Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Companion animal; surgical sterilization program, penalty. [SB-799]
Companion animal surgical sterilization program; fund; penalty. Establishes a fund to reimburse participating veterinarians for the surgical sterilizations they perform on eligible cats or dogs. The bill requires that a surcharge of $5 per ton of pet food distributed in the Commonwealth be deposited in the fund and that such pet food be exempted from the existing litter tax. An animal will be eligible for sterilization under the program at no or reduced cost to its owner or caretaker if it is a feral or free-roaming cat or is owned by a low-income
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (14-y 0-n) on 01/19/2017
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Study; JLARC to study the Virginia's workers' compensation system; report. [HJR-544]
Study; JLARC to study the Virginia's workers' compensation system; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study Virginia's workers' compensation system. In its study, JLARC is directed to (i) examine whether claims are reviewed and processed in a timely and fair manner; (ii) assess whether the dispute resolution process is timely, effective, and fair and equitable toward all parties; (iii) compare the structure and administration of workers' compensation programs in other states with that of Virginia's; (iv)
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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
Privately retained counsel; rules and regulations, client's failure to pay. [HB-1411]
Withdrawal of privately retained counsel. Allows a privately retained counsel in a criminal case to withdraw from representation without leave of court after certification of a charge by a district court by providing written notice within 10 days of the certification to the client, the attorney for the Commonwealth, and the circuit court, provided such withdrawal occurs pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the attorney and the client. The bill also directs the Judicial Council to review the current process for withdrawal of privately
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0774) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
City of Chesapeake; pilot program for problem-solving docket. [SB-794]
City of Chesapeake; pilot program for problem-solving docket. Authorizes the City of Chesapeake to establish a pilot program to promote public safety and reduce recidivism by creating a problem-solving docket to address substance abuse, mental illness, issues unique to military service experienced by veterans, and issues related to previously incarcerated persons. The bill directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, and the Department of Veterans Services to provide
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Stricken At The Request Of Patron In Courts Of Justice (12-y 0-n) on 01/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Toll relief; Department of Transportation to study. [SB-255]
Department of Transportation to study toll relief. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a survey of other states' toll relief programs and evaluate potential methods of toll relief for citizens of the Commonwealth. The Department shall submit a report of its findings no later than the first day of the 2017 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Department of Transportation to study toll relief. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a survey of other states' toll relief programs and evaluate potential methods of toll
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Left In Rules on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Energy Storage Consortium: created, terms of Board members, report. [SB-403]
Virginia Energy Storage Consortium. Establishes the Virginia Energy Storage Consortium as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purpose of positioning the Commonwealth as a leader in research, development, commercialization, manufacturing, and deployment of energy storage technology. The powers of the Consortium include (i) promoting collaborative efforts among Virginia's public and private institutions of higher education in research, development, and commercialization efforts related to energy storage; (ii) monitoring relevant developments
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Certificate of public need; changes to Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program. [HB-350]
Certificate of public need. Certificate of public need. Makes changes to the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program. The bill removes various behavioral health facilities from the list of medical care facilities and projects subject to the requirement of a certificate of public need and makes various changes to procedures governing the certificate of public need process, including (i) defining "charity care" for purposes of the certificate of public need program; (ii) establishing an expedited 45-day review process for applicants
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Companion animals; surgical sterilization program. [SB-18]
Companion animal surgical sterilization program; fund; penalty. Establishes a fund to reimburse participating veterinarians for the surgical sterilizations they perform on eligible cats or dogs. The bill provides that a surcharge of $5 per ton of pet food distributed in the Commonwealth be deposited in the fund and such pet food be exempted from the existing litter tax. An animal will be eligible for sterilization under the program if it is a feral or free-roaming cat or is owned by a low-income individual or a releasing agency such as an animal
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Left In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Public transportation services; DRPT to evaluate study necessary to identify, etc. [SJR-84]
Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; improved transportation services; report. Requests that the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (the Department) evaluate the level of study necessary to identify and advance potential public transportation services from the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Prince William and Stafford Counties, including the feasibility of extending the Blue Line and other multimodal options such as bus rapid transit along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. Following the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Left In Rules on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Student loan servicers; student loan ombudsman. [HB-401]
Student loan servicers; student loan ombudsman. Prohibits any person from acting as a student loan servicer 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Creation of the Commonwealth Genomics and Personalized Medicine Authority. [SB-429]
Creation of the Commonwealth Genomics and Personalized Medicine Authority. Creates the Commonwealth Genomics and Personalized Medicine Authority (the Authority) as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The Authority's purpose is to encourage coordination and collaboration between public and private entities in the Commonwealth in translational research and commercialization related to genomics and personalized medicine.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report. [HB-1400]
Virginia Virtual School established. Establishes the Board of the Virginia Virtual School (the Board) as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of governing the full-time virtual school programs offered to students enrolled in the Virginia Virtual School (the School). The Secretary of Education is responsible for such agency. The 14-member Board is given operational control of the School and assigned powers and duties. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the bill requires the School to be open to any school-age
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
(67 Affirmative Votes Required To Override) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Teacher salary scale; JLARC to study compression in local school divisions, etc. [SJR-81]
Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; teacher salary compression; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study compression in the teacher salary scale in local school divisions, analyze the effect of compression on teacher recruitment and retention, and identify necessary adjustments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Left In Rules on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Problem-Solving Court Act; established, report. [HB-96]
Problem-Solving Courts; established. Establishes the Problem-Solving Court Act (the Act). The bill allows the establishment of problem-solving courts as specialized court dockets within the existing structure of Virginia's court system, offering judicial monitoring of intensive treatment and supervision of offenders who have special conditions and needs based on military service, mental illness, or societal reentry. The bill establishes a state problem-solving court docket advisory committee and requires localities intending to establish such courts
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency goals established, report. [HB-576]
Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency 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 2031 and thereafter, with interim goals that start at 0.25 percent for 2017-2018 and increase in biennial increments of 0.25
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Energy Storage Consortium; created, report. [HB-452]
Virginia Energy Storage Consortium. Establishes the Virginia Energy Storage Consortium as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purpose of positioning the Commonwealth as a leader in research, development, commercialization, manufacturing, and deployment of energy storage technology. The powers of the Consortium include (i) promoting collaborative efforts among Virginia's public and private institutions of higher education in research, development, and commercialization efforts related to energy storage; (ii) monitoring relevant developments
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; DOE to study effect of local use value assessment [HJR-50]
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 (a) real estate devoted to agricultural use, (b) real estate devoted to horticultural use, (c) real estate devoted to forest use, and (d) real estate devoted to open-space use, as
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
Left In Rules on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established, report. [HB-400]
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority established. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority, to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which each individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth 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 eligibility
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established, report. [SB-52]
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority established. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority, to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which each individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth 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 eligibility
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Education And Health on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Electronic Communications Privacy Act; established, report. [SB-599]
Virginia Electronic Communications Privacy Act; report.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2016