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2020 SESSION

SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 12, 2020 ... pdf

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• House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
• House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
• House Joint Resolutions Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file

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House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 1187 Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses, Internet orders and shipments.
• HB 106 Numbering on buildings; civil penalty.
• HB 370 Zoning appeals, board of; dual office holding.
• HB 515 Urban county executive form of government; board of social services.

House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file

• HB 150 Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty.
• HB 166 Hearing notice by localities; timely notice related to planning or zoning matter to newspaper, etc.
• HB 406 Local government revenues and expenditures; comparative report, filing date.
• HB 505 Zoning appeals, board of; writ of certiorari.
• HB 549 Overgrown vegetation; local authority.
• HB 585 Comprehensive plan; certain localities to promote transit-oriented development.

House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file

• HB 7 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.
• HB 34 Refusal of tests; restricted license.
• HB 51 Line of Duty Act; eligible dependents.
• HB 65 Virginia Missing Child with Autism Alert Program; established.
• HB 108 Legal holidays; Election Day, removes Lee-Jackson Day as state holiday.
• HB 123 Nonpayment of wages; cause of action, civil penalty.
• HB 134 Individualized education program teams; Department of Education to develop guidelines.
• HB 157 Drivers of vehicles approaching stationary vehicles displaying certain warning lights; duties, etc.
• HB 167 Electric utilities; fuel cost recovery.
• HB 168 Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, reduces number of town councilmen.
• HB 169 Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumptions.
• HB 171 Bluefield, Town of; amending charter, relating to town council, mayor, and town powers.
• HB 172 Virginia State Police Electronic Summons System Fund; created.
• HB 196 Employment discrimination; prohibits against electoral board member, etc., for election day service.
• HB 202 Officers of election; timing of additional training following change in law or regulation.
• HB 214 Candidate petitions; residency of petition circulators, signed statement required for nonresident.
• HB 220 Absentee voting; postage prepaid on return envelope.
• HB 232 Mail voter registration application forms; distribution to certain public and private institutions.
• HB 236 Elections, State Board of; increasing membership and terms, role and eligibility, report.
• HB 237 Electoral boards, local; terms to begin January 1.
• HB 241 Protected voter status; certain evidence not required.
• HB 245 Fornication; repeals the crime, i.e., voluntary sexual intercourse by an unmarried person.
• HB 257 School principals; incident reports.
• HB 262 Immigration status; prohibiting inquiry into status of certain victims or witnesses of crimes.
• HB 271 Public schools; school resource officers and school security officers, data.
• HB 273 School boards; planning time and planning periods for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.
• HB 284 Removal of dangerous roadside vegetation; local option.
• HB 292 School boards and local law-enforcement agencies; memorandums of understanding, frequency of review.
• HB 308 Students; DOE to establish guideline for excused absence due to mental and behavioral health.
• HB 330 Employment; covenants not to compete, definition of low-wage employees, civil penalty.
• HB 331 Incapacitated person; definition, particular diagnosis.
• HB 333 Virginia Minimum Wage Act; federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
• HB 336 Nonpayment of wages; investigations.
• HB 337 Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited.
• HB 342 Meals tax and county food and beverage tax; exemption for farmers market and roadside stand sales.
• HB 345 Scottsville, Town of; amending charter, staggered elections for town council and other officers.
• HB 358 Public works contracts; definitions, authorization of project labor agreements.
• HB 365 Public elementary & secondary school teachers; probationary term of service, performance evaluation.
• HB 366 Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William.
• HB 392 School boards; applicants for employment, criminal history.
• HB 405 Menstrual supplies; school boards shall make available in each school building.
• HB 410 Parental notification; literacy and Response to Intervention screening and services.
• HB 415 Discipline; suspension, access to graded work during and after suspension.
• HB 416 Wage or salary history; inquiries prohibited, civil penalty.
• HB 437 DGS; disposition of surplus materials, permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses.
• HB 441 Middleburg, Town of; amending charter, clarification of powers and duties of mayor, council, etc.
• HB 449 Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibition upon conviction.
• HB 452 Virginia Public Procurement Act; small purchases.
• HB 460 Scott, Winston Lamont; compensation for wrongful incarceration.
• HB 464 Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, council members.
• HB 471 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.
• HB 491 Industrial hemp; VDACS to convene work group to assess opportunities for development of industry.
• HB 500 Registered voters; lists provided at no charge to courts of the Commonwealth.
• HB 501 School boards; written school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans.
• HB 506 County manager plan; election of board members by instant runoff voting.
• HB 539 Elections, State Board of; activities related to supervision of local electoral boards & registrars.
• HB 554 Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure.
• HB 558 Micro-business; enhancement of participation in local procurement.
• HB 564 Cheriton, Town of; amending charter, town elections.
• HB 570 Teachers, public school; grounds for dismissal.
• HB 581 Diversity and cultural competency; DHRM to develop online training module.
• HB 582 Employees of local governments; collective bargaining.
• HB 587 Baby changing facilities; DGS to implement in public buildings.
• HB 622 Limiting employees' sharing of wage information; prohibited, exception, civil penalty.
• HB 629 Blacksburg, Town of; amending charter, public hearings.
• HB 637 Child support; reasonable cost of health care coverage.
• HB 654 Clean energy projects; authorizes DMME to sponsor a statewide financing program.
• HB 655 Solar photovoltaic projects; special exceptions for any project.
• HB 668 Field investigations permit; definitions, archaeologist qualifications, penalty.
• HB 670 USBC & SFPC; proposal for changes to the Codes to address active shooters or hostile threats.
• HB 672 State, regional, and local planning; climate change.
• HB 687 State-certified doulas; certification, registry.
• HB 696 Local human rights ordinances; sexual orientation and gender identity.
• HB 706 Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.
• HB 717 Electric vehicles; DMME to determine feasibility of a rebate program.
• HB 726 Comprehensive plan; adoption or disapproval by governing body.
• HB 734 Income tax, state; rolling conformity with the Internal Revenue Code.
• HB 738 County board of supervisors; presiding officers, terminology.
• HB 749 Norfolk, City of; amending charter, employees of officers, vagrants.
• HB 763 Hospitals; notification to patient of outpatient physical therapy following discharge.
• HB 775 Virginia College Savings Plan; analyzing current programs to encourage citizens to save.
• HB 780 Returns of service; acceptance of copies of proofs of service.
• HB 781 Accrual of cause of action; diagnoses of nonmalignant and malignant asbestos-related injury.
• HB 783 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases, conditions before 7/1/20.
• HB 787 Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes.
• HB 788 Restrictive covenants; deeds of reformation.
• HB 790 Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions.
• HB 797 Local school boards; lead testing, report, parental notification.
• HB 798 Employment; prohibited retaliatory action.
• HB 800 Employment; disclosure of terms.
• HB 821 Arrest for a violent felony; saliva or tissue sample required for DNA analysis.
• HB 827 Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth.
• HB 836 Microcredentials; DOE to develop a plan to adopt, etc.
• HB 846 Elkton, Town of; amending charter, town boundaries, council meetings.
• HB 852 VITA; required information security training program for state employees.
• HB 857 Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly.
• HB 872 Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot.
• HB 874 Handheld personal communications devices; holding devices while driving a motor vehicle, penalty.
• HB 875 Grass; local ordinance on cutting.
• HB 881 Illegal gambling; definitions, skill games.
• HB 887 ABLE savings trust agreement; Medicaid clawback prohibition.
• HB 890 Construction management or design-build contracts; use by local public bodies.
• HB 914 Segregation in transportation; repeals certain Acts.
• HB 923 Alcoholic beverage control; interdiction of intoxicated driver, etc.
• HB 925 DMAS; steps to facilitate transition between two programs.
• HB 929 Subdivision plats; certain approved final plats shall remain valid indefinitely, etc.
• HB 938 Courthouse; relocation or expansion.
• HB 941 VDOT; electronic speed indicator signs on U.S. Route 17.
• HB 942 Industrial hemp; federal regulations, adoption in Virginia.
• HB 950 Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; cemeteries, exemptions.
• HB 973 Elementary and secondary schools, etc.; repealing several Acts relating to racial segregation.
• HB 984 Misclassification of workers; cause of action.
• HB 988 Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award includes grandchildren.
• HB 992 A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership; staff shall be treated as state employees.
• HB 998 Flood plain; adoption of ordinances.
• HB 1021 Personal property tax; farm machinery, classification of forest harvesting.
• HB 1030 Electrical transmission lines; placement of overhead and underground lines.
• HB 1044 Electronic tracking device; unauthorized use, increases penalty.
• HB 1047 Fingerprints and photographs by police authorities; reports to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
• HB 1048 Fingerprints and photographs; authority of police.
• HB 1049 Discrimination; sexual orientation and gender identity.
• HB 1064 Richmond, City of; amending charter, residency of council members.
• HB 1074 Harassing animals; certain species.
• HB 1076 Concealed weapons; sling bow.
• HB 1078 Virginia Public Procurement Act; process for competitive negotiation, etc.
• HB 1081 School attendance officers; petitions for violation of a school attendance order.
• HB 1093 Prisoners; obtaining certain identification documentation upon release.
• HB 1096 Dead animals; makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to place within or on any church.
• HB 1101 Affordable housing; certain localities allowed to adopt dwelling unit ordinances.
• HB 1105 Affordable housing; adds City of Charlottesville to list of localities with authority to provide.
• HB 1107 Charlottesville, City of; amending charter, city organization.
• HB 1108 City council salaries; removes the statutory salary caps for members.
• HB 1141 Health benefit plans; renewal of plans, special exception.
• HB 1150 Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes.
• HB 1173 Certified pollution control equipment and facilities; tax exemption, timing of certification.
• HB 1174 Inhaled asthma medications; school nurse, etc., may administer to a student.
• HB 1186 Disposal of solid waste fees; Russell County.
• HB 1199 Employee misclassification; retaliatory actions prohibited, civil penalty.
• HB 1205 Discharge deleterious substance in state waters; notice to citizens if detrimental to public health.
• HB 1208 Students, certain; waiver to access student transportation in certain cases.
• HB 1210 Minority language accessibility; voting and election materials.
• HB 1213 Summonses; authority of local government employees to issue for violations of local ordinances.
• HB 1217 Transportation, Department of; at-risk infrastructure, report.
• HB 1226 Higher educational institutions, public; collection of debts by hospitals affiliated w/institutions.
• HB 1232 Vacant building registration; Town of Timberville.
• HB 1233 Dayton, Town of; amending charter, organizational and technical changes.
• HB 1238 Political campaign advertisements; print media requirements.
• HB 1267 Land bank entities; planning district commissions.
• HB 1285 Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county, etc.
• HB 1304 Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration.
• HB 1325 Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts.
• HB 1327 Property taxes; generating equipment of electric suppliers utilizing wind turbines.
• HB 1329 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; local governments to designate Areas, etc.
• HB 1333 Landlord and tenant; damage insurance shall conform to certain criteria.
• HB 1344 Teacher licensure; written reprimand, suspension.
• HB 1349 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; removes references to Division of Marketing.
• HB 1352 Solid waste disposal; unpermitted sites and open dumps, regulation and cleanup.
• HB 1353 Federal acts; meat and poultry.
• HB 1369 Land bank entities; conflict of interests.
• HB 1383 Virginia Lottery; Internet sales.
• HB 1407 Misclassification of employees as independent contractors; Dept. of Taxation to investigate, etc.
• HB 1411 Fiduciaries; good faith reliance on certificate of qualification of a personal representative.
• HB 1421 Pollbooks; requirement for printed copies.
• HB 1429 Health insurance; nondiscrimination, gender identity or transgender status.
• HB 1430 Industrial hemp extract; approval as food or ingredient, regulations.
• HB 1436 Virginia Spirits Board and Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund; established, report.
• HB 1442 Photo speed monitoring devices; civil penalty.
• HB 1448 Menhaden; management of the fishery.
• HB 1458 Water protection permits; administrative withdrawal of application.
• HB 1467 Prisoners; obtaining certain identification documentation upon release.
• HB 1469 Teachers employed in an accredited private elementary and secondary schools; provisional licenses.
• HB 1492 Parksley, Town of; amending charter, mayor and six members of council shall be elected in November.
• HB 1495 Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers.
• HB 1511 Towing fees; raises to $30 additional fee that can be charged for towing a vehicle at night, etc.
• HB 1514 Virginia Human Rights Act; racial discrimination, hair.
• HB 1519 Slavery & Subsequent De Jure & De Facto Racial & Economic Discrimination, Com. to Study; created.
• HB 1521 Central State Colony, etc.; repeals various Chapters relating to establishment.
• HB 1522 Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; finding of guilt required.
• HB 1556 Political campaign advertisements; authorization statement, name of candidate defined.
• HB 1557 Appointed school boards; eliminates the annual salary limits for board members.
• HB 1558 Workers' compensation; Ombudsman program created.
• HB 1561 Fort Monroe Authority; civil actions in general district court.
• HB 1565 Blackstone, Town of; amending charter, advisory referendums.
• HB 1568 Technical professional licenses; military science endorsement.
• HB 1573 Rabid animals; Class 1 misdemeanor for person to permit rabid dog or cat to stray from premises.
• HB 1581 Delinquent real property taxes; correction of tax records.
• HB 1582 Delinquent tax lands; threshold for nonjudicial sale.
• HB 1585 Altavista, Town of; discounted water and sewer fees.
• HB 1586 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; allocation of funds.
• HB 1605 Partition of property; in partition actions the court shall order an appraisal of property.
• HB 1613 Public school teachers; technical professional licenses, eligibility criteria.
• HB 1615 Recordation tax; supplemental writings.
• HB 1618 Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; investigations.
• HB 1623 Open-space preservation; increases fee for every writing document and instrument admitted to record.
• HB 1630 Public schools; extension of provisional teacher licensure.
• HB 1638 Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.
• HB 1655 Landowners; sale of certain property by locality, tax delinquent property.
• HB 1663 Discrimination; prohibited in public accommodations, etc., causes of action.
• HB 1675 Solar energy facilities; definitions, siting agreement with host locality.
• HB 1679 Business licenses; acceptable identification.
• HB 1695 Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.
• HB 1707 Clean Energy Advisory Board; increases membership.
• HB 1733 Advanced Production Grant Program and Fund; created.

House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file

• HJ 29 VDOC; various joint subcommittees to study staffing levels, etc.
• HJ 148 Indian American Heritage Month; designating as August, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.

House Joint Resolutions Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file

• HJ 176 Commending James L. Agnew.
• HJ 178 Commending Harold Wright, Jr.
• HJ 179 Commending the Canines-N-Kids Foundation.
• HJ 180 Commending Brittany Burke.
• HJ 181 Commending the Westfield High School HACE program.
• HJ 182 Commending Westfield High School.
• HJ 183 Celebrating the life of Georgia Bellman.
• HJ 184 Commending Ollan Conn Cassell.
• HJ 185 Commending the Children's Home Society of Virginia.
• HJ 186 Commending The Faison Center.
• HJ 187 Commending the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
• HJ 188 Commending the recipients of the 2020 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Awards.
• HJ 189 Commending Girl Scout Troop 56002.
• HJ 190 Celebrating the life of Charles S. Miller, Jr.
• HJ 191 Celebrating the life of Lewis Eugene Burke.
• HJ 192 Commending Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
• HJ 193 Commending Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
• HJ 194 Commending Kevin Wilson.
• HJ 195 Commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Robert Russa Moton.
• HJ 196 Commending Christopher M. Calkins.
• HJ 197 Commending the Alexandria Police Department.
• HJ 198 Commending Betty Bray.