom High School gymnastics team.
- HJ 736 Commending Mihika Dusad.
- HJ 737 Commending the Atlee High School softball team.
- HJ 738 Commending Captain Thomas W. Turner.
- HJ 742 Commending Scott R. Park.
- HJ 743 Commending Arthur Dean Strickland.
- HJ 747 Commending Earl Heath Miller, Jr.
- HJ 751 Commending Richard A. Cordle.
- HJ 752 Commending Joseph A. Horbal.
- HJ 753 Commending Women Giving Back.
- HJ 754 Commending the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
- HJ 755 Commending the Rock Ridge High School drama team.
- HJ 756 Commending the Freedom High School drama team.
- HJ 757 Commending the Park View High School boys' soccer team.
- HJ 758 Commending the Battlefield High School girls' soccer team.
- HJ 759 Commending Jimmy Davidson.
- HJ 760 Commending Michael Robinson.
- HJ 761 Commending the Carroll County High School varsity softball team.
- HJ 768 Commending Green Hedges School.
- HJ 769 Commending Kaitlyn Hyun.
- HJ 770 Commending Karin's Florist.
- HJ 771 Commending Gary A. Ambrose.
- HJ 772 Commending the Vienna Host Lions Club.
- HJ 773 Commending The Rotary Foundation.
- HJ 778 Commending Ramoth Baptist Church.
- HJ 813 Commending the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
- SJ 318 Commending Byron Robinson.
- SJ 320 Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award.
- SJ 322 Commending Dux.
- SJ 323 Commending Pierce’s Pitt Bar-B-Que.
- SJ 324 Commending the Virginia Health Care Foundation.
- SJ 325 Commending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University football team.
- SJ 326 Commending Francena McCorory.
- SJ 328 Commending the Rotary Club of Petersburg (Breakfast).
- SJ 329 Commending Stephen Koleszar.
- SJ 330 Commending David Anthony Sam.
- SJ 332 Commending David Verburg.
- SJ 333 Commending Denis Kudla.
- SJ 334 Commending Hollins University.
- SJ 335 Commending the Student Government Association of Virginia TECH.
- SJ 336 Commending the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
- SJ 339 Commending Brett R. Bowman.
- SJ 341 Commending Max Brown.
- SR 106 Commending the Graham High School competition cheer team.
- SR 107 Commending Tom Harding.
- SR 116 Commending Muslim Lakhani.
- SR 117 Commending Marshall Price.
- SR 118 Celebrating the life of Abram H. Clymer.
- SR 119 Commending the Lebanon High School softball team.
- SR 120 Commending Harold Lee Jerrell.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- SB 871 Third-party registration groups; registration, disclosure, and recordkeeping requirements, etc.
- SB 1253 Voter identification; photograph contained in electronic pollbook.
- SB 1454 Illegal voter registration; penalties.
House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HB 1392 School security officers; carrying a firearm in performance of duties.
- HB 1454 James River; designation portion a component of Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 1578 Students who receive home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs (Tebow Bill).
- HB 1625 Mobile food units; licenses.
- HB 1640 Motor Vehicles, Department of; titling an out-of-state trailer.
- HB 1642 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration.
- HB 1671 Natural gas utilities; qualified projects, investments in eligible infrastructure.
- HB 1675 Palliative care information and resources; VDH to make information available on its website.
- HB 1705 Certification of driver education courses; requirements.
- HB 1728 Air transportation services providers; VDH to review rules for use in medical situations.
- HB 1732 License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Virginia Nurses Foundation.
- HB 1754 Securities Act; regulation of federal covered securities.
- HB 1766 Utility Facilities Act; associated facilities of an electrical transmission line.
- HB 1775 Persons with developmental disabilities; terminology.
- HB 1777 Hospitals providing psychiatric services; denials of admission.
- HB 1798 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); donation or acquisition of organs infected with virus.
- HB 1840 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); confidentiality of tests, release of information.
- HB 1846 Death certificates; filing.
- HB 1888 Wireless telecommunications devices; use by persons driving school buses.
- HB 1942 Fostering Futures program; individual participating in program subject to a background check.
- HB 1946 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Office of the; amends provisions related to Office.
- HB 2023 Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes.
- HB 2072 Nursing home family councils; rights of family members.
- HB 2153 Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; reciprocity.
- HB 2301 Nurses, licensed practical; administration of vaccinations.
House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HJ 548 National Suicide Prevention Week.
- HJ 573 Pongal Day.
- HJ 610 Virginia Aviation Week.
- HJ 612 Missing Persons Day.
- HJ 640 Public Lands Day.
- HJ 649 Mary Draper Ingles Remembrance Day.
- HJ 656 Spirit of '45 Day.
- HJ 744 World Voice Day.
- HJ 745 Substance-Exposed Infant Awareness Week; designating as first week of July 2017.
- HJ 750 Coats Disease Awareness Day.
- HJ 762 Weekend of Prayer over Students.
- HJ 765 Appointment by the Speaker of the House of Delegates.
- HJ 766 Confirming appointments by the Joint Committee on Rules.
- HJ 767 Confirming appointment of the Director of the Division of Legislative Services.