Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Va; applied baccalaureate degrees. [SJR-254]
[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: Sen. William Stanley
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Study; Dept of Behavioral Health and Medical Assist Serv. Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund. [SB-1007]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Study; Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and Medical Assistance Services to study use of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund; report. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in cooperation with the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to study the use of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund, including (i) the potential use of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund to fund both involuntary temporary detention and voluntary treatment in a health care facility for the treatment of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules (14-y 0-n) on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Toll operators and HOT lanes operators; annual report to VDOT. [SB-1022]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Annual report by toll operators. Requires all toll operators and HOT lanes operators to annually report data on toll violations, civil penalties, and administrative fees to the Department of Transportation (VDOT). The bill requires VDOT to submit such information to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 17104446d-s1 on 01/18/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Electric energy; consumption reduction goal, annual progress reports. [SB-990]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Electric energy consumption reduction goal; progress reports. Directs the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, in consultation with the staff of the State Corporation Commission, to report annually, commencing no later than December 15, 2018, on the progress the Commonwealth is making toward meeting the goal adopted in 2007 of reducing the consumption of electric energy by retail customers by the year 2022 by an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of electric energy consumed by retail customers in 2006. The bill requires the reports to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rosalyn Dance
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0568) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report. [SB-1005]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Human Services ]
Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided. Provides that, effective July 1, 2019, the core of services provided by community services boards and behavioral health authorities shall include (i) same-day access to mental health screening services and (ii) outpatient primary care screening and monitoring services for physical health indicators and health risks and follow-up services for individuals identified as being in need of assistance with overcoming barriers to accessing primary health services. The
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0607) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
State agencies; criminal background checks for certain positions, annual report to DHRM. [HB-1634]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Department of Human Resources Management; criminal background checks; state agency positions designated as sensitive; agencies to report to the Department. Requires each state agency to create and annually update a list of the positions that it has designated as sensitive and submit the list to the Department of Human Resources Management by July 1 of each year. The bill clarifies who would be subject to a criminal background investigation in a sensitive position. The bill expands the definition of sensitive position to include those positions (i)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Stricken From Docket By General Laws By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; jt committee to study implementation of National Voter Registration Act in Virginia; report. [HJR-579]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Study; joint committee to study implementation of the National Voter Registration Act in Virginia; report. Establishes a joint committee of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to conduct a one-year study of the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act in Virginia. The study will evaluate the extent to which the procedures implemented comply with the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall
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-580]
[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
Study; Jt Commission on Health Care; study of the long-term effects of marijuana use. [HJR-578]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; study of the long-term effects of marijuana use on individuals and populations; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the long-term effects of marijuana use on individuals and populations. In conducting its one-year study, the Joint Commission shall review scientific studies, including studies of individuals in states that have legalized or decriminalized the use of marijuana for medical or recreational purposes, and other sources to determine the long-term effects of marijuana use on
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
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. [SB-950]
[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 after July 1, 2017, compared with the number
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0362) on 03/13/2017
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Study; Department of General Services; Infrastructure investments that yield energy savings; report. [HJR-575]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Study; Department of General Services; Infrastructure investments that yield energy savings; report. Requests the Department of General Services to study and recommend infrastructure investments that can be made to maximize energy savings to the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC to review total compensation to employees of the Commonwealth; report. [SJR-247]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Study; JLARC to review total compensation to employees of the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission to study the total value of all forms of compensation provided to state employees, including cash compensation and the value of health care, retirement, leave, and other flexible benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC to study the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act in Virginia; report. [HJR-576]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Study; JLARC to study the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act in Virginia; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act in Virginia and to evaluate the extent to which the procedures implemented comply with the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Landfills; DEQ, et al., to work towards odor reduction in Campbell County. [HB-1600]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
Sanitary landfill; gas collection and control system. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality and the Region 2000 Services Authority (the Authority) to continue to reduce the odor issues at the landfill operated by the Authority in Campbell County and to report on their efforts to the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by November 1, 2017. The bill also requires the Authority to connect certain parts of its landfill gas collection system to the existing collection system when its engineers advise
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Morris
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0341) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report. [HB-1605]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts established. Permits the parent of a public preschool, elementary, or secondary school student who meets certain criteria to apply to the school division in which the student resides for a one-year, renewable Parental Choice Education Savings Account that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the resident school division in which the student resides, including
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; regulation of menhaden fishing; report. [HJR-572]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Study; regulation of menhaden fishing; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the most appropriate means of regulating the fishing of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Planning & Budget, Department of; establishment of Div. of Regulatory Management & Red Tape Comm. [HB-1564]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Department of Planning and Budget; establishment of the Division of Regulatory Management and the Red Tape Reduction Commission; review of regulatory requirements; report. Creates the Division of Regulatory Management (the Division) within the Department of Planning and Budget to develop and maintain a state regulatory baseline of all current state regulatory requirements. The bill defines a regulatory requirement as any action required to be taken or information required to be provided in accordance with a statute, regulation, or policy in order
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Professions and occupations; active supervision of regulatory boards, definitions, report. [HB-1566]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Small Business ]
Professions and occupations; regulatory boards. Establishes a statewide policy for the regulation of professions and occupations specifying criteria for government regulation with the objective of increasing opportunities, promoting competition, encouraging innovation, protecting consumers, and complying with applicable federal antitrust laws. The bill also establishes the position of professional and occupational regulatory analyst within the Division of Legislative Services to assist the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules in (i) evaluating
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Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
Failed To Pass on 02/25/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Va Polytechnic Institute and State University and Va State University; teacher shortage. [HJR-571]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Agriculture ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Study; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University; teacher shortage; report. Requesting Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University to jointly study strategies to mitigate the Commonwealth's shortage of career and technical education teachers in the fields of agricultural education, technology education, and family and consumer sciences.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC; effectiveness of requiring seat belts on school buses in the Commonwealth; report. [HJR-570]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Study; JLARC; effectiveness of requiring seat belts on school buses in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the effectiveness of requiring seat belts on every school bus in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017