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Track 2,962 bills from the Virginia 2010 legislative session. 500 bills have passed. View Virginia House of Delegates and Senate legislation, sponsors, and voting records.
Bills (2000)
Animal cruelty; increases penalties.
Sponsor: David Albo
Conflicts of Interests Act; revisions applicable to House and Senate Ethics Advisory Panels.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Illegal gambling; definition, requirements for lawful game, contest, lottery, etc., to be conducted.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Budget Bill.
Sponsor: Lacey Putney
Salvage vehicles; allows locality to require records to be reported to police.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Budget Bill.
Sponsor: Lacey Putney
House of Delegates; per diem during 2010 Regular Session extension.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
General Assembly; adjournment sine die.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Judges; election in Supreme Court of Virginia, circuit court, and general district court.
Sponsor: William Janis
Judges; nomination for election in general district court.
Sponsor: William Janis
General Assembly; deadline for first conference on Budget Bill and session adjournment.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.
Sponsor: Lacey Putney
House of Delegates; establishing Rules for 2010-2011 Session.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
General Assembly; notifying Governor of organization.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Judge; nomination for election to Supreme Court of Virginia.
Sponsor: William Janis
General Assembly; establishing prefiling schedule for 2011 Regular Session.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
General Assembly; establishing an inaugural committee.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Judge; nomination for election to circuit court.
Sponsor: William Janis
General Assembly; establish schedule for conduct of business & provide legislative continuity.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Center for Rural Virginia; expansion and promotion of agricultural opportunities, report.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Virginia National Guard; if called to active duty by Governor, health care, etc., will continue.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Service by publication; validates orders of those processed by a clerk or deputy clerk.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Dulles Access Highway; enforcement through use of photo-monitoring system in conjunction with usage.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Charter; Town of Windsor.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Victims of crime; may visit perpetrator in prison facility.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Advance medical directives; clarifies authority.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Dulles Access Highway; enforcement through use of photo-monitoring system in conjunction with usage.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Stormwater management; common interest community, etc., shall be immune from civil liability.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Tobacco products tax; moist snuff tax shall be computed based on net weight listed by manufacturer.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Eminent domain cases; reinstates option of landowner to choose between commissioner & jury to hear.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Long-term services; SHHR to develop blueprint for livable communities for people with disabilities.
Sponsor: Jill Vogel
Signs; provides local government authority to regulate.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Veterans Day; adds Global War on Terrorism, etc., to wars that are honored.
Sponsor: Roslyn Tyler
Affordable housing units; assessments.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Coal mine safety; requirements for surface foreman certification.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Assisted living facility and group home; no more than 8 aged, infirmed, etc., persons shall reside.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Charter; Town of Vinton.
Sponsor: Ralph Smith
Comprehensive plan amendment; grants authority to local gov't to prepare & submit to public hearing.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Virginia Universities Clean Energy Development and Economic Stimulus Foundation; created.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Psychiatric treatment; revises Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Service handguns; certain law-enforcement officers eligible for retirement may purchase.
Sponsor: Paula Miller
Income tax, state; exemption for any income taxed as long-term capital gain for federal income tax.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Hospice, home health care or personal care services; licensure for home care organizations.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization Commission; excludes grant application records.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Governor; shall initiate an operational and programmatic performance review of state agencies.
Sponsor: David Albo
Adoptions; prior to placement, agency must provide explanation of adoption process.
Sponsor: Mark Keam
Medicaid provider agreements; Director of Medical Assistance Services has authority to terminate.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Medical information; notification to residents, etc., if information is subject of database breach.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Concealed weapons; person may carry a handgun in motor vehicle or vessel if secured in compartment.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Voter changes of address; retention of copies by general registrar.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
College Partnership Laboratory Schools; established.
Sponsor: Stephen Newman
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; Worker's Compensation Commission to adopt rates for payment.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Waste kitchen grease; any person who transports must register with VDACS, exceptions.
Sponsor: Beverly Sherwood
Firearm safety education program; school boards may offer in elementary grades.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Coal mine safety; requirements for surface foreman certification.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Income tax, state; exemption for any income taxed as long-term capital gain for federal income tax.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Virtual school programs; established.
Sponsor: Stephen Newman
Stock Corporation Act; conforms provisions of Act to revisions to Model Business Corporation Act.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Bail bondsman; provided copy of criminal history information.
Sponsor: David Albo
Human infant; determining whether an infant has achieved an independent and separate existence.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Virginia Defective Drywall Correction and Restoration Assistance Fund; created.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Aerospace Advisory Council; adds five members, powers and duties.
Sponsor: Joe May
Tolls; installation of video-monitoring/automatic vehicle identification systems for toll facility.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain computer equipment and enabling software.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Transportation programs; JLARC to administer a performance audit, report.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; localities may allocate portion of civil penalties.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Signs; provides local government authority to regulate.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Air Pollution Control Board; regulations under Clean Air Interstate Rule.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Retail Sales and Use Tax; lowers job threshold to receive exemption for certain computer equipment.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Transportation district trains; unlawful to board or ride without a valid ticket.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
College Partnership Laboratory Schools; established.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; Department to give notice to committed respondent.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Concealed weapon; certain law-enforcement officers who have resigned eligible to carry.
Sponsor: Paula Miller
Firearms; petition to restore right to possess or transport to be mailed to attorney for State.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Virginia National Guard; if called to active duty by Governor, health care, etc., will continue.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Psychiatric treatment; revises Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Open Education Curriculum Board; established.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; eviction procedure, acceptance of redemption tenders.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Charter; Town of Christiansburg.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Assisted living facility; considered occupancy by single family if no more than 8 persons reside.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Jailer issued identification; allows sheriffs to issue special identification card to prisoners.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; conduct of interrogations.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Civics education; teachers training to include local government and civics specific to State.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Jury panel; disclosure to counsel thereof within three business days.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Economic Development Partnership; change title for Executive Director.
Sponsor: Barbara Comstock
Elections and electronic reforms; State Board of Elections to use various electronic systems.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain computer equipment and enabling software.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Rabies; clarifies procedures and responsibilities to prevent and control.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Charter; Town of Chatham.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Financial institutions and services; revising and recodifying laws.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System & Registry; requires mortgage lenders and brokers to register.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Hampton Roads Maritime Association; changes name to Virginia Maritime Association.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Polysomnographic Technology, Advisory Board on; established.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
DUI arrests; officer at a medical facility may issue summons for violation thereof, etc.
Sponsor: William Cleaveland
Workforce development; data sharing by certain agencies.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
JLARC; shall administer an operational/programmatic performance audit on transportation programs.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Medical Assistance Services, Department of; establishing pilot program for use of biometric data.
Sponsor: Mark Sickles
Property Owners' Association Act; board of directors have authority to adopt rules & regulations.
Sponsor: Mark Sickles
License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Virginia Kids Eat Free program, etc.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Sale of used building fixtures; recordkeeping requirements.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Human infant; determining whether an infant has achieved an independent and separate existence.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Motor vehicles; administrative impoundment thereof when driving without an operator's license.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Individual health insurance coverage; resident of State not required to obtain, etc., policy.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Center for Rural Virginia; expansion and promotion of agricultural opportunities.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Sex offender registry; person to designate location where spending night if no legal residence, etc.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Immediate sanction probation program; established.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Certificates of analysis; two-way video conferencing in criminal cases.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Air Pollution Control Board; regulations under the Clean Air Interstate Rule.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Fishing license, special; DGIF to issue free licenses to disabled active duty military personnel.
Sponsor: James Morefield
RPS program; electric utility to receive triple credit when energy derived from offshore wind.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Noise ordinance; authorizes governing body to adopt civil penalties.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Human remains; proper handling by funeral establishment.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Certified renewable energy manufacturing equipment, etc.; separate classification for property tax.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Affordable housing units; assessments.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
Sponsor: George Barker
Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (second reference).
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
Sponsor: David Albo
Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (second reference).
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
Sponsor: George Barker
Commending Lt. Robert C. Marland.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Retirement System; purchasing service at normal cost rate when person deemed member on July 1, 2010.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; collection of social security numbers.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Charitable gaming; limits authority of VDACS to revoke permits.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Circuit courts; electronic filing of cases.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Circuit courts; electronic filing of cases.
Sponsor: David Albo
Cooperative Coyote Control Program; reestablished.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Nutritional guideline; Board and VDH to develop for all competitive foods in public schools, report.
Sponsor: George Barker
Retirement System; optional life insurance.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Law-enforcement officers; prohibits public disclosure of personal information on Internet.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Telephone utilities; SCC to treat all providers of local exchange telephone service equitably.
Sponsor: William Janis
Retirement System; retirement supplement.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; delays reversion of title to real property to State.
Sponsor: Ralph Smith
Economic development incentives; aggregate amount of awarded grants for eligible projects.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Adult students; notifying schools when charged with certain crimes, etc.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
One-stop small business permitting program; exemption of handling fee for veterans.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Podiatry; testifying as an expert witness, definition of practice.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Political contributions; prohibition during procurement process.
Sponsor: Ralph Smith
Contractors, Board for; prerequisite for obtaining business license.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Economic development incentives; aggregate amount of awarded grants for eligible projects.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Police dogs; authority to sell dogs trained therefor.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Bad checks; recovery if stop-payment order placed in bad faith.
Sponsor: Onzlee Ware
Increase transit use strategies; Secretary of Transportation to report annually to General Assembly.
Sponsor: George Barker
Podiatry; testifying as an expert witness, definition of practice.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
MEI Project Approval Commission; shall review financing for individual incentive packages, etc.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Practitioner self-referral; clarifies those that may make a referral.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee; removes cap on reappointments for nonlegislative citizens.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Retirement System; modifies for new employees all defined benefit retirement plans.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Income tax, corporate and individual; green job tax credit.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
School boards; salary in Amherst County.
Sponsor: Stephen Newman
Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; powers and duties.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Concealed handguns; prohibits person carrying onto premises of restaurants from consuming alcohol.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Jurors; to provide identification.
Sponsor: James LeMunyon
Retirement System; changes to sickness and disability plan.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Virginia Infrastructure Project Loan Fund; created.
Sponsor: Joe May
Surrogacy; permits contract to be entered into by an unmarried person, a surrogate, etc.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Juveniles; detention of those transferred or certified.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Retirement System; benefits for deputy sheriffs.
Sponsor: David Englin
Income tax, state; green jobs tax credit.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Officers of election; SBE to develop course and examination concerning training standards.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Subdivision ordinance; designated administrative agency means planning commission of locality, etc.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Abduction or pandering; forfeiture of vehicle when involving a minor.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Concealed handgun permit; waives fee for certain members of United States Coast Guard.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Freedom of Information Act; definition of scholastic record.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Menhaden fisheries; extends sunset provision for harvest.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Polling places; clarifies exemption allowing a voter to enter wearing apparel with candidate's name.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Coalbed methane gas; presumption of ownership, report.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Deposits; removes stated maturity date.
Sponsor: William Janis
Retirement System; member with less than 5 years service can withdraw under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Coalbed methane gas; presumption of ownership.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Regional criminal justice academy training; local fee charged to support.
Sponsor: Onzlee Ware
Electronic communication or remote computing service; provider may verify authenticity of reports.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Child Protection Accountability System; VSP and circuit courts required to report information.
Sponsor: David Albo
Concealed weapons; person may carry a handgun in motor vehicle or vessel if secured in compartment.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Concealed handgun permit; renewal by mail.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Dentists and oral surgeons; reimbursement for certain services.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Warranty registration cards; prohibits seller from conditioning coverage or performance of warranty.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Electronic communication service; foreign corporation to disclose record of subscriber to officer.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Declaration of judicial emergency; procedures for Supreme Court to follow.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Conflict of Interests Act; certain relatives of school board member to be considered for employment.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Offshore energy resources; production & development permitted 50 miles off Atlantic shoreline.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Corporations; payment of annual registration fees.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Surplus property; school boards may donate obsolete technology hardware to nonprofit organizations.
Sponsor: Kaye Kory
Pawnbrokers; required to file daily reports electronically with local law enforcement.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
George Mason University; establishment of branch campus in Republic of Korea.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Delmarva Peninsula Compact; repeals provision therefor.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Health services plan; hearings and investigations on effect of other state's law.
Sponsor: Mark Sickles
Charitable organizations; veterans' posts or organizations exempt from reporting requirements.
Sponsor: Patricia Ticer
Certificates of analysis and affidavits; State shall notify defendant if used in lieu of testimony.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Unexecuted warrants; allows motion for dismissal by state attorney for warrants unserved.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
Sponsor: George Barker
Agricultural, forestal, or agricultural and forestal districts; use value assessment.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Line of Duty Act; short-term disability benefits for state police officers.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Concealed handgun permit applications; upon denial, clerk to provide notice of right to hearing.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Juveniles; detention in secure facility for possession of certain firearms.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Conflict of Interests Act; certain relatives of school board member to be considered for employment.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Coastal Energy Research Consortium; increase in membership and board of directors.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Space flight liability and immunity; repeals sunset provision.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to accept & approve request to amend conditions.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; established.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Health insurance, basic; HMOs to offer plans that do not include state-mandated benefits.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Internet Crimes Against Children task forces; created.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority; created.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Comptroller; changes description in annual report of allocation of surplus general funds.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Security for Public Deposits Act; makes several amendments to Act, administered by Treasury Board.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
School for Deaf and Blind; allows children from birth through age 21 to be eligible for services.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Financial institutions; serving notice of lien.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Concealed handgun permit applications; upon denial, clerk to provide notice of right to hearing.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Cigarette tax; changes time for affixing tax stamps to cigarette packs.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Protection and Advocacy, Office for; establish policy and guideline for approval of legal remedies.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Mortgage Lender and Broker Act; definition of principal.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Child support; punishment and options for person convicted of nonpayment.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Safety belts; those 18 and under who are occupying a vehicle are required to wear.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Child Protection Accountability System; VSP and circuit courts required to report information.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance abuse services.
Sponsor: George Barker
Claims against county; attorney of county shall notify claimant by certified mail of date.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Virginia Capitol Preservation Foundation; may receive contributions of taxpayer refunds.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Limited liability companies; SCC to correct its records to eliminate effects of clerical error, etc.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Transient occupancy tax; governing body may increase in Fairfax County after July 1, 2010.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Auditor of Public Accounts; post certain information on its Internet website, a searchable database.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Geospatial Health Research; Secretaries of Health and Human Resources and Technology to evaluate.
Sponsor: George Barker
Zoning appeals, Board of; no action of board shall be valid unless authorized by majority.
Sponsor: Ron Villanueva
Partnerships; redesignates specified office as its principal office.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
One-stop small business permitting program; exemption of handling fee for veterans.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Capital cases; sentencing proceeding.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Centennial of Woodrow Wilson's Presidency, Virginia Commission on; established.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Eluding police; person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Nutrient reduction credits; nonpoint nutrient offsets to be credited against a nutrient allocation.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Financial institutions; method of obtaining records concerning banking and credit cards.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Outer Continental Shelf; air pollution control regulations.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Aging, Department for; publicize guidelines on universal design and visitability features.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Driver education programs; fuel efficient driving practices to be included in curriculum.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Vested rights; includes right to replace existing on-site sewage system.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Campaign finance disclosure; reports of large contributions by governing body members.
Sponsor: Patricia Ticer
Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
State Corporation Commission; authorized to establish fees for furnishing copies of documents, etc.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Freedom of Information Act; record exemption for the Statewide Agencies Radio System (STARS).
Sponsor: John Edwards
State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; disclosure of interest in real estate.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Real Estate Board; requirements for licensure, allows broker to enter into a voluntary program.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Common interest communities; exemptions from licensure, powers and duties.
Sponsor: Vivian Watts
Concealed handguns; prohibits person who carries into restaurant from consuming alcoholic beverage.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Concussions; Board of Education to develop guidelines dealing with in student-athletes.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Tow trucks; certain requirements for connection between vehicles.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Water and sewer charges; adds Counties of Caroline and New Kent to those localities that may impose.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Foreclosure sales; trustee to pay taxes.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Masks; prohibition on wearing in certain places, exception.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Inmates; hospitalization in local correctional facilities.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Firearms; repealing requirement for sellers of pistols to send report to clerk of circuit court.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Adult facilities; interviews with residents of facilities seeking licensure by DSS.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Correctional facility work program; person who participates to contribute part of his pay for fines.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Circuit court clerks' offices; makes technical changes in handling of electronic or digital filing.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Higher Education, State Council of; develop uniform certificate of general studies program.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Specialized Biotechnology Research Performance Grant Program; established.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Mixed beverage licensees; ABC Board to prescribe terms under which licensees may infuse spirits.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Elections; filling vacancies in certain local offices, requirements for special elections.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Workers' Compensation Commission; repeals requirement of sending copies of awards by priority mail.
Sponsor: Donald Merricks
Public Procurement Act; increases cost of construction for which state or local public body may use.
Sponsor: Mark Keam
Preliminary hearing; admissibility of certificates of analysis at hearing and trial.
Sponsor: Todd Gilbert
Schools; delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which accreditation is based.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Religious holidays; student's absence because of observance thereof must be recorded as excused.
Sponsor: George Barker
Off-road recreational vehicles; localities to allow on certain highways within their boundaries.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Secondary highway system; requirements for taking new streets into system.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Major business facility job tax credit; reduces number of qualified full-time jobs required.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Elections; increases duration of time between filing deadlines and November elections.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Involuntary admission; court to enter an order for mandatory outpatient treatment.
Sponsor: George Barker
Affidavits; admissibility as evidence by government official regarding search of government records.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Motion picture film production; provides income tax credits to any company with qualifying expenses.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Code Commission; expands membership.
Sponsor: William Janis
Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; amending association documents using technology.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Public utilities; limits disclosure requirement for any officer or director.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Civil War Site Preservation Fund; established.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Fire Prevention Code, Statewide; pyrotechnician or fireworks operator must be certified.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Fire Prevention Code, Statewide; pyrotechnician or fireworks operator must be certified.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Motor vehicle title loans; establishes requirements, penalties.
Sponsor: Richard Saslaw
Architects, Professional Engineers, etc., Board for; establishes emeritus designation for licensees.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Security for Public Deposits Act; makes several amendments to Act, administered by Treasury Board.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Route 711; Buchanan County may enter into an agreement with Pike County, Kentucky to improve.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Appeal of bail decision; court is determined based on where initial determination was made, etc.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Service handgun; allows law-enforcement officer retiring at age 70 with 10 yrs. service to purchase.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Charter; City of Richmond.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Urban development; sets certain densities in areas according to population of locality.
Sponsor: Jill Vogel
Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; authority of Governor to award grants.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Space flight liability and immunity; repeals sunset provision.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Lists of registered voters; disclosure to commissioners of the revenue and treasurers.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Offshore energy resources; production and development permitted 50 miles off Atlantic shoreline.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure of salary.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Absentee ballot applications; general registrar may retain until electoral board has results.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Motion picture film production; provides income tax credits to any company with qualifying expenses.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Capital murder; auxiliary police officers & deputy sheriffs added to statute.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Search warrants, out-of-state; to be honored by State corporation or other entity.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Fair Housing Board; establishes educational materials on Fair Housing Law.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Local ordinances; determination of constitutionality.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Probate; list of heirs must be filed with clerk of court.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Juvenile records; DJJ to provide information in an investigation of a criminal street gang.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Home health care organization; establish policies for maintaining a drug-free workplace.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Income tax credits; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Protective orders; allows petitioner to obtain extension of order for no more than two years.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Income tax credits; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Telephone email or texting; use of indecent or threatening language, penalty.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Motorcycle dealers; increases radius of relevant market areas as that term applies thereto.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Fort Monroe Authority; created.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
School nonattendance; attendance officer, volunteers, school personnel, & principal notifies parent.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Capital murder; auxiliary police officers and deputy sheriffs added to statute.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for awarding grants and loans.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
Sponsor: George Barker
Wireless E-911 charges; establishes rate and procedures for collection and remittance by dealers.
Sponsor: Richard Saslaw
International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement courses; course credit.
Sponsor: George Barker
DNA data bank; DFS to receive samples of human biological evidence to analyze, etc., results of DNA.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs; adds various controlled substances to list.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Animal protection officers; powers of those in localities with county manager form of government.
Sponsor: Riley Ingram
Mutual aid agreements; includes private police forces of higher educational institutions.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Line of Duty Act; access to records of investigation.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund; established.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Legislative bills; repeals provisions requiring certain bills to be filed on first day of session.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Virginia Life, Accident & Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; coverage for polices & contracts.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Real property tax assessment; Department of Taxation to establish qualifications for certification.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Protective orders; coordination with other states.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disposition of cases.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Charitable gaming; regulations of Charitable Gaming Board defining electronic, etc., equipment.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Juveniles; punishment for possession, etc., of alcohol.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Credit Services Businesses Act; prohibited practices.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Certificate of public need; establishment of psychiatric services.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Water safety zones; authorizes marine patrol divisions in Tidewater localities to patrol.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Charitable gaming; regulations of Charitable Gaming Board, report.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Protective orders; allows petitioner to obtain extension of order for no more than two years.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Governor's reports; to provide monthly reports on revenue collections and quarterly assessments.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Computer trespass; civil damages to include all eight statutory definitions thereof.
Sponsor: James Scott
Public Procurement Act; foreign & domestic businesses authorized to transact business in State.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Group health insurance; enrollment opportunities.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Reports of certain acts to school authorities; local law-enforcement authorities to report.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Freedom of Information Act; exemption for credit card and bank account data.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Threat assessment teams; exempts certain records established at higher educational institutions.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Campaign finance; print media requirements.
Sponsor: Onzlee Ware
Personal property tax relief; deletes requirement that vehicle held in trust can qualify.
Sponsor: Vivian Watts
Taxation, Department of; limiting contact with taxpayers via email.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Juveniles; loss of driving privileges for alcohol, firearm, and drug offenses.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Water Facilities Revolving Fund; loans for stormwater runoff control best management practices.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Professional corporations; includes certified interior designers in organizations managed by board.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Register Act; final regulations must be accompanied by statement in original or electronic form.
Sponsor: William Janis
Equitable distribution; monetary award in divorce case may be enforceable same as judgment.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Cash proffers; collected or accepted by locality after completion of final inspection.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Transient occupancy tax; adds Alleghany County to those that may impose.
Sponsor: James Shuler
Fire programs; fire/EMS departments donating equipment shall be immune from civil liability.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Aboveground liquid fertilizer storage tanks; may require permit from local fire official.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Concealed handgun permit; clerk immune from suit arising from acts or omissions related thereto.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Regional jails; disposition of fees for prisoners' keep.
Sponsor: Onzlee Ware
Jail farms; transportation of prisoners.
Sponsor: Onzlee Ware
Charter schools, public; review & consideration of application by Board of Education & school board.
Sponsor: Ron Villanueva
Health insurance; continuation of group health coverage upon termination of eligibility.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Mobile dental clinics; Board of Dentistry to develop regulations.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority; created.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Voting equipment; allows acquisition of direct recording electronic machines by any locality.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Relief for purchaser of property sold at treasurers' sales; Charles L. Kingrea.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Trains; unlawful to board or ride with fraudulent or counterfeit ticket, penalty.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Polygraph examiners; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to regulate.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; impanelment.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Noise ordinance; authorizes governing body to adopt civil penalties.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Virtual school programs; established.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Capital murder; adds fire marshals, etc., to statute so death sentence can be imposed.
Sponsor: Brenda Pogge
Bail decision; specifies court which bond amount or term of recognizance should be appealed.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Health Spa Act; clarifies by instituting usage of term facility where services are offered.
Sponsor: Barry Knight
Involuntary commitment order; reduces length of time a person can appeal to circuit court.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Sex offender; prohibiting entry onto school property of those that are violent, exceptions.
Sponsor: Vivian Watts
Health care data and reporting; increase awareness thereof through nonprofit organization websites.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Uninsured motorist insurance; liability insurer relieved of costs of defending owner in claim.
Sponsor: William Janis
Regional Industrial Facilities Act; method by which member locality of authority may withdraw.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Outdoor signs and advertising; penalties collected for violations of provisions.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Southwest Virginia Health Authority; adds four additional appointments to board of directors.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Driver's license, restricted; issuance to out-of-state drivers.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Health insurance, basic; HMOs to offer plans that do not include state-mandated benefits.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure of salary.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
MEI Project Approval Commission; expands scope of incentive packages to be reviewed.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Renewable energy certificates; tariff filed by cooperative for electric energy.
Sponsor: Thomas Gear
Grass; adds Spotsylvania County to list of counties authorized to require property owners to cut.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Triennial census; eliminates three-year requirement, distribution of sales & use tax.
Sponsor: David Albo
Handheld wireless communications device; authorized representative at polling place may use certain.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Disabled parent; subject to prosecution for desertion or nonsupport of another child.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Learner's permit, restricted; DMV to issue to certain persons 25 years of age or older.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Wireless E-911 charges; establishes rate & procedures for collection & remittance of by sellers.
Sponsor: William Janis
Center for Rural Virginia Board of Trustees; membership.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
District court; procedure for assumption of duties of chief judge.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission; DLS shall provide legal and research services.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Learner's permit, restricted; DMV to issue to certain persons at least 25 years of age or older.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Concealed handgun permits; renewal by mail.
Sponsor: Ralph Smith
Roanoke River Rails-to-Trails, Inc.; conveyance of certain property in Town of Lawrenceville.
Sponsor: Roslyn Tyler
Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Impeding hunting; unlawful for person to put out bait or salt for wildlife in place used by hunters.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Uniform Power of Attorney Act; established within Code of Virginia.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Absentee ballots; procedure for various deadlines and ballot requirements.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund; established.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Investment Authority & Commonwealth Research & Commercialization Fund.
Sponsor: Joe May
Steps to Advance Virginia's Energy Plan (SAVE) Act; created.
Sponsor: Samuel Nixon
Public Procurement Act; procurement of certain professional services by Transportation Commissioner.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Exhibits; relieves clerk of notifying defendant of destruction, etc., of evidence used at trial.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Fair Housing Board; establishes educational materials on Fair Housing Law.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Involuntary commitment order; reduces length of time a person can appeal to circuit court.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
District court; procedure for assumption of duties of chief judge.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Distribution of handbills, etc.; adds median & public roadway to places locality can regulate, etc.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Driver's licence, restricted; person allowed to drive to and from a place of worship.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Criminal background checks; fingerprinting of applicants and employees of public transit services.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement, postpones scheduled increase.
Sponsor: David Englin
Churches; exempts serving meals prepared in homes of members from licensure requirements.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Model bow hunting; ordinances are to include times of day in which hunting can occur and limits.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Criminal justice training academies; locality may eliminate requirement to contain word training.
Sponsor: James Edmunds
Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; created, report.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; establish restrictions on display of U.S. flag.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Absentee ballots; duties of electoral board to send within three business days, penalty.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Higher educational institutions; annual review of crisis and emergency management plan.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Health savings accounts; exemption from creditors' claims.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Declaration of judicial emergency; procedures for Supreme Court to follow.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Certificate of public need; relocation of nursing home beds from one facility to another facility.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Electronic mail, unsolicited commercial; narrows scope of spam statute, penalty.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Grass; adds City of Winchester to list of localities authorized to require cutting.
Sponsor: Beverly Sherwood
Exchange Facilitators Act; established.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Claims; Victor Anthony Burnette.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Coalbed methane gas; Gas & Oil Board to order arbitration to resolve conflicting claim of ownership.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; those awarded may be used to cover certain costs.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Conservators of the peace, special; authorized to use seal of State.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; authority of Governor to award grants.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Long-term services; SHHR develop blueprint for livable communities for people with disabilities.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Health care services; peer utilization reviews on reconsideration of an adverse decision.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Transportation services; those that operate as nonprofit organization & serve senior citizens, etc.
Sponsor: Todd Gilbert
Fiduciaries; actions or suits involving.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Business entities; statement of change of registered agent, etc., may be filed electronically.
Sponsor: Johnny Joannou
Social services, local board of; counties that have county board form of government to appoint.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Certificate of public need; Department of Health to provide public notice.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Absentee voting; expands scope of persons defined as members of voter's immediate family.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Animal cruelty; requires veterinarian to report.
Sponsor: James Scott
Veterans Bill of Rights; Commissioner and Board of Veterans Services to develop and implement.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Virginia Free File program; Tax Commissioner to establish and model after IRS Free File program.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Residential Property Disclosure Act; seller required to disclose presence of wastewater system.
Sponsor: Joe May
Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee; removes cap on reappointments for nonlegislative citizens.
Sponsor: Thomas Wright
Appeals; court may impose additional requirements to security posted.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Concealed handgun; certain retired law-enforcement officer may carry wherever he travels in State.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Grass and weeds; adds City of Colonial Heights to list of localities authorized to require cutting.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Community action boards; membership and duties.
Sponsor: Onzlee Ware
Motor fuels sales tax; defines gross sales and sales price for purposes of tax in Northern Virginia.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Insurance policy limits; allows personal representative of estate of decedent to request disclosure.
Sponsor: Johnny Joannou
Attorney-issued summons; eliminates prohibition of summonses in cases involving protective orders.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Wrongful incarceration; definition, compensation.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Individual health insurance coverage; sets parameters of period an individual is not covered.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Health professions; disciplinary actions.
Sponsor: Joseph Morrissey
Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
Sponsor: David Albo
Biodiesel or green diesel fuel; minimum content in state contracts for vehicle fuel.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Dentists and oral surgeons; reimbursement for certain services.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Electronic communication service providers; obtaining records by law-enforcement officers.
Sponsor: Thomas Greason
Prescription drug benefits; replace obsolete publications from list of standard reference compendia.
Sponsor: Scott Garrett
Secondary highway system; VDOT & DRPT to review new design standards components therefor.
Sponsor: David Bulova
HOV lanes; allows certain military personnel to use in Hampton Roads regardless of passengers.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Chief Workforce Development Officer; responsibilities.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
License fees and taxes, local; exempts campgrounds and bed and breakfast establishments.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
General district courts; electronic filing of civil cases.
Sponsor: David Albo
Shaken baby syndrome; Department of Social Services to develop information, its effect, etc.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
DUI; suspension of driving privilege shall run consecutively with any other court-ordered period.
Sponsor: William Cleaveland
Juvenile records; release of identifying information of juvenile who is a fugitive from justice.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Impoundment of vehicle; driving while license suspended for DUI.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Polygraphs & other detection devices; Director of DPOR to approve use to detect deception or truth.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Capital murder; notice to State of expert testimony 60 days before trial.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Child-care facilities; local regulation of possession and storage of firearms, etc., at facilities.
Sponsor: Mark Sickles
Landlord and tenant laws; landlord and tenant obligations.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Polling places; requires electoral board to give notice of alternative place to vote.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Absentee ballots; procedure for various deadlines and ballot requirements.
Sponsor: David Albo
Charter; Town of Scottsville.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Freedom of Information Act; public body shall remain responsible for retrieving public records, etc.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Driver's license, restricted; eliminates authority of court to issue for travel to and from school.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Uniform Power of Attorney Act; established within Code of Virginia.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
New River Valley Emergency Communications Regional Authority; created.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Schools; delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which full accreditation is based.
Sponsor: Matthew Lohr
Wrongful incarceration for felony conviction; individuals granted an absolute pardon.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Urban development; sets certain densities in areas according to population of locality.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Elections; person appointed to fill a vacancy shall exercise all powers of elected office.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
State Corporation Commission; filings that contain personal identifying information.
Sponsor: Samuel Nixon
Veterans Services, Department of; shall provide burial vaults at no cost to eligible veterans.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
E-Verify Program; requires state agencies and those newly hired to perform work in State.
Sponsor: David Albo
Decibel level of sound; authorizes a law-enforcement officer to use certain equipment to determine.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Saltwater recreational fishing; licensing in conformance with national registry.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Alcoholic beverages; designates as agents of ABC Board distiller who blends alcoholic beverages.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Specialized Biotechnology Research Performance Grant Program; established.
Sponsor: David Albo
Threat assessment teams; exempts certain records established at higher educational institutions.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Real Estate Appraiser Board; regulation of appraisal management companies, penalty.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Cash proffers; delays collection or acceptance by locality until completion of final inspection.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Pawnbrokers; local government may by an ordinance require daily report to be electronically filed.
Sponsor: Barry Knight
Motor vehicle dealers; establishes conditions under which dealers may sell demonstrator vehicles.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Aerospace Advisory Council; removes July 1, 2010, sunset provision.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Common Interest Community Board; powers and duties.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Cigarette tax; penalties for unstamped cigarettes.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Driver's license, commercial; disqualification of license if convicted of manslaughter.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Donations by localities; may donate to nonprofit organizations providing energy efficiency services.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Protective orders; coordination with other states.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Wine and beer; licensee may ship through approved fulfillment warehouse.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Virginia Defense Force; exempt from Administrative Process Act.
Sponsor: John Miller
Donation by locality; may donate to nonprofit organizations that are exempt under 501 (c)(3) of IRC.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Charter; Town of Amherst.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Abandoned graveyards; when locality acquires title they may continue to maintain property.
Sponsor: William Wampler
Hampton Federal Area Development Authority; expands membership.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Insurance agents; continuing education program.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Community Integration Advisory Commission; extends sunset provision, includes DRS for staff support.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Electric transmission lines; prohibits SCC approving agreements for underground installation.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Veterans Services Fund; may be used for Veterans Services Foundation with approval of Board.
Sponsor: John Miller
Enterprise Zone Grant Program; preference for allocating grant funds.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Search warrants, out-of-state; to be honored by State corporation or other entity.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Fishing license; exempts active duty military personnel who are residents.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Involuntary admission; allows court to enter an order for mandatory outpatient treatment following.
Sponsor: David Albo
Triennial census; eliminates three-year requirement, distribution of sales and use tax.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Direct recording electronic machines (DREs); permit localities to obtain DREs already owned.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Bail; terms set by court on a capias to be honored by magistrate.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Workers' compensation; insurance carriers to file proof of coverage within 30 days of inception.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Fort Monroe Authority; created.
Sponsor: Thomas Gear
Insurance policy limits; allows personal representative of estate of decedent to request disclosure.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Unemployment benefits; VEC to negotiate terms of repayment benefits which recipient is not entitled.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Mandated health insurance benefits; Commission to review for medical efficacy.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Human remains; provider to maintain refrigeration at 40 degrees or embalmed if stored over 48 hours.
Sponsor: David Albo
Electric utilities; authorizes retail customer to continue purchasing renewable energy.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Insurance policies; repeals a provision for countersignature requirements.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Unclaimed property; storage fee for those in possession of sheriff or police.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Land preservation tax credit; DCR to provide estimate of land used for production agriculture, etc.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Communications sales and use tax; Tazewell County shall receive its share of tax revenues.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Group life insurance coverage; extended to persons mutually agreed upon by insurer and policyholder.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Sexually violent predators; evaluation determining whether a prisoner meets definition thereof.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families; membership.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Attorney-client privilege and work product protection; limitations on waivers.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Aerospace Advisory Council; powers and duties, membership.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Public Procurement Act; state-aid construction projects.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Inflationary effects; increasing various costs, fees, etc., penalties.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Exhibits; relieves clerk of notifying defendant of destruction, etc., of evidence used at trial.
Sponsor: Richard Anderson
Major business facility job tax credit; business that creates at least 50 qualified full-time jobs.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Search and rescue personnel; enhanced penalty for malicious or unlawful wounding.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Adoption; birth & adoptive parents may enter into post-adoption contact & communication agreements.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Charter; Town of Middleburg.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Physicians, license; DBHDS to require presence thereof in any state training center.
Sponsor: Stephen Newman
State Tax Expenditure Report; State Tax Commissioner to issue annually and post on its website.
Sponsor: David Englin
Charter schools, public; review & consideration of application by Board of Education & school board.
Sponsor: Stephen Newman
Off-road recreational vehicles; localities to allow on certain highways within their boundaries.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Inmates; court or person having custody to determine if treatment of mental illness is necessary.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Clean special fuel vehicles; removes requirement that Commissioner provide written regulations.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Customer telecommunications services; authorization and verification for products on telephone bill.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Motor vehicle buyer's order; revises kinds of transactions involving dealer-arranged financing.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Land preservation tax credit; nonprofit organizations holding a easement are ineligible to receive.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Mechanics' and materialmen's liens; removes certain requirements.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Gang-free zones; expanded to include public buildings and grounds, penalty.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Electric utility service; cooperative to install & operate prepaid metering equipment upon request.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Distribution of handbills, etc.; adds median & public roadway to places locality can regulate, etc.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Alcoholic beverages; portion of wine liter tax collected to be deposited in Wine Promotion Fund.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Circuit court; duties of clerk.
Sponsor: Jill Vogel
Real Estate Board; requirements for licensure, allows broker to enter into a voluntary program.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Communications sales & use tax; net revenue distributed according to each locality's pro rata.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Health care practitioners; exempt from liability when rendering services to patients of clinics.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Campaign telephone calls; prohibits campaign person from falsifying identification information.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Funeral services; burial power of attorney.
Sponsor: Beverly Sherwood
Weight limits; extends sunset provision for trucks hauling gravel, etc., in coal-producing counties.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; extends sunset provision.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Stormwater management regulations; changes effective date that establishes local program criteria.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Retention of records; all records of Board of Social Services shall be retained for at least 25 yrs.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Small Business Jobs Grant Fund; created.
Sponsor: Todd Gilbert
Political parties and candidates; copies of instructions or information provided by State Board.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Physical therapy; advertising prohibited if not a licensed physical therapist or assistant.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
HOV lanes; extends date for use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates.
Sponsor: George Barker
Credit unions; conversion to a state mutual savings institution.
Sponsor: Richard Saslaw
Concealed handgun permit; DUI from another state disqualifies individual from obtaining.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Juvenile records; DJJ to provide information in an investigation of a criminal street gang.
Sponsor: David Albo
Manufacturing facility; expands definition to include those used in creation of intangible property.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Income tax, state; excludes from taxation benefits paid into Virginia Military Family Relief Fund.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Funeral services; prerequisites for cremation.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Central absentee voter precinct; person may vote at polling place if didn't return absentee ballot.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Funeral services; disputes between next of kin.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Social services, local board of; county supervisors may choose board consisting of five citizens.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Home service contract providers; exempts those that have certain worth from licensure regulation.
Sponsor: Richard Saslaw
Mail order pharmacy; insurer not limited to a single provider for services.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Local ordinances; permits locality to obtain determination by circuit court as to constitutionality.
Sponsor: Brenda Pogge
Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; addresses certain practices relating to warranty, etc.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
FOIA; exemption for working papers and correspondence of Clerks of House and Senate.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; prohibited contracts, exceptions.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Autism Spectrum Disorders; expand employment programs for individuals therewith.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Conflict of Interests Act; prohibited conduct relating to contracts, exceptions.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Stepparent and close relative adoption; appointment of guardian ad litem not required.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization Commission; proprietary record disclosed thereto.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Housing authorities; compensation of commissioners.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Attorney-issued summons; protective orders.
Sponsor: David Englin
Medicaid fraud; Director may deny Medicaid provider contracts for violation of statutes.
Sponsor: David Albo
Wine and beer; licensee may ship through approved fulfillment warehouse.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Freedom of Information Act; recording of public meetings.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Public defenders; supplemental compensation.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Absentee ballot application; available for inspection by registered voter during office hours.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Blackwater River; designates a portion as component of State Scenic Rivers System.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Waiver of certain graduation requirements; Board of Education to provide only for good cause.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Extortion; person who threatens injury to property including sale, etc., of identifying information.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Vested rights; issuance of written order, etc., by zoning administrator regarding use of property.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Bail; terms set by court on a capias to be honored by magistrate.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Historic preservation grants; technical and procedural changes to authority of DHR.
Sponsor: Kaye Kory
Communications sales & use tax; net revenue distributed according to each locality's pro rata.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Va. Recreational Facilities Authority & Roanoke County; delays reversion of title to real property.
Sponsor: William Cleaveland
VCIN; person who has violated provisions of his post-release supervision to be entered into system.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Workers' Compensation Commission; filing materials by electronic transmission.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Dam safety; requirements of Soil and Water Conservation Board's Impounding Structure Regulations.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Vehicle registration; limits certain exemptions to pickup and panel trucks, etc.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Dam safety; Soil and Water Conservation Board to establish incremental damage analysis procedure.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; materials provided by State Board of Elections & Attorney General.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Life and annuities licenses; removes certain requirement for nonresident insurance agent.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Land preservation tax credit; verification of conservation value of certain donations.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Roadways; authorizes Buchanan County Board of Supervisors to maintain those within right-of-way.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Prisoners; licensed psychiatrist or clinical psychologist to oversee sex offender treatment program.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Center for Rural Virginia Board of Trustees; membership.
Sponsor: George Barker
Income tax, state; remainder of revenues transferred to Land Conservation Fund for distribution.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Vocational programs; definition.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Probate tax; establishes tax on recordation of list of heirs, etc.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
No Child Left Behind Act; school divisions shall administer limited English proficiency assessment.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Hunting and fishing licenses; establishes infant lifetime licenses for those under age two.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Income tax, corporate and individual; credit for land conservation.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; issuance of temporary licenses, etc.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); allows applicants to retain pre-existing support.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Small Estate Act; revises by repealing related provisions in Code.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Short-term rental property; shall classify as a separate classification of merchants' capital.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; issuance of temporary licenses, etc.
Sponsor: David Albo
Health professions; nothing shall prevent person performing state, etc., funded health care tasks.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Masks; prohibition on wearing in certain places, exception.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Motor vehicle dealers; establishes conditions under which dealers may sell demonstrator vehicles.
Sponsor: William Janis
Foster care; local departments to provide independent living services to person between age 18 & 21.
Sponsor: Jill Vogel
Drug treatment court; established in City of Bristol.
Sponsor: William Wampler
Virginia Military Family Relief Fund; State policy to exclude from taxation payments made from Fund.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Veterans Skills Database; established.
Sponsor: Christopher Stolle
Alcoholic beverage control; consumption by underaged persons accompanied by parent or guardian.
Sponsor: William Cleaveland
Campaign finance information and reports; public access.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Appeal bonds; adds unlawful detainer cases to list of actions for which an indigent must post bond.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Absentee ballot; person designated by political party to represent inside polling place may cast.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Family health care; zoning provisions for temporary structures.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Workers' compensation; insurance carriers to file proof of coverage within 30 days of inception.
Sponsor: Charles Poindexter
Russell Fork River; designates portion thereof as component of State Scenic Rivers System.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Workers' Compensation Commission; notices, orders, etc., by electronic communications.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
BPOL tax; gross receipts of security brokers and dealers.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Surplus property; proceeds from sale or lease of State Police communication towers or sites.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Erosion and sediment control; may assess civil penalty.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Property tax, local; separate classification for renewable energy manufacturing tangible property.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Short-term rental property; local government may tax or may impose tax.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Group health insurance policies; provide a discount to employers who institute wellness programs.
Sponsor: William Janis
Parental placement adoption; birth parent waiver of consent for out-of-state placement.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit; certain conditions for owner of sewage facility.
Sponsor: Harvey Morgan
Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; addresses certain practices relating to warranty, etc.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Move over law; drivers to move left when approaching stationary vehicles displaying warning lights.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Virginia National Guard, State Defense Force, or naval militia; reemployment rights of members.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Emergency medical technicians; certain are allowed to administer vaccines to adults and minors.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Adoption; amends eligibility and application process requirements for assistance.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Alcoholic beverages; portion of wine liter tax collected to be deposited in Wine Promotion Fund.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Presentence reports; available to counsel for convicted person.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Hughes River; designates portion thereof as component of State Scenic Rivers System.
Sponsor: Todd Gilbert
Charter; City of Alexandria.
Sponsor: Patricia Ticer
Candidates; recognized political parties to receive consent therefrom before nominating.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Charter; Town of Windsor.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Credit unions; conversion to a state mutual savings institution.
Sponsor: Mark Sickles
Charter; Town of Amherst.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Deed of trust; allows title insurance companies authority settlement agents have to release lien.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Insurance; SCC to require person to make restitution if improperly withholds money.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Development rights; permitted to be attached in receiving areas to be equal or greater than rights.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Income tax, state; remainder of revenues transferred to Land Conservation Fund for distribution.
Sponsor: Joe May
Taxicab; shall bear roof sign & markings permanently affixed to exterior, etc., identifying vehicle.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Public sewer system; locality may adopt ordinance establishing standard for use & services; penalty.
Sponsor: Barry Knight
Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; sewer laterals.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Candidates for office; required to file copy of petition signed by qualified voters.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Children; Governor and DSS to develop and implement plan to reduce number in foster care.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Credit life insurance; disclosure requirement.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
BPOL tax; gross receipts of security brokers and dealers.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Wills & trusts; formula clauses referring to federal estate, generation-skipping transfer tax laws.
Sponsor: William Janis
Route 711; Buchanan County may enter into an agreement with Pike County, Kentucky to improve.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Charter; City of Richmond.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Schedule II drugs; pharmacist shall require identification in filling prescriptions.
Sponsor: Matthew Lohr
Subdivision of land; dividing lot for sale or gift may include family member's spouse.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Equalization, Board of; local government to appoint.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Civil War Site Preservation Fund; established.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Zoning appeals, Board of; fee for filing appeal by person aggrieved by decision, etc.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Jordan River; designates portion thereof as component of State Scenic Rivers System.
Sponsor: Todd Gilbert
Privileged communications; exchanging health care-related information between committees, etc.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Charter; City of Charlottesville.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2010; created.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Animal control officers; magistrate to issue arrest warrant for complaint for felony offense.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, etc.; limitation of liability contract clauses.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Insurance rate filings; exempts insurance rate-related information filed with SCC from inspection.
Sponsor: Samuel Nixon
Bristol Virginia Utilities (BVU) Authority; created.
Sponsor: Joseph Johnson
DUI; DCJS to establish model policy for law-enforcement personnel for questioning those suspected.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Home service contract providers; exempts those that have certain worth from licensure regulation.
Sponsor: Samuel Nixon
Child support orders; eliminates ability of DSS to order 2.5 percent cash medical support payments.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Wetlands and stream mitigation; prohibits localities from regulating location of projects.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Contractors, Board for; certification of accessibility mechanics.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Eminent domain; applicability of requirements to acquisition of property by City of Norfolk, etc.
Sponsor: Algie Howell
Health insurance; mandated coverage for telemedicine services.
Sponsor: William Wampler
Common Interest Community Board; clarification for complaints.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Absentee ballot lists; SBE to provide an electronic copy of applicant list to any political party.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Group life insurance coverage; extended to persons mutually agreed upon by insurer and policyholder.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Voting equipment requirements; electoral board may exclude absentee voters in calculation thereof.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Richmond, City of; tax amnesty program established.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Individual health insurance coverage; expands scope of who is eligible.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Income tax, individual; reporting requirements.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Service districts annual tax; shall only be levied upon specific classification of real estate.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Charter; Town of Duffield.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Volunteer property maintenance and zoning inspectors; adds Newport News to cities who may utilize.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Tobacco products tax; moist snuff tax shall be computed based on net weight listed by manufacturer.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Students; Board of Nursing to revise guidelines on seizure management for those with epilepsy.
Sponsor: David Albo
Virginia Workforce Development Authority; created.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Homestead deeds for personal property; previous filings.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Criminal background checks; fingerprinting of applicants and employees of public transit services.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Controlled substances; unlawfully obtaining or attempting to obtain, report required.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Menhaden fisheries; extends sunset provision for harvest.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Landlord and Tenant law; definition of landlord.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Influenza vaccine; certified emergency medical services personnel may administer and dispense.
Sponsor: Brenda Pogge
Jurors; equalizes pay of those in condemnation cases with that of regular jurors.
Sponsor: Barry Knight
Officers of election; appointment.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Hunting, trapping, and fishing; courts may revoke license and privilege if convicted of violations.
Sponsor: James Shuler
Rabies vaccination; exempts certain dogs and cats.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Child and spousal support; court to appoint vocational expert to conduct testing and interviews.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; expands authority to adopt regulations on feeding game, etc.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Interpleader of real estate escrows; suits shall go to district court in event of foreclosure.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Virginia Farm-to-School Week; designating as second full week of November 2010.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Commending the I.C. Norcom High School boys' basketball team.
Sponsor: Matthew James
Commending World Help.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Celebrating the life of Adolphus Gilliam Bradshaw.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Commending Trooper Justin T. Mahalik.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of Alfred P. Dennis.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Celebrating the life of Frank Raflo.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending the Isle of Wight TRIAD program.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Commending Amanda C. Ash.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Celebrating the life of William McGarvey Dudley.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Commending Phillip C. Stone.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending Virginia Green.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending Colonel, USA Ret., Van T. Barfoot.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of Captain Thurlow Q. Hutchinson, USNR Ret.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Commending the Loudoun County High School girls' volleyball team.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending the Altavista High School softball team.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Celebrating the life of Sergeant Brandon T. Islip, USA.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Commending the Reston Historic Trust.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Commending Temple Douglas.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending Friends of the Rappahannock.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Commending Caressa Cameron, Miss America.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of Mervin Jackson.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending the Chatham High School baseball team.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Commending Paul J. Lanteigne.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
DUI; post-arrest testing to determine drug or alcohol content of blood.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Celebrating the life of Michael E. Mares.
Sponsor: John Miller
Commending the Virginia Gentlemen Foundation.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Public-Private Acts of 1995 and 2002; certain grant agreements.
Sponsor: James Massie
Celebrating the life of George Chancellor Rawlings, Jr.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Governor; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Celebrating the life of Robert J. Frank, M.D.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Celebrating the life of Specialist Stephan Lee Mace.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending Ann Lam Wong.
Sponsor: George Barker
Commending the 29th Infantry Division of the Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia National Guard.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of Hale Hunter Hepler.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force in 200
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending John Thomas Casteen III.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending Sharon Dravvorn.
Sponsor: George Barker
Celebrating the life of Irving Filmore Truitt, Jr.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Commending Patricia Picard Cormier.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Celebrating the life of George William Titus.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Philanthropy and private foundations; recognizing and encouraging formation & creation of entities.
Sponsor: Jill Vogel
Celebrating the life of Thomas Chandler Northam.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Governor; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Celebrating the life of Major Harold E. Brown, Jr.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending the Broad Run High School football team.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Investor-owned electric utilities; establishes process used by SCC in reviews of rates, etc.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Governor; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
National Guard; provides in-state tuition for person who met requirements prior to active duty, etc.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of Samuel Morgan Church, Jr.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Commending Leonard W. Sandridge.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending the Central Virginia Community Health Center on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Celebrating the life of Marvin L. Gillum.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Celebrating the life of Earl Eugene Meese.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Celebrating the life of Albert R. Meadows.
Sponsor: John Miller
Commending the City of Alexandria's Archaeological Protection Code on the occasion of its 20th anniv
Sponsor: Richard Saslaw
Commending Lee Bell.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Celebrating the life of Joseph Robert Roy.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Celebrating the life of Oriana Robertson Hargrove.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Investment portfolio managed by Retirement System; Senate Committee on Finance to study.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Celebrating the life of Lillie Elizabeth Bradley Teasley.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Celebrating the life of Raymond Celester Crittenden, Jr.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of Nathaniel H. Reid, Jr.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Commending Vincent A. Tassa, Jr.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Celebrating the life of Carl F. Emswiller, Jr.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending John R. Henry.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Celebrating the life of Edward Delk.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Commending Joseph S. Crane.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Celebrating the life of David Kenneth Lisk.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Celebrating the life of General John Reiley Guthrie, USA Ret.
Sponsor: George Barker
Celebrating the life of the Honorable Carleton Penn II.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending the League of Women Voters of Virginia on the occasion of its 90th anniversary.
Sponsor: George Barker
Commending Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary School.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Commending Peter A. Fulcer.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending Khalil Hassan.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
General Assembly; joint committee of Senate and House to be established to study ethic issues.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of Woodley J. Koonce III.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Commending the Hampton Roads Chapter of the Virginia Counselors Association on the occasion of its 6
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Celebrating the life of John Graves Sanders.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Commending All Saints Catholic School.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy football team.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Thalhimers Department Store Lunch Counter Sit-In.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending the Children's Home Society of Virginia on the occasion of its 110th anniversary.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Commending Howard Kempter.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of Theodore Edward BaCote, Jr.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending the Phoebus High School football team.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Commending Lorraine Thompson.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day; designating as March 30, 2010, & each succeeding year thereafter.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Celebrating the life of Gladys Schuster Carter.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Celebrating the life of Hannibal E. Howell, Jr., M.D.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
General Assembly; support revocation of State's consent to transfer of Jens Soering.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Juvenile correctional facilities; counsel appointed for persons confined in correctional centers.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Healthy Youth Day; designating as January 20, 2010.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Commending Reverend Willie Woodson.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Commending the Moose Lodge in Bedford, Virginia Moose and Moose International.
Sponsor: Stephen Newman
Development and Land Use Tools in State's Localities, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
Sponsor: Jill Vogel
Commending Sheriff Charles E. Jett and the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Celebrating the life of George Washington Warden, Sr.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Governor; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. John Henry Foster.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Commending Zion Baptist Church.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Airsoft guns; prohibited on school property.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending Thomas Martin Oliver.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Commending the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Commending Wright to Read on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
Sponsor: Patricia Ticer
Governor; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Celebrating the life of Sergeant Lawrence T. Parker.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Celebrating the life of William Michaux Sydnor, Sr.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Celebrating the life of Constance M. Houston.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Juveniles; petition filed by intake officer to schools for certain crimes committed.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending the Reverend Dr. Kirkland R. Walton.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Commending the Wallops Flight Facility on the occasion of its 65th anniversary.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Celebrating the life of the Honorable George M. Warren, Jr.
Sponsor: William Wampler
Celebrating the life of William Glynn Loope.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Motor fuels tax; Virginia Transportation Research Council to study desirability, etc., of replacing.
Sponsor: John Miller
Kindergarteners; Department of Education to study dyslexia screening therefor.
Sponsor: Jill Vogel
Youth Art Month; designating as March 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.
Sponsor: John Miller
Governor; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Celebrating the life of H. Lewis Compton.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending the James Madison High School Robotics Club.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Celebrating the life of Robert Henkel Spilman, Sr.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Celebrating the life of Anargyros Lolos.
Sponsor: John Miller
Celebrating the life of John Hope Franklin, revered dean of African American historians.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Celebrating the life of the Reverend James H. Alsop.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Samuel L. Varner.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Celebrating the life of Nathan T. Hardee.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Celebrating the life of Charles Columbus Bassett III.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Commending Lieutenant General Samuel Vaughan Wilson, USA Ret.
Sponsor: John Miller
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe; extending state recognition thereto, representation on VCI.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Celebrating the life of William Samuel Carnes.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Commending William F. Mezger.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Celebrating the life of Samuel Wallace Cundiff.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Commending Charles D. Crowson, Jr.
Sponsor: John Miller
Commending Lester L. Burnett.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Celebrating the life of Clifton A. Bernard.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Celebrating the life of Douglas Junious DePriest.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Commending Historic Hilton Village.
Sponsor: John Miller
Governor; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Commending the City of Fairfax Band on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Commending Vector Industries, Inc., on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Commending William A. Garrett.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Celebrating the life of Thomas Boone Nottingham.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
License plates, special; issuance to those bearing legend: FRIENDS OF COAL, etc.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Commending the Poquoson High School baseball team.
Sponsor: John Miller
Strategy & Model for Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills and test; Board of Education to approve revised version, report.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Commending W. Randolph Nichols.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Celebrating the life of Bernard Joseph Natkin.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Celebrating the life of Harriet Nachman Storm.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Commending MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts.
Sponsor: Patricia Ticer
Celebrating the life of John Warren Cooke.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Celebrating the life of Elsie Taylor Brown.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Commending Frank Les Sisson.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
DRPT; study funding of high-speed and intercity passenger rail operations in State.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Celebrating the life of Frank K. Batten, Sr.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Adults and children with disabilities; DSS to conduct program on identifying abuse, neglect, etc.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Commending Elam Baptist Church on the occasion of its 200th anniversary.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Commending the Riverside Elementary School ThinkQuest competition team.
Sponsor: John Miller
Commending the Lonesome Dove Equestrian Center.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Commending Joe Frank.
Sponsor: John Miller
Commending Doorways for Women and Families.
Sponsor: Patricia Ticer
Childhood obesity; encouraging physical activity in public schools to reduce.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Commending Stanley Schoppe and the Montross Dairy Freeze on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Celebrating the life of Geraldine Elizabeth Gatlin Smith.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Governor; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Celebrating the life of Joseph William Minter.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Commending Sally Davis.
Sponsor: George Barker
Celebrating the life of Ralph William Carroll, Sr.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Autism Advisory Council; created, report.
Sponsor: George Barker
Celebrating the life of Deshannon Artemis Taylor.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Commending the Menchville High School baseball team.
Sponsor: John Miller
Celebrating the life of Christine Ann Cooke.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Commending Irvin Lewis Powell.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Interstate safety rest areas; Virginia Transportation Research Council to study public funding.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending pregnancy care centers.
Sponsor: George Barker
Commending the Virginia Ballet Company and School on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Commending Jacqueline and Frederick J. Napolitano, Sr.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Commending the Virginia Resources Authority on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Celebrating the life of Rudolph T. Gordon.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Celebrating the life of Colonel, USA Ret., Quintus Cincinnatus Atkinson V.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Tidal shoreline management; Virginia Institute of Marine Science to study.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Commending the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads, Inc., on the 75th anniversary.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Private capital lending; allows local government, etc., to enter into certain conduit agreements.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Commending Reverend Dr. Devlaming A. Peace, Sr.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Public schools and families; joint subcommittee to study effects of economic recession in State.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Celebrating the life of First Lieutenant Leevi K. Barnard.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Community colleges & higher educational institution, etc.; JLARC to study role of SOE in improving.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Commending Sean Fleming.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Public schools; JLARC to study reading proficiency among third graders.
Sponsor: John Miller
Celebrating the life of Master Sergeant Jerome David Hatfield.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Commending the Colonial Beach High School boys' basketball team.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Absentee voting procedures; deletes certain requirements.
Sponsor: George Barker
Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zones; established.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Small claims court; increases ceiling of jurisdictional amount thereof.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Nutrient Offset Fund; established.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Commending Diana Wallace.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Restorative justice programs; established for offenders and victims.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Income tax laws; conformity to Internal Revenue Code.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Mineral mining; increases license fee.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Commending David A. Lawrence.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Gas and oil wells; increase annual permit fee.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Coal mining; increases license fee.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Safety belts; primary enforcement when violations are observed at traffic safety checkpoints.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Passing vehicles; any vehicle passing a bicycle, etc., shall pass at least three feet to left.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of Ralph H. Dean.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
State employment; discrimination prohibited.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Commending Culpeper Regional Hospital on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Budget bill; required reports from House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
DUI; definition of substantially similar laws for determining number of prior offenses.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Virginia ports; Governor may enter into agreement that transfers to a nongovernmental entity.
Sponsor: John Miller
Celebrating the life of Jeremy Jason Wise.
Sponsor: Jeffrey McWaters
Commending Jeanne F. Zeidler.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Judges; increases mandatory retirement age.
Sponsor: John Edwards
State attorneys; increase of fees in criminal cases.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Telecommunications relay service; defines end-user equipment, sunset provision.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Racing Commission; distribution of allocations from live and simulcast horse racing.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
P-16 Education Council; established, reports.
Sponsor: John Miller
Commemorative commission; established to recommend monument to honor contributions of women.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
School calendar; removes restrictions for post-Labor Day school opening.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Health insurance; coverage funded by localities.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older may vote absentee.
Sponsor: John Miller
Vital records; Board of Health shall prescribe fee for certified copy thereof.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
District and circuit courts; increases court fees.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel.
Sponsor: George Barker
Celebrating the life of George G. King.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Celebrating the life of Brenda Friend Briggs.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Celebrating the life of Theo Bryant Marsh.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Celebrating the life of Robert Ward Armstrong.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Nottoway Indian Tribe; extending state recognition thereto and grants representation on VCI.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Tax preferences; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study effectiveness.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Group life insurance; permits state retiree to make irrevocable beneficiary designation for funeral.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Voter registration application; proof of citizenship.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Celebrating the life of Dick Thompson.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Professional Social Work Month; designating as March 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Hazardous waste permit fees; Waste Management Board authorized to collect fees.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Weights and measures; moneys collected from imposition of fees shall be deposited into Fund.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Polling hours; provides for a court-ordered extension thereof in emergency situations.
Sponsor: George Barker
Pedestrians crossing highways; duties of vehicles to stop to allow at marked crosswalks.
Sponsor: George Barker
Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund; established.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Irrigation systems; installation of an outdoor automatic sprinkler in state-owned buildings.
Sponsor: George Barker
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; eligibility.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Retail Sales & Use Tax; exempts solar thermal systems, etc., purchased for installation on property.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Mental health and substance abuse providers; background checks.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Natural drying devices; no community association shall prohibit owner from installing or using.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Unemployment benefits; eligibility criteria.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Celebrating the life of Jack R. Lilienthal, Sr.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Mental health courts; definition, district and circuit courts may establish in any jurisdiction.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Real property tax; notice of public hearing when locality's assessment results in increase.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Medical information; notification to residents if their information is subject of database breach.
Sponsor: George Barker
Motorboat; a locality may, by ordinance, impose annual registration fee.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Incarcerated defendant; waiver of payment of interest on fines and costs accrued.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Budget Bill.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Divorce proceedings; service requirements and waiver of notice of further proceedings.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Conflict of interest disclosure forms; shall be posted on website of clerk for five years.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund; funding from additional surcharge.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Law Officers' Retirement System; allowance would be paid until social security retirement age.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Electronic summons system; cities, etc., to assess fee as part of costs in criminal or traffic case.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Absentee voting; Board of Elections shall implement a system to accept ballot electronically.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending Jane R. Atkinson.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Absentee voting; qualified voters to provide a reason for not being able to vote on election day.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Green Jobs Grant Program; established.
Sponsor: John Miller
Green Public Buildings Act; created.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Personal flotation devices; requires children 12 and under to wear.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Budget Bill.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Commending Eric R. Glueckert.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
State government efficiency; House of Delegates subcommittees to study.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Electronic legislative information system; Clerk of House of Delegates to post votes of members.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Senate Committee on Rules; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
State sovereignty; Congress urged to honor Tenth amendment of U.S. Constitution.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Celebrating the life of Joseph V. Gorman, Jr.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Commending Barry Green.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending Helen Marie Taylor.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Celebrating the life of Carolyn Moses Lusardi.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Celebrating the life of J.A.G. Parrish.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Commending the Virginia Community Healthcare Association for 30 years of service to the Commonwealth
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Commending Myrtle Bailey.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Commending C.J. Woollum.
Sponsor: John Miller
Commending the Family Foundation of Virginia on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending Holly Norris.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Celebrating the life of Margaret C. Allen.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Celebrating the life of Marie Teresa Jennings Massie.
Sponsor: Jill Vogel
Commending Edward W. Jones.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; localities may allocate portion of civil penalties.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Commending Michael A. Jones.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Commending Will Mason.
Sponsor: Jeffrey McWaters
Celebrating the life of Major General (USA Ret.) Alvin Bryant, M.D.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Commending Jack Taylor.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Celebrating the life of Arthur V. Holloway.
Sponsor: John Miller
Commending the City of Bristol on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its iconic sign.
Sponsor: William Wampler
Celebrating the life of Sergeant Paul E. Dumont, Jr., USA.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Celebrating the life of Matthew Lyle Lacy III.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Celebrating the life of Thomas Alan Reid.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Celebrating the life of Gene Paul Moore.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Celebrating the life of JoAnne M. Jorgenson.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Circuit courts and judges; clarifies authority.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Virginia War Memorial; codifies criteria for memorialization of fallen Virginians.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Celebrating the life of Kelly Noel Combs Necessary.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Celebrating the life of Sidney A. Reyes.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Commending Barbara O. Carraway.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Commending HCA Virginia Health System and its newest facility, Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Celebrating the life of William Eugene Gallahan, Jr.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Commending Community Housing Partners.
Sponsor: Ralph Smith
Commending Linda Costanzo.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Celebrating the life of Margie Fisher.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending Emily Ward.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Photo-monitoring system; may enter into agreement with DMV to obtain vehicle owner information.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Celebrating the life of Charles D. Curley, Jr.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Celebrating the life of Anna Leola Jones Studivant.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Commending Elizabeth DiJulio.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Commending Titan America.
Sponsor: Ralph Smith
Commending Head Coach Frank Beamer and the Virginia Tech football team.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Commending Ronald McNew and Craig Furneisen.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Commending the City of Waynesboro, the City of Staunton, and the County of Augusta for their success
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Motor vehicle titles; exempts special construction and forestry equipment from being titled.
Sponsor: Barry Knight
Nonstock Corporation Act; conforms revisions to Model Business Corporation Act.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Regional rapid transit network; continues mandate of study.
Sponsor: George Barker
Norfolk/Virginia Beach light rail project; funds will be expended in accordance with FTA.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Nursing homes; DHP to study advisability of permitting use of medication aides.
Sponsor: George Barker
Manufacturing facility; expands definition to include those used in creation of intangible property.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Pass-through entities; penalties.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Land conservation practices; information management.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Celebrating the life of Keith Kessler.
Sponsor: Richard Anderson
Commending Fort A.P. Hill.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Alcoholic beverages; tasting event to be conducted at government stores under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
New River Valley Emergency Communications Regional Authority; created.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Charter; Town of Gretna.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
State Water Supply Plan Advisory Committee; established.
Sponsor: John Miller
Commending E. Harris Spindle.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Commending the Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire Department's Annual Firemen's Carnival on the occasion of i
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Commending Ronald B. McCormick, Jr.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Paulette Dean.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Celebrating the life of Carolyn Simpson Gay.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending Jeanne O. Cox.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Celebrating the life of Anna Leola Jones Studivant.
Sponsor: Roslyn Tyler
Commending Ronald C. Ball.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Celebrating the life of George Wesley Moshenek.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Jack E. Harcourt.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Commending the Southern Fauquier Historical Society, Inc.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Celebrating the life of JoAnne M. Jorgenson.
Sponsor: David Albo
Celebrating the life of Omer Clyde Stone, Jr.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending Roger Lee Bradley.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Manufactured Housing Licensing & Transaction Recovery Fund Law; dealer may retain damages.
Sponsor: James Scott
Commending Judith Childress.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Celebrating the life of Willie D. Cosby III.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Commending the Episcopal Church of the Advent on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Paula Miller
Commending the Fork Church on the occasion of its 275th anniversary.
Sponsor: John Cox
Commending Colonial Baptist Church on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Commending the Robinson High School girls' swim team.
Sponsor: David Albo
Celebrating the life of William Eugene Gallahan, Jr.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Workforces; allowed on private property owned by elderly or indigent persons if needing repair.
Sponsor: Christopher Stolle
Celebrating the life of Millie Hairston Eggleston.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending Falls Church's Premier Athletics Club '97 Fusion girls' soccer team.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Celebrating the life of John Gruber Fox.
Sponsor: David Albo
Celebrating the life of Charles Francis Curtis.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending the Southwest Virginia 4-H Educational Center on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending Aragona Pembroke Little League on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Christopher Stolle
Celebrating the life of Matthew Lyle Lacy III.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Portia Wilson McClenny.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Commending Betty A. Thompson.
Sponsor: David Albo
Celebrating the life of Lt. Colonel Herman M. Craig, Sr., USA Ret.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending the Wilson Memorial High School debate team.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending Randal E. Arno.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Judy Walker.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Celebrating the life of E. George Middleton, Jr.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Commending Michael Ryan.
Sponsor: Brenda Pogge
Commending Team Fairfax and Fairfax County as the host of the 2015 World Police and Fire Games.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Celebrating the life of Mary Lotz Kauffmann.
Sponsor: William Janis
Commending Ruby Batts Archie.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Ben David Jewelers.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending John C. Hamlin.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Ben Youngstone.
Sponsor: Delores McQuinn
Commending Pleasant View Elementary School.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending the agencies, companies, organizations, and people who assisted Virginians in the afterma
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Commending Donald T. Wood.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
DUI; prohibited while operating a school bus, penalty.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending the Virginia Chapter of The Nature Conservancy on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Commending Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending Teresa Keller.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Commending Mark Kane.
Sponsor: David Albo
Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; establish restrictions on display of U.S. flag.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Commending the Faith Baptist School girls' basketball team.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Commending Leon J. Parrish.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending Kevin Michaels.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Commending the Campus Kitchen at the College of William and Mary.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Commending Joseph H. Maroon.
Sponsor: Eileen Filler-Corn
Misdemeanors; appointment of counsel, imposition of penalty of incarceration in certain cases.
Sponsor: William Cleaveland
Commending the City of Richmond on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the consolidation of the
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Commending Charles G. Ellis.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Barbara Severin.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Commending David and Jolly DeGive.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Commending Zion Baptist Church.
Sponsor: Roslyn Tyler
Commending the Belle View Condominium Community.
Sponsor: David Englin
Commending Robert Christopher Trani.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Celebrating the life of Patricia Royal Perkinson.
Sponsor: Harvey Morgan
Commending Cindee Cordova.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Commending First Baptist Church in Danville on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Jane Hawker.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending the Boys and Girls Club of Fauquier County.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Commending Ventures Outreach, New Hope Housing and the Rising Hope United Methodist Mission church.
Sponsor: David Englin
Commending Vernon L. Wood.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending Pilgrim Baptist Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Celebrating the life of Specialist Christopher James Coffland.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending the Christiansburg High School wrestling team.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Commending Emmanuel Episcopal Church on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
Sponsor: Joseph Morrissey
Commending the Piedmont Virginia Dental Health Foundation.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending the Carlisle School golf team.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending Steve Crowder.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending Gary L. Fitts.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending the Honorable Thomas V. Warren.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Commending the Nansemond-Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Commending the Cavalier Manor Police Community Relations Advisory Committee.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Commending the North Richmond YMCA of Greater Richmond.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Joint Rules Committee and Speaker of House of Delegates; confirming appointments.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Celebrating the life of Sergeant Lawrence G. "J.R." Sprader, Jr., United States Army.
Sponsor: Riley Ingram
Property Owners' Association Act; fees for disclosure packet paid when delivered.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Commending Don Lawson.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Commending Ron Meadows.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Commending Dr. Quan Nguyen.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Commending Bruce Lemmert.
Sponsor: Joe May
Commending Dr. M.G. 'Pat' Robertson.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Commending the Alexandria Commission for Women.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Commending the George C. Marshall Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending Dennis D. Husch.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending Richard F. Downer.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending Patrick Henry High School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Commending West Potomac High School on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
Sponsor: David Englin
Commending the Town of Amherst on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Commending pregnancy care centers.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Celebrating the life of Sergeant William John Cahir, USMC.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Commending Patricia Macintyre.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending Jean Goldsby.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending Nannie P. Calloway.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Commending James Wesley Epperly.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Commending Amelia County on the occasion of its 275th anniversary.
Sponsor: Thomas Wright
Commending English Construction Company, Inc., on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Commending Anita Vassar.
Sponsor: Brenda Pogge
Commending the Carlisle School field hockey team.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending the Division of Capitol Police.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending the Virginia Spine Institute.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Vehicle license fees; allows localities to exempt members of certain sheriff's volunteer units.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Commending the Nelson County High School one-act play ensemble.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Alternative Fuels Revolving Fund; adds improvement of infrastructure such as refueling stations.
Sponsor: Charles Poindexter
Tax returns; electronic filing by certain tax preparers, employers, and dealers.
Sponsor: Walter Stosch
Stormwater management regulations; changes effective date that establishes local program criteria.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Commending Derrick Borlie.
Sponsor: Beverly Sherwood
Information Technology; Governor to appoint Chief Information Officer of VITA, etc.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Commending the Prince Hall Masons of Virginia.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Transient occupancy tax; Fairfax County limitations.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending Lenard Delon Lackey, Jr.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Standards of Quality; requirement for standard diploma.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Celebrating the life of Ralph William Carroll, Sr.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Council on; DOE liaison.
Sponsor: John Miller
Prisoners; use to maintain medians or other nontraveled portions of state highways.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Neighborhood assistance tax credits; changes definition of impoverished people.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Judge; nomination for election to circuit court.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Workers' Compensation Commission; notices, orders, etc., by electronic communications.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Grass and weeds; adds City of Colonial Heights to list of localities authorized to require cutting.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Land use proposals; exempts localities and citizens' organization from payment of certain VDOT fees.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Commending Barbara Williams.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Workers' Compensation Commission; repeals requirement of sending copies of awards by priority mail.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Commending Kiara N. Lee.
Sponsor: Roslyn Tyler
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel; VDOT to accept for review unsolicited proposals to add capacity.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
HOV lanes; extends date for use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Commending John T. Asper.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Charter; City of Charlottesville.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Celebrating the life of Robert Ratliff.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Celebrating the life of Philip LeeAllen Minor, M.D.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Judge; nomination for election to Supreme Court of Virginia.
Sponsor: Henry Marsh
Standards of Quality; local school board to include in its annual report.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Motor fuel or lubricating oils; admission into evidence of certificates of analysis.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Health care, indigent; Joint Commission on Health Care to study.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Celebrating the life of Lucias T. Mitchell.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Information Technology; Governor to appoint Chief Information Officer of VITA, etc.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Commending Imam Mohamed Magid and Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Harvester's license; prohibits Marine Resources Commission from issuing certain nonresident license.
Sponsor: Ralph Northam
Celebrating the life of Myrna Miller Wellons.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Commending Jermon Terrell Bushrod.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Celebrating the life of Andrew Lucius Turner, Jr.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Clarksville-Boydton Airport Commission; name changed to Lake Country Airport Commission.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System & Registry; mortgage lenders & brokers required to register.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Bristol Virginia Utilities (BVU) Authority; created.
Sponsor: William Wampler
Driver licenses and permits; requirement for renewal, etc., for person under medical review by DMV.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending the Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School Blue Crab Bowl team.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Virginia Rail Heritage Region; designating various counties, cities, and towns to be included.
Sponsor: Lacey Putney
Commending Friends of the Rappahannock.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Commending Carson United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Riley Ingram
Charter; Town of Floyd.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Commending Virginia Task Force 1.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Nottoway Indian Tribe; State extends recognition and grants representation on VCI.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Commending Rosemary Tran Lauer and Devotion to Children.
Sponsor: Mark Keam
Consumer Protection Act; consumer transactions involving churches and other religious bodies.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Subdivision ordinance; dedication of public improvements.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Blackwater River; designates portion thereof as component of State Scenic Rivers System.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Water safety zones; authorizes marine patrol divisions of police in Tidewater localities to patrol.
Sponsor: Frank Wagner
Workers' Compensation Commission; filing materials by electronic transmission.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Celebrating the life of Lawona R. Spencer.
Sponsor: Barbara Comstock
Mail order pharmacy; insurer not limited to a single provider for services.
Sponsor: Stephen Newman
Equalization, Board of; local government with county manager plan of government to appoint.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Transportation Network of Hampton Roads, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Celebrating the life of Charles Harmon Robson, Jr.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Commending the Sheraton and the Westin hotels in Reston Heights.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Steps to Advance Virginia's Energy Plan (SAVE) Act; created.
Sponsor: John Petersen
HOV lanes; allows certain military personnel to use in Hampton Roads regardless of passengers.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Charter; Town of Fincastle.
Sponsor: Ralph Smith
Commending the St. Christopher's School wrestling team.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Group health insurance policies; policies sold to small employer to include mammogram coverage, etc.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Celebrating the life of John M. DeMaria, Sr.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Clean energy financing; localities authorized to place liens against any property.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Commending Joe Frank.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Commending the New Bohemia Region of Prince George County.
Sponsor: Riley Ingram
Commending Millard D. Stith, Jr.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Amber warning lights; allows non-tow trucks owned by towing and recovery businesses to be equipped.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
RS&UT; dealers selling and installing countertops shall be deemed retailers for purposes thereof.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Celebrating the life of Orvin Herman Kiser, Sr.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Celebrating the life of Earl Ambrose Game.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Commending Virginia Task Force 1.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Virginia Confederate soldiers; memorial at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Commending Clayton T. Lester.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Celebrating the life Robert David Smith, Sr.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Charter; Town of Duffield.
Sponsor: William Wampler
Celebrating the life of Jeanice Elaine McMillan.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Celebrating the life of Major General (USA Ret.) Alvin Bryant, M.D.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Celebrating the life of Wilbert Theodore Borum.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Charter; City of Norfolk.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Commending Berry H. Sossoman, Jr.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Nonprofit employment service organizations; recognizing services thereof vended through DRS.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Celebrating the life of Donald Robert Colburn.
Sponsor: David Englin
Celebrating the life of Helen Hudson Shelburne
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Health care homes, chronic; Joint Commission on Health Care to study feasibility of developing.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Motor vehicles; prohibition on driving abreast does not apply to passing other vehicles.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Health insurance coverage, catastrophic; Joint Commission on Health Care to study options.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Commending the Hampton Roads Small Business Development Center.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week; designating as second week of March 2010, & each year thereafter.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Golf carts; may cross at any intersection marked as a golf cart crossing in certain towns.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Philanthropy and private foundations; recognizing and encouraging formation & creation of entities.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe; General Assembly to extend state recognition thereto, etc.
Sponsor: Roslyn Tyler
Alcoholic beverages; possession without a license, exemptions.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Hurricane Awareness and Preparedness Week; designating as last week of May 2010.
Sponsor: Beverly Sherwood
Standard software package; Sec. of Tech. to study feasibility of developing for local governments.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Local vehicle licenses; agreements with DMV.
Sponsor: Onzlee Ware
Commending the Capitol Security Working Team.
Sponsor: Beverly Sherwood
Celebrating the life of Edward L. Brown, Sr.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Lumpkin's Slave Jail and Slave Burial Ground for Negroes; encourages preservation of historic site.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Celebrating the life of Paul Randolph McNeer, M.D.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Celebrating the life of Morgan Dana Harrington.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Commending Carolyn Winstead Meyers.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Commending the Honorable Thomas V. Warren.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Commending John Patrick Haymore.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Michael Eddy, Michael Frames, and Scott Pifer.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Commending Bethany Baptist Church on the occasion of its 240th anniversary.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Commending Terry Alford, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Prisons; disposal of unclaimed personal property of prisoner.
Sponsor: Paula Miller
Children; Crime Commission to study penalties for taking indecent liberties involving minors.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Transportation Board; may allocate funds in Mass Transit Fund designated for capital purposes.
Sponsor: Patrick Hope
Commending Alan Cantrell.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Commending Spotsylvania County Crime Solvers.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Commending the Frank W. Cox High School wrestling team.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Prisoners; allowed on private property to remove graffiti in certain localities.
Sponsor: Christopher Stolle
Celebrating the life of J. Michael Lunsford.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Commending Robert T. Chappell.
Sponsor: Todd Gilbert
Alcoholic beverages; tasting event to be conducted at government stores under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Celebrating the life of James Blair Bibby.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Commending Gwendolyn F. Bailey.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Route 1; designating as Historic Route 1 in State.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Voter lists; expands list of people and organizations who may purchase list of registered voters.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Individual health insurance coverage; resident of State shall not be required to obtain a policy.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Qualifications of candidates; evaluate whether a person meets residency requirements.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Individual health insurance coverage; resident of State shall not be required to obtain a policy.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Commending Eddie N. Moore, Jr.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Individual health insurance coverage; resident of State shall not be required to obtain a policy.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Lieutenant Governor; membership on certain boards, councils, and commissions.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Housing and Community Development, Board for; powers.
Sponsor: Donald Merricks
Pharmacists; supervision of pharmacy technicians.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Va. Grade Level Alternative; justification shall be provided for each student considered therefor.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Contractors, Board for; prerequisite for obtaining business license.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Veterans Services, Department of; processing of disability claims.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Homebound instruction services; Board of Education shall review its regulations.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
School board; may have staggered terms for members in Loudoun County.
Sponsor: Thomas Greason
Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, etc.; limitation of liability contract clauses.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Substitute teachers; may be employed longer than 90 teaching days in a school year.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Industrialized Building Safety Law; appeals to State Building Code Technical Review Board.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Consumable materials; authorizes a school board to charge fees.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Veterans Services; eliminates requirement that Wounded Warrior Program cover only combat injuries.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Community services boards; reduces period of time a person must wait before being reappointed.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Graduation requirements; delayed implementation.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Contractors, Board for; adds certified water well systems provider.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Churches; exempts serving meals prepared in homes of members from licensure requirements.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Contractors, Board for; raises threshold for Class C contractors license.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Building Code; appeals to local board and State Technical Review Board.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Veterans services agencies; designees for certain ex officio members.
Sponsor: Vivian Watts
Schedule VI prescriptions; allows practitioner to prescribe if there is an urgency for treatment.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Oceana/Fentress Military Advisory Council; membership.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Uniform Statewide Building Code; buildings or structures built on state-owned property.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Suspension of state mandates; Governor may suspend any mandate, not to exceed two years.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Statewide Fire Prevention Code; appeals from local fire codes.
Sponsor: Mark Sickles
Umbilical cord blood education; Commissioner of Health to develop and post information on website.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
School divisions, local; policy on Internet shall be posted on its website.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Higher educational institutions; crisis and emergency management.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Federal rent control; repealing Code that declared unneccessary.
Sponsor: William Janis
Standards of Quality; requirements for standard, modified, or advanced studies diploma.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Standards of Quality; local school board to include in its annual report.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Offshore drilling; royalties to be deposited in Transportation Trust Fund, etc.
Sponsor: David Albo
Electronic textbooks; allows for purchase of printed textbooks, etc., for public schools.
Sponsor: Matthew Lohr
Common Interest Community Board; clarification for complaints.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Physical therapy; advertising prohibited if not a licensed physical therapist or assistant.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for awarding grants and loans.
Sponsor: David Albo
Vocational programs; definition.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Administrative Process Act; removes obsolete exemptions.
Sponsor: William Janis
Higher Education, Council of; duties.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Precious metals dealers; penalties for violation of law.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
School calendar; requirement that school begin after Labor Day may be waived by Board of Education.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Uniform Statewide Building Code; increases civil penalty.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Virginia Index of Performance incentive program; to recognize and reward fully accredited schools.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; removes obsolete language from Title 54.1.
Sponsor: William Janis
Vaccination of school children; Department of Health to develop plan for all students in State.
Sponsor: David Englin
General Assembly deadlines; computation of time.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Contractors, Board for; certification of accessibility mechanics.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Uniform Statewide Building Code; court may order violations on nonresidential buildings be abated.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Circuit court system; Executive Secretary of Supreme Court to employ staff from state funds.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Honor and Remember Flag; U.S. Congress urged to designate as national emblem of service.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Firearms, ammunition, etc.; those manufactured and retained in State not subject to federal law.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Public schools; school board to report to Superintendent of Public Instruction recycling policies.
Sponsor: George Barker
Concealed handguns; development of plan for issuance of lifetime permit by State Police.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
School calendar; requirement that school begin after Labor Day may be waived by Board of Education.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Conditions of release; person arrested for felony released to pretrial services agency if indigent.
Sponsor: David Albo
Personal property tax relief; removes weight limitation.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Workers' compensation; employer liability for medical services.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Governor; prohibited from holding an official leadership position in a national political party.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Firearms in locked vehicles; immunity from liability.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Judicial vacancies; removes requirement of certifying prior to legislature filling vacancies.
Sponsor: William Janis
Fair Housing Law; recovery of damages against private individual by fair housing organizations.
Sponsor: David Albo
Naming highways, etc.; allows Transportation Board to name.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
State sovereignty; Congress urged to honor Tenth Amendment of U.S. Constitution.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; time of disaster.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Workers' compensation; exclusion of certain employees.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Successor corporations; applicability of limitations on asbestos-related liabilities.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Parental Rights Amendment; urging Congress to pass amendment to Constitution and submit to states.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Firearms; Class 1 misdemeanor to discharge in certain areas.
Sponsor: William Janis
Judges; mandatory retirement, General Assembly to approve retired judges under temporary recall.
Sponsor: William Janis
Computer trespass; expands crime to include video and image capture hardware or software, penalty.
Sponsor: David Albo
Firearms; disposition of those acquired by localities.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Commissioner of accounts; prohibiting General Assembly members from serving.
Sponsor: Thomas Gear
Condemnations; highway construction.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Income tax, state; long-term care insurance tax credit.
Sponsor: David Albo
Critical care specialist; added to list of specialists who can determine when patient is brain dead.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Commonwealth Transportation Board; rules and regulations.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Terrorism, federal; those accused or convicted shall not be held in custody in state/local facility.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Nursing homes; rights of patients.
Sponsor: Stephen Newman
Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner; advertising for bids.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Concealed handgun permit; documentation and information provided by applicant.
Sponsor: Thomas Wright
Charter schools, public; Board may submit recommendation to school board to approve applications.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Consumer protection laws; transfers investigative and consumer complaint to OAG.
Sponsor: Matthew Lohr
Concealed handgun permit; failure to produce upon demand of a law-enforcement officer, penalty.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Speed limits; increases on highways where it is presently 65 mph to 70 mph.
Sponsor: Stephen Newman
Motorcycles; allows law-enforcement officers on official duty to drive two abreast in a single lane.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Uniform Commercial Code; prohibits inclusion in a sales agreement.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Transportation Trust Fund; increases amount of general fund surplus.
Sponsor: David Albo
Human tracking devices; unlawful use thereof by insurer or employer.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Governor's schools; Board of Education encouraged to support establishment of additional schools.
Sponsor: James LeMunyon
Federal budget; Congress to propose amendment to U.S. Constitution for balanced budget requirement.
Sponsor: Ron Villanueva
Disability services boards; eliminates requirement that localities establishes.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Highways; payments to cities and towns for maintenance of certain.
Sponsor: Matthew Lohr
DUI ignition interlock; required to have on first offense as a condition of a restricted license.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Concealed handgun permit; removes option for locality to require applicant to submit fingerprints.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Interpreters for non-English-speaking persons; compensation.
Sponsor: William Janis
Informed consent; includes ultrasound to determine gestation age.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Barking dog ordinances; locality may require parties to use mediation in resolving dispute.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Concealed handguns; person who possesses valid permit may carry into emergency shelter.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, etc., Board for; exceptions from licensure.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Handguns; repeals one-gun-a-month limitation.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Workforce Council; reduces membership, Executive Committee shall review & recommend grant proposals.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit; certain health clinics eligible to receive.
Sponsor: James Scott
Disabled parking; windshield placard shall not show certain personal information.
Sponsor: Richard Stuart
Workers' compensation; medical services.
Sponsor: Donald Merricks
Certificate of public need; definition of project.
Sponsor: John Miller
General Assembly Personnel Act; created.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
DMV; authorized to use National Change of Address System to update customer records.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Speed limits; unposted maximum speed on nonsurface treated highways in Nelson County is 35 mph.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Real property tax assessments; appeals.
Sponsor: David Albo
Concealed handgun permit; prohibits clerk of court from providing public access to applications.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Crime victims; no law-enforcement officer shall inquire into immigration status thereof.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Commerce; goods manufactured or made in State shall not be authority of U.S. Congress to regulate.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Uninsured motorist insurance; coverage for nonresident motor vehicle insured in another state.
Sponsor: Donald McEachin
Uninsured motorist insurance; coverage for nonresident motor vehicle insured in another state.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
House and Senate Ethics Advisory Panels; completion of inquiry once initiated.
Sponsor: David Albo
Commending Jack Taylor.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Commending Amy Phillips.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Commending Thomas Owens.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Celebrating the life of Dr. James H.M. Henderson.
Sponsor: James Scott
Textile Heritage Week; designating as first week of September 2010, and each succeeding year.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
American Heart Month; designating as February 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Lobbyist's disclosure statement; Secretary of Commonwealth to redesign form.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Conflict of interests; prohibited conduct for certain officers and employees of state government.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Celebrating the life of Charles S. Kiley.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Medicaid; JLARC to study program to identify opportunity to reduce waste, etc.
Sponsor: David Albo
9/11 Heroes Memorial Highway; Route 27 adjacent to Pentagon in Arlington County designated thereas.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Commending the Honorable Thomas H. Wood.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending Gary B. O'Connell.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Lupus Awareness Month; designating as May 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Commending Janice Holland.
Sponsor: Charles Poindexter
Commending Abingdon Baptist Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Senior citizens; SHHR to establish mechanism to facilitate coordination & access to service thereto.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Commending Farooq Akbar, M.D.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
National Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day; designating as January 29, 2010.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Celebrating the life of Marvin L. Gillum.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Highway; Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability to develop plan to place toll on certain.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending Sean Gleason.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Celebrating the life of Carter Randolph Allen.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills and test; Board of Education to approve revised version, report.
Sponsor: Algie Howell
Commending Virginia Task Force 2.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Commending Gary J. Rasmussen.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Teen Organ Donation Awareness Day; designating as April 9, 2010, and each succeeding year.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Celebrating the life of Dr. Henry B. Larzelere.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Commending the Town of Boykins on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Development and Land Use Tools in State's Localities, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Sponsor: David Albo
Celebrating the life of William Clark Jordan.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Interstate safety rest areas; Virginia Transportation Research Council to study.
Sponsor: David Albo
Commending Zion Baptist Church on the occasion of its 145th anniversary.
Sponsor: Matthew James
Legislative study commissions; staffing support for certain Commissions.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending Julie Knight.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Virginia Cancer Plan Action Coalition; requested to report changes to Governor, etc.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Nursing homes; DHP to study advisability of permitting use of medication aides.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
School divisions; JLARC to study those contracting collectively in certain areas of procurement.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Celebrating the life of Raymond Celester Crittenden, Jr.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Commending Caressa Cameron.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Celebrating the life of R. Wendell Midkiff.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Commending the Women's Suffrage Museum and the Workhouse Arts Center.
Sponsor: David Albo
Honor and Remember Flag; State's emblem of service and sacrifice by members of U.S. Armed Forces.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Mammograms, yearly; Health Commissioner to promote as an effective tool in breast cancer prevention.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Youth Fitness Day; designating as April 25, 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Gas & Oil Act; Coal & Energy Commission to study ownership rights of coalbed methane & natural gas.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Legislative Support Commission; publication of House and Senate voting records.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Metropolitan planning organizations; membership.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day; designating as March 30, 2010, & each succeeding year thereafter.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Brinkley Ingram.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Commending Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia.
Sponsor: David Albo
Commending Elisa Lueck.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Celebrating the life of Raymond Lewis Venator.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Celebrating the life of James I. Mayer.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Celebrating the life of Rose Marie Morgan Worthy.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Commending Mark Coward.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Commending Helen Dragas.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Celebrating the life of Thomas Alan Reid.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Primary & filing schedule; State Board of Elections to reschedule November 2011 election, etc.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Commending Rosebud Baptist Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Roslyn Tyler
Celebrating the life of Major Harold E. Brown, Jr.
Sponsor: David Albo
Celebrating the life of Rebecca Perdue Lumsden.
Sponsor: Charles Poindexter
Celebrating the life of Kelly Noel Combs Necessary.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Commending Cities of Waynesboro, Staunton, and County of Augusta on partnership with Augusta Health.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending the Columbia Pike on the occasion of its 200th anniversary.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel; VDOT to implement recommendations of Independent Review Panel.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Commending Rabbi Amy M. Schwartzman.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Peanut Board; authorized to enter into an agreement with Federal Commodity Credit Corporation.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Dam Safety Act; Soil & Water Conservation Board to adopt regulations concerning low traffic roadway.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Energy and Environment, Commission on; responsibility to review, etc., impacts of energy production.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Cultural heritage sites; Director of DCR to establish directory of historical facilities and sites.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Abortion; information required for informed consent.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Va. High-Speed Rail Commission; established, replaces Va-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Investment of public funds; removes requirement that public funds must be invested in certificates.
Sponsor: Donald Merricks
Highway maintenance funds; requires CTB to allocate funds on basis of achieving level of disparity.
Sponsor: David Albo
Substance abuse treatment services; Bureau of Insurance of SCC to collect data, etc., on, report.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Prescription Monitoring Program; DHP to collect data about utilization by prescribers & dispensers.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2010; created.
Sponsor: David Albo
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; replaces President of Hampton University with that of JMU.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Debt Capacity Advisory Committee; adds State Comptroller and Staff Directors to membership.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Abortion clinics; licensure and regulation.
Sponsor: Kathy Byron
General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; House or Senate Ethics Advisory Panel investigations.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Virginia Index of Performance incentive program; established.
Sponsor: John Miller
License plates, state; Cumberland Plateau Regional Housing Authority to use on vehicles.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Taxes, state; reduces period of limitation for collection from 20 to 10 years.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Prescription drugs; stored, etc., by community services board, behavioral health authorities, etc.
Sponsor: Harvey Morgan
Aquaculture opportunity zones; Marine Resources Commission establish for propagation of shellfish.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
License plates, special; issuance to those bearing legend: TRUST WOMEN/RESPECT CHOICE.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Tax information; disclosure of to Executive Director of Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.
Sponsor: Charniele Herring
Tax returns; electronic filing by certain tax preparers, employers, and dealers.
Sponsor: Kaye Kory
Cigarette tax; penalties for unstamped cigarettes.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Oyster restoration projects; authorizes Resources Authority to finance.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Public schools; maintaining records of pesticide application on school grounds.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Railroad rights-of-way; passage permitted for access to lands used for recreational purposes, etc.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Animal care; adoption of regulations permitting non-commercial intrastate transportation by officer.
Sponsor: Roscoe Reynolds
Notary public; civil immunity for local government officers, employees, and volunteers.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Intellectual property created by state employees; adds new reporting requirements.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Jailable offense; discretion of law-enforcement officer to arrest or issue summons therefor.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Transient occupancy tax; any county may levy tax on single-family residences.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Castle doctrine; right to use physical force against an intruder, immune from civil liability.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Court-appointed counsel; requires detailed accounting for representation expenses for each charge.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending Maureen F. Ribble.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Eminent domain; restricting access to or from property taken to be considered in assessing damages.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Legal notices; failure by publisher of newspaper to properly publish shall not invalidate action.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Mobile camps and other railway work facilities; establishes standards therefor.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Sales and use and BPOL taxes; exemptions for certain aviation companies.
Sponsor: Thomas Gear
Homeowners insurance; prohibits insurance company from canceling due to Chinese drywall.
Sponsor: John Miller
Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; certain requirements for CMRS resellers.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Pawnbrokers; allows Spotsylvania County to maintain and file a daily report electronically.
Sponsor: Edward Houck
Primary & secondary road projects; establishment & use of regional accounts by Transportation Board.
Sponsor: David Albo
Local or regional housing fund; locality may establish to make grants to housing sponsers, etc.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Campaign contributions; stored value cards prohibited.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
License tax, state; credit for investment in small business investment companies.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Income tax, corporate; apportionment of income for manufacturers.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Settlement payment; insurer to provide notice to a judgment creditor upon payment of $5,000.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Alternative onsite sewage systems; waiver from examination applicants for licensure as an installer.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Retail Sales and Use Tax; taxes on room rentals.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Defective drywall; penalties.
Sponsor: John Miller
School boards; any locality in Planning District 8 may establish system of staggered elections.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Elections, State Board of; provides for position of Director of Elections.
Sponsor: Samuel Nixon
Commending Patrick W. Finnerty.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Commending the Herndon Rotary Club on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending the Herndon Fortnightly Club on the occasion of its 120th anniversary.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending Creeds Elementary School on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Commending the Peter Paul Development Center on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Food and beverage tax; locality to set amount.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Removal of motor vehicles; adds Prince William Co. to localities that may remove or immobilize.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Commending Ted Hochstein.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending Herndon Volunteer Fire Department on the occasion of its 80th anniversary.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Celebrating the life of William McGarvey Dudley.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Income tax, corporate; renewable energy products tax credit.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Commending the Old Dominion University Monarchs football team.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
DMV; authorized to use National Change of Address System to update customer records.
Sponsor: Christopher Stolle
DMV eye exams; allows greater flexibility assessing applicants' and licensees' horizontal vision.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Fuels taxes; annually adjusted.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Speed limits; increases on highways where it is presently 65 mph to 70 mph.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Condemnations; highway construction.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending the Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Catholic School football team.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Commending Joan Manley.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Celebrating the life of Betty Cross Pretlow.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Vehicle lengths; increases triple saddle mount combination vehicles.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Speed limits; unposted maximum speed on nonsurface treated highways in Rappahannock County, 35 mph.
Sponsor: Todd Gilbert
Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner; advertising for bids.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Retail Sales and Use Tax; requires dealer to register if sufficient business activity within State.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Advance Health Care Directive Registry; notification to physicians.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Commending Karen Halsey.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Commending the South Central Fair on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Thomas Wright
Income tax; credit for electric energy facility producing electricity from livestock waste nutrient.
Sponsor: Emmett Hanger
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include pet carriers to list of hurricane preparedness items.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
DUI; unlawful for any person under age 21 to operate motor vehicle.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Commending John W. Burrow.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award and the Bay Friendly Farm
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Commending Eddie N. Moore, Jr.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Commending Dana B. Hamel.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Commending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's landscape architecture program in t
Sponsor: David Nutter
Commending The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area, Inc.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Electronic notary public; evidence of identity in case of an electronic notarization.
Sponsor: Samuel Nixon
Littering; prohibits disposal of cigarette butts on public property.
Sponsor: Harvey Morgan
Commending the "Richmond 34" on the fiftieth anniversary of the Thalhimers Department Stor
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Commending the E.C. Glass Theatre on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending the Honorable James E. Hume, Judge of the Petersburg Juvenile and Domestic Relations Dist
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Celebrating the life of Theodore Edward BaCote, Jr.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Commending Verdia L. Haywood.
Sponsor: David Albo
Commending MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Driver's licenses; release by DMV of photographs of deceased persons to family members.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Transportation Board; rules and regulations.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Commending The First Tee.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Commending Lester Harold Hutchinson, Jr.
Sponsor: Charles Poindexter
Commending the 29th Infantry Division of the Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia National Guard a
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
COBRA; continuation coverage following termination of employment.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Celebrating the life of Blackwell J. Hawthorne.
Sponsor: James Scott
Commending Leonard W. Sandridge.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Commending Louise Rooney.
Sponsor: Thomas Rust
Commending the Life Center of Galax.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Celebrating the life of Rabbi Richard Sternberger.
Sponsor: James Scott
Commending Vector Industries, Inc., on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending Jane Garrant Roane.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Commending the Asian American residents of Virginia on their celebration of the Lunar New Year.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Commending John Thomas Casteen III.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Commending the Salem Choral Society, Aaron Garber, and Richard Bansemer.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Commending the Honorable Kenneth Wilson Nye.
Sponsor: Riley Ingram
Cigarette tax, local; authorizes Counties of James City and Spotsylvania to impose.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Commending the Historical Truxtun Civic League.
Sponsor: Matthew James
Commending Rotary International.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Constitutional amendment; tax exemptions for buildings, etc., constructed to conserve energy.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Disaster Response Fund; funds to be disbursed for removal of Chinese drywall hazardous materials.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Dam safety; DCR to award grants to local government and private entity for dam break analysis, etc.
Sponsor: Beverly Sherwood
Medical care; Joint Commission on Health Care to study access thereto in rural Southwest Virginia.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Wireless telecommunications devices; prohibits talking on such device unless in hands-free mode.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Fishing license; state residents to fish and harvest trout in waters of South Holston Reservoir.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Bear, deer, & wildlife kill permits; utilize bear, deer, & wildlife only for human consumption.
Sponsor: Matthew Lohr
Constitutional amendment; tax exemption for buildings, etc., constructed to conserve energy.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Public transportation service; obstructing operation of transit vehicle is Class 1 misdemeanor.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Waterfowl blinds; shifts times to obtain licenses to earlier in year.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Shed antlers; allows a person to possess.
Sponsor: James Edmunds
Juvenile court docket; cases of assault and battery against family or household member.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; name of offender's employer not to be published.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Nutrient trading; Eastern Shore facility to acquire credits in Potomac & Rappahannock tributaries.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Hunters for the Hungry; DGIF to include in hunting license application for donation of at least $2.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Hunting and trapping; reduces penalty for violations.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Driver's license, provisional; restriction of cell phone use while driving.
Sponsor: George Barker
Mercury thermostats; Waste Management Board to adopt regulations to encourage recycling.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Solid waste disposal; Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties to levy fees upon each household.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Safety belts; use required for all occupants of a motor vehicle.
Sponsor: George Barker
Harvester's license; prohibits Commission from issuing to certain nonresidents.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Peanut Board; authorized to enter into an agreement with Federal Commodity Credit Corporation.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Safety belts; makes nonuse thereof a primary offense.
Sponsor: Harry Blevins
Correctional enterprises; intentional violations constitute malfeasance, exception.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Cotton Board; notice of referenda to all cotton producers listed.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Distribution of handbills, etc.; adds medians to list of places certain localities can prohibit.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; changes eligibility.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Vehicles damaged by water; increases threshold for reporting water damage.
Sponsor: Matthew Lohr
Instructional spending; local school board to report expenditures annually.
Sponsor: David Albo
Juveniles; any transfer to circuit court shall include ancillary charges.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
FOIA; party whom writ is served must be served a copy of petition prior to filing.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Investor-owned public utility; SCC to suspend enforcement of all proposed rates, toll, charges, etc.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Bigamy; person found guilty may be ordered by court to make restitution to other party of marriage.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Income tax, state; Public/Private Education Investment Tax Credit, created.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Freedom of Information Act; requests for records may be made by any citizen of United States.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Education, Secretary of; name changed to Secretary of Education and Workforce Development.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Electric utility regulation; SCC to regulate rate for services of investor-owned electric utilities.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
Crabmeat and shellfish; requires operator of establishment for processing to have permit.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Nonhazardous solid waste permit fees; Waste Management Board shall periodically review anual fees.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Virginia Infrastructure in Urban Development Areas Loan Fund; created.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Budget bill; Governor to provide for additional appropriations to Transportation Trust Fund.
Sponsor: David Albo
Unpaved secondary road fund; use of proceeds.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Business, professional, and occupational license (BPOL) tax; limits on rates and imposition.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Domestic relations cases; witness refusal to answer question on ground that it may self-incriminate.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Commending St. Anne's-Belfield School boys' lacrosse team.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Commending Irvin Lewis Powell.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Celebrating the life and letters of William Hoffman.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Commending the Richmond City Promise Neighborhood Initiative.
Sponsor: David Englin
Commending Hilton Elementary School.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Commending Captain Jabari B. Craddock.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Celebrating the life of Thomas Emmanuel Larner.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending the Chatham High School baseball team.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Doug Tarring.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Commending the Christopher Newport University women's volleyball team.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Phillip Myers.
Sponsor: Riley Ingram
Commending Captain Richard Phillips.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Commending Roger Cook.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending the Virginia Councils of the Boy Scouts of America.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Quentin Compson; memorializing centenary of his death & expressing appreciation of William Faulkner.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Commending the Virginia Health Care Foundation on its 18 years of service to the Commonwealth.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Celebrating the life of John Spencer Kelly, Sr.
Sponsor: Richard Bell
Celebrating the life of Alexander Lebenstein.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Commending Highlands Union Bank on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Commending John Hanna.
Sponsor: Brenda Pogge
Misdemeanors; incarceration options, appointment of counsel or waiver of right.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Commending Sheriff Charles E. Jett and the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Celebrating the life of Ann Rodriguez.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Commending the Radford High School boys' basketball team.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Commending Brittany Arnn.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Commending Mary Calcott Elementary School.
Sponsor: Paula Miller
Commending the Southside Rescue Squad, Inc., on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Thomas Wright
Commending Theresa L. Tapscott.
Sponsor: David Toscano
Commending Head Coach Frank Beamer and the Virginia Tech football team.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Commending Gail D. Davis.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Commending Our Lady of Mount Carmel School.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Celebrating the life of Charles J. Davis, Jr.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Celebrating the life of S. John Davis.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Celebrating the life of Samuel Morgan Church, Jr.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Commending Colonel Robert C. Barrett, USA Ret.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Commending the League of Women Voters of Virginia on the occasion of the 90th anniversary.
Sponsor: Robert Orrock
Commending Angela Tincher.
Sponsor: Lacey Putney
Celebrating the life of Oriana Robertson Hargrove.
Sponsor: William Howell
Celebrating the life of Michael E. Mares.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Commending Anne Larrick and her Powhatan High School students.
Sponsor: Lee Ware
Celebrating the life of Shirley Hairston Wilson.
Sponsor: Algie Howell
Commending Scott and Mendy Sink.
Sponsor: Matthew Lohr
Commending the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
U.S. Navy's East Coast aircraft carriers; Governor to take action to ensure remain in Hampton Roads.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Commending the Texas Tavern.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Patawomeck Indian Tribe; General Assembly to extend state recognition & representation on VCI.
Sponsor: William Howell
Celebrating the life of David Wayne DeHart.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Commending the Thomas Dale High School football team.
Sponsor: Kirkland Cox
Celebrating the life of Margaret Louise Lee Hahn.
Sponsor: James Shuler
Celebrating the life of Carl Joseph Koenig, Sr.
Sponsor: William Janis
Commending the Wise County and City of Norton Bar Association and the Clerk of Circuit Court for Wis
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Celebrating the life of Donald Lynn Meredith.
Sponsor: Charles Poindexter
Commending the Christopher Newport University men's soccer team.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Celebrating the life of George Barnett, Sr.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Commending the Virginia Nurses Association.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Commending Reston Town Center on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Commending Lester L. Burnett.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Celebrating the life of John Warren Cooke.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Commending the Frank W. Cox High School girls' field hockey team.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Celebrating the life of Jerrell Gideon Huneycutt.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Commending Catherine S. Webb.
Sponsor: Glenn Oder
Community services boards; removes provision allowing employment of certain persons.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Commending the Northside High School football team.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Residential property insurance; duty of insurer to repair damages.
Sponsor: Yvonne Miller
Public Procurement Act; verification of legal presence for employment in U.S.
Sponsor: George Barker
Motor vehicle equity loans; establishes requirements, penalties.
Sponsor: Mark Herring
Restroom Access Act; created.
Sponsor: George Barker
Uniform Statewide Building Code; regulations of Board of Housing and Community Development.
Sponsor: Patrick Hope
License tax credit; credit against state license tax liability on certain insurance companies.
Sponsor: David Englin
Medicine, practice of; JLARC to conduct review of effectiveness of Board of Medicine in regulating.
Sponsor: Linda Puller
Tort claims; JLARC to study costs incurred by State or its localities.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Honor and Remember Flag; Congress urged to designate as national emblem of service and sacrifice.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Estate tax; reinstates federal credit amount.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Governor; compacts with federally recognized Virginia Indian tribes.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Stormwater regulation; amends current law.
Sponsor: Frederick Quayle
Transportation; provides new and increased taxes, tolls, etc., & general fund revenues for funding.
Sponsor: John Miller
Regional VDOT construction accounts; established.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Taxation, new and increased; additional revenues to be appropriated for funding SOQ.
Sponsor: Mamie Locke
Minority Business Enterprise, Department of; enhancement measures for small, etc., businesses.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
State taxes, delinquent; persons appointed by State to collect shall be compensated.
Sponsor: John Miller
Income tax, corporate; eliminates for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2012.
Sponsor: Robert Hurt
Endangered and threatened species; Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to adopt regulations.
Sponsor: Patricia Ticer
Income tax, corporate; renewable energy products tax credit.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Rezoning actions, local; provides for more limited review by VDOT.
Sponsor: George Barker
Criminal background check; requirement of firearms show vendor and promoter of gun show.
Sponsor: Louise Lucas
Coal surface mining; refuse control.
Sponsor: Dave Marsden
Transportation Capital Projects Revenue Bonds; used for new road or highway construction projects.
Sponsor: Stephen Martin
Income tax, state; nonprofit charitable donations for Energy Star qualified products tax credit.
Sponsor: Kaye Kory
General Assembly; compensation during regular session extension.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Income tax, state; imposes surtax on taxable income to provide new source of revenue for localities.
Sponsor: Charles Colgan
Income tax, state; renewable energy property and energy audit tax credit.
Sponsor: Kaye Kory
DUI; serious bodily injury resulting from another driving while intoxicated.
Sponsor: William Cleaveland
Primates; prohibits any person from acquiring after July 1, 2010, penalty.
Sponsor: Patricia Ticer
Economic development incentive rates; electric utilities to offer service to certain customers.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Assault and battery; if person commits against campus police officers, guilty of Class 6 felony.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Administration of higher education; restructures system.
Sponsor: Ryan McDougle
Income tax, state; deduction for military retirement pay.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Assault and battery; person bullying, etc., of student on school property punishable for assault.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Cooperative Marketing Fund; dedicates revenues from soft drink excise tax and litter tax thereto.
Sponsor: Thomas Norment
Political parties; to determine method of nominating candidates.
Sponsor: Ralph Smith
Public Safety Fund; imposes an assessment on property and casualty insurance companies.
Sponsor: Janet Howell
Emergency protective and removal orders; party shall file in circuit court any petition therefor.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Retirement System; creditable compensation of teachers.
Sponsor: Phillip Puckett
College Building Authority; acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued.
Sponsor: Frank Ruff
Child visitation; court may order ignition interlock system installed on vehicle of certain parents.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
School Construction Revolving Fund; created, report.
Sponsor: George Barker
Public schools; redirecting of class size reduction funds.
Sponsor: Mark Obenshain
Animal control records; exempt from release to public name & address of owner of an animal taken in.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Charter; County of Chesterfield.
Sponsor: John Watkins
Nurse practitioners; moves responsibility for licensure and regulation to Board of Nursing.
Sponsor: Mary Whipple
Law Officers' Retirement System; adds conservation officers as members.
Sponsor: Creigh Deeds
Motor fuels tax; converts rates of taxation from cents per gallon to percentage rates.
Sponsor: George Barker
Motor fuels tax; rate increase or decrease each year using fuel efficiency index.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Transportation; source of revenue by increase of motor vehicle sales and use tax.
Sponsor: John Edwards
Stormwater management; developer of single lot to provide where redevelopment is proposed.
Sponsor: John Petersen
Health insurance choice; SCT, et al. to appropriate trade associations, etc., to develop blueprint.
Sponsor: Christopher Peace
Voter registration applications; proof of citizenship.
Sponsor: David Albo
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme; State Council of Higher Education to study.
Sponsor: James Scott
Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies.
Sponsor: Onzlee Ware
TANF; JLARC to study costs of drug testing recipients of cash assistance in order to reduce costs.
Sponsor: Daniel Marshall
Norfolk's Light Rail project; Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct financial audit, report.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Constitutional amendment; establishes limitations on taking of private property (first reference).
Sponsor: William Barlow
Constitutional amendment; recall of elected officers (first reference).
Sponsor: John Cox
Federal stimulus; joint subcommittee to study impact of spending in State.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
College graduates; joint subcommittee to study ways to increase certain baccalaureate degrees.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Absentee ballots; SBE to develop secure procedures for active military and overseas voters to cast.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Revenue sources, local; joint subcommittee to study ways to improve balance thereof.
Sponsor: Harvey Morgan
Constitutional amendment; taking of private property for public use (first reference).
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Home and Community-Based Services State Plan Option; JLARC to study cost & benefits of implementing.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first resolution).
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Constitutional convention; urges U.S. Congress to call for purposes of amending U.S. Constitution.
Sponsor: James LeMunyon
Route 1 Corridor; joint subcommittee to study creation thereof.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Transportation Needs, Commission on; established, report.
Sponsor: Joe May
Constitutional amendment; Transportation Trust Fund (first reference).
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Zero-based budgeting; joint subcommittee to study implementing to determine its utility in State.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference).
Sponsor: Vivian Watts
Melendez-Diaz notice; 6th Amendment rights to be given to an accused who is proceeding pro se.
Sponsor: Robin Abbott
Mental health courts; Crime Commission to study costs and benefits of establishing courts.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Children; joint subcommittee to study minimum standards for supervised visitation.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Constitutional amendment; taking of private property for public use (first reference).
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Children's mental health services; joint subcommittee to study option for improving & accessibility.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Constitutional amendment; limits total appropriations in a year to preceding year's total.
Sponsor: Todd Gilbert
Pharmaceutical manufacturers; JLARC to study feasibility of gross receipts assessment.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Public employment; prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, etc.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Standards of Quality; average teacher salary.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Transportation Needs, Commission on; established, report.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Higher educational institutions; joint subcommittee to study ways to increase bachelor's degrees.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office (first reference).
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Localities; JLARC to study costs and benefits to State for providing financial incentives.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Vehicle engine idling; allowed for unattended motor vehicles on residential streets, exceptions.
Sponsor: James LeMunyon
Public defender; Indigent Defense Commission to study creation of office to serve Montgomery County.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies.
Sponsor: Kaye Kory
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; disposition of real estate used for government stores.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
State government efficiency; joint subcommittee to study.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission; created.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Electronic recording of court proceedings; circuit & district court clerks have system in courtroom.
Sponsor: David Englin
Constitutional amendment; establishing Redistricting Commission (first reference).
Sponsor: William Barlow
Financial exploitation of elderly or disabled; property taken by intimidation or deception, penalty.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Correctional facilities, local; use of state funds for local alternative incarceration programs.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Retirement System; retired teachers returning to work.
Sponsor: Todd Gilbert
State-owned submerged land; Institute of Marine Science to study management option on Eastern shore.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Higher educational institutions; certain governing bodies to establish rules to increase domiciles.
Sponsor: Barbara Comstock
Larceny; increases threshold amount of goods that determines petit larceny to grand larceny.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Banks; joint subcommittee to study whether to establish those to be operated by State.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office (first reference).
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Literary Fund; fines under local ordinances to be transmitted to state treasury & deposited in Fund.
Sponsor: Betsy Carr
Retirement System; creditable compensation of teachers.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Animal welfare and enforcement; joint subcommittee to study institutional design.
Sponsor: Morgan Griffith
Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund; funding therefor.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Southwest Regional Recreational Authority; board to establish ranger police division.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Food and beverage tax; adds Fairfax County to those that may impose.
Sponsor: David Englin
Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB); composition.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Marijuana field test results; may be given by law-enforcement officer to defendant or guardian.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Prayer at public events; governmental agency to have no authority to regulate.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors, Board for; regulation of home energy auditors.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Electronic summons system; locality to assess an additional sum in district or circuit court.
Sponsor: David Englin
Business entities; when referring to service of process includes any subpoena, summons, etc.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Social services, local board of; removes membership limit for certain counties.
Sponsor: James Morefield
Absentee voting; requires election results for central absentee voter precinct to indicate precinct.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Child custody; record of in camera interview.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Statewide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Funding Pool; created.
Sponsor: David Englin
Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of felonies, etc.
Sponsor: Joseph Morrissey
Expert witnesses; extends application of two evidentiary statutes applicable in certain cases.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Constitutional amendments; Governor's term of office, appointment of members to Board of Education.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Sex offender; prohibition of entry onto school or child day care center property.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
District court; expungement of police and court records.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Polling hours; extends hours on election day.
Sponsor: James LeMunyon
Commonwealth Teachers Program; established.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to issue additional beds for nursing homes.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Defensive medicine; joint subcommittee to study alternatives that will reduce costs.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Filled subaqueous land; person who purchases lands to pay cost of preparing transfer documents.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Constitutional amendment; repeals 2006 referendum dealing with marriage (first reference).
Sponsor: David Englin
Health insurance system, private; joint subcommittee on Healthcare Reform to recommend reforms.
Sponsor: John O'Bannon
Constitutional amendment; General Assembly may agree to delay reconvened session (first reference).
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Hunger and malnutrition; joint subcommittee to study extent and cost thereof in State.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Constitutional amendment; health care freedom (first reference).
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Motor carriers; regulation of transportation of railroad employees by contract carriers.
Sponsor: Jeion Ward
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; written notice of applicable law to offenders.
Sponsor: Brenda Pogge
Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of felonies, etc.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Secondary Street Acceptance Requirements; VDOT to reconsider.
Sponsor: Charles Poindexter
Title loans; establishes a system for regulating.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Mail voter registration application form; SBE to make form available where hunting licenses sold.
Sponsor: Lacey Putney
Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; funds to financial institutions for small business loans.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies.
Sponsor: Algie Howell
RPS program; removes certain requirements for forest products.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
National Guard; eligibility for in-state tuition for members to allow for religious training, etc.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Bifurcated trial; when jury cannot agree on punishment, court shall impanel different jury.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Fire Prevention Code; regulation of open burning by localities.
Sponsor: Delores McQuinn
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in public buildings prohibited, penalty.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
ABC; consumption of lawfully acquired wine at certain licensed establishments.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Health insurers; efficiency information.
Sponsor: Robert Marshall
Electric utility rate structures; advancing conservation and efficiency.
Sponsor: Mark Keam
Workers' compensation; establishes a limitations period for claims for hepatitis.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Efficient Government, Council on; established.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
Commercial dumpsters; VDOT shall issue permits for temporary placement in residential neighborhoods.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Green Public Buildings Act; created.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Contractors, Board for; certification of geothermal heat pump ground loop system providers.
Sponsor: David Bulova
State taxes, delinquent; persons appointed by State to collect shall be compensated.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Jet bases; removes localities that have auxiliary landing fields from certain existing provisions.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Human Rights Act; adds sexual orientation to definition of unlawful discriminatory practice.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Public Procurement Act; certain amount of contracts to be awarded to small businesses, etc.
Sponsor: Kenneth Alexander
Firearms; governing body of an educational institution has power to establish rules therefor.
Sponsor: Joseph Morrissey
Machine guns; Superintendent of VSP to be notified in writing of change of address of registrant.
Sponsor: Jeion Ward
ABC; Board to conduct a study that assesses economic impact of marking up spirits, report.
Sponsor: David Albo
State agencies, department, etc.; funds received from federal government not subject to state audit.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
State attorneys; increase of fees in criminal cases.
Sponsor: David Albo
School boards, local; permitted fees and charges.
Sponsor: Kenneth Plum
Income tax, state; changes filing and estimated tax returns date.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements.
Sponsor: David Englin
Judges; allowed to carry a concealed handgun without a permit at all times.
Sponsor: George Loupassi
Obscenity law for colleges; limitations, exception.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Firearm on public school property; prohibits those in closed container in motor vehicle.
Sponsor: Kaye Kory
Magistrate; may issue arrest warrants for a felony only if complaint by law-enforcement officer.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Absentee voting procedures; deletes certain requirements.
Sponsor: Scott Surovell
Prostitution; expands to a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Sponsor: Paula Miller
Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zones; established.
Sponsor: Rosalyn Dance
Hunting license; establishes special lifetime license for permanently disabled.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Coal mining; increases license fee.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Newspapers; notice to stop delivery, civil penalty.
Sponsor: Mark Sickles
School board, local; annual report.
Sponsor: Thomas Gear
Release on recognizance; accused shall be released on his own by a judicial officer.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Tuition, in-state; certain Department of Defense employees as result of Base Realignment & Closure.
Sponsor: Luke Torian
Criminal history record check; required to transfer firearm from firearms show vendor.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Real property tax classifications; Culpeper County permitted different tax rate on improvements.
Sponsor: Edward Scott
Mineral mining; increases license fee.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Fire Prevention Code, Statewide; authority to set fees to cover actual cost of administering.
Sponsor: John Cosgrove
General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; penalties.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Retail Sales and Use Tax; any county or city to levy additional tax for education purposes.
Sponsor: James Scott
Elections, State Board of; supervisory authority over local electoral boards and general registrars.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Slave Commission; established, report.
Sponsor: Delores McQuinn
Gas and oil wells; establishes annual permit renewal fee.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Composite index of local ability-to-pay; cap.
Sponsor: Mark Keam
Vehicles towed; written notice within 24 hours to owners towed because of medical emergencies.
Sponsor: Mark Sickles
Concealed weapon; prohibits a person from carrying a concealed butterfly knife.
Sponsor: Sal Iaquinto
Groundwater withdrawal permit fees; increases maximum amount State Water Control Board can charge.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Comprehensive services; local match rates for purchase of services shall be consistent.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Motor fuels tax; converts rates of taxation from cents per gallon to percentage rates.
Sponsor: James Scott
Marijuana; decriminalizes simple possession thereof, civil penalty.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Health insurance; mandated coverage for telemedicine services.
Sponsor: Clarence Phillips
Campaign finance; campaign, political, and out-of-state political committees to report name, etc.
Sponsor: James Scott
Food and beverage tax; all counties may impose.
Sponsor: Harvey Morgan
Health insurance purchasing pool; SOA to prepare a program design for businesses with 50 or fewer.
Sponsor: Kaye Kory
Virginia Waterways Clean Up and Consumer Choice Act; paper and plastic bag fee.
Sponsor: David Bulova
Cold War Service Medal; authorizes Adjutant General to issue.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Motor vehicles; administrative impoundment thereof when driving without an operator's license.
Sponsor: Mark Keam
Juveniles; offenses for which juvenile is subject to transfer and trial as an adult.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Firearms; possession by certain persons who have had parental rights terminated.
Sponsor: James Scott
State and Local Government Ethics Advisory Council; established.
Sponsor: Harvey Morgan
Standards of Quality; increase positions for students with limited English proficiency.
Sponsor: James Scott
Mopeds; traffic infraction when operator and passenger are not wearing a helmet.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Motor vehicle insurance; consideration of driving record.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Campaign finance disclosure reports; procedure for review thereof for certain candidates.
Sponsor: James Scott
Highway work zones; increases penalty for speeding violation.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Cemetery companies; exempt from reporting requirements for family burial plots.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Motor vehicle insurance; premiums based on credit information.
Sponsor: Terry Kilgore
Higher educational institutions; certain governing bodies to establish rules to increase domiciles.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Hate crimes; includes category of acts committed against person because person's sexual orientation.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Marijuana for medical purposes; no person shall be prosecuted for possession when issued by doctor.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Uniform Statewide Building Code; grading limitations.
Sponsor: Mark Keam
Police chaplains; certification.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Composite index; General Assembly to modify Standards of Quality funding formula and calculation.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
Elected or appointed officials; limit on attorney-issued subpoenas.
Sponsor: Mark Keam
Impersonation; Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who assumes identity of another.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Transportation Board; formulas for allocating funds.
Sponsor: Kaye Kory
P-16 Education Council; established, reports.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Open-end loans; secured by a nonpurchase money lien on a motor vehicle, report.
Sponsor: Mark Sickles
Drug recognition experts; law-enforcement officer be trained by Department of Forensic Science.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Highway rest areas and welcome centers; requires VDOT to reopen all on Interstate Highway System.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Electric utilities; prevents temporary and interim increase of rates.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Higher educational institutions; funding disbursed based on total number of Virginia domiciles.
Sponsor: Watkins Abbitt
Declarations of estimated tax; changes date that farmers and fishermen must file.
Sponsor: Chris Jones
Mopeds; prohibits driving on highways with speed limits greater than 45 mph.
Sponsor: Anne Crockett-Stark
Mass Transit Fund; increases percentage of Transportation Trust Fund revenues flowing therein.
Sponsor: James Scott
Community College System; establish programs and grant baccalaureate degrees in nursing, etc.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Contractors, Board for; license renewal and continuing education for contractors.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Assault and battery; adult allows child to be present during assault, guilty of Class 6 felony.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
State Library Board; retention of certificates of occupancy.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Charitable gaming; exempts volunteer fire departments & rescue squads from filing quarterly reports.
Sponsor: Lynwood Lewis
State Asset Maximization Commission; created.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Law-enforcement employees; overtime compensation.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Juvenile correctional facilities; DJJ to maintain at least one facility for nonviolent offenders.
Sponsor: Benjamin Cline
Charitable gaming; limits oversight by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Sex offender; prohibits residing in proximity to children.
Sponsor: David Albo
Check cashers; unlawful for person required to be registered thereas to fail to make copies of item.
Sponsor: Riley Ingram
Restricted permit; adds driving to and from grocery store to list of places person can drive.
Sponsor: Steven Landes
Mandatory self-identification; identifying self to law-enforcement officer when lawfully detained.
Sponsor: Charles Carrico
Investor-owned electric utilities; rate of return.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Motor vehicles; requires traffic on limited access highways to drive in right-most lane.
Sponsor: Riley Ingram
HOT lanes; VDOT to conduct a NEPA study prior to construction on any portion of I-95 or I-395.
Sponsor: Adam Ebbin
Capital outlay review and approval process; certain construction projects shall be exempt.
Sponsor: Albert Pollard
Medical assistance services; provision of speech-language therapy.
Sponsor: Timothy Hugo
Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Qualifications of candidates; false statement is Class 5 felony.
Sponsor: Algie Howell
Safety belts; makes nonuse thereof a primary offense.
Sponsor: William Barlow
Higher educational institutions; governing body establish rules & regulations for undergraduates.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Unlawful entry into a motor vehicle; penalties.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; grants to localities for certain federal programs.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Workers' compensation; adds salaried & volunteer lifesaving & rescue squad members to list entitled.
Sponsor: Scott Lingamfelter
Bad checks; any person making, drawing, or delivering any check in payment of rent, penalty.
Sponsor: David Nutter
Freedom of Information Act; record exclusion for visitor information systems in public schools.
Sponsor: Richard Anderson
School calendar; local school boards responsible for determining opening of school year.
Sponsor: Thomas Greason
State song; designates "O Virginia" by Pauline and Pauron Wheeler to be adopted.
Sponsor: Jennifer McClellan
Health care facilities; Board of Health to establish annual licensure and renewal fees.
Sponsor: Patrick Hope
State Corporation Commission; processing business entity formation documents.
Sponsor: Clifford Athey
Homeless persons; may file an action for damages for harassment, etc.
Sponsor: Patrick Hope
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; dangerous and vicious dogs.
Sponsor: Vivian Watts
Retail Sales and Use Tax; taxes on room rentals.
Sponsor: Robert Brink
Identity theft; distribution of information acquired through theft is a Class 4 felony.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Sex offender; prohibits proximity to children's museums.
Sponsor: Robert Bell
Procurement of services; requires each state agency to procure certain services from private sector.
Sponsor: David Albo
Medical emergency response plan & automated external defribrillators; required in certain buildings.
Sponsor: Patrick Hope
Nolle prosequi; entered only in discretion of court.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Sex offender registry; Internet registry information system to include person wanted for crime.
Sponsor: David Albo
Retirement plan; any locality or school board may establish defined contribution plan.
Sponsor: Harry Purkey
Health insurance program; develop plan for school divisions & local government similar to state.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Human papillomavirus vaccine; eliminates requirement for females.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel.
Sponsor: Jackson Miller
Unemployment benefits; eligibility of individuals part-time employed and in training programs.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
School calendar; opening of school year in City of Roanoke.
Sponsor: William Cleaveland
Tuition, in-state; students entitled to who have completed 8 semesters will be assessed a surcharge.
Sponsor: David Albo
Claimants; certain persons paying claims to attorneys to provide direct notification.
Sponsor: David Albo
Servicemembers and Veterans Court Act; created, report.
Sponsor: Mamye BaCote
Real property tax; time to appeal assessments extended.
Sponsor: Mark Cole
Candidates in election; required filings to be submitted to State Board of Elections.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Enterprise zone job creation grants; business firm is eligible for up to five years for each grant.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Investor-owned electric utilities; regulation of rates by State Corporation Commission.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
School calendar; local school boards to set first day of school.
Sponsor: Robert Tata
Funeral services; burial power of attorney.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Cemetery Board; exemptions.
Sponsor: James Massie
Minority Business Enterprise, Department of; enhancement measures for small, women-owned, etc.
Sponsor: Joseph Morrissey
Enterprise Zone Grant Program; lowers threshold for qualified real property investments.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Candidates; qualification considered a case decision and subject to Administrative Process Act.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
General Assembly; allowance to members for office expenses and supplies.
Sponsor: Ward Armstrong
Revenue Stabilization Fund; establishes a mechanism to provide tax relief to taxpayers.
Sponsor: James Massie
Sponsors (12)
Passed (500)
Conflicts of Interests Act; revisions applicable to House and Senate Ethics Advisory Panels.
Animal cruelty; increases penalties.
Illegal gambling; definition, requirements for lawful game, contest, lottery, etc., to be conducted.
Budget Bill.
Salvage vehicles; allows locality to require records to be reported to police.
Budget Bill.
General Assembly; adjournment sine die.
Judge; nomination for election to circuit court.
General Assembly; deadline for first conference on Budget Bill and session adjournment.
Judges; election in Supreme Court of Virginia, circuit court, and general district court.
House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.
Judge; nomination for election to Supreme Court of Virginia.
General Assembly; establishing an inaugural committee.
Judges; nomination for election in general district court.
General Assembly; establishing prefiling schedule for 2011 Regular Session.
General Assembly; establish schedule for conduct of business & provide legislative continuity.
General Assembly; notifying Governor of organization.
House of Delegates; establishing Rules for 2010-2011 Session.
House of Delegates; per diem during 2010 Regular Session extension.
Virginia National Guard; if called to active duty by Governor, health care, etc., will continue.
Income tax, state; exemption for any income taxed as long-term capital gain for federal income tax.
Center for Rural Virginia; expansion and promotion of agricultural opportunities, report.
Waste kitchen grease; any person who transports must register with VDACS, exceptions.
Dulles Access Highway; enforcement through use of photo-monitoring system in conjunction with usage.
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain computer equipment and enabling software.
Fishing license, special; DGIF to issue free licenses to disabled active duty military personnel.
Concealed weapons; person may carry a handgun in motor vehicle or vessel if secured in compartment.
Jailer issued identification; allows sheriffs to issue special identification card to prisoners.
Charter; Town of Christiansburg.
Affordable housing units; assessments.
Governor; shall initiate an operational and programmatic performance review of state agencies.
Advance medical directives; clarifies authority.
Service handguns; certain law-enforcement officers eligible for retirement may purchase.
Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; conduct of interrogations.
Psychiatric treatment; revises Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act.
Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
Center for Rural Virginia; expansion and promotion of agricultural opportunities.
Signs; provides local government authority to regulate.
Victims of crime; may visit perpetrator in prison facility.
DUI arrests; officer at a medical facility may issue summons for violation thereof, etc.
Air Pollution Control Board; regulations under Clean Air Interstate Rule.
Hampton Roads Maritime Association; changes name to Virginia Maritime Association.
Comprehensive plan amendment; grants authority to local gov't to prepare & submit to public hearing.
Tobacco products tax; moist snuff tax shall be computed based on net weight listed by manufacturer.
Adoptions; prior to placement, agency must provide explanation of adoption process.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; Worker's Compensation Commission to adopt rates for payment.
Medical information; notification to residents, etc., if information is subject of database breach.
Sale of used building fixtures; recordkeeping requirements.
Income tax, state; exemption for any income taxed as long-term capital gain for federal income tax.
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; eviction procedure, acceptance of redemption tenders.
Concealed weapon; certain law-enforcement officers who have resigned eligible to carry.
Elections and electronic reforms; State Board of Elections to use various electronic systems.
Voter changes of address; retention of copies by general registrar.
Assisted living facility and group home; no more than 8 aged, infirmed, etc., persons shall reside.
Economic Development Partnership; change title for Executive Director.
Property Owners' Association Act; board of directors have authority to adopt rules & regulations.
Firearms; petition to restore right to possess or transport to be mailed to attorney for State.
Rabies; clarifies procedures and responsibilities to prevent and control.
Virginia Universities Clean Energy Development and Economic Stimulus Foundation; created.
JLARC; shall administer an operational/programmatic performance audit on transportation programs.
Stormwater management; common interest community, etc., shall be immune from civil liability.
Service by publication; validates orders of those processed by a clerk or deputy clerk.
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain computer equipment and enabling software.
Firearm safety education program; school boards may offer in elementary grades.
Charter; Town of Chatham.
Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System & Registry; requires mortgage lenders and brokers to register.
Immediate sanction probation program; established.
Human infant; determining whether an infant has achieved an independent and separate existence.
Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; localities may allocate portion of civil penalties.
Signs; provides local government authority to regulate.
Virginia National Guard; if called to active duty by Governor, health care, etc., will continue.
Certificates of analysis; two-way video conferencing in criminal cases.
Individual health insurance coverage; resident of State not required to obtain, etc., policy.
Stock Corporation Act; conforms provisions of Act to revisions to Model Business Corporation Act.
Psychiatric treatment; revises Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act.
Affordable housing units; assessments.
Open Education Curriculum Board; established.
Medical Assistance Services, Department of; establishing pilot program for use of biometric data.
Jury panel; disclosure to counsel thereof within three business days.
Bail bondsman; provided copy of criminal history information.
Charter; Town of Windsor.
Civics education; teachers training to include local government and civics specific to State.
Workforce development; data sharing by certain agencies.
Human remains; proper handling by funeral establishment.
Virginia Defective Drywall Correction and Restoration Assistance Fund; created.
Human infant; determining whether an infant has achieved an independent and separate existence.
Transportation district trains; unlawful to board or ride without a valid ticket.
Long-term services; SHHR to develop blueprint for livable communities for people with disabilities.
Veterans Day; adds Global War on Terrorism, etc., to wars that are honored.
Transportation programs; JLARC to administer a performance audit, report.
Certified renewable energy manufacturing equipment, etc.; separate classification for property tax.
RPS program; electric utility to receive triple credit when energy derived from offshore wind.
Aerospace Advisory Council; adds five members, powers and duties.
Coal mine safety; requirements for surface foreman certification.
Retail Sales and Use Tax; lowers job threshold to receive exemption for certain computer equipment.
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; Department to give notice to committed respondent.
Virtual school programs; established.
Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization Commission; excludes grant application records.
Tolls; installation of video-monitoring/automatic vehicle identification systems for toll facility.
Coal mine safety; requirements for surface foreman certification.
College Partnership Laboratory Schools; established.
Noise ordinance; authorizes governing body to adopt civil penalties.
Air Pollution Control Board; regulations under the Clean Air Interstate Rule.
Motor vehicles; administrative impoundment thereof when driving without an operator's license.
Medicaid provider agreements; Director of Medical Assistance Services has authority to terminate.
Dulles Access Highway; enforcement through use of photo-monitoring system in conjunction with usage.
Sex offender registry; person to designate location where spending night if no legal residence, etc.
College Partnership Laboratory Schools; established.
Polysomnographic Technology, Advisory Board on; established.
Financial institutions and services; revising and recodifying laws.
Assisted living facility; considered occupancy by single family if no more than 8 persons reside.
Charter; Town of Vinton.
License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Virginia Kids Eat Free program, etc.
Hospice, home health care or personal care services; licensure for home care organizations.
Eminent domain cases; reinstates option of landowner to choose between commissioner & jury to hear.
Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (second reference).
Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
Commending Lt. Robert C. Marland.
Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (second reference).
Telephone utilities; SCC to treat all providers of local exchange telephone service equitably.
Economic development incentives; aggregate amount of awarded grants for eligible projects.
Surrogacy; permits contract to be entered into by an unmarried person, a surrogate, etc.
Practitioner self-referral; clarifies those that may make a referral.
Dentists and oral surgeons; reimbursement for certain services.
Warranty registration cards; prohibits seller from conditioning coverage or performance of warranty.
Podiatry; testifying as an expert witness, definition of practice.
Circuit courts; electronic filing of cases.
Coalbed methane gas; presumption of ownership, report.
Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement.
Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; delays reversion of title to real property to State.
Officers of election; SBE to develop course and examination concerning training standards.
Concealed weapons; person may carry a handgun in motor vehicle or vessel if secured in compartment.
Surplus property; school boards may donate obsolete technology hardware to nonprofit organizations.
Declaration of judicial emergency; procedures for Supreme Court to follow.
Abduction or pandering; forfeiture of vehicle when involving a minor.
Virginia Infrastructure Project Loan Fund; created.
Increase transit use strategies; Secretary of Transportation to report annually to General Assembly.
Retirement System; optional life insurance.
Retirement System; changes to sickness and disability plan.
Cooperative Coyote Control Program; reestablished.
Retirement System; purchasing service at normal cost rate when person deemed member on July 1, 2010.
Circuit courts; electronic filing of cases.
Electronic communication service; foreign corporation to disclose record of subscriber to officer.
One-stop small business permitting program; exemption of handling fee for veterans.
Nutritional guideline; Board and VDH to develop for all competitive foods in public schools, report.
Electronic communication or remote computing service; provider may verify authenticity of reports.
MEI Project Approval Commission; shall review financing for individual incentive packages, etc.
Conflict of Interests Act; certain relatives of school board member to be considered for employment.
Podiatry; testifying as an expert witness, definition of practice.
Retirement System; member with less than 5 years service can withdraw under certain circumstances.
Retirement System; retirement supplement.
Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; powers and duties.
Freedom of Information Act; definition of scholastic record.
Contractors, Board for; prerequisite for obtaining business license.
Child Protection Accountability System; VSP and circuit courts required to report information.
Charitable gaming; limits authority of VDACS to revoke permits.
Menhaden fisheries; extends sunset provision for harvest.
Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
Adult students; notifying schools when charged with certain crimes, etc.
School boards; salary in Amherst County.
Jurors; to provide identification.
Political contributions; prohibition during procurement process.
Deposits; removes stated maturity date.
Subdivision ordinance; designated administrative agency means planning commission of locality, etc.
Bad checks; recovery if stop-payment order placed in bad faith.
Corporations; payment of annual registration fees.
Retirement System; benefits for deputy sheriffs.
Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee; removes cap on reappointments for nonlegislative citizens.
Income tax, corporate and individual; green job tax credit.
Police dogs; authority to sell dogs trained therefor.
Coalbed methane gas; presumption of ownership.
Polling places; clarifies exemption allowing a voter to enter wearing apparel with candidate's name.
Concealed handgun permit; waives fee for certain members of United States Coast Guard.
Law-enforcement officers; prohibits public disclosure of personal information on Internet.
Economic development incentives; aggregate amount of awarded grants for eligible projects.
Income tax, state; green jobs tax credit.
Concealed handguns; prohibits person carrying onto premises of restaurants from consuming alcohol.
Concealed handgun permit; renewal by mail.
Retirement System; modifies for new employees all defined benefit retirement plans.
Regional criminal justice academy training; local fee charged to support.
Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; collection of social security numbers.
Offshore energy resources; production & development permitted 50 miles off Atlantic shoreline.
Juveniles; detention of those transferred or certified.
Driver education programs; fuel efficient driving practices to be included in curriculum.
State Corporation Commission; authorized to establish fees for furnishing copies of documents, etc.
Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts.
Delmarva Peninsula Compact; repeals provision therefor.
Line of Duty Act; short-term disability benefits for state police officers.
Child support; punishment and options for person convicted of nonpayment.
Security for Public Deposits Act; makes several amendments to Act, administered by Treasury Board.
Certificates of analysis and affidavits; State shall notify defendant if used in lieu of testimony.
Coastal Energy Research Consortium; increase in membership and board of directors.
Health insurance, basic; HMOs to offer plans that do not include state-mandated benefits.
Financial institutions; method of obtaining records concerning banking and credit cards.
Virginia Capitol Preservation Foundation; may receive contributions of taxpayer refunds.
Unexecuted warrants; allows motion for dismissal by state attorney for warrants unserved.
Concealed handgun permit applications; upon denial, clerk to provide notice of right to hearing.
Capital cases; sentencing proceeding.
Campaign finance disclosure; reports of large contributions by governing body members.
Eluding police; person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
Conflict of Interests Act; certain relatives of school board member to be considered for employment.
George Mason University; establishment of branch campus in Republic of Korea.
Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority; created.
Safety belts; those 18 and under who are occupying a vehicle are required to wear.
Limited liability companies; SCC to correct its records to eliminate effects of clerical error, etc.
Charitable organizations; veterans' posts or organizations exempt from reporting requirements.
Aging, Department for; publicize guidelines on universal design and visitability features.
Internet Crimes Against Children task forces; created.
Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to accept & approve request to amend conditions.
Comptroller; changes description in annual report of allocation of surplus general funds.
Outer Continental Shelf; air pollution control regulations.
Partnerships; redesignates specified office as its principal office.
Cigarette tax; changes time for affixing tax stamps to cigarette packs.
Nutrient reduction credits; nonpoint nutrient offsets to be credited against a nutrient allocation.
Juveniles; detention in secure facility for possession of certain firearms.
Pawnbrokers; required to file daily reports electronically with local law enforcement.
Freedom of Information Act; record exemption for the Statewide Agencies Radio System (STARS).
Agricultural, forestal, or agricultural and forestal districts; use value assessment.
Health services plan; hearings and investigations on effect of other state's law.
Concealed handgun permit applications; upon denial, clerk to provide notice of right to hearing.
Vested rights; includes right to replace existing on-site sewage system.
Transient occupancy tax; governing body may increase in Fairfax County after July 1, 2010.
State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; disclosure of interest in real estate.
Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; established.
Geospatial Health Research; Secretaries of Health and Human Resources and Technology to evaluate.
Claims against county; attorney of county shall notify claimant by certified mail of date.
Protection and Advocacy, Office for; establish policy and guideline for approval of legal remedies.
Space flight liability and immunity; repeals sunset provision.
Child Protection Accountability System; VSP and circuit courts required to report information.
Financial institutions; serving notice of lien.
Zoning appeals, Board of; no action of board shall be valid unless authorized by majority.
One-stop small business permitting program; exemption of handling fee for veterans.
Centennial of Woodrow Wilson's Presidency, Virginia Commission on; established.
Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance abuse services.
Mortgage Lender and Broker Act; definition of principal.
Auditor of Public Accounts; post certain information on its Internet website, a searchable database.
School for Deaf and Blind; allows children from birth through age 21 to be eligible for services.
Virginia Life, Accident & Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; coverage for polices & contracts.
Protective orders; allows petitioner to obtain extension of order for no more than two years.
Electronic mail, unsolicited commercial; narrows scope of spam statute, penalty.
DNA data bank; DFS to receive samples of human biological evidence to analyze, etc., results of DNA.
Animal protection officers; powers of those in localities with county manager form of government.
Legislative bills; repeals provisions requiring certain bills to be filed on first day of session.
Aerospace Advisory Council; removes July 1, 2010, sunset provision.
Absentee ballots; duties of electoral board to send within three business days, penalty.
Involuntary commitment order; reduces length of time a person can appeal to circuit court.
Real property tax assessment; Department of Taxation to establish qualifications for certification.
Preliminary hearing; admissibility of certificates of analysis at hearing and trial.
Sex offender; prohibiting entry onto school property of those that are violent, exceptions.
Water safety zones; authorizes marine patrol divisions in Tidewater localities to patrol.
Cigarette tax; penalties for unstamped cigarettes.
State Corporation Commission; filings that contain personal identifying information.
Elections; person appointed to fill a vacancy shall exercise all powers of elected office.
Certificate of public need; establishment of psychiatric services.
Affidavits; admissibility as evidence by government official regarding search of government records.
Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans.
Capital murder; notice to State of expert testimony 60 days before trial.
Juvenile records; DJJ to provide information in an investigation of a criminal street gang.
Claims; Victor Anthony Burnette.
Lists of registered voters; disclosure to commissioners of the revenue and treasurers.
Handheld wireless communications device; authorized representative at polling place may use certain.
Absentee voting; expands scope of persons defined as members of voter's immediate family.
Criminal justice training academies; locality may eliminate requirement to contain word training.
Freedom of Information Act; public body shall remain responsible for retrieving public records, etc.
Long-term services; SHHR develop blueprint for livable communities for people with disabilities.
Home health care organization; establish policies for maintaining a drug-free workplace.
Charter; City of Richmond.
Transportation services; those that operate as nonprofit organization & serve senior citizens, etc.
Personal property tax relief; deletes requirement that vehicle held in trust can qualify.
Health care services; peer utilization reviews on reconsideration of an adverse decision.
Criminal background checks; fingerprinting of applicants and employees of public transit services.
Triennial census; eliminates three-year requirement, distribution of sales & use tax.
Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
Route 711; Buchanan County may enter into an agreement with Pike County, Kentucky to improve.
Motor vehicle title loans; establishes requirements, penalties.
Involuntary admission; court to enter an order for mandatory outpatient treatment.
Secondary highway system; VDOT & DRPT to review new design standards components therefor.
School nonattendance; attendance officer, volunteers, school personnel, & principal notifies parent.
Health care data and reporting; increase awareness thereof through nonprofit organization websites.
General district courts; electronic filing of civil cases.
Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; created, report.
Concealed handgun permits; renewal by mail.
Bail decision; specifies court which bond amount or term of recognizance should be appealed.
Taxation, Department of; limiting contact with taxpayers via email.
Protective orders; coordination with other states.
Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee; removes cap on reappointments for nonlegislative citizens.
Health professions; disciplinary actions.
Impoundment of vehicle; driving while license suspended for DUI.
Landlord and tenant laws; landlord and tenant obligations.
Uniform Power of Attorney Act; established within Code of Virginia.
Driver's license, restricted; eliminates authority of court to issue for travel to and from school.
Offshore energy resources; production and development permitted 50 miles off Atlantic shoreline.
Certificate of public need; relocation of nursing home beds from one facility to another facility.
Telephone email or texting; use of indecent or threatening language, penalty.
Grass; adds City of Winchester to list of localities authorized to require cutting.
Charitable gaming; regulations of Charitable Gaming Board defining electronic, etc., equipment.
General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disposition of cases.
E-Verify Program; requires state agencies and those newly hired to perform work in State.
Exchange Facilitators Act; established.
Polygraphs & other detection devices; Director of DPOR to approve use to detect deception or truth.
Protective orders; allows petitioner to obtain extension of order for no more than two years.
Governor's reports; to provide monthly reports on revenue collections and quarterly assessments.
Wrongful incarceration for felony conviction; individuals granted an absolute pardon.
Charitable gaming; regulations of Charitable Gaming Board, report.
Uniform Power of Attorney Act; established within Code of Virginia.
Credit Services Businesses Act; prohibited practices.
Civil War Site Preservation Fund; established.
Noise ordinance; authorizes governing body to adopt civil penalties.
Line of Duty Act; access to records of investigation.
Protective orders; coordination with other states.
Juveniles; punishment for possession, etc., of alcohol.
Register Act; final regulations must be accompanied by statement in original or electronic form.
Veterans Services, Department of; shall provide burial vaults at no cost to eligible veterans.
Wine and beer; licensee may ship through approved fulfillment warehouse.
Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund; established.
Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs; adds various controlled substances to list.
Capital murder; auxiliary police officers & deputy sheriffs added to statute.
Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement, postpones scheduled increase.
Real Estate Appraiser Board; regulation of appraisal management companies, penalty.
Elections; filling vacancies in certain local offices, requirements for special elections.
Driver's license, commercial; disqualification of license if convicted of manslaughter.
Security for Public Deposits Act; makes several amendments to Act, administered by Treasury Board.
Constitutional amendment; limit on taxes or revenues and Revenue Stabilization Fund.
Model bow hunting; ordinances are to include times of day in which hunting can occur and limits.
Alcoholic beverages; designates as agents of ABC Board distiller who blends alcoholic beverages.
Capital murder; adds fire marshals, etc., to statute so death sentence can be imposed.
New River Valley Emergency Communications Regional Authority; created.
Uninsured motorist insurance; liability insurer relieved of costs of defending owner in claim.
Juvenile records; release of identifying information of juvenile who is a fugitive from justice.
Exhibits; relieves clerk of notifying defendant of destruction, etc., of evidence used at trial.
Polling places; requires electoral board to give notice of alternative place to vote.
Firearms; repealing requirement for sellers of pistols to send report to clerk of circuit court.
Urban development; sets certain densities in areas according to population of locality.
Residential Property Disclosure Act; seller required to disclose presence of wastewater system.
Campaign finance; print media requirements.
Involuntary commitment order; reduces length of time a person can appeal to circuit court.
Absentee ballots; procedure for various deadlines and ballot requirements.
Public utilities; limits disclosure requirement for any officer or director.
Mutual aid agreements; includes private police forces of higher educational institutions.
Appeals; court may impose additional requirements to security posted.
Decibel level of sound; authorizes a law-enforcement officer to use certain equipment to determine.
Shaken baby syndrome; Department of Social Services to develop information, its effect, etc.
Driver's licence, restricted; person allowed to drive to and from a place of worship.
Common interest communities; exemptions from licensure, powers and duties.
Real Estate Board; requirements for licensure, allows broker to enter into a voluntary program.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Investment Authority & Commonwealth Research & Commercialization Fund.
Water and sewer charges; adds Counties of Caroline and New Kent to those localities that may impose.
Motion picture film production; provides income tax credits to any company with qualifying expenses.
Grass and weeds; adds City of Colonial Heights to list of localities authorized to require cutting.
Animal cruelty; requires veterinarian to report.
Impeding hunting; unlawful for person to put out bait or salt for wildlife in place used by hunters.
Jail farms; transportation of prisoners.
Churches; exempts serving meals prepared in homes of members from licensure requirements.
Business entities; statement of change of registered agent, etc., may be filed electronically.
Steps to Advance Virginia's Energy Plan (SAVE) Act; created.
Charter; Town of Amherst.
Wireless E-911 charges; establishes rate & procedures for collection & remittance of by sellers.
Center for Rural Virginia Board of Trustees; membership.
Southwest Virginia Health Authority; adds four additional appointments to board of directors.
Regional Industrial Facilities Act; method by which member locality of authority may withdraw.
Major business facility job tax credit; reduces number of qualified full-time jobs required.
Learner's permit, restricted; DMV to issue to certain persons 25 years of age or older.
District court; procedure for assumption of duties of chief judge.
Health insurance; continuation of group health coverage upon termination of eligibility.
Insurance policy limits; allows personal representative of estate of decedent to request disclosure.
Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; establish restrictions on display of U.S. flag.
Cash proffers; delays collection or acceptance by locality until completion of final inspection.
Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for awarding grants and loans.
Masks; prohibition on wearing in certain places, exception.
Concealed handgun; certain retired law-enforcement officer may carry wherever he travels in State.
Foreclosure sales; trustee to pay taxes.
Concealed handgun permit; clerk immune from suit arising from acts or omissions related thereto.
Voting equipment; allows acquisition of direct recording electronic machines by any locality.
Saltwater recreational fishing; licensing in conformance with national registry.
Aboveground liquid fertilizer storage tanks; may require permit from local fire official.
Distribution of handbills, etc.; adds median & public roadway to places locality can regulate, etc.
Polygraph examiners; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to regulate.
Individual health insurance coverage; sets parameters of period an individual is not covered.
Computer trespass; civil damages to include all eight statutory definitions thereof.
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; impanelment.
Professional corporations; includes certified interior designers in organizations managed by board.
Public Procurement Act; increases cost of construction for which state or local public body may use.
Workers' Compensation Commission; repeals requirement of sending copies of awards by priority mail.
Urban development; sets certain densities in areas according to population of locality.
Fiduciaries; actions or suits involving.
Dentists and oral surgeons; reimbursement for certain services.
Electronic communication service providers; obtaining records by law-enforcement officers.
Conservators of the peace, special; authorized to use seal of State.
Mixed beverage licensees; ABC Board to prescribe terms under which licensees may infuse spirits.
Absentee ballots; procedure for various deadlines and ballot requirements.
Disabled parent; subject to prosecution for desertion or nonsupport of another child.
Charter; Town of Scottsville.
Declaration of judicial emergency; procedures for Supreme Court to follow.
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; those awarded may be used to cover certain costs.
Fair Housing Board; establishes educational materials on Fair Housing Law.
Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; amending association documents using technology.
Higher Education, State Council of; develop uniform certificate of general studies program.
Health Spa Act; clarifies by instituting usage of term facility where services are offered.
Chief Workforce Development Officer; responsibilities.
Mobile dental clinics; Board of Dentistry to develop regulations.
Common Interest Community Board; powers and duties.
Wireless E-911 charges; establishes rate and procedures for collection and remittance by dealers.
Public Procurement Act; foreign & domestic businesses authorized to transact business in State.
Specialized Biotechnology Research Performance Grant Program; established.
HOV lanes; allows certain military personnel to use in Hampton Roads regardless of passengers.
Health savings accounts; exemption from creditors' claims.
Water Facilities Revolving Fund; loans for stormwater runoff control best management practices.
Appeal of bail decision; court is determined based on where initial determination was made, etc.
Fire Prevention Code, Statewide; pyrotechnician or fireworks operator must be certified.
Income tax credits; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.
Circuit court clerks' offices; makes technical changes in handling of electronic or digital filing.
Roanoke River Rails-to-Trails, Inc.; conveyance of certain property in Town of Lawrenceville.
Motorcycle dealers; increases radius of relevant market areas as that term applies thereto.
Grass; adds Spotsylvania County to list of counties authorized to require property owners to cut.
Fire programs; fire/EMS departments donating equipment shall be immune from civil liability.
Income tax credits; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs.
Renewable energy certificates; tariff filed by cooperative for electric energy.
Absentee ballot applications; general registrar may retain until electoral board has results.
Virtual school programs; established.
Coalbed methane gas; Gas & Oil Board to order arbitration to resolve conflicting claim of ownership.
Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; authority of Governor to award grants.
Public Procurement Act; procurement of certain professional services by Transportation Commissioner.
Veterans Bill of Rights; Commissioner and Board of Veterans Services to develop and implement.
Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees.
Certificate of public need; Department of Health to provide public notice.
Social services, local board of; counties that have county board form of government to appoint.
Secondary highway system; requirements for taking new streets into system.
Motor fuels sales tax; defines gross sales and sales price for purposes of tax in Northern Virginia.
Virginia Defense Force; exempt from Administrative Process Act.
Community action boards; membership and duties.
Prescription drug benefits; replace obsolete publications from list of standard reference compendia.
Local ordinances; determination of constitutionality.
License fees and taxes, local; exempts campgrounds and bed and breakfast establishments.
Search warrants, out-of-state; to be honored by State corporation or other entity.
General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure of salary.
Attorney-issued summons; eliminates prohibition of summonses in cases involving protective orders.
Biodiesel or green diesel fuel; minimum content in state contracts for vehicle fuel.
Virginia Free File program; Tax Commissioner to establish and model after IRS Free File program.
Charter schools, public; review & consideration of application by Board of Education & school board.
MEI Project Approval Commission; expands scope of incentive packages to be reviewed.
Threat assessment teams; exempts certain records established at higher educational institutions.
DUI; suspension of driving privilege shall run consecutively with any other court-ordered period.
Fort Monroe Authority; created.
Specialized Biotechnology Research Performance Grant Program; established.
Schools; delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which full accreditation is based.
Equitable distribution; monetary award in divorce case may be enforceable same as judgment.
Architects, Professional Engineers, etc., Board for; establishes emeritus designation for licensees.
Motor vehicle dealers; establishes conditions under which dealers may sell demonstrator vehicles.
Higher educational institutions; annual review of crisis and emergency management plan.
Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority; created.
Fair Housing Board; establishes educational materials on Fair Housing Law.
Abandoned graveyards; when locality acquires title they may continue to maintain property.
Pawnbrokers; local government may by an ordinance require daily report to be electronically filed.
Donation by locality; may donate to nonprofit organizations that are exempt under 501 (c)(3) of IRC.
Concussions; Board of Education to develop guidelines dealing with in student-athletes.
Freedom of Information Act; exemption for credit card and bank account data.
International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement courses; course credit.
District court; procedure for assumption of duties of chief judge.
Group health insurance; enrollment opportunities.
Learner's permit, restricted; DMV to issue to certain persons at least 25 years of age or older.
Child-care facilities; local regulation of possession and storage of firearms, etc., at facilities.
Code Commission; expands membership.
Cash proffers; collected or accepted by locality after completion of final inspection.
Concealed handguns; prohibits person who carries into restaurant from consuming alcoholic beverage.
Health insurance, basic; HMOs to offer plans that do not include state-mandated benefits.
General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure of salary.
Outdoor signs and advertising; penalties collected for violations of provisions.
Correctional facility work program; person who participates to contribute part of his pay for fines.
Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission; DLS shall provide legal and research services.
Wrongful incarceration; definition, compensation.
Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; authority of Governor to award grants.
Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund; established.
Transient occupancy tax; adds Alleghany County to those that may impose.
Adult facilities; interviews with residents of facilities seeking licensure by DSS.
Probate; list of heirs must be filed with clerk of court.
Elections; increases duration of time between filing deadlines and November elections.
Space flight liability and immunity; repeals sunset provision.
Religious holidays; student's absence because of observance thereof must be recorded as excused.
Schools; delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which accreditation is based.
Threat assessment teams; exempts certain records established at higher educational institutions.
Off-road recreational vehicles; localities to allow on certain highways within their boundaries.
Reports of certain acts to school authorities; local law-enforcement authorities to report.
Regional jails; disposition of fees for prisoners' keep.
Motion picture film production; provides income tax credits to any company with qualifying expenses.
Capital murder; auxiliary police officers and deputy sheriffs added to statute.
Tow trucks; certain requirements for connection between vehicles.
Relief for purchaser of property sold at treasurers' sales; Charles L. Kingrea.
Donations by localities; may donate to nonprofit organizations providing energy efficiency services.
Trains; unlawful to board or ride with fraudulent or counterfeit ticket, penalty.
Inmates; hospitalization in local correctional facilities.
Service handgun; allows law-enforcement officer retiring at age 70 with 10 yrs. service to purchase.
Juveniles; loss of driving privileges for alcohol, firearm, and drug offenses.
Driver's license, restricted; issuance to out-of-state drivers.
Fire Prevention Code, Statewide; pyrotechnician or fireworks operator must be certified.
Stormwater management regulations; changes effective date that establishes local program criteria.
Manufacturing facility; expands definition to include those used in creation of intangible property.