Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Suicide; task force to raise public awareness, etc. [HB-2258]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; report on activities related to suicide prevention. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on its activities related to suicide prevention across the lifespan by December 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0464) on 03/13/2017
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Study; Department of Labor and Industry; violence against health care professionals. [HJR-719]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Study; Department of Labor and Industry; violence against health care professionals in hospital emergency departments; report. Requests the Department of Labor and Industry to study violence against health care professionals in hospital emergency departments and (i) identify the causes of the current disproportionate levels of violence in hospital emergency departments; (ii) analyze whether increasing the penalties for violence against health care professionals in hospital emergency departments would lower the occurrence of violence in emergency
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Study; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; placement of group homes. [HJR-720]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Mental Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Study; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; placement of group homes, residential care facilities, and detention centers; report. Requests the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to (i) identify and make recommendations for the content and timing of notices that should be given prior to locating a group home, residential care facility, or detention center; (ii) make recommendations for improvements to public hearings that are required when a person seeks to establish a group home, residential care facility,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Pogge
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Electronic credentials; creates standards for DMV in issuing, reviewing, etc., report. [HB-2229]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Electronic Credentials Act; report. Creates standards for the Department of Motor Vehicles in issuing, reviewing, and displaying electronic credentials. The Electronic Credentials Act establishes fees for access to electronic credentials and standards for a verification system that would allow users to verify the authenticity of electronic credentials.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Villanueva
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0697) on 03/24/2017
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Virginia Veteran and Family Support program; established, report. [HB-2206]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Virginia Veteran and Family Support program; report. Updates the purposes and priorities of the Virginia Veteran and Family Support program to, in a cost-effective manner, refer veterans to mental health, physical rehabilitation, and other services as needed to help them achieve individually identified goals and to monitor their progress toward achieving those goals. The program is available to veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard in the Commonwealth, residents of the Commonwealth in the Armed Forces Reserves who are not in active
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0497) on 03/13/2017
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Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; Va. authorized to become a signatory. [HB-2136]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact. The compact establishes a state safety oversight authority for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Rail System, pursuant to the mandate of federal law, to review, approve, oversee, and enforce the safety of the WMATA Rail System. The bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to negotiate, on the Commonwealth's behalf, the terms for revision of the WMATA Compact
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0696) on 03/24/2017
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Study; joint committee to study the streamlining of special elections in the Commonwealth; report. [HJR-703]
[Elections ]
Study; joint committee to study the streamlining of special elections in the Commonwealth; report. Establishes a joint committee of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to study the streamlining of special elections in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the joint committee is to (i) review the current laws governing special elections, (ii) evaluate the costs borne in recent years by the localities to conduct special elections as compared to voter turnout at such elections, and (iii) consider options for a cohesive
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Teachers turnover; exit questionnaire. [HB-2140]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Teacher turnover; exit questionnaire; pilot program. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0234) on 02/23/2017
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Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century. [SJR-279]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century continued; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century for two additional years, through December 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Rules on 02/21/2017
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Study; joint subcommittee to study mega-region airport in Greater Hampton Roads; report. [HJR-690]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Air Quality ]
Study; joint subcommittee to study mega-region airport in Greater Hampton Roads; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility and practicality of building a mega-region airport in Greater Hampton Roads.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Villanueva
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions. [HB-2165]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions. Requires a prescription for any controlled substance containing an opiate to be issued as an electronic prescription and prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing a controlled substance that contains an opiate unless the prescription is issued as an electronic prescription, beginning July 1, 2020. The bill defines electronic prescription as a written prescription that is generated on an electronic application and provides that Schedule II through V prescriptions must be transmitted in accordance with
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0115) on 02/21/2017
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Study; joint committee to study the expansion of the Norfolk Airport Authority membership. [HJR-688]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
Study; joint committee to study the expansion of the Norfolk Airport Authority membership; report. Establishes a joint committee of the House Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation to study the expansion of the Norfolk Airport Authority membership.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Villanueva
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Study; JLARC; Department of Elections; report. [SJR-274]
[Elections ]
Study; JLARC; Department of Elections; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the Department of Elections. In conducting its study, JLARC is directed to (i) review the Department's operations and expenditures, including its organizational structure, compensation, staffing, productivity, and efficiency; (ii) review the operation and functionality of VERIS, the state's online voter registration system; (iii) evaluate the costs of the continuing operation and maintenance of VERIS and whether such costs could
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Study; joint subcommittee to study public transportation in Hampton Roads; report. [HJR-689]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Study; joint subcommittee to study public transportation in Hampton Roads; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study governance and funding for public transportation in Hampton Roads.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Villanueva
Stricken From Docket By Rules By Voice Vote on 01/16/2017
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Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hate crimes; report. [HJR-708]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hate crimes; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the prevalence of hate crimes in the Commonwealth and the adequacy of the current criminal Code provisions in addressing such offenses in comparison to the laws of other states across the nation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts. [SB-1129]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Public procurement; requirements for use of construction management and design-build procurement methods. 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0704) on 03/24/2017
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Study; Secretary of Natural Resources and Secretary of Education; environmental education; report. [HJR-704]
[Environmental ]
[Education ]
Study; Secretary of Natural Resources and Secretary of Education; environmental education; report. Requests that the Secretary of Natural Resources and the Secretary of Education convene and consult with a group of stakeholders to study the delivery of environmental education in the Commonwealth in light of the elimination of all staff positions within the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Office of Environmental Education and the elimination, transfer, and reduction of many of such office's functions.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bulova
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Study; Virginia Department of Transportation; noise abatement remedies. [HJR-691]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Study; Virginia Department of Transportation; noise abatement remedies. Requests the Virginia Department of Transportation to develop, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, procedures to measure and assess the noise impact on neighborhoods that were previously studied for noise impact but ineligible for noise abatement mitigation remedies at the time of the study.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Veterans Services Foundation; powers and duties, appointment of Executive Director, report. [HB-2148]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Veterans Services Foundation; powers and duties; appointment of Executive Director; report. Requires the Veterans Services Foundation to provide an annual report on its funding levels and services to the General Assembly. The bill also (i) authorizes the board of trustees of the Foundation to appoint an Executive Director, (ii) clarifies that the Foundation may make direct requests for appropriations from the General Assembly, (iii) clarifies that only the unrestricted portion of the Veterans Services Fund may be used for Foundation expenses, (iv)
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0622) on 03/16/2017
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Study; Department of Social Services; Commonwealth's child support enforcement system. [HJR-698]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Poverty ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Study; Department of Social Services; Commonwealth's child Study; Department of Social Services; Commonwealth's child support enforcement system and increase in arrearages; report. Requests the Department of Social Services to (i) analyze the efficiency of the Division of Child Support Enforcement's (DCSE) current child support enforcement processes and recommend strategies to improve such processes; (ii) identify trends regarding the aggregate amount of child support arrearages in the Commonwealth over the last four decades; (iii) identify the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017