Appropriations
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Budget Bill [SB-199]
[Budget and Spending ]
Budget Bill
Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch B. Carmichael
On 3rd Reading on 04/05/2017
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Honoring Hometown Heroes Act [HB-1892]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Agriculture ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Energy ]
[Food ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Pensions ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Unemployment ]
Honoring Hometown Heroes Act DIVISION A--HONORING HOMETOWN HEROES ACT Honoring Hometown Heroes Act (Sec. 10102) This division authorizes the governor of a state, territory, or possession of the United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia to proclaim that the U.S. flag shall be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder (public safety officer) working in such jurisdiction who dies while serving in the line of duty. DIVISION B--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, TAX RELIEF, AND MEDICAID CHANGES RELATING TO CERTAIN DISASTERS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-123. (txt | Pdf) on 02/09/2018
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Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2017 [HB-1888]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to allow federal entities that utilize government station licenses to participate in the incentive auction program under which licensees of electromagnetic spectrum voluntarily relinquish their spectrum rights in order for such spectrum to be auctioned for a repurposed commercial use in exchange for a percentage of the auction proceeds. Instead of being reimbursed for the costs of sharing frequencies with nonfederal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Guthrie
Referred To The Subcommittee On Emerging Threats And Capabilities. on 04/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Lottery Fund; administrative expenses, reduces cap on appropriations to Fund. [HB-1089]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Gaming ]
Virginia Lottery Fund; administrative expenses. Reduces the cap on appropriations to the Virginia Lottery for the operation and administration of the lottery during any fiscal year, exclusive of agent compensation, from no more than 10 percent to no more than eight percent of the total annual estimated gross revenues to be generated from lottery sales.
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin L. Cline
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Driving under influence of alcohol; subsequent offenses, penalty. [HB-1403]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Driving while intoxicated; subsequent offenses; penalty. Provides that a person who commits a third offense of driving while intoxicated within a 20-year period is guilty of a Class 6 felony and the punishment for a person who commits a fourth or subsequent offense within such period must include a mandatory minimum sentence of one year and a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000. Under current law, the relevant time period for applying enhanced penalties for subsequent offenses is 10 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard P. Bell
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Crimes against law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel; penalty. [SB-790]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Crimes against law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel; penalty. Eliminates, for the crime of capital murder of a law-enforcement officer or fire marshal, the element that the killing must be committed for the purpose of interfering with the performance of the victim's official duties for the defendant to be guilty of the crime. For the crimes of (i) malicious or unlawful wounding of a law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel and (ii) assault or assault
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Sponsored by: Sen. John A. Cosgrove
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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No Government No Pay Act of 2017 [HB-1789]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Ethics ]
No Government No Pay Act of 2017 A Member of Congress may not receive pay, during a government shutdown, equal to the product of one day's worth of pay under such annual rate and the number of 24-hour periods during which the government shutdown is in effect. This prohibition is applicable to days occurring during the 116th and succeeding Congresses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/29/2017
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Hold Congress Accountable Act [HB-1794]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
Hold Congress Accountable Act This bill requires a reduction in the annual rate of pay of a Member of Congress during a government shutdown equal to the product of one day's worth of pay under such annual rate and the number of 24-hour periods during which the government shutdown is in effect. Such reduction applies to days occurring after the date of the general election for federal office held in November 2018. For the 115th Congress, such amount of the pay of a Member of Congress shall be withheld due to a government shutdown, held in escrow
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Introduced In House on 03/29/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Assault and battery against a family or household member; first offense, enhanced penalties. [HB-765]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
First offense assault and battery against a family or household member; enhanced penalties. Provides that the deferral and dismissal of a first offense of assault and battery against a family or household member will be treated as a prior conviction for the purpose of determining whether a person is eligible for the enhanced Class 6 felony penalties for stalking or assault and battery against a family or household member that apply based on a person's prior convictions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Expiring funds to unappropriated surplus balance in General Revenue fund to Department of Administration [SB-694]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
Expiring funds to unappropriated surplus balance in General Revenue fund to Department of Administration
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan J. Ferns
Chapter 21, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017