Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; DSS to establish and administer. [HB-2041]
[Education ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Department of Social Services; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to establish and administer a three-year Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Scholarship Pilot Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing access to postsecondary educational opportunities to students living in poverty. The Program would provide prepaid scholarships to select community colleges in the amount of $2,000 per year, to be applied toward the costs of tuition and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Review of existing contracts; security of government information, including citizen data, report. [HB-2047]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth; contract review. Directs the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth, Director of the Department of General Services, and the Office of the Attorney General to conduct a periodic review of existing contracts of executive branch agencies with contractors to ensure that such contract terms are being adhered to as they relate to the security of government information. The bill requires completion of the initial review by January 1, 2018, and submission of a report to the Governor and the General
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Stricken From Docket By Science And Technology By Voice Vote on 01/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Joint subcommittee to study issues related to family caregiving and long-term care supports, etc. [HJR-680]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Joint subcommittee to study issues related to family caregiving and long-term care supports and services; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study issues related to family caregiving and long-term care supports and services. The resolution directs the new joint subcommittee to (i) identify and compile an inventory of policies, resources, and programs available to unpaid caregivers; (ii) identify challenges affecting unpaid caregivers and barriers to unpaid caregiving; (iii) develop recommendations for the development of new innovative means
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study teaching profession. [HJR-678]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Study; directing JLARC to study the teaching profession in Virginia; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the teaching profession in Virginia. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) evaluate all areas of teacher preparation programs in Virginia, including entry level positions, licensing and certifications, master teachers, school counselors, and administrators; (ii) identify the reasons teachers leave the profession; (iii) review the Department of Education's recent report to the General Assembly
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Department of Education; effect of local use value assessment of certain real estate. [HJR-676]
[Education ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Agriculture ]
[Property Tax ]
Study; Department of Education; effect of local use value assessment of certain real estate on the composite index of local ability to pay; report. Requests the Department of Education to (i) determine, for each of the 95 localities that have adopted ordinances to provide for the use value assessment and taxation of certain real estate, the use value of all applicable real estate devoted to (a) agricultural use, (b) horticultural use, (c) forest use, and (d) open-space use, as those terms are defined in the Code of Virginia, and (ii) recalculate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act; established, report. [HB-2018]
[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: Rep. Ron Villanueva
Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel; revises membership and duties, report. [HB-1998]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Secure Commonwealth Panel; membership and duties. Revises the membership of the Secure Commonwealth Panel, renamed the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, and requires the Panel to create an Emergency Management Awareness Group consisting of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology. The bill requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0512) on 03/16/2017
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Study; long-term effects of Drugs used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). [HJR-682]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Science ]
Study; long-term effects of Drugs used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on individuals and populations; report.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Joint Committee to Study the Future of Public Elementary and Secondary Education. [HJR-679]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Study; Joint Committee to Study the Future of Public Elementary and Secondary Education in the Commonwealth; experiential learning and workforce development opportunities in high-demand fields; report. Directs the Joint Committee to Study the Future of Public Elementary and Secondary Education in the Commonwealth to study experiential learning and workforce development opportunities for high school students in high-demand fields.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Refugee and immigrant resettlements; reports to Department of Social Services. [HB-2002]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
Department of Social Services; refugee and immigrant resettlements; report. Requires nonprofit resettlement agencies and their local affiliates that provide refugee or other immigrant resettlement services in the Commonwealth to annually report to the Department of Social Services nonidentifying information regarding (i) the total number of individuals resettled in Virginia by such nonprofit resettlement agency or affiliate; (ii) the locality in which each individual was placed; (iii) the age, gender, and national origin of each individual; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; study the current and potential impact of zebra and quagga mussels in Virginia waters. [HJR-677]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Animals ]
Study; study the current and potential impact of zebra and quagga mussels in Virginia waters and propose strategies, campaigns, and necessary state actions to protect Virginia waters from zebra and quagga mussel infestation; report. Requests the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to study the current and potential impact of zebra and quagga mussels in Virginia waters and propose strategies, campaigns, and necessary state actions to protect Virginia waters from zebra and quagga mussel infestation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Student loan servicers; student loan ombudsman. [HB-1915]
[Student Loans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Student loan servicers; student loan ombudsman. Prohibits Student loan servicers; student loan ombudsman. Prohibits any person from acting as a student loan servicer without first obtaining a license from the State Corporation Commission (SCC) and establishes procedures pertaining to such licenses. Banks and credit unions are exempt from the licensing provisions. The servicing of a student loan encompasses (i) receiving any scheduled periodic payments from a student loan borrower pursuant to the terms of a student education loan; (ii) applying the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Virginia Public Procurement Act; report. [HJR-674]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Study; Virginia Public Procurement Act; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the best method to implement the recommendations of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission concerning the Virginia Public Procurement Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC; coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency report. [HJR-672]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Study; JLARC; coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the ongoing efforts throughout the Commonwealth with regard to coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency and to (i) assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the Commonwealth's coastal flooding and adaptation development programs; (ii) assess how effectively the state and local governments develop, manage, and oversee coastal flooding and adaptation practices and strategies; and (iii) examine best practices and strategies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC; impact of state-owned ports on local governments; report. [HJR-648]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Study; JLARC; impact of state-owned ports on local governments; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to review and update its 1999 study entitled "Review of the Impact of State-Owned Ports on Local Governments."
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Clean Power Plan; state implementation plan; General Assembly approval. [HB-1974]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Clean Power Plan; state implementation plan; General Assembly approval. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to receive approval from the General Assembly for a state implementation plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants prior to submitting the plan to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Failed To Pass on 02/25/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Services Board and its Committee on Training; citizen membership. [HB-1951]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Criminal Justice Services Board. Adds to both the Criminal Justice Services Board (the Board) and its Training Committee one citizen member representing community interests. The bill also replaces the member of the Board representing the Virginia Crime Prevention Association, which is no longer in existence, with a member representing the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. The bill also directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, in consultation with the Governor, to review the current composition of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0206) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Authority; established, report. [HB-1916]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
Virginia Student Loan Authority established. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Authority, to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which (i) each individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education and who is eligible, on the basis of criteria established by the Authority that are substantially similar to criteria used by private lenders in the Commonwealth to evaluate student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; tuition assistance for non-Virginia students. [HB-1887]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Student Loans ]
Public institutions of higher education; tuition assistance for non-Virginia students; proceeds from state debt and revenues generated from state taxes and fees. Prohibits each public institution of higher education from using any proceeds from state debt or revenues generated from state taxes and fees that are appropriated to such institution to offer any form of tuition assistance to any non-Virginia student and requires each public institution of higher education to separately account for such proceeds and revenues and provide a report of expenditures
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Sponsored by: Rep. James LeMunyon
Incorporated By Appropriations on 02/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC recommendations regarding VEDP; report. [HJR-673]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Study; JLARC recommendations regarding VEDP; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study how best to implement the recommendations of the 2016 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission review of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017