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- HB 5 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, penalty.
- HB 7 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use.
- HB 8 Public procurement; agreements with labor organizations.
- HB 11 Tuition, in-state; domicile, individuals currently granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
- HB 17 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 19 Tuition, in-state; eligibility, certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency, etc.
- HB 39 Minimum wage, local alternative; establishes procedure by which wage may be imposed in any locality.
- HB 41 Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty.
- HB 75 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- HB 113 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 122 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, civil penalty.
- HB 130 Chief Resiliency Officer; Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to designate.
- HB 173 Grand larceny and certain property crimes; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc., to $500.
- HB 225 Grand larceny; increases threshold.
- HB 229 Hurricane and Flooding Risk Reduction and Bond Rating Protection Act of 2018; report.
- HB 246 Virginia Code Commission; duties.
- HB 255 Public Preschool Fund and Grant Program; established.
- HB 263 Virginia Democracy Voucher Program; established.
- HB 275 Campaigns, certain; voluntary public financing.
- HB 280 Grand larceny; first offender sentence reduction.
- HB 312 Special joint reapportionment committee; public hearings in 2018 on the redistricting process.
- HB 319 Virginia Preschool Initiative program; enrollment.
- HB 337 Employee Retirement Security & Pension Reform, Commission on; change in membership.
- HB 338 Medicaid; Training, Education, Employment, and Opportunity Program for able-bodied adult recipients.
- HB 343 Tuition, in-state; eligibility, certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency.
- HB 345 Coastal Adaptation and Protection, Special Assistant to the Governor for; position created.
- HB 348 Medical assistance; eligibility for state plan.
- HB 368 Affordable Care Act; waiver request by Commissioner of Insurance.
- HB 371 Sexual harassment training; requirement for legislative branch.
- HB 376 Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel; changes appointing authorities for members.
- HB 384 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors; review of Board.
- HB 518 Minimum wage; increases wage to $9 per hour effective July 1, 2018, etc.
- HB 530 Intergovernmental Cooperation, Virginia Commission on; appointment of House of Delegates members.
- HB 534 Method of nominating party candidates; repeal of incumbent selection.
- HB 546 Grand larceny; first offender sentence reduction.
- HB 549 State agency; legislation requiring an agency to adopt regulations.
- HB 559 Conflict of Interests Acts, State & Local Gov't, & General Assembly; post-service restrictions.
- HB 565 Synthetic turf; 3-year moratorium on installation of turf that contains recycled crumb rubber.
- HB 597 Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase the rate of fire, penalty.
- HB 606 Telecommunications; Dept. of Historic Resources to convene work group to examine Sect. 106 review.
- HB 639 Fiber optics and other communications infrastructure; identifying during road construction projects.
- HB 656 Telecommunications; Dept. of Historic Resources to convene work group to examine Sect. 106 review.
- HB 662 American Legion Bridge; VDOT to submit a plan for remediation of bridge.
- HB 667 Wage; prevailing requirement for public works contracts, penalty.
- HB 668 Transportation funding in certain areas of the Commonwealth; price floor.
- HB 673 Transitional Medical Assistance Services Program; established, report.
- HB 695 Medicaid; work requirement.
- HB 699 Motor vehicle fuels; sales tax in certain transportation districts.
- HB 701 General Assembly; streaming and recording every committee and subcommittee meeting.
- HB 706 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 711 Educational Parity, Commission on; established, report.
- HB 715 Minimum wage; increases to $10.10 per hour effective January 1, 2019, etc.
- HB 764 Consortium Comprehensive Cancer Center Advisory Board; established, report.
- HB 768 Motor vehicle fuels; sales tax in certain regions of the Commonwealth.
- HB 785 General Assembly; Department of Planning and Budget to prepare fiscal impact statements.
- HB 819 Firearms; prohibits mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty.
- HB 847 Capitol Square Preservation Council; changes title of the chief officer.
- HB 880 Professional and occupational regulatory analyst; establishes position within DLS.
- HB 917 Motor vehicle fuels; sales tax in certain areas of the Commonwealth, price floor.
- HB 924 Quality Rating and Improvement System; Board of Social Services to establish.
- HB 928 Firearms; possession in legislative buildings.
- HB 946 Energy and Environment, Virginia Commission on; established, report.
- HB 954 Healthy Virginia, Commission for; established, report.
- HB 970 Motor vehicle fuels; sales tax in certain areas of the Commonwealth, price floor.
- HB 1053 Workplace harassment; legislative branch required to adopt policies.
- HB 1057 Sexual harassment training; requirement for legislative branch once every two calendar years.
- HB 1073 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 1083 Motor vehicle fuels sales tax; price floor.
- HB 1086 Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads; adds two legislative members to Commission.
- HB 1099 Historical Statues in the United States Capitol, Commission on; established, report.
- HB 1107 Medicaid Legacy Fund; created.
- HB 1108 Medicaid; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to apply for a waiver.
- HB 1126 District Courts, Committee on; increases membership.
- HB 1141 Interstate natural gas pipeline; Virginia Water Protection Permit, etc., regulations.
- HB 1160 Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP), Commission on the; appointments.
- HB 1176 Public Elementary and Secondary Education, Commission on the Future of; established, report.
- HB 1180 Place of religious worship; carrying dangerous weapon.
- HB 1182 Perinatal hospice and palliative care; notice to women of agencies providing services.
- HB 1187 Natural gas companies; right of entry upon property.
- HB 1188 Natural gas pipelines; contingency plan, discharges, penalty.
- HB 1191 Tuition, in-state; eligibility of certain individuals who have applied for asylum.
- HB 1195 Professional & Occupational Licensing Requirements, Joint Commission to Evaluate; created, report.
- HB 1200 General Assembly; Department of Planning and Budget to prepare fiscal impact statements.
- HB 1281 Economic impact statements; Department of Planning and Budget to prepare.
- HB 1294 Interstate natural gas pipeline construction; water quality impact bond.
- HB 1297 Virginia-Israel Advisory Board; reorganizes as Virginia-Israel Advisory Authority.
- HB 1313 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 1319 Mass transit; makes numerous changes to administration of and revenues for transit.
- HB 1324 Privileges & Elections, joint subcommittee of House & Senate Committees on; to review appointments.
- HB 1330 Daylight saving time; exempts Virginia from observing.
- HB 1344 Va. Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act; establishing funding source to affected locality.
- HB 1352 Motor vehicle fuels sales tax in certain areas of the Commonwealth; price floor.
- HB 1356 Transient occupancy tax; expands tax in Northern Virginia statewide.
- HB 1365 Va. Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act; establishing funding source to affected locality.
- HB 1397 Small Business Environmental Compliance Advisory Panel; Speaker appointments.
- HB 1447 Higher educational institutions, public; tuition, immigration status.
- HB 1470 Virginia-Israel Advisory Authority Act; created.
- HB 1501 Standards of Learning Innovation Committee; adoption of recommendations.
- HB 1505 Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction.
- HB 1538 Global reform waiver; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to apply.
- HB 1539 Mass transit; establishing various Funds to improve transportation.
- HB 1540 Civic Education, Commission on; extends sunset provision.
- HB 1545 Metrorail; funding for capital expenses.
- HB 1549 Virginia Health Care Access Program and Authority; established and created.
- HB 1550 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 1570 Grand larceny and certain property crimes; threshold, penalties.
- HB 1591 General Assembly; consideration of legislation, publication of support and opposition reports.
- HJ 1 Drug offenders; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study courts' sentencing.
- HJ 3 Virginia High School League; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 8 Dulles Greenway; purchase of Greenway by VDOT.
- HJ 13 Permitting process; localities encouraged to develop a more uniform and streamlined process.
- HJ 15 Community gardens; Sec. of HHR to study use of gardens to eliminate food deserts in Commonwealth.
- HJ 16 Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month; designating as March 2019, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 17 SOL Innovation Committee; experiential learning & workforce development opportunities.
- HJ 19 Public elementary and secondary education; joint committee to study the future in the Commonwealth.
- HJ 24 U.S Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics; standard classification for support professionals.
- HJ 25 Midtown and Downtown Tunnels in Hampton Roads; JLARC to study reduction or elimination of tolls.
- HJ 26 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, report.
- HJ 27 Coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency report; JLARC to study.
- HJ 28 Daylight saving time; JLARC to study effects on the Commonwealth.
- HJ 29 Children's Services Act; JLARC to study administration.
- HJ 30 Victims of Communism Memorial Day; designating as Nov. 7, 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 31 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- HJ 32 Coal dust blown from moving trains; annual reports by railroad companies.
- HJ 37 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Green v. County School Board of New Kent County.
- HJ 38 I am my brother and sister's keeper Day; designating as Friday after Thanksgiving in 2018.
- HJ 39 Joint Commission on Technology and Science; reporting of information breaches by localities.
- HJ 40 State agencies & organizations; encouraging to help businesses employing workers under age 18.
- HJ 42 General Casimir Pulaski Day; designating as October 11, 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 49 Interstate conventions; selection of commissioners and committee procedures.
- HJ 54 Japanese Americans in World War II; commemorative postage stamp.
- HJ 55 Endometriosis Awareness Month; designating as March 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 56 Teaching profession in Virginia; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 58 Rail and Public Transportation, Department of; improved transportation services, report.
- HJ 59 Celebrate Transportation Day; designating as Thursday before Memorial Day in 2019.
- HJ 60 State-owned ports; JLARC to study impact on local governments.
- HJ 64 General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Day; designating as October 15, 2018, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 66 Commuter rail system in the Commonwealth; Department of Transportation to study.
- HJ 68 State Route 28; Department of Transportation to study.
- HJ 70 Standards of Quality; JLARC to study cost to implement.
- HJ 73 Bullying & suicide prevention; DOE to study among LGBTQ & other youth.
- HJ 74 Electric vehicles; DOLI to study effect of switch on automotive mechanics.
- HJ 75 Institutional student loans; SCHEV to study payment structures.
- HJ 76 Women Veterans Week; designating as third full week of March 2018, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 77 Statewide dig once policy; CIT to study feasibility of policy.
- HJ 80 Higher education management agreements; JLARC to study compliance reviews.
- HJ 81 Fall Prevention Awareness Week; designating as third full week of September 2018.
- HJ 82 Manufactured housing; recognizing importance of communities.
- HJ 84 Governor; enter into agreements regarding Medicaid services, benefits, and programs.
- HJ 85 Hate crimes; Virginia State Crime Commission to study.
- HJ 86 Commemorating its 150th anniversary of the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States.
- HJ 87 Interstate I-81; joint subcommittee to study adding additional lanes between Winchester and Bristol.
- HJ 88 Teacher licensing process; Department of Education to study.
- HJ 89 Portable scales; DMV to study best practices when using for overweight trucks.
- HJ 90 National Beer Day; designating as April 7, 2019, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 91 Composite index of local ability to pay; DOE to study effect of local use value assessment.
- HJ 92 Civil rights and dignity; affirming the Commonwealth's commitment to diversity and safeguarding.
- HJ 93 Stormwater best management practices; planting and preservation of trees.
- HJ 94 Commonwealth's drinking water; Office of Drinking Water to study infrastructure.
- HJ 95 Pollinator Awareness Week; designating as last full week of June 2019, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 96 VaLORS; JLARC to study increasing hazardous duty retirement benefits.
- HJ 97 Pretrial services agencies; JLARC to study.
- HJ 98 Business property; Department of Taxation to study appeals concerning valuation.
- HJ 99 Duplication of job training services; JLARC to study.
- HJ 100 Internet; recognizes that broadband access is basic infrastructure.
- HJ 101 Energy storage devices; DMME to study use.
- HJ 102 Military retirement income; exempt from taxation.
- HJ 103 Virginia Retirement System; CNU to study feasibility and merits of a plan.
- HJ 105 State-owned ports; JLARC to study impact on local governments.
- HJ 106 Broadband coverage; Broadband Advisory Council to study availability.
- HJ 107 Prisoner educational and vocational training programs; JLARC to study.
- HJ 108 Virginia Preschool Initiative programs; JLARC to study universal access.
- HJ 109 Individuals with disabilities, etc.; DMAS to study transportation for individuals.
- HJ 112 Standards of Quality; Secretary of Education to study full funding.
- HJ 113 Special elections in the Commonwealth; JLARC to study streamlining.
- HJ 114 Drug-free Pain Management Awareness Month; designating as September 2018, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 115 Standards of Quality; JLARC to study cost to implement.
- HJ 116 National Beer Day; designating as April 7, 2019, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 117 Educators; Board of Education to establish code of ethics and professional responsibility.
- HJ 118 Independent living communities; Department of Social Services to study regulation of communities.
- HJ 122 Child abuse; VSCC to study laws & policies governing investigation.
- HJ 123 Assisted living facilities; study an onsite temporary emergency electrical power sources.
- HJ 124 Health care spending; JLARC to study.
- HJ 125 Universal health care; JLARC to study cost of implementing.
- HJ 126 Education; JLARC to study costs.
- HJ 131 Tamil New Year Day; designating as April 14, 2019, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 135 Makar Sankranti Day; designating as January 14, 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 138 School boards; training to identify suicidal students.
- HJ 141 Transgender Day of Remembrance; designating as November 20, 2018, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 142 Recovery Sunday; designating as third Sunday of September 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 144 Sorensen Day; designating as February 13, 2018.
- HJ 153 State recordkeeping, etc.; joint subcommittee to study implementation of blockchain technology.
- HJ 178 Electrical Safety Month; designating as May 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 297 Commending women who ran for public office in Virginia in 2017.
- HR 1 Glass-Steagall Act; memorializing Congress to reinstate portions of Act.
- HR 4 Reid, William Ferguson; recognizing achievements.
- HR 5 Indian tribes in Virginia, certain; memorizing United States Senate to federally recognize.
- HR 14 Day of Women; designating as January 22, 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HR 15 House of Delegates; funding for portrait of former Speaker William J. Howell.
- HR 29 Commemorating the 45th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
- HR 86 Commending J. Christopher LaGow.
- HR 119 Commending Cecile Richards.
- SB 105 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- SB 166 Telecommunications; Dept. of Historic Resources to convene work group to examine Sect. 106 review.
- SB 234 Autism Advisory Council; extends sunset provision.
- SB 372 Place of religious worship; carrying dangerous weapon.
- SB 384 Fiber optics and other communications infrastructure; identifying during road construction projects.
- SB 406 Unclaimed personal property; disposal of property in possession of the Division of Capitol Police.
- SB 407 Government Data Collection & Dissemination Practices Act; exemption for Division of Capitol Police.
- SB 489 Capitol Square Preservation Council; changes title of the chief officer.
- SB 490 Pocahontas Building; temporary General Assembly Building.
- SB 633 Auditor of Public Accounts; employee compensation information.
- SB 796 Sexual harassment training; requirement for legislative branch.
- SB 815 Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; postpones scheduled expiration of Commission.
- SB 877 Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads; membership.
- SB 885 Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction.
- SB 971 Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Plan; Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop.
- SB 991 Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance, Office of, and Broadband Advisory Council; expiration.
- SJ 19 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, report.
- SJ 20 Commemorating its 150th anniversary of the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States.
- SJ 36 Women Veterans Week; designating as third full week of March 2018, and each succeeding year.
- SJ 38 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- SJ 42 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; extends state recognition within the Commonwealth.
- SJ 47 Fall Prevention Awareness Week; designating as third full week of September 2018.
- SJ 48 School-based health care; DMAS, et. al., to study.
- SJ 50 Health insurance rate reviews; State Corporation Commission to study.
- SJ 53 Accessory dwelling structures; Virginia Housing Commission to study.
- SJ 63 General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Day; designating as October 15, 2018, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 74 State and federal services; creation of a consolidated application for service.
- SJ 75 Ethic laws; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 81 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Green v. County School Board of New Kent County.
- SJ 85 Virginia Women's Monument; dedication of Monument.