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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Recurrent flooding; joint subcommittee established to formulate recommendations to address. [SJR-34]
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Study; recurrent flooding; report. Establishes a 15-member joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding. The joint subcommittee is charged with recommending short- and long-term strategies for minimizing the impact of recurrent flooding. Its report is to be submitted by November 1, 2015.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeffrey McWaters
Incorporated By Rules on 01/17/2014
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Recurrent flooding; joint subcommittee established to formulate recommendations to address. [SJR-3]
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Study; recurrent flooding; report. Establishes an 11-member joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding. The joint subcommittee is charged with recommending short- and long-term strategies for minimizing the impact of recurrent flooding. The joint subcommittee must submit its report to the Governor and the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj3er) on 03/08/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Real estate loans; flood insurance. [SB-74]
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Real estate loans; flood insurance. Prohibits a lender from requiring a borrower to provide flood insurance coverage against risks to improvements on real property securing its loan in an amount that exceeds the replacement value of the improvements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeffrey McWaters
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0247) on 03/17/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP); DCR to utilize storm-based approach in order to derive PMP. [SB-582]
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Update of the Probable Maximum Precipitation level. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to utilize a storm-based approach to calculate the Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) for various locations in or affecting Virginia. The methodology for a storm-based approach shall be completed by December 1, 2015. Owners of impounding structures with spillway design inadequacies who maintain coverage under the conditional certificate are not required to rehabilitate the spillway until the PMP analysis is completed and reviewed by the Virginia
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0489) on 04/01/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Recurrent flooding; joint subcommittee established to formulate recommendations to address. [HJR-16]
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Study; recurrent flooding; report. Establishes an 11-member joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding. The joint subcommittee is charged with recommending short- and long-term strategies for minimizing the impact of recurrent flooding. The joint subcommittee must submit its report to the Governor and the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Stolle
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj16er) on 03/08/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP); DCR to utilize storm-based approach in order to derive PMP. [HB-1006]
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Update of the Probable Maximum Precipitation level. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to utilize a storm-based approach to calculate the Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) for various locations in or affecting Virginia. The methodology for a storm-based approach shall be completed by December 1, 2015. Owners of impounding structures with spillway design inadequacies who maintain coverage under the conditional certificate are not required to rehabilitate the spillway until the PMP analysis is completed and reviewed by the Virginia
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0475) on 04/01/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Homeowner's Insurance - Underwriting Standards - Deductibles [SB-887]
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Repealing the requirement that an insurer that issues a policy of homeowner's insurance file with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner for approval a specified underwriting standard that requires a specified deductible under specified circumstances before the insurer may implement the underwriting standard; requiring an insurer to file for information with the Commissioner a specified underwriting standard at least a specified period of time before the insurer proposes to implement the underwriting standard; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Size, Weight, and Axle Load Limits [SB-86]
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Exempting vehicles owned by or under contract with the State or a political subdivision of the State engaged in emergency snow or ice removal from provisions of law governing size, weight, and axle load limits; repealing a provision of law that authorizes the State Highway Administration to issue limited duration special vehicle permits in exceptional cases of vehicles exceeding size or weight limits; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Volunteer Canteen and Rehabilitation Personnel [SB-196]
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Altering the definition of "on duty" in the workers' compensation law to include performing support or rehabilitation services, including supplying necessary food or fluids or providing relief from climatic conditions, for emergency responders during an emergency incident or a training exercise; and altering the definition of "volunteer company" to include a volunteer canteen, rehabilitation, or personnel support unit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Homeowner's Insurance - Required Notices [SB-1060]
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Requiring an insurer that issues, sells, or delivers a homeowner's insurance policy, at the time of application and at each renewal, to provide an applicant or a policyholder with a specified written notice; specifying the information that must be included in the notice; requiring the notice to be clear and specific; providing that the notice is not part of the policy or contract of insurance; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Coast Smart Council [HB-615]
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[Construction ]
Establishing a Coast Smart Council in the Department of Natural Resources; providing for the membership, chair, staffing, and duties of the Council; requiring specified structures to be constructed in accordance with specified siting and design criteria established by the Council; requiring the Council, in consultation with the Department, to develop specified criteria in accordance with specified requirements on or before June 30, 2015; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 415 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Leaving Dogs Outside in Extreme Temperatures [HB-1503]
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Prohibiting a person from leaving a dog outside and unattended by use of a specified restraint during a snow emergency declared by the State Police or during a specified period in which the temperature is 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below for at least 1 hour; and making a violation a misdeameanor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Winter Driving Safety Act [HB-1454]
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Requiring the State Highway Administration to establish a specified public information campaign on the importance of snow and ice removal from exposed vehicle surfaces; prohibiting a person from operating or towing a vehicle without removing from exposed vehicle surfaces specified snow and ice; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act and penalties for a violation of the Act that contributes to an accident under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Conowingo Dam Environmental Assessment [SB-979]
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Prohibiting a person from engaging in an activity or strategy to implement a State Watershed Implementation Plan until the State completes a full assessment of the environmental impacts of opening the Conowingo Dam floodgates in September 2011 following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/18/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Insurance - Fraudulent Insurance Acts - Compensation for Deductible [SB-736]
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Providing that it is a fraudulent insurance act for a contractor offering specified services for damages caused by weather to pay or otherwise compensate, or offer or promise to pay or compensate, with fraudulent intent, an insured for all or part of a specified insurance deductible; and providing penalties for a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 311 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Homeowner's Insurance - Underwriting Based on Geographic Area [HB-71]
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Establishing the requirements an insurer must meet before refusing to issue or renew a policy of homeowner's insurance solely because the insured property or the applicant's or insured's address is located within a specified geographic area of the State; requiring an insurer to adopt a specified underwriting standard and file it with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner for approval; specifying exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; weather as risk of public safety officer's employment,injuries incurred. [SB-896]
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Workers' compensation; injuries incurred by public safety employees. States that an injury to a public safety officer in situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of his employment shall be compensable where the injury arose out of and in the course of his employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0458) on 03/16/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Early voting; anticipation of certain emergencies. [HB-2264]
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Early voting in anticipation of certain emergencies. Provides that the Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates, and President pro tempore of the Senate, acting jointly, may declare a weather-related emergency and order polls opened for early voting for one to three days during the five days before an election.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; weather as risk of public safety officer's employment,injuries incurred. [HB-1347]
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[Public Safety ]
Workers' compensation; injuries incurred by public safety officers. States that an injury to a public safety officer in situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of his employment shall be compensable where the injury arose out of and in the course of his employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0174) on 03/12/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Conowingo Dam Environmental [SB-695]
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[Disaster Relief ]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in an activity or strategy to implement a State Watershed Implementation Plan until the State completes a full assessment of the environmental impacts of opening the Conowingo Dam floodgates in September 2011 following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2012