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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Cigarettes; purchase for resale, issuance of a cigarette exemption certificate, penalties. [HB-1913]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Purchase of cigarettes for resale; penalties. Creates a new requirement that purchasers of cigarettes for resale must apply for a special cigarette exemption certificate from the Department of Taxation in order to not be liable for the payment of sales tax at the time of purchase. The bill sets forth numerous requirements that a taxpayer must meet in order to qualify for a cigarette exemption certificate and establishes processes and procedures for the application, renewal, denial, and revocation of the certificates. The bill creates new recordkeeping
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0112) on 02/21/2017
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VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 [S.114]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pensions ]
[Social Security ]
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VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 TITLE I--APPROPRIATION OF AMOUNTS FOR VETERANS CHOICE PROGRAM (Sec. 101) This bill provides funding for the Veterans Choice Program. TITLE II--PERSONNEL MATTERS (Sec. 201) The annual determination of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) staff shortages shall include shortages for a minimum of five clinical and five nonclinical occupations for each network. (Such determination currently includes the five occupations for which there are the largest Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]-wide shortages.)
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Became Public Law No: 115-46. (txt | Pdf) on 08/12/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century; Joint Subcommittee to study. [HJR-637]
[Mental Health ]
Study; 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, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Aboveground storage tanks; State Water Control Board to regulate, civil and criminal penalties. [HB-1860]
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[Water ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Aboveground storage tanks; fund; civil and criminal penalties. Directs the State Water Control Board (the Board) to regulate aboveground storage tanks that measure more than 5,000 gallons in capacity and are used to contain dangerous substances other than oil. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations that establish construction standards, requirements for registration, certification, and inspection, and other requirements of tank owners and establish a schedule of fees. The bill authorizes the Board to require the owner to undertake corrective
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/07/2017
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Making appropriations of public money out of the Treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article VI of the Constitution [HB-2908]
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Making appropriations of public money out of the Treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article VI of the Constitution
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Folk
Filed For Introduction on 03/10/2017
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Claims against state [SB-566]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide payment to certain claimants who provided commodities and/or services to the state, but who were not paid because the agency reached its budget limit. Total amount from General Revenue:Â $305,755.24 Total amount from State Road Fund:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $650.00
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Stollings
Chapter 27, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017
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Computer trespass; government computers and computers used for public utilities, penalty. [HB-1815]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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 affected 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: Rep. David Yancey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0562) on 03/16/2017
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Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution [HR-43]
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Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order for the House to consider a concurrent resolution for its adjournment during any day in August of any calendar year until the House has passed by July 31 of that year each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year beginning on October 1.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Introduced In House on 01/10/2017
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Malicious bodily injury to or pointing of laser at members of United States Armed Forces. [HB-1769]
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[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Malicious bodily injury to or pointing of laser at members of United States Armed Forces. The bill adds members of the United States Armed Forces, including members of the Virginia National Guard, to the list of persons the malicious or unlawful wounding of whom, or the pointing of a laser at whom, is subject to an enhanced penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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One Subject at a Time Act [HB-395]
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[Law Enforcement ]
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One Subject at a Time Act This bill requires: (1) each bill or joint resolution to embrace no more than one subject, and (2) the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title. An appropriations bill may not contain any general legislation or change of existing law requirement if its subject is not germane to the subject of such bill. The bill voids: (1) an entire Act or joint resolution if its title addresses two or more unrelated subjects, (2) provisions in legislation not clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/06/2017
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As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2017 session of the 110th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action. [HB-774]
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As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2017 session of the 110th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patsy Hazlewood
Assigned To S/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee on 02/14/2017
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Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2017 [HB-378]
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[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Cooper
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 10/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Terrorist organization, designated; providing material support or resources, exemptions, penalty. [SB-1052]
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[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing material support or resources to a designated terrorist organization; exemptions; penalty. Provides that any person who provides material support or resources to an organization that has been designated by the U.S. Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If such material support results in the death of any person, the penalty is increased to a Class 2 felony. The bill provides an exemption to those persons who provide such material support with the approval of the U.S. Secretary of State and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell
Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/16/2017
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Firearms; administration of machine gun registry, nonresident concealed handgun permits. [SB-1049]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Firearms; administration of machine gun registry, Firearms; administration of machine gun registry, nonresident concealed handgun permits, and criminal history record checks. Requires any person registered to possess a machine gun to notify the Department of State Police (the Department) of a change of address within 30 days of such change. The bill reduces the number of photographs that an applicant for a nonresident concealed handgun permit must submit from two to one. The bill requires the form provided by the Department for a dealer to obtain
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action. [SB-1060]
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[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia major, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to consent to such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to knowingly remove or cause or permit the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Black
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0667) on 03/20/2017
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As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2017 session of the 110th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action. [SB-626]
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[Veterans ]
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As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2017 session of the 110th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bo Watson
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Finance, Ways, And Means Committee on 02/13/2017
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Computer trespass; computer invasion of privacy, penalty, civil relief. [SB-1090]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
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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: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017. [SB-483]
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As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bo Watson
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 460 on 06/01/2017
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As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017. [HB-511]
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As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Sargent
Pub. Ch. 460 on 06/01/2017
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Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017 [HB-302]
[Insurance ]
[Sports ]
[Healthcare ]
Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill extends the liability insurance coverage of a state-licensed medical professional to another state when the professional provides medical services to an athlete, athletic team, or team staff member pursuant to a written agreement. Prior to providing such services, the medical professional must disclose to the insurer the nature and extent of the services. This extension of coverage does not apply at a health care facility or while a medical professional licensed in the state is transporting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Became Public Law No: 115-254. on 10/05/2018