United States Government
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Primary dates; presidential primary. [HB-55]
Primary dates; presidential primary. Provides that all primaries for offices to be filled at the November election in presidential election years shall be held on the date of the presidential primary. With respect to candidates for election in November of a presidential election year, the bill also lifts the requirement that petition signatures must be collected after January 1 of the presidential election year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (9-y 0-n) on 11/26/2012
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Agency, political subdivision, etc., of VA; prevents assisting federal government in investigation. [HB-2340]
Assisting federal gun control efforts. Prevents any agency, political subdivision, or employee of Virginia from assisting the federal government of the United States in any investigation, prosecution, detention, arrest, search, or seizure, under the authority of any federal statute enacted, or Executive Order or regulation issued, after December 31, 2012, infringing the individual right to keep and bear arms by imposing new restrictions on private ownership or private transfer of firearms, firearm magazines, ammunition, or components thereof.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Criminal history record information checks, etc.; dissemination of information. [HB-2240]
Criminal history record information checks; protective order registry; dissemination of information. Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available to the Attorney General of the United States for the purposes of a National Instant Criminal Background check to determine a person's eligibility to possess or purchase a firearm under state or federal law.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/06/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Detention & removal of citizen from State; SPS shall request notification within 24 hours. [HB-2229]
Detention and removal of a citizen from the Commonwealth by the federal government. Provides that the Secretary of Public Safety shall request from the U.S. Secretary of Defense that, when an agency of the federal government detains any citizen pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1541 as provided by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (P.L. 112-81, § 1021 [providing for detention of any person "who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored those responsible for those
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Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
Failed To Pass In House on 02/23/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Candidates in elections; party nominating methods. [HB-2208]
Party nominating methods. Provides that no political party shall determine its candidates for statewide or General Assembly district office, the U.S. House of Representatives, or the U.S. Senate by a method that has the practical effect of excluding participation in the nominating process by active duty military personnel and military reservists or by individuals who are unable to attend meetings because of military service-related injuries, regardless of their duty station or location.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Conservators of the peace; inspectors general of the U.S. Department of HUD and the FHFA. [HB-1924]
Conservators of the peace; inspectors general of the U.S. Department of HUD and the FHFA. Includes any criminal investigator within the Offices of Inspectors General of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Finance Agency among those agents designated as a conservator of the peace.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brink
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Health insurance; SCC, et al., to perform plan management functions, review of premium rates. [HB-1769]
Health insurance; plan management and rate review. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to perform plan management functions for participation in the federal health benefit exchange established by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to § 1321 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This obligation is contingent upon the availability of full funding, technology infrastructure being made available to the SCC, there being no other impediments that effectively prevent the SCC from performing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0670) on 03/21/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
State plan management partnership exchange; review and approval. [HB-1664]
State partnership health benefit exchange. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other state or federal agency as may be required in order to establish a state plan management partnership exchange for the Commonwealth. The SCC, with assistance from the Virginia Department of Health, is required to perform any plan management functions consistent with guidelines developed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Tabled In Commerce And Labor By Voice Vote on 01/31/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia armed forces; distributing educational materials. [HB-1576]
Virginia armed forces; educational materials. Requires the Adjutant General to distribute to members of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force educational materials relating to the lawful exercise of the power of the United States Congress to declare war.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/06/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Presidential electors; candidate petitions, required signatures, etc. [HB-1346]
Presidential elections and primaries; petition requirements. Reduces the number of signatures required for groups other than the major parties to gain access to the presidential election ballot from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures in the Commonwealth and from 400 to 200 signatures in each congressional district. The bill makes similar reductions to 5,000 and 200 in the number of signatures required for a person to qualify for a presidential primary ballot. The bill also provides a method for substituting persons listed as electors for presidential candidates
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0550) on 03/20/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Presidential primaries; localities shall be reimbursed by State for all costs incurred. [HB-1341]
Presidential primary costs. Provides that localities shall be reimbursed by the state for all costs incurred in conducting the presidential primary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [HB-1001]
Enforcement of immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Provides that the Superintendent of State Police shall seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as authorized under 8 U.S.C. §1357(g), to permit the State Police to perform federal immigration law-enforcement functions in the Commonwealth after arrest of an alien.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Courts Of Justice on 11/30/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Religious freedom; supporting those suffering religious persecution and discrimination. [SR-17]
Religious freedom. Memorializes the Secretary of State of the United States of America to support those suffering religious persecution and discrimination in countries that do not recognize religious freedom.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Senate: Continued To 2013 In Rules By Voice Vote on 03/05/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
U.S. Constitution; application to Congress to call constitutional convention. [SJR-91]
United States Constitution; amendment. Makes application to the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that requires a balanced federal budget and prohibits unfunded federal mandates to the states.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico
Senate: Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/15/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the work of the Fort Monroe Authority, Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park, Hampton [SJR-146]
Commending the work of the Fort Monroe Authority, Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park, Hampton City Council, Governor of Virginia, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, and National Park Service for their work in establishing the Fort Monroe National Monument.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Senate: Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj146er) on 03/14/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
United States Constitution; General Assembly of Va. to ratify and affirm Equal Rights Amendment. [SJR-130]
United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
House: Left In Privileges And Elections on 03/10/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Federal Government Contractor Grant Fund and Program; created & established for certain businesses. [SB-620]
Federal government contractor grant program. Establishes a federal government contractor grant fund and program beginning January 1, 2013, for federal contractors with at least 250 full-time employees that subcontract with small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned businesses to perform federal government contract work. The grant would equal five percent of the amount paid by the federal contractor under the subcontract to the small or minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned business. The small or minority-owned, veteran-owned,
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
House: Left In General Laws on 03/10/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Income tax, state; advances conformity with federal law. [SB-463]
Income taxes. Advances the date as of which Virginia income tax laws conform with the Internal Revenue Code from December 31, 2010, to December 31, 2011; restores conformity to certain provisions of the federal earned income tax credit for taxable year 2011 for purposes of Virginia's low-income taxpayer income tax credit; and reinstates the age deduction for individuals born on or before January 1, 1939, that was inadvertently deleted by Chapter 851 of the Acts of Assembly of 2011. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Sen. Walter Stosch
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0578) on 04/04/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Immigration query at arrest; law-enforcement officer to determine status after legal stop, etc. [SB-460]
Immigration query at arrest or during detention. Provides that when a law-enforcement officer lawfully detains a person following a lawful stop, detention, or arrest of such person for a suspected criminal offense or traffic infraction or upon reasonable suspicion of criminal activity and, during the detention, based upon certain prescribed inquiries of the detainee and ICE, the officer forms a reasonable suspicion that the person is unlawfully present in the United States, the officer shall make a reasonable effort during the detention, when practicable,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Black
Senate: Failed To Report (defeated) In Courts Of Justice (7-y 7-n 1-a) on 01/30/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Construction projects using public funds; iron, steel, manufactured goods must be produced in USA. [SB-377]
Construction projects using public funds; iron, steel, and manufactured goods must be produced in the United States. Prohibits use of state funds for construction projects, including any construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public works project, unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods, including equipment, used in the project are produced in the United States. Under the bill an exception to the requirement is provided if the administrative head of the contracting state agency determines in writing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Donald McEachin
Senate: Continued To 2013 In Finance (15-y 0-n) on 02/14/2012