Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Economic Development Access Program; bonded projects. [SB-1591]
Economic Development Access Program; bonded projects. Imposes a 48-month moratorium on the repayment of funds allocated to a locality for a bonded project pursuant to the Economic Development Access Program, provided that the conditions of the Commonwealth Transportation Board's economic development access policy are met. The bill has an emergency clause and is identical to HB 1973.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0558) on 03/16/2017
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High school graduation; verified credit, locally selected, recognized academic assessments. [SB-1584]
High school graduation requirements; verified credit; locally selected, nationally recognized high school academic assessments. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to provide for the award of verified units of credit for satisfactory scores on locally selected, nationally recognized high school academic assessments approved by the Board in lieu of the correlated Standards of Learning assessments.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Alternative onsite sewage systems; sampling. [SB-1577]
Alternative onsite sewage systems; sampling. Provides that the Department of Health shall evaluate the need for 180-day biochemical oxygen demand sampling of small alternative onsite sewage systems that serve no more than three attached or detached single-family residences with a combined average flow of less than or equal to 1,000 gallons per day of residential strength sewage, or a structure with an average daily sewage flow of less than or equal to 1,000 gallons per day of residential strength sewage, and shall report its findings to the Chairmen
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Peake
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0476) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia Real Estate Appraiser Board; appraisal management companies, compensation of appraisers. [SB-1575]
Virginia Real Estate Appraiser Board; appraisal management companies; compensation of appraisers. Requires an appraisal management company to compensate appraisers at a rate that is customary and reasonable for appraisal services performed in the market area of the property being appraised. The bill provides that compliance with the fee requirement is presumed if an appraisal management company compensates appraisers in an amount that is reasonably related to recent rates paid for comparable appraisal services by entities other than appraisal management
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Wagner
Passed By Indefinitely In General Laws And Technology With Letter (14-y 0-n) on 02/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
DPOR; regulation of land surveyor photogrammetric. [SB-1572]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulation of land surveyor photogrammetrists. Provides for the licensure of land surveyor photogrammetrists by the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects. The bill defines "land surveyor photogrammetrists" and sets the criteria for their licensure.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Passed By Indefinitely In General Laws And Technology (9-y 4-n) on 02/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Real estate appraisers; exemptions from licensure. [SB-1535]
Real Estate Appraiser Board; evaluations. Allows a licensed residential real estate appraiser, certified residential real estate appraiser, or certified general real estate appraiser to provide an evaluation of real estate or real property in connection with certain real estate-related financial transactions. This bill is identical to HB 1556.
Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0269) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Education, Board of; graduation requirements. [SB-1556]
Board of Education; graduation requirements. Requires the Board of Education's graduation requirements to require a student to earn at least one verified credit in each of the following subjects: mathematics, reading, writing, science, and history and social science. The bill requires a student to achieve a passing score on the associated end-of-course Standards of Learning assessment to earn a verified credit. The bill prohibits the associated end-of course Standards of Learning assessment from being diluted or replaced by another assessment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Newman
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Women's Right to Vote, Commission for Commemoration of; established. [SB-1550]
Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote. Establishes the Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote in the legislative branch of state government. The Commission is charged with planning and leading the centennial anniversary of women's right to vote in 2020. The provisions of the bill will expire on September 30, 2020, and the Commission shall submit its report to the Governor and 2021 Session of the General Assembly. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Finance on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Charitable gaming; conduct of games, special permits. [SB-1512]
Charitable gaming; conduct of games; special permits. Authorizes the Charitable Gaming Board to grant special permits to qualified organizations to replace (i) an approved game that falls on a legal holiday or (ii) an approved game that has been canceled by the qualified organization on account of severe weather conditions in the locality in which the approved game was scheduled to occur, provided that the qualified organization notifies the Department within 24 hours of the canceled approved game and the Department is satisfied that the severe
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0739) on 03/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Meningococcal conjugate; immunizations, requirement of one dose before child enters sixth grade. [SB-1519]
Required immunizations; meningococcal conjugate. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing the immunization of school children a requirement for one dose of meningococcal conjugate (MCV4) administered before the child enters the sixth grade. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (13-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
School Health Advisory Board; established, report. [SB-1500]
School Health Advisory Board. Establishes the School Health Advisory Board in the executive branch to advise the General Assembly on pending legislation concerning health policy that affects elementary and secondary schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health With Letter (13-y 0-n) on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Riverboat Gaming Commission; created, regulation, penalties. [SB-1499]
Virginia Riverboat Gaming Commission; regulation of riverboat gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Riverboat Gaming Commission as the licensing body for riverboat gaming. The bill specifies the licensing requirements for riverboat gaming and imposes penalties for violations of the riverboat gaming law, and it directs that riverboat gaming shall be limited to localities that have passed a referendum on the question of allowing riverboat gaming in the locality. The bill requires proceeds of the adjusted gross receipts tax and admission tax imposed
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Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Committee Amendments on 01/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Administrative Process Act; exemption for Charitable Gaming Board. [SB-1509]
Charitable Gaming Board; exempt rulemaking for certain regulations. Provides that Charitable Gaming Board regulations relating to the approval and conduct of game variations for raffles, bingo, network bingo, and instant bingo games shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act, provided that (i) such variations result in games that are consistent with the provisions of charitable gaming law and Board regulations and (ii) such regulations are published and posted. This bill is identical to HB 2177.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0584) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
JLARC; study of adequacy of foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth; report. [HJR-781]
Study; JLARC; study of adequacy of foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the adequacy of foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) determine current foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth; (ii) determine the real cost to foster parents of caring for children in foster care; (iii) determine whether current foster care payment rates are adequate to cover the real cost of caring for children in foster care;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Impact of requiring community services boards. [HJR-779]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impact of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services in jails; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the impact of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services in jails, including the benefits and costs of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services to inmates of jails in the Commonwealth and barriers to requiring community services boards to provide mental health services
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rocky Holcomb
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Drinking water; lead levels. [HB-2384]
Drinking water; lead levels. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations establishing the action level for lead in drinking water as 10 parts per billion beginning January 1, 2018, and as five parts per billion beginning January 1, 2022. The bill authorizes the Board to establish lower action levels for lead in drinking water.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Discharge of treasurer; legal pleadings. [SB-1459]
Discharge of treasurer; legal pleadings. Provides that the attorney for a locality may prepare and file any pleadings necessary in a proceeding to discharge the treasurer. If the locality does not have an attorney, or the attorney declines or is unable to perform this task, the circuit court shall assign legal counsel.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0677) on 03/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Red Tape Reduction Commission; established, report. [SB-1449]
Red Tape Reduction Commission; review of regulatory requirements; report. Creates the Red Tape Reduction Commission (the Commission) to develop and maintain a state regulatory baseline of all current state regulatory requirements, with the initial baseline to be completed by January 1, 2019. The bill defines a regulatory requirement as any action required to be taken or information required to be provided in accordance with a statute or regulation in order to access government services or operate and conduct business and excludes requirements that
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Appropriations on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Milk production; exemption from oversight of Milk Commission, etc. [HB-2368]
Milk production requirements; exemption. Exempts any person owning no more than three cows or three goats from the oversight of the Milk Commission and the requirements of the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services governing the quality, grading, and sanitary standards for milk, as long as the milk is sold directly to consumers and bears a label stating that the product has not been inspected by the state and that the consumer is purchasing the product at his own risk.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Morris
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Registration records; deadline extension. [HB-2365]
Registration records; deadline extension. Allows the State Board of Elections, by a majority vote, to extend the date of the closing of the registration records for a period not to exceed seven days in the event of an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Toscano
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/08/2017