United States Government
Virginia 2012 Regular Session
U.S. Constitution; application to Congress to call constitutional convention. [HJR-100]
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: Rep. Robert Bell
House: Tabled In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 02/03/2012
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Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain. [HB-958]
Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is "taken into custody" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring inquiries of everyone arrested, and requires that an arresting officer inquire of every arrestee whether he (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
House: Failed To Pass In House on 03/10/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Virginia Intrastate Commerce Act; created. [HB-912]
Virginia Intrastate Commerce Act. Declares that all goods grown, manufactured, or made in the Commonwealth of Virginia and all services performed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, when such goods or services are sold, maintained, or retained in the Commonwealth of Virginia on or after July 1, 2012, shall not be subject to the authority of the Congress of the United States under its constitutional power to regulate commerce among the several states.
Sponsored by: Rep. J. Randall Minchew
House: Left In Commerce And Labor (0-y 0-n) on 02/14/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain. [HB-89]
Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is "taken into custody" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring inquiries of everyone arrested, and requires that an arresting officer inquire of every arrestee whether he (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
House: Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 02/10/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Voter registration applications; protection of certain residence address information. [HB-56]
Voter registration applications; protection of residence address information. Adds active and retired federal and Virginia justices and judges and attorneys employed by the United States Attorney General or Virginia Attorney General to the list of persons whose residence addresses may be replaced by a post office box address on publicly available registration and elections documents.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0491) on 04/04/2012
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Virginia 2012 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
Senate: Continued To 2013 In Privileges And Elections (15-y 0-n) on 02/21/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Income tax, state; advances conformity with federal law. [HB-516]
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: Rep. Harry Purkey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0002) on 02/07/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Immigration query at arrest; law-enforcement officer to determine status after lawful traffic stop. [HB-472]
Immigration query at arrest or during detention. Provides that when a law-enforcement officer lawfully detains a person who cannot produce a driver's license or properly identify himself following a lawful traffic stop, the officer is authorized, during the detention, to make certain prescribed inquiries of the detainee and of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). If the officer forms a reasonable suspicion, on the basis of such inquiries, that the person is unlawfully present in the United States and determines that the person has also
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/14/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Absentee voting; duties of general registrar and electoral board. [HB-38]
Absentee voting; duties of general registrar and electoral board. Broadens the type of certification of mailing permitted when sending absentee ballot materials to include certification of expedited mailing or delivery by commercial delivery providers as well as the United States Postal Service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0393) on 03/30/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain. [HB-320]
Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is "taken into custody" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring inquiries of everyone arrested, and requires that an arresting officer inquire of every arrestee whether he (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
House: Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 02/10/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Presidential primaries; prohibits a political party from requiring a loyalty oath. [HB-1227]
Presidential primaries. Prohibits a political party from requiring a loyalty oath or pledge to support the party's candidate as a condition to participate in the party's presidential primary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall
House: Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/14/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Zoning amendment; notice of proposed change to zoning ordinance that involve State or federal land. [HB-1216]
Advertisement of proposed zoning amendments. Provides that when a proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance involves a tract of land of not less than 500 acres owned by the Commonwealth or by the federal government, and when the proposed change affects only a portion of the larger tract, notice need be given only to the owners of those properties that are adjacent to the affected area of the larger tract.
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0548) on 04/04/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Electoral college; candidates for President who win popular vote will receive votes of electors. [HB-1171]
Electoral college. Provides that the Commonwealth's votes in the electoral college shall be allocated by the popular vote statewide and in each congressional district. The candidates for President and Vice President who win the popular statewide vote will receive the votes of the two statewide electors, and the candidates who win the popular vote in each congressional district will receive the vote of that district's elector. Maine and Nebraska allocate electoral college votes in this manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
House: Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/14/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Unlawful detention of U.S. citizens; prevents any agency, etc., from assisting in investigation. [HB-1160]
Unlawful detention of United States citizens. Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth, political subdivision of the Commonwealth, employee of either acting in his official capacity, or member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, when such member is serving in the Virginia National Guard or the Virginia Defense Force on official state duty, shall knowingly aid an agency of the armed forces of the United States in the detention of any citizen pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 if such aid
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0792) on 04/18/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Federal immigration law; enforcement by State and its political subdivisions. [HB-108]
Enforcement of federal immigration law by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions. Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth, political subdivision of the Commonwealth or locality, or an employee of any of them acting in his official capacity, may limit or restrict the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/14/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain. [HB-1060]
Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is "taken into custody" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring that an arresting officer inquire of every arrestee whether he is in the country legally. The bill further provides that when a law-enforcement officer believes that the person is not legally present in the United States, he shall communicate to the judicial officer the facts and circumstances underlying his belief.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Senate: Failed To Report (defeated) In Courts Of Justice (7-y 7-n) on 02/22/2012
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Virginia 2012 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
Senate: Continued To 2013 In Courts Of Justice on 03/06/2012
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Greenhouse gas emissions; urging Congress of United States to address proposed regulations of EPA. [SR-29]
Memorializing Congress regarding greenhouse gas emissions regulation. Urges the United States Congress to address the proposed regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency in regards to greenhouse gas emissions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Puckett
Senate: Left In Rules on 02/21/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Natural right of an individual; memorializing Congress of United States to honor. [SR-28]
Memorializing the Congress of the United States to honor the natural right of an individual to privately exercise his or her own judgment free from coercion or intimidation when making decisions that affect his or her life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Expresses the sense of the Senate of Virginia that Congressional measures that jeopardize the secret ballot in workplace decisions on unionization and any mandates that threaten, weaken, or dissolve Virginia's laws protecting one's right to work should be defeated.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Senate: Left In Rules on 02/21/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
FERPA and HIPAA, federal; urges Congress to restore in loco parentis, etc. [SJR-399]
Memorializing Congress to amend the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191). Urges Congress to restore in loco parentis at institutions of higher education and to require parental notification of destructive and illegal student behaviors by amending the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. §1232g) and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191).
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw
Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/04/2011