Appropriations
US Congress 115th Congress
Emergency Forest Restoration Act [HB-865]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Agriculture ]
[Climate Change ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
Emergency Forest Restoration Act This bill allows the Department of Agriculture (USDA), regarding National Forest System lands, or the Department of the Interior, regarding public lands, to develop and carry out a forest management activity on lands of the department concerned in a state when the activity's primary purpose is to address an insect or disease infestation that has been declared an emergency by the state governor. With specified exceptions, a categorical exclusion shall be available to USDA or Interior for these purposes. A "categorical
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Sponsored by: Rep. David G. Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 02/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Computer trespass; computer invasion of privacy, penalty, civil relief. [HB-2288]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Computer trespass; computer invasion of privacy; penalty; civil relief. Makes it a Class 5 felony for a person to maliciously install or cause to be installed a computer program that takes control of or restricts access to another computer or computer network, or data therein, and demand money or anything else of value to remove the computer program; restore control of or access to the computer or computer network, or data therein; or remediate the impact of the computer program. The bill adds medical information to the list of information that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher E. Collins
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 02/15/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Illegal voter registration; penalties. [HB-2252]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Illegal voter registration; penalties. Provides that any person who intentionally (i) procures, assists, or induces another to register to vote or (ii) submits a voter registration application on behalf of another, knowing such applicant does not have the qualifications required by the Constitution of Virginia and the election laws, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
DUI manslaughter; ignition interlock. [HB-2238]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
DUI manslaughter; ignition interlock. Requires that, as a condition of being granted a restricted driver's license, a person convicted of manslaughter as a result of driving under the influence be prohibited from operating a motor vehicle without an ignition interlock and have an ignition interlock installed on all vehicles owned by or registered to such person.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Hunter Miller
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 02/15/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearms; selling, bartering, etc., to persons not lawfully present in United States, penalty. [HB-2079]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Sale of firearms; persons not lawfully present in United States; penalty. Provides that the crime of selling, bartering, giving, or furnishing or possessing with the intent to sell, barter, give, or furnish a firearm to a person knowing that such person is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm because he is not lawfully present in the United States also applies to selling, bartering, giving, or furnishing an assault firearm to a person prohibited from possessing or transporting an assault firearm because he is not lawfully admitted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony O. Wilt
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017
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Computer trespass; government computers and computers used for public utilities, penalty. [SB-1138]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Computer trespass; government computers and computers used for public utilities; penalty. Increases the Class 1 misdemeanor computer trespass crimes to a Class 6 felony if the computer targeted is one that is exclusively for the use of, or used by or for, the Commonwealth, a local government within the Commonwealth, or certain public utilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mason Taylor Montgomery
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century. [SJR-279]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century continued; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century for two additional years, through December 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett W. Hanger
Left In Rules on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Terrorist organization, designated; providing material support, penalty. [SB-1154]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing support to terrorist organizations; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly provides any material support to an individual or organization whose primary objective is to commit an act of terrorism and does so with the intent to further such objective is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the provision of such material support results in the death of any person, the penalty is increased to a Class 2 felony. The bill also expands the definition of an act of terrorism to include an act committed outside the Commonwealth that would meet
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen H. Sturtevant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0668) on 03/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Medical marijuana; written certification. [HB-2135]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Medical marijuana; written certification. Allows a person to possess marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol pursuant to a valid written certification issued by a physician for the treatment of any medical condition and allows a physician or pharmacist to distribute such substances without being subject to prosecution. Under current law, a person has an affirmative defense to prosecution for possession of marijuana if the marijuana is in certain forms and the person has been issued a written certification by a physician that such marijuana is for the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark H. Levine
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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USA Values Act of 2017 Universal Security of American Values Act of 2017 [HB-735]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
USA Values Act of 2017 Universal Security of American Values Act of 2017 This bill prohibits enforcement of any executive order that would be in direct violation of an existing executive order, public law, or fully executed regulatory agency process as it relates to: Fourth Amendment due process; Fourteenth Amendment protections of citizenship rights; the Immigration and Nationality Act; laws intended to protect the civil liberties, civil rights, or human rights of persons lawfully admitted into the United States or natural born or naturalized U.S.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jamie Raskin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 02/24/2017
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This Land Is Our Land Act [HB-739]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Immigration ]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Agriculture ]
This Land Is Our Land Act This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from constructing, or obligating or expending any funds for the construction of, any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 02/10/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Companion animals; changes penalty to Class 6 felony for cruelty to animals. [SB-1147]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Cruelty to animals; companion animals; penalty. Changes from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for torturing or willfully inflicting inhumane injury or pain to a companion animal, defined as a domestic or feral dog, domestic or feral cat, nonhuman primate, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit not raised for human food or fiber, exotic or native animal, reptile, or exotic or native bird. Current law requires that the animal die as a direct result of the torture or cruelty and that the companion animal is a dog or cat before the violation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill R. DeSteph
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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Utah 2017 General Session
Appropriations Adjustments [SB-3]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Appropriations Adjustments
Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson
Governor Line Item Veto In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/28/2017
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Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 [HB-695]
[Children and Youth ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Immigration ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 This bill provides continuing FY2019 appropriations to several federal agencies through February 8, 2019. It also provides additional appropriations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, extends Medicaid provisions, and provides supplemental appropriations for disaster relief. DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Sec. 101) This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 to provide continuing FY2019 appropriations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Considered By Senate (message From The House Considered). on 01/02/2019
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Public Education Budget Amendments [HB-2]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Public Education Budget Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Lyle W. Hillyard
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/29/2017
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Revenue Bond and Capital Facilities Amendments [SB-9]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
Revenue Bond and Capital Facilities Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne A. Harper
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/24/2017
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New Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations Act [SB-2]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
New Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/29/2017
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Current Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations [HB-3]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Current Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations
Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/28/2017
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Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act [HB-660]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by Reclamation for which operations and maintenance are performed by its employees or through a contract with Reclamation) at Reclamation facilities, and to standardize and streamline data reporting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 573. on 09/17/2018
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CHOICE Act Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act [S.235]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
CHOICE Act Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act This bill amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act to include among the eligibility criteria for opportunity scholarships, a requirement that a student in Washington, DC is enrolled, or will be enrolled for the next school year, in a public or private elementary or secondary school. (Opportunity scholarships are provided to low-income DC students to enable them to attend a participating private school of their choice.) The bill also amends
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/24/2017