Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Health and Human Resources Secretariat; agencies of Secretariat shall share data, records, etc. [HB-2457]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Health and Human Resources Secretariat; single state agency for data collection and sharing; report. Requires that, as requested by the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and to the extent authorized by federal law, the agencies of the Secretariat of Health and Human Resources shall share data, records, and information about applicants for and recipients of services from the agencies of the Secretariat, including individually identifiable health information for the purposes of (i) streamlining administrative processes and reducing administrative
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Sponsored by: Rep. R. Steven Landes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0467) on 03/13/2017
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Teachers turnover; exit questionnaire. [SB-1523]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Teacher turnover; exit questionnaire; pilot program. Requires the Department of Education to develop and oversee a pilot program to administer across five geographically and demographically diverse school divisions the model exit questionnaire for teachers developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, analyze the results of each such questionnaire, and include such results and analysis in the Superintendent's annual report beginning in 2018. The bill requires the Department to (i) administer such questionnaire to each teacher who ceases
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0308) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Administration, Secretary of; policy of the Commonwealth regarding state employment. [HB-2425]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
Policy of the Commonwealth regarding the employment of individuals with disabilities; responsibilities of state agencies; report. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to promote and increase the employment of individuals with disabilities. To further this policy, the bill establishes a goal to increase by five percent the level of individuals with disabilities employed by state government by fiscal year 2023. The bill designates the Secretary of Administration to coordinate efforts to achieve the goal and requires the Secretary to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0358) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
School Health Advisory Board; established, report. [SB-1500]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
School Health Advisory Board. Establishes the School Health Advisory Board in the executive branch to advise the General Assembly on pending legislation concerning health policy that affects elementary and secondary schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health With Letter (13-y 0-n) on 02/02/2017
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Virginia Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act; established, report. [SB-1496]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Virginia Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act. Requires the Governor to seek to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or other carbon trading program with an open auction of carbon allowances. The Department of Environmental Quality is directed to establish a carbon dioxide cap and trade program to reduce emissions released by electric generation stations. The revenues from the sale of carbon allowances are to be deposited in the Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund, a revolving fund established in 2016 for the purposes of mitigating
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Incorporated By Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources on 01/26/2017
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PANDAS and PANS; created, report. [HB-2404]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Advisory Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). Creates the Advisory Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome to advise the Commissioner of Health on research, diagnosis, treatment, and education relating to these identified disorders and syndrome referred to by the National Institute of Mental Health as PANDAS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0466) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act; established, report. [SB-1471]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Virginia Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act. Requires the Governor to seek to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or other carbon trading program with an open auction of carbon allowances. The Department of Environmental Quality is directed to establish a carbon dioxide cap and trade program to reduce emissions released by electric generation stations. The revenues from the sale of carbon allowances are to be deposited in the Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund, a revolving fund established in 2016 for the purposes of mitigating
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Failed To Report (defeated) In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (7-y 8-n) on 02/02/2017
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JLARC; study of adequacy of foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth; report. [HJR-781]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Study; JLARC; study of adequacy of foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the adequacy of foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) determine current foster care payment rates in the Commonwealth; (ii) determine the real cost to foster parents of caring for children in foster care; (iii) determine whether current foster care payment rates are adequate to cover the real cost of caring for children in foster care;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Impact of requiring community services boards. [HJR-779]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impact of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services in jails; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the impact of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services in jails, including the benefits and costs of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services to inmates of jails in the Commonwealth and barriers to requiring community services boards to provide mental health services
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rocky Holcomb
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Red Tape Reduction Commission; established, report. [SB-1449]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Red Tape Reduction Commission; review of regulatory requirements; report. Creates the Red Tape Reduction Commission (the Commission) to develop and maintain a state regulatory baseline of all current state regulatory requirements, with the initial baseline to be completed by January 1, 2019. The bill defines a regulatory requirement as any action required to be taken or information required to be provided in accordance with a statute or regulation in order to access government services or operate and conduct business and excludes requirements that
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Appropriations on 02/21/2017
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Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; changes effective date for creation of Authority. [HB-2359]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Authority. Changes the effective date for the creation of the ABC Authority from July 1, 2018, to January 15, 2018. The bill creates a transition period from January 15, 2018, until December 31, 2018, during which time the current Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will coexist with the ABC Authority to facilitate an orderly and efficient transition and to ensure the continuation of operations during the transition. The bill provides that during the transition period the current ABC Board will be the
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0698) on 03/24/2017
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts. [HB-2366]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Public procurement; requirements for use of construction management and design-build contracts. Establishes requirements for the procurement of construction using the construction management and design-build procurement methods by state and local public bodies and covered institutions of higher education, as defined in the bill, and the conditions under which such methods may be used. Public bodies must comply with procedures adopted by the Secretary of Administration for construction management or design-build projects. State public bodies and
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Sponsored by: Rep. R. Steven Landes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0699) on 03/24/2017
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Teacher licensure by reciprocity; professional teacher's assessments, report. [HB-2352]
[Education ]
Teacher licensure by reciprocity; professional teacher's assessments. Exempts from any professional teacher's assessment requirements any individual who has obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, that is in force at the time the application for a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education, subject to the approval of the division superintendent or the school board in the school division in which such individual is employed. The bill requires the Department of Education to analyze the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0688) on 03/24/2017
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Women's right to vote; Va. Historical Society shall plan commemoration of centennial anniversary. [HB-2348]
[Voting Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Education ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Libraries ]
Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote. Provides that the Virginia Historical Society shall plan and lead the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of women's right to vote in 2020. The bill creates a 12-member task force to assist the Virginia Historical Society, in collaboration with the Library of Virginia, the Department of Education, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, the VCU Libraries Special Collections and Archives, and interested civic and community organizations, in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0618) on 03/16/2017
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Women's Right to Vote, Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of; established. [HB-2340]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Education ]
Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote. Establishes the Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote in the legislative branch of state government. The Commission is charged with planning and leading the commemoration throughout Virginia in 2020 and educating citizens concerning the importance and significance of the right to vote by all citizens in a democracy. The provisions of the bill will expire on July 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Certificates of public need; creates a two-phase process. [HB-2337]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Certificates of public need. Creates a two-phase Certificates of public need. Creates a two-phase process to sunset certificate of public need (COPN) requirements for many categories of medical care facilities and projects, with the requirement for a certificate of public need (i) for all medical care facilities other than nursing homes, rehabilitation hospitals and beds, imaging centers, organ or tissue transplant services, certain open heart surgery services, certain neonatal services, and certain medical care facilities located in a locality
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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National Flood Insurance Program; participation by affected localities, report. [HB-2319]
[Insurance ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
National Flood Insurance Program; participation by localities; report. Requires the Secretary of Natural Resources to issue a report by November 1, 2018, listing any locality not participating in the Community Rating System of the National Flood Insurance Program and recommending any legislation necessary to encourage participation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0274) on 03/03/2017
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Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; operational and programmatic efficiency. [SB-1387]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; operational and programmatic efficiency and effectiveness reviews; report. Authorizes the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to establish an operational and programmatic efficiency and effectiveness review and assessment of state agencies, under a contract with a United States-based private management consulting firm. The purpose of the review and assessment is to provide an objective and independent cost-savings assessment of the Commonwealth's organizational structure and its programs in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0726) on 03/24/2017
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Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; changes effective date for creation of Authority. [SB-1287]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Authority. Changes the effective date for the creation of the ABC Authority from July 1, 2018, to January 15, 2018. The bill creates a transition period from January 15, 2018, until December 31, 2018, during which time the current Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will coexist with the ABC Authority to facilitate an orderly and efficient transition and to ensure the continuation of operations during the transition. The bill provides that during the transition period the current ABC Board will be the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0707) on 03/24/2017
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Statewide one-stop online portal for address changes; Secretary of Transportation to study. [SB-1363]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Secretary of Transportation to convene a task force to study the feasibility of establishing a statewide one-stop online portal for address changes; report. Requires the Secretary of Transportation or his designee to convene a task force to study the feasibility of establishing a one-stop online portal for citizen address changes in order to develop a single statewide address database for utilization by state entities. The task force shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report on its findings and recommendations by November 1,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0553) on 03/16/2017