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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs, regulations, professional license. [SB-1127]
State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs; regulations; professional license. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations requiring that all final plan elements, specifications, or calculations whose preparation requires a license in engineering, architecture, soil science, or a related profession be signed and sealed by a licensed professional. The bill requires the regulations to be effective no later than July 1, 2018, and exempts them from certain provisions of the Administrative Process Act. This bill is identical
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0163) on 02/23/2017
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Oyster grounds; dredging projects in Lynnhaven River. [SB-1143]
Oyster ground lease; certain dredging projects. Provides that certain oyster ground leaseholders in the Lynnhaven River are subject to the conduct of approved municipal dredging projects to restore existing navigation channels. The bill limits such projects to oyster grounds that are condemned, restricted, or otherwise nonproductive, and it requires the locality to compensate the lessee for the use of the ground. The bill directs that if the parties cannot agree on a compensation amount, a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine the value
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0365) on 03/13/2017
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Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hate crimes; report. [HJR-708]
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hate crimes; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the prevalence of hate crimes in the Commonwealth and the adequacy of the current criminal Code provisions in addressing such offenses in comparison to the laws of other states across the nation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Public charter school applications and charter agreements; review by the Board of Education. [HB-2218]
Public charter school applications and charter agreements; findings by the Board of Education. Permits the Board of Education to communicate any Board finding relating to the rationale for the local school board's denial of a public charter school application or revocation of or failure to renew the charter agreement based on documentation submitted by the school board in any school division in which at least half of the schools receive funding pursuant to Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0513) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans. [HB-2160]
Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans. Provides for the establishment of the Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission (Commission) when any congressional or state legislative district drawn as required by Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia is declared unlawful or unconstitutional, in whole or in part, by order of any state or federal court. The Commission is tasked with determining and submitting to the General Assembly and the Governor a redistricting plan remedying such unlawful
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/08/2017
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Juvenile offenders; parole eligibility. [SB-1152]
Juvenile offenders; parole. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for a single or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 25 years of such sentence, or any person who has active sentences that total more than 25 years for a single or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 25 years of such sentences, shall be eligible for parole.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/21/2017
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Riparian planting grounds lease; eligibility. [SB-1145]
Riparian planting grounds lease; eligibility. Reduces from 205 feet to 105 feet the minimum low-water shore front that makes the landowner eligible to apply for riparian planting grounds assignment by the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Left In Appropriations on 02/21/2017
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Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; powers of State Corporation Commission. [SB-1209]
Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988. Gives the State Corporation Commission discretion to approve any request to increase tolls on the Dulles Greenway by a specified annual percentage increase. The measure also gives the Commission discretion to approve an additional increase in such tolls based on increases in local property taxes when requested by the operator. Currently the Commission is required to approve such requests for toll increases.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Black
Passed By Indefinitely In Commerce And Labor (9-y 5-n) on 01/16/2017
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Contractors, Board for; exemptions, responsibility for contracting with unlicensed person. [SB-1193]
Board for Contractors; exemption from licensure; responsibility for contracting with unlicensed or unregistered person. Exempts from licensure work undertaken by a person providing construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition valued at $2,500 or less per project on behalf of a properly licensed contractor, provided that such contractor holds a valid license in the residential or commercial building contractor classification. The bill provides, however, that any construction services that require an individual license or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0135) on 02/21/2017
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Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; investments of assets. [HB-2211]
Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; investment by Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission. Authorizes the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission to manage and invest the assets of the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund. Current law allows the State Treasurer to invest the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Rush
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Health Insurance Reform Commission; assessment sent to Bureau of Insurance. [HB-2107]
Health Insurance Reform Commission; Bureau of Insurance assessment. Provides that the Chairman of the standing committee requesting the Health Insurance Reform Commission (the Commission) to assess a proposed mandated health insurance benefit or provider shall send a copy of such request to the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission (the Bureau). The bill requires the Bureau to prepare an analysis of the proposed mandate upon receipt of the copy of the request. Current law requires the Commission to request the Bureau to prepare
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0485) on 03/13/2017
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DPOR; regulation of land surveyor photogrammetrists. [HB-2145]
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. The bill provides that it will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. James LeMunyon
Committee Amendments on 02/20/2017
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Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; revises composition of Board. [HB-2106]
Virginia Board of Workforce Development. Revises the composition of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (Board) to conform to requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). One member shall be a representative of a private career college. The measure also (i) specifies that funding for a full-time Executive Director position shall be provided by Title I of the WIOA and (ii) replaces a requirement that industry credentials that align with high-demand occupations shall include the Career Readiness Certificate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0265) on 03/03/2017
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State Corporation Commission; business entity fees. [HB-2110]
State Corporation Commission; business entity fees. Removes provisions that authorize the State Corporation Commission (Commission) to refund certain fees collected for business entity documents that are not accepted for filing. The measure provides that the fee accompanying a document delivered to the Commission for filing is nonrefundable. The measure provides that a document not accepted for filing for which the required fee was paid may be resubmitted for filing without an additional fee, if the resubmitted document is received within one year
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Failed To Report (defeated) In Commerce And Labor (8-y 13-n) on 01/19/2017
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State Corporation Commission; charges for copies. [HB-2111]
State Corporation Commission; charges for copies. Clarifies that the State Corporation Commission (Commission) may absorb some or all of the convenience fees paid by users of a Commission online filing system. The measure also grants the Commission the discretion not to charge a fee for providing certain copies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0486) on 03/13/2017
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Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the funding needs of elections. [HJR-702]
Study; JLARC to study the current and future funding needs of modern elections administration in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the current and future funding needs of modern elections administration in the Commonwealth. The resolution directs JLARC to (i) evaluate and compare the potential fiscal impact at the state and local level of procuring a new voter registration system to replace the current voter registration system with the potential fiscal impact of modifying the current
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Public education; Board of Education to report on condition and needs. [HB-2141]
Board of Education; report on the condition and needs of public education; local school division reports. Requires the Board of Education's annual report on the condition and needs of public education in the Commonwealth to include an explanation of the need to retain or maintain the frequency of any report that local school divisions are required to submit to the Board of Education or any other state agency; any recommendation for the elimination, reduction in frequency, or consolidation of such reports when such elimination, reduction in frequency,
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Sponsored by: Rep. James LeMunyon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0235) on 02/23/2017
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Local Government, Commission on; estimated fiscal impact on a locality of relocated refugees. [HB-2093]
Commission on Local Government; estimated fiscal impact on a locality of relocated refugees. Provides for the Commission on Local Government to provide, upon the request of any locality, an estimated fiscal impact of the relocation to the requesting locality of individuals admitted to the United States as refugees on the delivery of core services.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Failed To Report (defeated) In Counties, Cities And Towns (5-y 15-n) on 02/03/2017
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Public schools; career and technical education credential. [SB-1159]
Public schools; career and technical education credential. Provides that the career and technical education credential, when required for high school graduation, adult education, or an alternative education plan, may be satisfied with the successful completion of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. Under current law, the successful completion of an industry certification, a state licensure examination, a national occupational competency assessment, or the Virginia workplace readiness skills assessment satisfies such credential.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0330) on 03/13/2017
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Workers' compensation; employer's lien, third party actions. [SB-1175]
Workers' compensation; employer's lien; third party actions. Requires that any arbitration proceeding regarding the exercise of an employer's right of subrogation to an employee's claim against a third party shall be limited solely to arbitrating the amount and validity of the employer's lien and shall not affect the employee's rights in any way. Such arbitration shall not be held unless (i) any contested expenses remaining have been submitted to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission (the Commission) for a determination of their validity
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0081) on 02/20/2017