Rep. Stephen Shannon
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District HD-035
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 0
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Polygraph; no sexual offense victim shall be requested to submit for investigation to proceed. [HB-1043]
Polygraphs; victims of sex offenses. Provides that no law-enforcement officer, attorney for the Commonwealth, or other government official shall ask or require a victim of certain sex offenses to submit to a polygraph examination or other truth-telling device as a condition for proceeding with the investigation of such an offense. This bill incorporates
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0512) on 03/17/2008
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Sex Offenders and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration requirements. [HB-1044]
Sex Offender Registry. Makes it clear that persons convicted under certain Code sections that were amended by the 2007 General Assembly must register even though the sections have been rewritten. The bill requires the registration of any conviction of crimes involving use of a communications system to facilitate certain offenses involving children rather than current law which requires registration only when the victim is a minor or is physically helpless. The bill also revises definitions to make it clear that an out-of-state conviction for a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0592) on 03/18/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Veterans; tuition waiver for certain. [HB-1109]
Tuition waiver; certain veterans. Provides for the waiver of tuition and fees, in excess of federal educational benefits available to the student for the semester in which the student is enrolled, for eligible veterans under certain conditions. The individual institution must determine the eligibility of the applicant for the waiver and must also ascertain that the recipient is in attendance and making satisfactory progress.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts House: Continued To 2009 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Military Service Personnel Bill of Rights of 2008; established. [HB-1193]
Military Service Personnel Bill of Rights of 2008. Provides a number of rights and enhancements to military service personnel who are on active duty and domiciled in the Commonwealth. More specifically, the bill:
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Shannon House: Left In Finance on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options. [HB-1228]
Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options. Requires each investor-owned electric utility in the Commonwealth, effective January 1, 2009, to include in its customer's bills, at least once each quarter, a notice directing customers to a toll-free telephone number or Internet website that will provide information on options to purchase electric energy provided from renewable energy sources. The notice shall include instructions for purchasing electric energy from renewable sources from the utility or other licensed supplier of electric
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0518) on 03/17/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto. [HB-1311]
Freezing access to credit reports. Authorizes any consumer to freeze access to his credit report. If a consumer has placed a freeze on his credit report, a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from releasing the credit report, or any information in it, without the consumer's express authorization. The measure provides a means by which a consumer can release his report, permanently, temporarily, or to a specific third party. Certain disclosures are exempt from the freeze. A fee of up to $10 may be charged for establishing a freeze, except identity
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0496) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created. [HB-1335]
Natural resources funding. Establishes the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The Fund would be capitalized with appropriated funds and moneys from public and private sources. Beginning July 1, 2008, and for the next 10 years, moneys in the Fund would be distributed to the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for the implementation of agricultural best management practices (BMP). Fifty-seven percent of the moneys are to be used for matching grants to implement BMPs on agricultural
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0643) on 03/18/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Line of Duty Act; funding for Line of Duty Health Benefits Trust Fund. [HB-1436]
Line of Duty Act; definitions; funding for Line of Duty Health Benefits Trust Fund. Includes local employees disabled on or after January 1, 1966, in the definition of %93disabled employee.%94 The bill also provides for a $1 fee to be collected from alarm company operators for each alarm system monitored and a $5 fee to be collected for processes and services in civil proceedings to provide funding to the Line of Duty Health Benefits Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Trees; conservation during land development process for air quality improvement. [HB-1437]
Conservation of trees during the land development process for air quality improvement in certain localities. Provides that certain localities may, by ordinance, require conservation of trees during the development process. The bill also provides that the tree conservation ordinance may require that the site plan for any subdivision or development provide for the preservation and replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopy or tree cover percentage 20 years after development is projected to be as follows: (i) 10
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0333) on 03/11/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Energy electric generating facilities; environmental impact of renewable. [HB-1466]
Environmental impact of renewable energy electric generating facilities. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate information provided by state agencies with expertise in natural resource management regarding the potential environmental impacts of a proposed renewable energy electric generating facility. The Department is required to coordinate the development of consensus recommendations to address the facility's potential adverse environmental impacts. The recommendations shall identify specific measures, including additional
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Shannon House: Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/12/2008