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2020 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR February 27, 2020 ... pdf
- Bills in Conference ... report | csv file
- Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file
- Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file
- Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Recommitted ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Bills in Conference ... report | csv file
- HB 4 Lottery Board; regulation and control of casino gaming, definitions.
- HB 29 Budget Bill.
- HB 30 Budget Bill.
- HB 259 Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.
- HB 405 Menstrual supplies; school boards shall make available in each school building.
- HB 533 Expanded polystyrene food service containers; definitions, prohibition on dispensing, penalty.
- HB 534 Disposable plastic bags; local tax.
- HB 648 Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to Emergency Department Care Coord. Program.
- HB 748 Research and development tax credits; extends sunset date, aggregate caps.
- HB 792 Appeals of right in general district court; appeals of final orders or judgments.
- HB 861 Best interests of the child; history of child abuse and acts of violence, etc.
- HB 879 Certificate of public need; revises the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program.
- HB 881 Illegal gambling; definitions, skill games.
- HB 888 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain gun safes.
- HB 896 Virginia Lottery; powers and duties of Board, sports betting, etc.
- HB 972 Marijuana; definitions, possession and consumption, civil penalties, report.
- HB 1150 Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes.
- HB 1196 Driver's license; suspension for nonpayment of fines or costs, reinstatement of privilege to drive.
- HB 1211 Driver privilege cards; definitions, effective date, report.
- HB 1220 Income tax, state; amended return notice, interest accrual period.
- HB 1318 Motion picture production tax credit; media-related exemptions, extends sunset provision.
- HB 1414 Transportation; amends numerous laws related to funds, safety programs, revenue sources, etc.
- HB 1439 Transportation safety; adopting several initiatives.
- HB 1726 Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program and Fund; created, transit funding.
- SB 2 Marijuana; definitions, possession and consumption, civil penalties, report.
- SB 11 Disposable plastic bags; local tax.
- SB 34 Driver privilege cards; definitions, effective date, report.
- SB 36 Lottery Board; regulation and control of casino gaming, definitions.
- SB 105 Best interests of the child; history of child abuse and acts of violence, etc.
- SB 110 Research and development tax credits; extends sunset date, aggregate caps.
- SB 200 Income tax, state; housing choice vouchers, definition of eligible housing areas.
- SB 263 Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence, effective date.
- SB 277 Income tax, state and corporate; deduction for commuter benefits provided by an employer.
- SB 384 Virginia Lottery; powers and duties of Board, sports betting, etc.
- SB 481 Employees; earned sick leave, civil penalties.
- SB 593 Family day homes, licensed, etc.; storage of unloaded firearms in a locked container, cabinet, etc.
- SB 890 Transportation; amends numerous laws related to funds, safety programs, revenue sources, etc.
- SB 907 Transportation safety; occupants of motor vehicles not equipped with seat belts.
- SB 971 Illegal gambling; definitions, skill games.
- SB 1038 Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program and Fund; created, transit funding.
Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file
- 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 785 Localities; authority to levy taxes.
- HB 1023 Custodial interrogations; audiovisual recording.
- HB 1602 Governor's New Airline Service Incentive Fund; created.
- HB 33 Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes.
- HB 477 Juveniles; trial as adult, minimum age.
- HB 752 Felons; postrelease incarceration of offenders sentenced for certain offenses.
- HB 1540 Behavioral health providers; barrier crimes, exceptions.
- HB 284 Removal of dangerous roadside vegetation; local option.
- HB 330 Employment; covenants not to compete, definition of low-wage employees, civil penalty.
- HB 337 Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited.
- HB 395 Minimum wage; increases to $9.50 per hour effective May 1, 2021.
- HB 558 Micro-business; enhancement of participation in local procurement.
- HB 795 Health insurance; association health plans.
- HB 870 Sexual abuse; statute of limitations, personal action for injury to person.
- HB 1186 Disposal of solid waste fees; Russell County.
- HB 1247 Capital outlay plan; updates six-year plan for projects.
- HB 1495 Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers.
Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
- SB 63 Reckless driving; raises threshold for speeding.
- SB 139 Freedom of Information Advisory Act; training requirements.
- SB 437 Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users; penalty.
- SB 498 Alcoholic beverage control; expands definition of resort complex.
- SB 556 Speeding fines; exceeding speed limit on U.S. Route 15 and U.S. Route 17 in Fauquier County.
- SB 584 Common interest communities; Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act.
- SB 698 Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses, monthly revenue transfers.
- SB 758 Electric personal delivery devices; changes related to devices.
- SB 794 Utility easements; location of broadband and other communications facilities.
- SB 883 Environmental Justice, Virginia Council on; established.
- SB 1008 Emergency and disaster law; political subdivisions.
- SB 69 Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.
- SB 232 Menstrual supplies; school boards shall make available in each school building.
- SJ 67 Marijuana; JLARC to study legalization of growth, sale, and possession.
- SB 235 Health insurance; association health plans.
- SB 286 Deferred dispositions; property crimes, larceny and receiving stolen goods, exception.
- SB 297 Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; created, report.
- SB 404 Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date.
- SB 407 American Revolutionary 250 Commission; established, membership, report, sunset provision.
- SB 480 Employment; covenants not to compete, definition of low-wage employees, civil penalty.
- SB 575 Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to Emergency Department Care Coord. Program.
- SB 588 Localities; authority to levy taxes.
- SB 612 Historical Statues in the United States Capitol, Commission for; removal of Robert E. Lee statue.
- SB 700 Wills; indexed in the name of executor as listed in such instrument.
- SB 707 Landlord and tenant; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.
- SB 720 PSAP dispatchers; definitions, telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EMD program.
- SB 768 Temporary detention; DBHDS shall study who may evaluate.
- SB 818 Behavioral health dockets; established.
House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 347 Commonwealth's medical cannabis program; SHHR to convene work group to review & make recommendation.
- HB 22 Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program.
- HB 46 Workers' compensation; employer to notify employee of intent.
- HB 135 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; assignment of right to receive veterans' benefits.
- HB 167 Electric utilities; fuel cost recovery.
- HB 343 Volunteer or nonprofit organizations, certain; donation by locality of in-kind resources.
- HB 540 Elections administration; Department of Elections to employ a Director of Operations.
- HB 575 Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs, stakeholder process.
- HB 727 PSAP dispatchers; definitions, telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EMD program.
- HB 783 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases, conditions before 7/1/20.
- HB 822 Health insurance; credentialing, health care or professional health-related services.
- HB 835 Water utility or sewer utility asset acquisitions; fair market valuations.
- HB 988 Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award includes grandchildren.
- HB 1024 State Police, Department of; establishment of cold case searchable database.
- HB 1205 Discharge deleterious substance in state waters; notice to citizens if detrimental to public health.
- HB 1268 Constitutional amendment; personal property tax exemption for motor vehicle of a disable veteran.
- HB 1362 General registrars; certification requirement, removal from office.
- HB 1422 Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.
- HB 1434 Local tax; amount of exemption for solar energy equipment.
- HB 1448 Menhaden; management of the fishery.
- HB 1513 Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.
- HB 1558 Workers' compensation; Ombudsman program created.
- HB 1575 Merchants' capital tax; separate classification, retailers.
- HB 1576 Electric utility regulation; energy efficiency programs.
- HB 1580 Deeds not taxable; deeds involving only spouses.
House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 1394 Family life education programs; materials, summaries.
- HB 657 Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review.
- HB 674 Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk of injury to himself, etc., penalties.
- HB 812 Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.
- HB 38 Tanning facilities; prohibits use by persons under age 18.
- HB 75 Electric utilities; electric school bus pilot program.
- HB 119 Milk; definition, misbranding product, prohibition, provisions.
- HB 123 Nonpayment of wages; cause of action, civil penalty.
- HB 201 Elections; same-day registration.
- HB 234 Offshore Wind, Division of; established, report.
- HB 422 Youth and Gang Violence Prevention Grant Fund and Program; created and established.
- HB 432 Public utilities; contracting with small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses.
- HB 438 Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, law-enforcement officers and firefighters.
- HB 506 County manager plan; election of board members by instant runoff voting.
- HB 528 Electric generation facilities; SCC shall determine retirement of facilities.
- HB 572 Distributed solar & other renewable energy; sales of electricity under third-party agreements.
- HB 573 Community solar development pilot program; low-income communities.
- HB 617 Workers' compensation; repetitive motion injuries.
- HB 654 Clean energy projects; authorizes DMME to sponsor a statewide financing program.
- HB 744 Juvenile; sentencing when tried as an adult.
- HB 798 Employment; prohibited retaliatory action.
- HB 1103 Ranked choice voting; elections for local governing bodies, local option pilot program.
- HB 1133 Solar and wind energy; projects on previously developed project sites.
- HB 1184 Distributed solar & other renewable energy; sales of electricity under third-party agreements.
- HB 1526 Electric utility regulation; environmental goals.
- HB 1634 Shared solar programs; electric utility regulation, etc.
- HB 1647 Distributed solar & other renewable energy; sales of electricity under third-party agreements.
- HB 1664 Electric utilities; offshore wind development.
House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 253 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration.
- HB 394 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Director of; position created.
- HB 414 Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions.
- HB 420 Emergency services and disaster preparedness plans; DEM to review plans.
- HB 491 Industrial hemp; VDACS to convene work group to assess opportunities for development of industry.
- HB 557 Carnal knowledge of pretrial or posttrial offender; bail bondsmen, increases penalty.
- HB 687 State-certified doulas; certification, registry.
- HB 827 Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth.
- HB 907 Sickle cell anemia; treatment.
- HB 928 Chesterfield County School Board; recovery high school to be established.
- HB 942 Industrial hemp; federal regulations, adoption in Virginia.
- HB 1002 Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Planning Grant Program; created.
- HB 1015 Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; created, report.
- HB 1017 Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority; created.
- HB 1062 Political campaign advertisements; definition of campaign telephone calls, etc.
- HB 1093 Prisoners; obtaining certain identification documentation upon release.
- HB 1099 Rail construction or design; exempts high-risk contracts from required review.
- HB 1237 Beehive distribution program; changes process for granting of basic beehive units.
- HB 1301 Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; established.
- HB 1310 Environmental Quality, Department of; notice of disposal of certain fill materials.
- HB 1332 Telehealth services; definitions, report.
- HB 1375 Living shorelines; resiliency.
- HB 1458 Water protection permits; administrative withdrawal of application.
- HB 1609 Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.
- HB 1681 Virginia Charitable Gaming Board; electronic versions of instant bingo, pull tabs or seal cards.
- HB 1690 Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts.
House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 6 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices, sources of funds.
- HB 43 Provisional voting; persons voting in split precincts.
- HB 198 Recounts; special election to be held in the case of a tie vote, exception.
- HB 214 Candidate petitions; residency of petition circulators, signed statement required for nonresident.
- HB 232 Mail voter registration application forms; distribution to certain public and private institutions.
- HB 241 Protected voter status; certain evidence not required.
- HB 393 Landlord and tenant; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.
- HB 443 Coal combustion residuals impoundment; closures in Giles and Russell Counties.
- HB 586 PFOA, PFOS, and PFAS; substances in public drinking water.
- HB 623 Gender-neutral terms; prohibitions on same-sex marriage and civil unions removed from Code.
- HB 668 Field investigations permit; definitions, archaeologist qualifications, penalty.
- HB 764 Domesticated animal premises; liability for transmission of domesticated animal pathogen.
- HB 806 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; victims of sexual assault, report.
- HB 852 VITA; required information security training program for state employees.
- HB 872 Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot.
- HB 904 Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs.
- HB 1090 Immunizations; regulations by State Board of Health.
- HB 1116 Political parties; notification of adoption of primary election, certification of candidates.
- HB 1136 Hazardous Waste Site Inventory; DEQ to publish, update annually.
- HB 1208 Students, certain; waiver to access student transportation in certain cases.
- HB 1210 Minority language accessibility; voting and election materials.
- HB 1284 Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement.
- HB 1313 Chief Resilience Officer; Governor to designate.
- HB 1336 Family life education; school boards to review curricula, contemporary community standards.
- HB 1467 Prisoners; obtaining certain identification documentation upon release.
- HB 1524 Prostitution; touching the unclothed genitals or anus of another, penalty.
- HB 1552 Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.
- HB 1622 Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; acquisition of interests in property.
- HB 1641 Coal ash ponds; definitions, testing private wells and public water supply wells, etc.
- HB 1642 Coal ash ponds; definitions, well monitoring program, wells near ponds.
- HB 1678 Election day; extending polling hours from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., provisions.
- HB 1707 Clean Energy Advisory Board; increases membership.
House Joint Resolution on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
Memorial Resolutions ... report | csv file
- HJ 4 Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.
- HJ 210 Celebrating the life of Samuel Hughes Melton, M.D.
- HJ 236 Celebrating the life of Sterling McCoy Nichols.
- HJ 245 Commemorating the life and legacy of Leslie Devan Smith, Jr.
- HJ 246 Celebrating the life of John W. Gerdelman.
- HJ 247 Celebrating the life of Dois Irvin Rosser, Jr.
- HJ 248 Celebrating the life of Henry Jackson Darst, Jr.
- HJ 249 Celebrating the life of Michael E.G. Kirby.
- HJ 258 Celebrating the life of Irvin Adams, Jr.
- HJ 259 Celebrating the life of Francis Holden.
- HJ 265 Celebrating the life of Sunny Sung-In Kim.
- HJ 266 Celebrating the life of the Reverend David Stewart Jordan-Haas.
- SJ 99 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Elliot Schewel.
- SJ 109 Celebrating the life of Master Chief Rudolph Ernest Boesch, USN, Ret.
- SJ 135 Celebrating the life of William Bidgood Wall, Sr.
- SJ 136 Celebrating the life of Jean F. Siebert.
- SJ 143 Celebrating the life of Wallace Woodrow Chadwick, Jr.
- SJ 159 Celebrating the life of Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr.
- SJ 160 Celebrating the life of Bittle Wilson Porterfield III.
- SJ 162 Celebrating the life of Lessie Lula Jones Polk.
- SJ 165 Celebrating the life of Officer Katherine Mary Thyne.
- SJ 166 Celebrating the life of Kimberly Coldiron Hollaway.
- SR 30 Celebrating the life of Henry Burgwyn Hundley.
- SR 33 Celebrating the life of William H. Napper, Jr.
- SR 35 Celebrating the life of Joseph Roland Wright, Sr.
- SR 36 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Willard James Moody, Sr.
- SR 39 Celebrating the life of Naomi R. Francisco.
Commending Resolutions ... report | csv file
- HJ 177 Commending the Virginia Maritime Association.
- HJ 233 Commending Bud Foster.
- HJ 234 Commending Kenneth Neal Turner.
- HJ 235 Commending Black Women United for Action.
- HJ 237 Commending the Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter.
- HJ 238 Commending the All Dulles Area Muslim Society.
- HJ 239 Commending the Lake Braddock Secondary School baseball team.
- HJ 240 Commending Deirdre Lavery.
- HJ 241 Commending Burke United Methodist Church.
- HJ 242 Commending Ilryong Moon.
- HJ 243 Commending Scoot's BBQ.
- HJ 244 Commending the Ryan Bartel Foundation.
- HJ 250 Commending Zena Maria Cardman.
- HJ 251 Commending Sarah Rosenberger Eissler.
- HJ 252 Commending the South County High School softball team.
- HJ 253 Commending Gerald Rubin.
- HJ 254 Commending the Division of Capitol Police.
- HJ 255 Commending the Screen at 23 campaign.
- HJ 256 Commending South County High School.
- HJ 257 Commending the Laurel Hill Park Volunteer Team.
- HJ 260 Commending Dr. Walter E. Williams.
- HJ 261 Commending the Ayr Hill Garden Club.
- HJ 262 Commending PRS.
- HJ 263 Commending Devotion to Children.
- HJ 264 Commending the Nachman family.
- HJ 268 Commending Glenn Fatzinger.
- HJ 269 Commending Michael Montante.
- HJ 270 Commending Mount Vernon at Home.
- HJ 271 Commending Alice's Kids.
- HJ 273 Commending Dianne H. Smith.
- HJ 275 Commending Robert M. Oman.
- HJ 276 Commending the South Lakes High School boys' soccer team.
- HJ 277 Commending Dorothy A. Jaeckle.
- HJ 278 Commending Matteo Lambert.
- HJ 287 Commending the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA.
- HJ 288 Commending Visit Loudoun.
- HJ 289 Commending United Methodist Family Services.
- SJ 134 Commending Dr. Lisa Chaplin.
- SJ 137 Commending the Virginia Dental Association.
- SJ 138 Celebrating the life of Gregory Alan Krause.
- SJ 139 Commending Advocates for Richmond Youth and Youth Housing Stability Coalition of Greater Richmond.
- SJ 141 Commending the Appalachian Society of American Foresters.
- SJ 142 Commending the Richmond County School Board.
- SJ 144 Commending Gary Rice.
- SJ 145 Commending Deborah Warrick Lamb.
- SJ 146 Commending Theodore C. DeLaney, Jr.
- SJ 147 Commending the Appalachian School of Law.
- SJ 148 Commending the Life Christian Academy boys' basketball team.
- SJ 149 Commending Dennis Ellmer.
- SJ 150 Commending Robert M. Oman.
- SJ 151 Commending Peter Eltringham.
- SJ 152 Commending Rob and Stacia Stribling.
- SJ 153 Commending River Oaks Elementary School.
- SJ 154 Commending Triangle Elementary School.
- SJ 155 Commending Forest Park High School.
- SJ 156 Commending the Frank W. Cox High School girls' volleyball team.
- SJ 157 Commending the Central Accomack Senior League girls' all-star team.
- SJ 158 Commending the Central Accomack Senior League boys' all-star team.
- SJ 161 Commending the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke.
- SJ 163 Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award.
- SJ 164 Commending B.J. Roberts.
- SR 31 Commending Kayleigh Kim.
- SR 32 Commending the Medical Society of Virginia.
- SR 37 Commending David S. Wright.
- SR 38 Commending Devon Settle.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- HB 542 Regional water resource planning; State Water Control Board regulations.
- HB 547 Virginia Energy and Economy Transition Council; established, report.
- HB 758 Redistricting; establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, rules and procedures.
- HB 761 Elections; preclearance of certain covered practices required, definitions.
- HB 784 Constitutional amendment; apportionment, Virginia Redistricting Commission (voter referendum).
- HB 1034 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Fund and Grant Program; established.
- HB 1255 Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.
- HB 1256 Virginia Redistricting Advisory Commission; established.
- HB 1430 Industrial hemp extract; approval as food or ingredient, regulations.
- HB 1509 Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund; established and created, report.