Computer Services And Uses
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Circuit court clerks; electronic filing and records, remote access. [HB-1715]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Clerks of circuit courts; electronic filing and records; remote access. Makes various changes to the provisions that allow circuit court clerks to provide remote access to certain records and to charge a fee for such access. The bill also directs that fees assessed for electronic filing of cases and other records and accessing certain records remotely shall be paid to the clerk's nonreverting local fund to be used to cover the clerk's operational expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sal Iaquinto
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0077) on 03/05/2013
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Personal property tax, tangible; computer equipment & peripherals used in data centers, definition. [HB-1699]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Property Tax ]
[Economic Development ]
Tangible personal property tax; computer equipment and peripherals used in data centers. Creates a separate classification, for purposes of permitting localities to set a lower personal property tax rate, on computer equipment and peripherals used in a data center.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0271) on 03/13/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Circuit court clerk; submission of trial court record in electronic form to appellate court. [HB-1654]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Courts of record; acceptability of electronic medium; submission of trial court record to appellate court. Requires a clerk of circuit court with an established electronic filing system to provide any appellate court the trial court record in electronic form.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Stricken From Docket By Courts Of Justice By Voice Vote on 01/28/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Electronic filing in civil proceedings; certain circuit court clerks may charge an additional fee. [HB-1652]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Electronic filing in civil proceedings; fee. Allows, but does not require, a circuit court clerk with an established electronic filing system to charge a $2 fee for every civil case initially filed by paper. Indigents are exempt from paying the fee. The fee is paid into the clerk's nonreverting local fund to be exclusively used to cover the operational expenses of the electronic filing system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0074) on 03/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Property and casualty insurance policies; electronic notices, etc. [HB-1607]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Property and casualty insurance policies; electronic notices. Removes provisions that prevent property and casualty insurers from delivering electronically notices of cancellation of certain policies of property or casualty insurance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hugo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0257) on 03/13/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
TANF; restrictions on use of cash assistance, not to access cash through electronic transaction. [HB-1577]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
TANF; restrictions on use of cash assistance. Prohibits the use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits in any electronic benefit transaction (i) for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, or sexually explicit visual materials or (ii) in any government store established for the sale of alcoholic beverages, establishment in which pari-mutuel wagering or charitable gaming is conducted, establishment in which tattooing or body-piercing is performed for hire or consideration, or adult entertainment establishment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0733) on 04/03/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Failed electronic payments; civil action, unlawful detainer remedies. [HB-1509]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
Civil action; failed electronic funds transfer; unlawful detainer remedies. Provides that if an electronic funds transfer is rejected because of insufficient funds or because a stop-payment order was placed on such payment in bad faith, the payee of the electronic funds transfer may recover in a civil action in the same manner as an action to recover for a bad check. The bill also provides that a writ of possession in an unlawful detainer action may be requested by the plaintiff's attorney or agent in addition to the plaintiff, and that such attorney
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Habeeb
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0063) on 03/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Computer Crimes Act; civil action for violation of Act, limitations period. [HB-1487]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Civil action for violation of Computer Crimes Act; limitations period. Provides that a civil action for injuries sustained by reason of a violation of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act must be filed within five years after the last act in the course of conduct constituting such a violation. Under current law, a civil action must be brought within the earlier of five years after the last act in the course of conduct constituting such a violation or two years after the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered such last act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Rush
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Legal notices; advertisement on websites by Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. [HB-1426]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Advertisement of legal notices on websites by the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. Allows each of the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring to publish required legal notices on the locality's website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Abandoned vehicles; public auction conducted by locality shall include an Internet sale by auction. [HB-1395]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Abandoned vehicles; sale of those taken into custody at auction. Provides that "public auctions" at which abandoned vehicles are sold by local governments can include Internet sales. The bill also reduces the time period that a locality must hold the proceeds from such a sale for the owner from 90 to 60 days.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Marshall
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0241) on 03/13/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Legal notices; locality to publish on its website instead of advertising in newspaper. [HB-1378]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Advertisement of legal notices on websites. Allows a locality to publish required legal notices on its website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Incorporated By Counties, Cities And Towns on 01/18/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Legal notices; advertisement by locality. [HB-1373]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Legal notices; advertisement by locality. Allows localities with a population of 50,000 or greater to meet certain notice requirements by utilizing their websites, radio, or television instead of a newspaper of general circulation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Telework tax credit; creates income tax credit for certain employees. [HB-1336]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Tax credit for employees who telework. Creates a $250 income tax credit for employees who telework a minimum of 20 hours per week during at least 45 weeks of the taxable year. The employee would apply for tax credit to the Department of Taxation. The Department would determine whether the applicant has met the statutory requirements for the tax credit and would issue tax credits to those employees meeting such requirements. Tax credits would be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. The Department would not be allowed to issue more than $1
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Failed To Pass In House on 02/23/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Telework expenses tax credit; extended for employers through December 31, 2015. [HB-1000]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Telework expenses tax credit. Raises the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits available in calendar years 2012 and 2013 for telework expenses from $1 million to $1.5 million. The bill also raises the cap on the amount of credits that can be claimed by an employer from $50,000 per employer to $75,000 per employer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gordon Helsel
Left In Finance on 11/29/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Unlawful photographs or video; Class 6 felony for a person to publish on Internet, penalty. [SB-96]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Publication of unlawful photographs; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person to publish on the Internet a photograph or video made in violation of the current law prohibiting filming, videotaping, or photographing a nonconsenting person in certain situations where there is an expectation of privacy.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Senate: Continued To 2013 In Finance (15-y 0-n) on 02/07/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Electronic titling program; allows DMV to establish for new motor vehicles. [SB-686]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Department of Motor Vehicles; electronic titling. Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish an electronic titling program for new motor vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0650) on 04/05/2012
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Standards of Learning; method of administration. [SB-665]
[Education ]
Standards of Learning; method of administration. Allows a local school division to administer any Standards of Learning assessment for elementary school students online or by paper.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Garrett
Senate: Reported From Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 02/09/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Legal notices; allows localities to meet notice requirements by utilizing their websites, etc. [SB-664]
[Telecommunications ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Advertisement of legal notices by localities. Allows localities to meet certain notice requirements by utilizing their websites, radio, or television rather than being limited to a newspaper of general circulation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Smith
Senate: Left In Local Government on 02/15/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Prisoners; harassment by use of computer, penalty. [SB-486]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Harassment by computer by prisoners; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a prisoner or a person acting on behalf of a prisoner to use a computer, computer network, or social networking site to harass, intimidate, or threaten a crime victim.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Newman
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/10/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Telework expenses tax credit; extended for employers through December 31, 2016. [SB-238]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Telework expenses tax credit. Extends the telework expenses tax credit for employers through December 31, 2016. The credit currently expires on December 31, 2013. The bill also makes other clarifying changes concerning expenses eligible for the credit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Herring
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0341) on 03/22/2012