VA Legislation | 2017 | Regular Session

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB2026	Pass	Department of Motor Vehicles; regulation of property carriers. Combines the current property carrier and bulk property carrier authorities and eliminates the current license requirement for property brokers. The bill eliminates the requirement for th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790)
SB1105	Veto	Reports of registered voters and persons voting at elections. Requires the local electoral boards to direct the general registrars to investigate the list of registered voters whenever the number of registered voters in a county or city exceeds the p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
HB2386	Pass	Collection of unpaid court fines, etc. Increases the grace period after which collection activity for unpaid court fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution may be commenced from 30 days to 90 days after sentencing or judgment. The bill a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0802)
SB1493	Pass	Northern Virginia Community College; computer science training and professional development for teachers. Requires Northern Virginia Community College (i) in consultation with the Department of Education, to contract with a partner organization to de... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0823)
HB2297	Pass	Marine Resources Commission; oyster planting grounds; notice of application for lease. Requires the Marine Resources Commission (the Commission) to post notice of an application to lease oyster planting grounds for 30 days on its website and to notif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0798)
HB1852	Veto	Carrying concealed handguns; protective orders. Authorizes any person 21 years of age or older who is not prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm and is protected by an unexpired protective order to carry a concealed handgun... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 (67 affirmative votes required to override)
HB2002	Veto	Department of Social Services; refugee and immigrant resettlements; report. Requires nonprofit resettlement agencies and their local affiliates that provide refugee or other immigrant resettlement services in the Commonwealth to annually report to th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 House sustained Governor's veto
SB1398	Pass	Coal combustion residuals unit; closure permit; assessments required. Requires the owner or operator of a coal combustion residuals unit (CCR unit) to identify water pollution and address corrective measures to resolve it, evaluate the clean closure ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0817)
SB854	Pass	Collection of unpaid court fines, etc. Increases the grace period after which collection activity for unpaid court fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution may be commenced from 30 days to 90 days after sentencing or judgment. The bill a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0806)
HB1532	Pass	Fire Programs Fund. Increases the share of certain moneys in the Fire Programs Fund to be allocated to localities for the improvement of volunteer and career fire services from 75 percent to 80 percent. The measure does not become effective unless it... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777)
SB1347	Veto	Carrying a switchblade knife; exception. Authorizes any person to carry a switchblade knife concealed when such knife is carried for the purpose of engaging in a lawful profession or lawful recreational activity the performance of which is aided by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
HB1411	Pass	Withdrawal of privately retained counsel. Allows a privately retained counsel in a criminal case to withdraw from representation without leave of court after certification of a charge by a district court by providing written notice within 10 days of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774)
SB962	Pass	Sales and use tax; nexus for out-of-state businesses. Provides that storage of inventory in the Commonwealth is sufficient nexus to require out-of-state businesses to collect sales and use tax on sales to customers in the Commonwealth. The bill conta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0808)
HB2342	Veto	Public schools; regional charter school divisions. Authorizes the Board of Education (the Board) to establish regional charter school divisions consisting of at least two but not more than three existing school divisions in regions in which each unde... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 House sustained Governor's veto
HB1691	Pass	Property conveyance; Department of Conservation and Recreation; Widewater Beach Subdivision. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to convey certain real property in Stafford County to the Widewater Beach Subdivision Citizens Assoc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781)
HB1836	Veto	Virginia Department of Transportation to maintain a certain segment of Spotsylvania Parkway beginning in 2020. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation, as of July 1, 2020, to take over maintenance of an approximately two-mile segment of Sp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 House sustained Governor's veto
HB2367	Pass	Virginia Port Authority; Board of Commissioners. Provides that the 11 members of the Board of Commissioners of the Virginia Port Authority appointed by the Governor no longer serve at the pleasure of the Governor and may be removed prior to the expir... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0801)
HB1663	Pass	Northern Virginia Community College; computer science training and professional development for teachers. Requires Northern Virginia Community College (i) in consultation with the Department of Education, to contract with a partner organization to de... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779)
HB2025	Veto	Religious freedom; solemnization of marriage. Provides that no person shall be (i) required to participate in the solemnization of any marriage or (ii) subject to any penalty by the Commonwealth, or its political subdivisions or representatives or ag... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 House sustained Governor's veto
SB1240	Veto	Virginia Virtual School established. Establishes the Board of the Virginia Virtual School (the Board) as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of governing the full-time virtual school programs offered to student... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
HB1432	Veto	Carrying a switchblade knife; exception. Authorizes any person to carry a switchblade knife concealed when such knife is carried for the purpose of engaging in a lawful profession or lawful recreational activity the performance of which is aided by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 House sustained Governor's veto
SB1455	Veto	Payments for registering to vote; penalties. Provides that any person who gives, offers, or promises any monetary payment to another in exchange for that person registering to vote is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A person who solicits or accepts ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
HB1829	Pass	Teacher licensure; certification or training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of automated external defibrillators; hands-on practice. Specifies that the certification or training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmon... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783)
SB1492	Pass	Water utilities; consolidated ratemaking. Requires that in any ratemaking proceeding for certain investor-owned water utilities that are part of a water utility network the State Corporation Commission shall ensure that equal fixed and volumetric rat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0822)
SB1253	Veto	Voter identification; photograph contained in electronic pollbook. Requires electronic pollbooks to contain the photographs of registered voters that are obtained by the general registrars in the production of voter photo identification cards or cont... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
HB2198	Veto	Coal tax credits. Reinstates the Virginia coal employment and production incentive tax credit. The credit, which expired on July 1, 2016, could be earned on and after January 1, 2017, but before January 1, 2022. The bill limits the aggregate amount o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 (67 affirmative votes required to override)
HB2105	Pass	Investment of Public Funds Act; investment of funds in qualified investment pools. Authorizes a treasurer to act on behalf of his locality to become a participating political subdivision in qualified investment pools without an ordinance adopted by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792)
HB1790	Veto	Administrative Process Act; development and periodic review of regulations; report. Requires agencies to develop regulations in the least burdensome and intrusive manner possible and provides guiding principles for the development, adoption, and repe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 (67 affirmative votes required to override)
HB1539	Pass	Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); public access to records of public bodies. Clarifies the definition of public record. The bill also (i) defines "personal contact information" that is excluded from FOIA's mandatory disclosure provisions in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0778)
SB872	Veto	Absentee voting; photo identification required with application. Requires any voter submitting an application for an absentee ballot by mail or by electronic or telephonic transmission to a facsimile device to submit with his application a copy of on... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
HB2324	Pass	Payment of jurors; prepaid debit card or card account. Adds payment by credit to a prepaid debit card or card account to the methods by which a juror may be paid. The bill requires that, where such method is used, such card or card account permit the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0799)
HB2000	Veto	Sanctuary policies prohibited. Provides that no locality shall adopt any ordinance, procedure, or policy that restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 (67 affirmative votes required to override)
SB1581	Veto	Voter registration; verification of social security numbers. Requires the general registrars to verify that the name, date of birth, and social security number provided by an applicant on the voter registration application match the information on fi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
HB1855	Pass	Restitution; form order, enforcement, noncompliance; etc. Makes numerous changes related to the repayment of court-ordered restitution, including: (i) requiring the court to enter the amount of restitution, the date by which all restitution is to be ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0786)
SB1283	Veto	Public schools; regional charter school divisions. Authorizes the Board of Education (the Board) to establish regional charter school divisions consisting of at least two but not more than three existing school divisions in regions in which each unde... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
SB1284	Pass	Restitution; form order, enforcement, noncompliance; etc. Makes numerous changes related to the repayment of court-ordered restitution, including: (i) requiring the court to enter the amount of restitution, the date by which all restitution is to be ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0814)
HB1428	Veto	Absentee voting; photo identification required with application. Requires any voter submitting an application for an absentee ballot by mail or by electronic or telephonic transmission to a facsimile device to submit with his application a copy of on... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 House sustained Governor's veto
SB1008	Pass	Criminal history records checks; barrier crimes. Clarifies the individual crimes that constitute a barrier for (i) individuals seeking employment at nursing homes, home care organizations, hospices, state facilities, and private providers licensed by... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0809)
HB1394	Veto	Employees; franchisees excluded. Provides that, notwithstanding any voluntary agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and the franchisee or franchisor, neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 (67 affirmative votes required to override)
SB1416	Pass	Investment of Public Funds Act; investment of funds in qualified investment pools. Authorizes a treasurer to act on behalf of his locality to become a participating political subdivision in qualified investment pools without an ordinance adopted by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)
HB2077	Veto	Emergency Services and Disaster Law of 2000; firearms; emergency shelter. Removes the authority of a governmental entity under the Emergency Services and Disaster Law of 2000 to limit lawful possession, carrying, transportation, sale, or transfer of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 House sustained Governor's veto
SB1470	Veto	Coal tax credits. Reinstates the Virginia coal employment and production incentive tax credit. The credit, which expired on July 1, 2016, could be earned on and after January 1, 2017, but before January 1, 2022. The bill limits the aggregate amount o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
SB1073	Pass	Charter; Town of Bridgewater. Updates the town's charter and sets out various powers that are typically exercised by towns. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0810)
HB2245	Pass	Virginia Research Investment Committee. Expands the role of the Virginia Research Investment Committee (the Committee) to include, in addition to awarding grants and loans from the Virginia Research Investment Fund, providing guidance and coordinatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)
HB1853	Veto	Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course. Creates the Virginia Firearms Safety and Training for Sexual and Domestic Violence Victims Fund. The bill provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services may distribute... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 (67 affirmative votes required to override)
SB1362	Veto	Carrying concealed weapons; exemption for nonduty status military personnel. Provides that a member of the Virginia National Guard, Armed Forces of the United States, or Armed Forces Reserves of the United States in a nonduty status may carry a conce... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
SB1364	Pass	Department of Motor Vehicles; regulation of property carriers. Combines the current property carrier and bulk property carrier authorities and eliminates the current license requirement for property brokers. The bill eliminates the requirement for th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0815)
HB1491	Pass	Background checks; exceptions; sponsored living and shared residential service providers. Allows a provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or a community services board to approve as a sponsored residential... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775)
HB2163	Pass	Prescription of buprenorphine without naloxone; limitation. Provides that prescriptions for products containing buprenorphine without naloxone shall be issued only (i) for patients who are pregnant, (ii) when converting a patient from methadone to bu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0794)
SB1371	Pass	Virginia Research Investment Committee. Expands the role of the Virginia Research Investment Committee (the Committee) to include, in addition to awarding grants and loans from the Virginia Research Investment Fund, providing guidance and coordinatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)