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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission created. [HJR-651]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission created. Provides for a temporary Virginia Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission (the Commission) to prepare redistricting plans in 2021 and each tenth year thereafter for the House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, and congressional districts. The Virginia Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission shall consist of seven members appointed by majority vote of the Supreme Court of Virginia from a list of retired judges who have indicated their willingness to serve
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
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Study; JLARC recommendations regarding VEDP; report. [HJR-673]
Study; JLARC recommendations regarding VEDP; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study how best to implement the recommendations of the 2016 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission review of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; toll rate approval by State Corporation Commission. [HB-1881]
Toll rate approval by the State Corporation Commission under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988. Requires the State Corporation Commission to ensure that the cost of operating tolled roadways under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 is reasonably apportioned across all users on the basis of the relative distance each class of user travels on the roadway.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Administrative Process Act; review of regulations by Joint Commission on Administrative Rules. [HB-1871]
Joint Commission on Administrative Rules; periodic review of regulations. Requires the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, beginning January 1, 2019, and every year thereafter, to conduct a review of agency regulations. The bill also requires, beginning December 1, 2018, and every year thereafter on or before December 1, each agency promulgating a regulation to submit a written report to the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules including a summary of the necessity for the regulation and a summary of any rule or regulation adopted in the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; process of allocating credits. [HB-1838]
Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit program; Board of Education. Requires any neighborhood organization submitting a proposal to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for an allocation of tax credits for the program year beginning July 1, 2017, to include with its proposal a list of all of the localities in which the organization provided services during the 2016 program year. The Department of Education shall aggregate the information and submit it to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Finance, the Senate Committee
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions. [HB-1831]
Prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions. Exempts projects on U.S. Route 121, commonly known as the Coalfield Expressway, and U.S. Route 460 from the prioritization process that the Commonwealth Transportation Board applies to projects for state funding.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Aboveground storage tanks; State Water Control Board to regulate, civil and criminal penalties. [HB-1860]
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
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Deleterious substances; discharge into state waters. [HB-1870]
Discharge of deleterious substance into state waters; notice. Requires any person who unlawfully discharges any deleterious substance into state waters to give written notice to the State Water Control Board. Current law requires written notice to be given only to the Department of Environmental Quality. The bill also requires the Board or the Department to give the reported discharge information to local newspapers, television stations, and radio stations as soon as practicable after receiving it.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established (first reference). [HJR-628]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 13-member Commission are to be made as follows: two each by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the minority leader in each house, and the state chairman of each of the two political parties receiving the most votes in the prior gubernatorial election. The 12 partisan
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Oyster grounds; dredging projects in Lynnhaven River. [HB-1796]
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: Rep. Christopher Stolle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0529) on 03/16/2017
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Corrections, State Board of; membership, powers and duties, review of deaths of inmates. [HB-1782]
State Board of Corrections; membership; powers and duties; review of deaths of inmates in local correctional facilities. Authorizes the State Board of Corrections (Board) to conduct a review of the death of any inmate in a local or regional correctional facility in order to determine the circumstances surrounding the inmate's death and whether the facility was in compliance with the Board's regulations. The bill requires the Board to develop and implement policies and procedures for the review of the death of any inmate that occurs in any local
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hospitals providing psychiatric services; denials of admission. [HB-1777]
Hospitals providing psychiatric services; denials of admission. Requires the Board of Health to promulgate regulations that require each hospital that provides inpatient psychiatric services to establish a protocol that (i) requires, for any refusal to admit a medically stable patient referred to its psychiatric unit, direct verbal communication between the on-call physician in the psychiatric unit and the referring physician, if requested by the referring physician, and (ii) prohibits on-call physicians or other hospital staff from refusing a request
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0175) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); charter schools. [HJR-629]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); charter schools. Grants the Board of Education authority, subject to criteria and conditions prescribed by the General Assembly, to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC to study feasibility of allocating a larger portion of Virginia Lottery prize money. [HJR-627]
Study; JLARC to study feasibility of allocating a larger portion of Virginia Lottery prize money to localities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the feasibility of allocating a larger portion of Virginia Lottery prize money to localities. In its study, JLARC is directed to (i) review how the Virginia Lottery would be affected if prizes were reduced by up to five percent to provide a greater return to localities, (ii) determine if operation costs could be reduced to provide an alternative way to return
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Wright
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; powers of State Corporation Commission. [HB-1715]
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: Rep. J. Randall Minchew
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Board of Medicine; requirements for licensure. [SB-1046]
Board of Medicine; requirements for licensure. Removes provisions related to licensure of graduates of an institution not approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the Board of Medicine. Under the bill, only graduates of institutions approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the Board of Medicine are eligible for licensure.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0059) on 02/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Civics Education, Commission on; renamed Commission on Civic Education, extends sunset provision. [HB-1718]
Commission on Civics Education; sunset; name. Renames the Commission on Civics Education as the Commission on Civic Education and extends from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2019, the expiration of such commission. This bill is identical SB 840.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0145) on 02/21/2017
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Virginia Parole Board; exceptions to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). [HB-1734]
Virginia Parole Board; exceptions to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Requires guidance documents of the Virginia Parole Board to be available as public records under FOIA.
Sponsored by: Rep. James LeMunyon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0620) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. [SJR-269]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 13-member Commission are to be made as follows: two each by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the minority leader in each house, and the state chairman of each of the two political parties receiving the most votes in the prior gubernatorial election. The 12 partisan
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Incorporated By Privileges And Elections on 01/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends sunset provision. [HB-1716]
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; sunset. Extends the sunset date of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2020, and makes a technical correction to the reporting requirement of the Commission. This bill is identical to SB 869.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Anderson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0191) on 02/23/2017