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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Methamphetamine precursors; electronic log to be maintained by sellers of products. [SB-397]
Methamphetamine precursors; electronic log. Requires that the log currently required to be maintained by sellers of products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or isomers or any salts of isomers must be kept in electronic format. The Board of Pharmacy is required to establish and maintain the log and ensure that the log is capable of checking compliance against all state, local, and federal laws, including interfacing with other states to ensure comprehensive compliance.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards Senate: Stricken At The Request Of Patron In Courts Of Justice (14-y 0-n) on 01/30/2008
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School divisions, local; required to publish budget on website. [SB-376]
Local school divisions; annual budget. Requires local school divisions to publish their annual budget on the local school division website. If there is no local school division website, the budget must be available in hard copy. This bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2009.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0404) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Alicia's Law; funding for child exploitation law enforcement efforts. [SB-37]
Appropriations; funding for anti-child-exploitation law enforcement. Provides both one-time and ongoing appropriations to fund anti-child-exploitation law-enforcement efforts including the creation of two additional regional Internet Crimes Against Children task forces, one in Southeastern Virginia and one in Richmond/Central Virginia.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds Senate: Left In Finance on 02/13/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Identity theft; notice of database breach. [SB-307]
Database breach notification. Requires an individual or entity that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach to the Office of the Attorney General and any affected resident of the Commonwealth whose unencrypted and unredacted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been accessed and acquired by an unauthorized person. A breach is defined as the unauthorized access and acquisition of unencrypted
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roscoe Reynolds Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0566) on 03/17/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Budget database; directing House Committee on Appropriations to establish searchable website. [HR-2]
Directing the staff of the House Committee on Appropriations to establish a searchable budget database website. Directs that staff of the House Committee on Appropriations establish a searchable budget database website detailing where, for what purpose, and what results are achieved for all taxpayer investments in state government. This bill is incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall House: Incorporated By Appropriations (hb1360-cline) By Voice Vote on 01/30/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Electronic license plate recognition systems; Secretary of Public Safety to study. [HJR-92]
Study; electronic license plate recognition systems; report. Requests the Secretary of Public Safety to study the feasibility of increasing the use of electronic license plate recognition systems as a law-enforcement tool.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Mathieson House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Budget database; House and Senate Committees recognizing need to establish searchable website. [HJR-82]
Recognizing the need to establish a searchable budget database website. Recognizes the need for the staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance to establish a searchable budget database website detailing where, for what purpose, and what results are achieved for all taxpayer investments in state government. This bill is incorporated into HB 1360.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall House: Incorporated By Appropriations (hb1360-cline) By Voice Vote on 01/30/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, online; Council of Higher Education to study establishment thereof. [HJR-43]
Study; Online public institution of higher education; report. Requests that the State Council of Higher Education study the feasibility of establishing an online public institution of higher education. The Council must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2009 Session and its final findings and recommendations to the 2010 Session of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Small business; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study impact of eVirginia thereon. [HJR-119]
Study; impact of eVA on small businesses in the Commonwealth. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the impact of eVirginia (eVA) on small businesses in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) identify the total number of contracts and the total dollar amount awarded to small businesses in the Commonwealth, annually, since the implementation of the eVA procurement system; and (ii) examine the impact of the fee structure and the mandatory use of eVA on the procurement opportunities of small
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Nutter House: Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj119er) on 03/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Identity theft; notice of database breach. [HB-971]
Database breach notification. Requires a person or business that conducts business in Virginia and that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information to conduct a reasonable investigation to promptly determine the likelihood that personal information has been or will be misused when it becomes aware of an incident of unauthorized access to personal customer information. Notification must be made in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, consistent with the legitimate needs of law enforcement. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Shannon House: Incorporated By Science And Technology (hb1469-byron) By Voice Vote on 02/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Candidates; Board of Elections to publish list on Internet. [HB-802]
Elections; persons entitled to have name printed on ballot; online listing of candidates. Requires the State Board of Elections to publish on the Internet the names of candidates for federal, statewide, or General Assembly office within 24 hours of the time when the candidate is certified as qualified for the ballot.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Englin House: Continued To 2009 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 01/25/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Absentee ballot applications; may receive by electronic transmission. [HB-798]
Absentee ballot applications and procedures. Provides that voters covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act who reside or are stationed outside the continental borders of the United States may receive their blank absentee ballots by electronic transmission. Present law allows these voters to request absentee ballots by electronic transmission. This bill covers the second step of sending the ballot to these overseas voters. The voted ballots will have to be returned by mail. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0300) on 03/11/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and related equipment. [HB-758]
Sales and use tax; school supplies sales tax holiday. Adds computers and related equipment to the list of property exempt from tax during the school supplies sales and use tax holiday, beginning in 2008. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Incorporated By Finance (hb57-lingamfelter) By Voice Vote on 02/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway welcome and exit signs; localities may put up within highway rights-of-way. [HB-692]
Highway "welcome" signs and exit signs. Allows local governing bodies to put up "welcome" signs within highway rights-of-way or within sight of highway rights-of-way to welcome travelers. These signs may include statements or phrases such as "birthplace of __________," "site of the __________," or "home of the __________." Such signs may also display the Internet web address of the locality's official website. The bill also provides for display of the Internet address of a locality's official website on exit signs on controlled access highways.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ward Armstrong House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Insurance notices; electronic delivery. [HB-636]
Electronic delivery of insurance notices. Authorizes property, casualty, life, and certain other types of insurers to electronically transmit notices to insureds if the insured consents.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe May House: Continued To 2009 In Commerce And Labor By Voice Vote on 01/31/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and computer-related peripheral equipment. [HB-57]
Sales and use tax exemption; computers and computer-related equipment. Adds computers and computer-related equipment with a sales price of $1,500 or less to the school supplies and clothing that are exempt from sales and use tax during a three-day period in August. The bill incorporates
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Senate: Left In Finance on 02/26/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Computer crimes; website redirection, penalty. [HB-554]
Computer crimes; website redirection; penalty. Adds a Class 6 felony to the list of computer trespass crimes if a person, with malicious intent, intentionally alters the markup language or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a website so as to redirect a user from his intended URL or website destination to a third-party URL or website.
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Driver's license; State Police shall electronically transmit registry data of sex offenders to DMV. [HB-534]
Driver's license renewal; sex offenders. Provides that the Department of State Police transmit information about registered sex offenders to the Department of Motor Vehicles; and requires registered sex offenders to appear in person at the Department of Motor Vehicles for each driver's license renewal. The driver's license of registered sex offenders will be valid for a period not to exceed five years. This bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2009.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Mathieson Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0487) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Voting equipment; authorizes wireless communications after polls are closed to transmit results. [HB-467]
Elections; voting equipment; wireless communications at polling places. Provides an exception to the prohibition on wireless communications to or from voting devices at the polls on election day. The bill authorizes wireless communications after the polls are closed to transmit results from voting equipment by modem to the electoral board. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts House: Incorporated By Privileges And Elections (hb1476-rust) By Voice Vote on 02/01/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and computer-related peripheral equipment. [HB-442]
Sales and use tax exemption; computers and computer-related equipment. Adds computers and computer-related equipment with a sales price of $1,500 or less to the school supplies and clothing that are exempt from sales and use tax during a three-day period in August. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Incorporated By Finance (hb57-lingamfelter) By Voice Vote on 02/04/2008