Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC to study the Virginia's workers' compensation system; report. [HJR-544]
Study; JLARC to study the Virginia's workers' compensation system; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study Virginia's workers' compensation system. In its study, JLARC is directed to (i) examine whether claims are reviewed and processed in a timely and fair manner; (ii) assess whether the dispute resolution process is timely, effective, and fair and equitable toward all parties; (iii) compare the structure and administration of workers' compensation programs in other states with that of Virginia's; (iv)
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Commonwealth Transportation Board; increases regional membership. [HB-1346]
Commonwealth Transportation Board; regional membership. Increases from 17 to 19 the membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board; regional membership. Increases from 17 to 19 the membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the addition of two nonlegislative citizen members: one from the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission and one from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. The terms of the new
Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Left In Transportation on 12/01/2016
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Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. [SB-203]
Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. Reduces the total number and type of required Standards of Learning assessments to the minimum requirements established by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The bill requires the Board of Education to adopt and implement a transition plan over two years beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Left In Education And Health on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement; SCT to work with Virginia-Israel Advisory Board. [HB-1282]
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hugo
Left In General Laws And Technology on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established. [SJR-68]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission; partisan balance of districts. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, an eight-member commission tasked with establishing the districts for the United States House of Representatives and for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly and apportioning the members of the House of Representatives and the members of the Senate and the House of Delegates among the districts, respectively. The districts are to be drawn to reflect the voting patterns
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Left In Privileges And Elections on 12/02/2016
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Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs. [HB-352]
Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs. Requires the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to determine that an energy efficiency program proposed by an electric utility is in the public interest if the net present value of the benefits exceeds the net present value of the costs as determined by not less than three of the following benefit cost tests: (i) the Total Resource Cost Test; (ii) the Utility Cost Test also referred to as the Program Administrator Test); (iii) the Participant Test; and (iv) the Ratepayer Impact Measure Test. The measure
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/01/2016
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Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established, criteria. [SJR-60]
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 in the census year 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.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Left In Privileges And Elections on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Electrical transmission lines; SCC to consider impact on historic resources. [HB-908]
Electrical transmission lines; effect on historic resources. Requires the State Corporation Commission (SCC), prior to approving the construction of any electrical transmission lines of 138 kV or more, to determine that the corridor or route chosen for the line will avoid any adverse impact on the scenic assets, historic resources, and environment of the area concerned. If the SCC determines that no route or corridor exists that can avoid any such adverse impact, the SCC is directed to choose the corridor or route that minimizes such adverse impacts
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/01/2016
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Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report. [HB-1400]
Virginia Virtual School established. Establishes the Board of the Virginia Virtual School (the Board) as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of governing the full-time virtual school programs offered to students enrolled in the Virginia Virtual School (the School). The Secretary of Education is responsible for such agency. The 14-member Board is given operational control of the School and assigned powers and duties. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the bill requires the School to be open to any school-age
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
(67 Affirmative Votes Required To Override) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Laser hair removal technicians; licensure by Board of Medicine. [HB-957]
Board of Medicine; licensure of laser hair removal technicians. Requires individuals who practice laser hair removal to be licensed by the Board of Medicine. The bill defines "laser hair removal" and establishes the Advisory Board on Laser Hair Removal to advise the Board of Medicine on this discipline. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established. [SJR-79]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of the year following the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Left In Privileges And Elections on 12/02/2016
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Ground water conservation incentive program; State Water Control Bd. to establish voluntary program. [HB-1065]
Conservation of ground water. Directs the State Water Control Board to establish a voluntary ground water conservation incentive program. The program is designed to provide incentives to those ground water permittees who agree to adopt measures that would (i) substantially reduce their reliance on ground water, (ii) transition to alternative water sources, or (iii) develop necessary infrastructure. The permittee would have to agree to either a 50 percent reduction in the amount authorized by its permit or certificate that is in effect on January
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Sponsored by: Rep. S. Chris Jones
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Elections, State Board of, and local electoral boards; appointments, proportion of political party. [HB-1399]
State Board of Elections and local electoral boards; appointments; proportion of political party representation. Provides that in the appointment of members to the State Board of Elections and to the local electoral boards, one member shall be of the political party having the highest number of members in the House of Delegates, one member shall be of the political party having the highest number of members in the Senate of Virginia, and one member shall be of the political party of the Governor. If all three members are of the same political party,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Defeated By Senate (19-y 20-n) on 02/20/2017
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State Library Board; retention of surveillance videos. [HB-839]
State Library Board; retention of surveillance videos. Requires the State Library Board to revise the retention schedule for surveillance videos, including visual or audiovisual recordings by license plate readers and body-worn camera systems utilized by state and local law-enforcement officers, in order that such recordings are retained for at least 60 days, regardless of whether such recordings pertain to an identified criminal investigation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In General Laws on 12/01/2016
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Mixed beverage restaurant licensees; food-to-beverage ratio. [SB-488]
Pilot project for mixed beverage licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; alternative calculation for the 45 percent food-to-beverage ratio based on price paid by the licensee. Creates a two-year pilot project that directs participating mixed beverage restaurant licensees to calculate the required food-to-beverage ratio (i) on the basis of the price such licensee paid for the food, nonalcoholic beverages, and mixed beverages sold and (ii) on the basis of the price such licensee sold such food, nonalcoholic beverages, and mixed beverages
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Left In General Laws on 12/01/2016
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Students, certain, with limited English proficiency; Board shall make provision in its regulations. [HB-936]
Certain students with limited English proficiency;
Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
STEM programs; grants for donations to programs at qualified schools. [SB-17]
Grants for donations to science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) programs at qualified schools. Establishes a grant program administered by the Board of Education beginning in 2017 for donations made by STEM organizations to qualified schools. The donations must be used by qualified schools to support STEM programs. The bill defines qualified schools as those public elementary and secondary schools at which at least 40 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Grants are capped at $50,000 per organization per year.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Left In Appropriations on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Corrections, State Board of; notification of tertiary care of prisoner. [HB-1171]
Board of Corrections; notification of tertiary care of prisoner. Requires the Board of Corrections to promulgate regulations for state and local correctional facilities requiring that notification be made to a prisoner's family or stated emergency contact person whenever a prisoner is moved within or without his assigned facility for the purposes of tertiary care unless these is reasonable cause to believe that such notification is a threat to the safety of any person.
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Rush
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Common Interest Community Board; increases membership. [SB-689]
Common Interest Community Board; membership. Increases the membership of the Common Interest Community Board from 11 to 14 by adding (i) one member who serves or has served on the governing board of a common interest community that is not professionally managed at the time of appointment and (ii) two members who reside in a common interest community.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Left In General Laws And Technology on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established. [SJR-119]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of the year following the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Privileges And Elections on 12/02/2016