Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Veterans Services Foundation; powers and duties, appointment of an Executive Director, report. [SB-1075]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
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 and exercise personnel authority over the position, (ii) clarifies that the Foundation may make direct request for appropriations from the General Assembly, (iii) clarifies that only the unrestricted portion of the Veterans Services
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0505) on 03/13/2017
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Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study Virginia Administrative Process Act. [HJR-614]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Study; JLARC to study Virginia Administrative Process Act exemptions; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to conduct a two-year study of the Virginia Administrative Process Act exemptions. In its study, JLARC is directed to (i) assess whether exemptions for agencies, boards, commissions, and authorities are justified or should be discontinued or modified; (ii) assess whether criteria and a process should be established for determining if requests for exemptions should be granted; (iii) assess the extent of public
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Sponsored by: Rep. Margaret Ransone
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Catawba Hospital; DBHDS to develop a plan to expand, report. [SB-1078]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Catawba Hospital expansion. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to develop a plan to expand Catawba Hospital to include a step-down facility of 40 or more beds for individuals who no longer require acute care. The bill directs that the Department complete such plan and report it to the General Assembly by November 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules (13-y 1-n) on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Student loans; licensing of qualified education loan servicers, report, civil penalties. [SB-1053]
[Student Loans ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
Qualified education loan servicers. Prohibits any person from acting as a qualified education loan servicer without first obtaining a license from the State Corporation Commission and establishes procedures pertaining to such licenses. Banks and credit unions are exempt from the licensing provisions. The servicing of a qualified education loan encompasses (i) receiving any scheduled periodic payments from a qualified education loan borrower pursuant to the terms of a qualified education loan; (ii) applying the payments of principal and interest
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Failed To Report (defeated) In Commerce And Labor (7-y 13-n) on 02/14/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Election day voter registration; State Board of Elections to develop a pilot program, report. [SB-1059]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Election day voter registration; pilot program. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall develop a pilot program for election day voter registration, by which a person who (i) offers to vote on election day but is not a registered voter, (ii) provides one of the forms of identification specified in subsection B of ? 24.2-643, and (iii) provides proof of his residency, in a form specified by the State Board for this purpose, in the precinct in which he offers to vote, shall be permitted to register to vote and to cast a ballot. The bill requires
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (9-y 5-n) on 01/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Air transportation services providers; VDH to review rules for use in medical situations. [HB-1728]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
Department of Health; review rules governing dispatch and use of air transportation services providers in emergency medical situations. Directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to review the rules governing use of air transportation services, also known as air ambulances, in emergency medical situations and protocols for the dispatch of air transportation services in response to emergency medical situations and to provide recommendations for changes to such rules or protocols. The Department shall report its findings and recommendations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0172) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; State Council of Higher Ed. for Va; applied baccalaureate degrees at community colleges. [HJR-611]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; applied baccalaureate degrees at comprehensive community colleges; report. Requests that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia study the feasibility and benefits of comprehensive community colleges offering applied baccalaureate degrees by analyzing and making recommendations on (i) the affordability of obtaining an applied baccalaureate degree at a comprehensive community college as compared to a baccalaureate public institution of higher education, including the extent to which
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Marshall
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency goals. [HB-1703]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency goals. Requires investor-owned electric utilities, cooperative electric utilities, and investor-owned natural gas distribution utilities to meet incremental annual energy efficiency goals. Electric utilities are required to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures to achieve the goal of two percent savings by 2032 and thereafter, with interim goals that start at 0.25 percent for 2018-2019 and increase in biennial increments of 0.25 percent until 2032. Gas utilities are required to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Providing material support for a terrorist organization. [HJR-607]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Study; Providing material support for a terrorist organization. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study feasibility and need for a criminal offense related to providing material support for terrorist organizations that would allow state and local officials to investigate and prosecute persons suspected of providing such support.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles; eliminates certain requirement sunset provision, report. [HB-1687]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles. Eliminates the requirement that nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles have incurred damage that exceeds 90 percent of their cash value prior to such damage to meet the definition of nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to report to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Transportation Committees on the impact of the bill, if any, on the number of nonrepairable vehicle and salvage certificates issued over the three-year period beginning July 1, 2017, compared with the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Austin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0342) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Student loan servicers; student loan ombudsman. [SB-1035]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
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 payments of principal and interest and such other payments
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established, report. [SB-1036]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; refinancing loan guaranty program. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority (the Authority), to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which the Authority may guarantee the obligations of an individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth under loans that refinance such education loan debt. The Authority is authorized to issue bonds to finance
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Joint Commissionon Health Care; Study of heroin use in the Commonwealth; report. [HJR-597]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Mental Health ]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; study of heroin use in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study heroin use in the Commonwealth, including the rates of use, the pathways that lead individuals to use, and initiatives focused on the prevention of heroin use and heroin overdose, including the use of naloxone to prevent heroin overdoses.
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; JLARC; availability of sources for verifying information for voter registration purposes. [HJR-590]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Study; JLARC; availability of sources for verifying information for voter registration purposes; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the availability of sources for verifying information for voter registration purposes. In conducting its study, JLARC will investigate sources of information that would enable the Department of Elections and the general registrars to verify the information provided by applicants on voter registration applications and how access to such information could most efficiently
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; State Council of Higher Ed; rates of in-state and out-of-state undergraduate admissions. [HJR-585]
[Education ]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; rates of in-state and out-of-state undergraduate student admissions and enrollment at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and in each other state; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study rates of in-state and out-of-state undergraduate student admissions and enrollment at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and in each other state and to report its findings to the General Assembly no later than the first day
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher education; in-state tuition. [SB-985]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Higher education; in-state tuition. Prohibits any percentage increase in in-state tuition or instructional fees for undergraduate students at Virginia's public institutions of higher education that exceeds the annual percentage increase, as determined by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in the Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, from January 1 through December 31 of the year immediately preceding the affected year.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/25/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher education; in-state tuition. [SB-986]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
Higher education; in-state tuition. Prohibits any percentage increase in in-state tuition or instructional fees for undergraduate students at Virginia's public institutions of higher education that exceeds the annual percentage increase, as determined by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in the national average wage index as defined in ? 209(k)(1) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 409(k)(1), of the calendar year immediately preceding the affected year.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/25/2017
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Study;Jt Comm on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services. [SJR-257]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services in the Commonwealth, including the issues and recommendations set forth in the report of the Telemental Health Work Group of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century, and to report its findings to the Joint Subcommittee by November 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Va State Crime Commission to study indigent defense system. [SJR-255]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Study; Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the feasibility and costs of establishing a comprehensive indigent defense system at the appellate level in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Committee Amendments on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher education; in-state tuition. [SB-987]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
Higher education; in-state tuition. Prohibits any percentage increase in in-state tuition or instructional fees for undergraduate students at Virginia's public institutions of higher education that exceeds the annual percentage increase, as determined by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, of the median household income in the Commonwealth established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, of the calendar year immediately preceding the affected year.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/25/2017