| SR11 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-14
Senate: Left in Courts of Justice |
| SB798 | Intro
Sine Die | Revenues for the Hampton Roads Transportation Authority. Establishes certain state taxes and fees with the revenues therefrom to be used by the Hampton Roads Transportation Authority for transportation purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-14
Senate: Left in Finance |
| SB800 | Intro
Sine Die | State lottery revenues. Requires that net lottery revenues be transferred on a biweekly basis to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for payment to counties, cities, and towns, and the school divisions thereof, by check issued by the State Treasurer. Moneys i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-14
Senate: Left in Finance |
| SR15 | Intro
Sine Die | Amending Senate Rule 18(c).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-13
Senate: Left in Rules |
| SR16 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating Persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-13
Senate: Left in Courts of Justice |
| SR17 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating a person to be elected to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-13
Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor |
| SR18 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating persons to be elected to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-13
Senate: Left in Courts of Justice |
| SJR25 | Intro
Sine Die | Resolution; "65 percent Solution." Recognizes the problems with and implications of the "65 Percent Solution," a proposal to urge states to amend their laws to require that at least 65 percent of the operating budget for public sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-11
Senate: Failed to pass in Senate |
| SB644 | Intro
Sine Die | Pedestrians and drivers; responsibilities. Sets out the responsibilities of pedestrians and drivers at marked and unmarked crosswalks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-10
House: Left in Transportation |
| SB190 | Intro
Sine Die | Elections; lists of registered voters. Permits the State Board of Elections to furnish address lists of registered voters, but not names, at a reasonable cost to local school division superintendents solely for use in conducting the triennial census ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-10
House: Left in Privileges and Elections |
| HJR601 | Intro
Sine Die | Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Darrel Rollins.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-05
House: Stricken from House calendar |
| SB295 | Intro
Sine Die | Parole interviews; allow videoconferencing. Provides that parole interviews may be conducted in person or by videoconferencing, by the voting members of the Parole Board, provided that interviews are recorded in full via electronic means that can be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| HB996 | Intro
Sine Die | Presumption of no bail upon conviction of a violent felony. Provides that when a judicial officer considers bail, he shall presume, subject to rebuttal, that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the appearance of the perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Finance (16-Y 0-N) |
| SJR28 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; enhanced punishment for crimes committed in the presence of children; report. Requests the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study the use of and need for enhanced punishment for crimes committed in the presence of children. In condu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR47 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC to study Board of Medicine; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct a follow-up review of the effectiveness of the Board of Medicine in regulating the practice of medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR57 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; organization of Virginia local government. Creates a 15-member joint subcommittee to study the organization of Virginia local government, to review previous studies on this topic, and to make recommendations as appropriate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SB614 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Retirement System; authority to manage and invest certain funds. Authorizes the Virginia Retirement System to manage and invest funds in a trust or equivalent arrangement established by a local government or other local entity to fund certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Appropriations |
| SJR74 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; increasing the number of foster families in the Commonwealth; report. Requests the Department of Social Services to study ways of increasing the number of foster families in the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SB624 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Retirement System; superintendents and sworn officers of regional jails. Requires localities participating in the Virginia Retirement System and participating in a regional jail to provide retirement benefits comparable to the benefits prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Appropriations |
| SJR80 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Virginia Housing Commission; incentives used by other states for targeted affordable housing development for the workforce; report. Directs the Virginia Housing Commission to study incentives used by other states and jurisdictions for targete...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SB121 | Intro
Sine Die | TransDominion Express Commission. Establishes the TransDominion Express Commission, to be responsible, within the TransDominion Corridor, for identifying needed construction, reconstruction, improvements of or repairs to railroads and their faciliti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Appropriations |
| SJR89 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Department of Treasury; Virginia Unclaimed Property Act; report. Requests the Department of Treasury to study the reporting requirements established by the Virginia Unclaimed Property Act. In reviewing the Act, the Department shall study the f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR90 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; restorative justice; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study restorative justice and specifically, victim-offender reconciliation programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SB649 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor vehicle safety belt systems. Repeals language that makes nonuse of motor vehicle safety belt systems a secondary offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| SB159 | Intro
Sine Die | Number of deputies. Requires the number of full-time deputies appointed by the sheriff of a county without a police force to be fixed by the Compensation Board at not less than 10 deputies. The bill further requires the number of full-time deputies ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| SJR130 | Intro
Sine Die | Resolution; International education. Recognizes the importance of international education in higher education in Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SB678 | Intro
Sine Die | Drug Treatment Court Act. Authorizes a drug treatment court for the County of Tazewell.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Appropriations |
| SB695 | Intro
Sine Die | Retirement benefits for local school superintendents. Permits a retired member of the Virginia Retirement System to return to work as a local school division superintendent and still maintain his monthly retirement payments. Such option currently is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Appropriations |
| HB371 | Intro
Sine Die | Local control of firearms; attorney fees. Requires a locality to pay attorney fees resulting from taking certain actions prohibited with regard to firearm control.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
Senate: Left in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) |
| SB202 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act; restaurants. Allows localities to adopt ordinances containing standards or provisions relating to smoking in restaurants that meet or exceed those established in the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in General Laws |
| SB761 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Housing and Community Development; rental assistance pilot project. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a three-year rental assistance pilot project for certain needy and working families and indiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Appropriations |
| SB65 | Intro
Sine Die | Community criminal justice boards; membership. Adds a provider and consumer of mental health services to the membership of community criminal justice boards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-29
House: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| SB364 | Intro
Sine Die | Worthless check program. Authorizes attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish programs that allow persons who write bad checks to avoid prosecution if they pay full restitution to the victim, attend an educational program, and pay all fines and co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-29
House: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| HB1577 | Intro
Sine Die | Elections; emergencies; extension of polling hours. Provides for extension of polling hours in emergency situations. This bill is identical to
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-29
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote |
| SB655 | Intro
Sine Die | Contractors; employees having direct contact with students on school property; penalty. Provides that the contractor must certify that all persons having direct contact with students on school property under a contract for the provision of services ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-29
House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| SB519 | Intro
Sine Die | Board of zoning appeals decisions; costs and fees. Allows the petitioner to be awarded reasonable attorney fees and court costs in a successful action against the board of zoning appeals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-29
House: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| SB294 | Intro
Sine Die | Grounds for which ABC Board may revoke or suspend license. Eliminates provision that the ABC Board may revoke or suspend a license, other than a brewery license, if it has reasonable cause to believe that the licensee has employed a person who has be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-28
Senate: Committee substitute printed 085690304-S1 |
| SB302 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments; sunset. Removes the sunset on the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments. This bill is identical to
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-28
House: Incorporated by General Laws (SB683-Norment) by voice vote |
| SB84 | Intro
Sine Die | Special license plates; U.S. Air Force retirees. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for retired members of the United States Air Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-28
House: Tabled in Transportation by voice vote |
| SB154 | Intro
Sine Die | Special license plates; promoting tourism and conservation on the Northern Neck. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to promote tourism and conservation on the Northern Neck. The annual surcharge for these plates is $2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-28
House: Tabled in Transportation by voice vote |
| HB623 | Intro
Sine Die | Enforcement of immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. States that it is the responsibility of the Governor to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would allo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-28
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) |
| HB436 | Intro
Sine Die | Misdemeanor arrest or summons at discretion of law-enforcement officer. Gives a law-enforcement officer the choice of issuing a summons and releasing the person or arresting him for Class 1 and 2 misdemeanors. Under current law, the law-enforcement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-28
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) |
| SB408 | Intro
Sine Die | Literary Fund; distributions. Raises the maximum limit for any loan from the Literary Fund from $7.5 million to $14 million.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-27
House: Continued to 2009 in Appropriations by voice vote |
| HB858 | Intro
Sine Die | Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); exemption for certain publicly owned museum records. Exempts from FOIA records of a publicly owned museum that can be used to identify an individual who donates or loans one or more items of personal property to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-27
Senate: Subject matter referred by letter to FOIA Council pursuant to Senate Rules 20 (L) |
| HB395 | Intro
Sine Die | Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establishes a compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents. The compact becom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-27
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Finance (16-Y 0-N) |
| SB713 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor fuels taxes. Increases the state motor fuels tax rate by $0.05 per gallon in increments of $0.01 per gallon in each of the next five fiscal years with the revenues deposited to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-25
House: Tabled in Finance (14-Y 6-N) |
| HB648 | Intro
Sine Die | Health reimbursement arrangements. Prohibits health insurers from canceling or refusing to issue an individual health insurance policy on grounds that the policyowner's employer funds the premium for the policy, if the funding is made through an emp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-25
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| SB468 | Intro
Sine Die | Sales tax exemption, 4-H Clubs. Exempts 4-H Clubs from having to collect sales tax on sales made by the Club in fundraising.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-25
House: Stricken from docket by Finance by voice vote |
| SB534 | Intro
Sine Die | Campaign finance disclosure; where and how to file candidate reports. Requires candidates, beginning January 1, 2009, for the General Assembly and for local or constitutional offices in counties and cities with a population greater than 100,000 to f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-22
House: Tabled in Privileges and Elections by voice vote |
| SB308 | Intro
Sine Die | State Forester; right of entry. Clarifies the right of the State Forester or his designees to enter and inspect any forest lands or logging operations to carry out the provisions of Virginia's forestry laws. The law continues to provide that no actio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-20
House: Continued to 2009 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote |
