Rep. K. Rob Krupicka
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District HD-045
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 0
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Reckless driving; using a handheld personal communications device, penalty. [HB-1360]
Reckless driving; using a handheld communications device; penalty. Provides that driving while simultaneously using a handheld communications device for something other than verbal communication constitutes driving a motor vehicle that is not under proper control, punishable as reckless driving, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the more specific offense of "texting while driving" (repealed by this bill) incurs a $20 fine and is a secondary offense, which means that a law-enforcement officer must have cause to stop or detain a driver for
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 02/01/2013
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Election Day; designating as a state holiday. [HB-1362]
State holidays; Election Day. Designates the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, i.e., Election Day, as a legal holiday.
Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 01/18/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Customer access to restrooms; retail establishment required to allow customer to use, penalty. [HB-1375]
Customer access to restrooms; civil penalty. Requires a retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees to allow a customer who suffers from Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility, to use that facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met. The measure does not apply to certain filling stations or service stations or to banks or savings institutions. The operator of a retail establishment that violates this requirement is subject to
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Sponsored by: Rep. K. Rob Krupicka
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Washington Nationals baseball team. [HB-1387]
Special license plates; supporters of the Washington Nationals baseball team. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Washington Nationals baseball team to support the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0177) on 03/12/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; veterans residing within State shall be eligibile for in-state tuition charges. [HB-1461]
Eligibility for in-state tuition charges; military. Clarifies eligibility for in-state tuition of current and former military personnel and their dependents. The bill also grants eligibility for in-state tuition charges to veterans residing within the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0243) on 03/13/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Assisted living facilities; residents permitted to vote absentee. [HB-1471]
Voting by assisted living facility residents. Provides that residents of assisted living facilites are permitted to vote absentee. The bill also provides that localities may establish absentee voter precincts at assisted living facilities that will be open prior to an election to allow in-person absentee voting by the residents. The bill further provides that upon the request of an administrator of an assisted living facility in which at least 50 registered voters reside, at least two officers of election will be sent to the facility on election
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Index of Performance incentive program; raising achievement of students in proficiency gap groups. [HB-1502]
Virginia Index of Performance incentive program; raising the achievement of students in proficiency gap groups. Adds to the existing Virginia Index of Performance incentive program guidelines the requirement that the Board of Education recognize and reward all schools and school divisions that make significant progress toward raising the achievement of students in the English language learners subgroup, students with disabilities subgroup, economically disadvantaged students subgroup, African American students subgroup, or Hispanic students subgroup,
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Education on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Standards of Accreditation; adds high school graduation rates, college readiness of graduates, etc. [HB-1503]
Standards of Accreditation. Adds high school graduation rates, the college and career readiness of graduates, the rate of student academic progress in all student subgroups identified pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended, and progress toward narrowing gaps in student proficiency on Standards of Learning assessments among all student subgroups to the list of special school division accomplishments that the Board of Education shall consider in its criteria for recognizing educational performance.
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Sponsored by: Rep. K. Rob Krupicka
Left In Education on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program; established. [HB-1504]
Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program established. Creates a Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program in which the Board of Education or a local school division in conjunction with a Virginia college or university with an approved education preparation program may create and serve as Administrator of intensive programs of at least eight weeks in length to prepare career-switchers and recent college graduates who have not completed coursework in education to teach in areas including science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and critical teaching
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Assisted living facilities, licensed; access to temporary emergency electrical power source. [HB-1511]
Assisted living facilities; access to temporary emergency electrical power source. Requires the Board of Social Services to include in regulations governing licensed assisted living facilities a requirement that each licensed assisted living facility with six or more residents have a temporary emergency electric power source on site and be able to connect to and utilize such temporary emergency electrical power source for the provision of electricity during an interruption of normal electrical power supply, in order to protect the health, safety,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/05/2013