SOL; Bd. of Education prohibited from adopting revisions that implement Common Core State Standards. [HB-259]
Board of Education; Common Core State Standards. Prohibits the Board of Education from replacing the educational objectives known as the Standards of Learning with Common Core State Standards without the prior statutory approval of the General Assembly but permits the Board to continue or create an educational standard or assessment that coincidentally is included in the standards referred to as the Common Core State Standards.
HB-259: SOL; Bd. of Education prohibited from adopting revisions that implement Common Core State Standards.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Requires 66 Affirmative Votes To Override Governor's Veto on 03/08/2016
Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; composition. [HB-275]
Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; composition. Allows an elected official of any of the four counties embraced by the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission who serves on the county's governing body and has been appointed by resolution of such governing body to represent the county on the Commission to serve on the Commission. Currently, only the chief elected officer of such county may serve on the Commission.
Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; administrative expenses. [HB-276]
Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; administrative expenses. Allows the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission to spend Hampton Roads Transportation Fund moneys on administrative and operating expenses and removes the requirement that, if no other funds are available, administrative expenses of the Commission be allocated among the localities within Planning District 23 on the basis of relative population. The bill states that it does not result in the expiration of the contingently effective provisions of Chapter
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Heroin; manufacture, selling, etc., mandatory minimum sentence. [HB-277]
Manufacture, etc., of heroin; mandatory minimum sentence. Provides for an additional 10-year mandatory minimum sentence to be served consecutively with any other sentence upon a conviction for manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with the intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute heroin.
Prescription of opioids and benzodiazepines; urine drug screening. [HB-278]
Prescription of opioids and benzodiazepines; urine drug screening. Provides that prior to initiating a course of treatment that includes the prescription of opioids or benzodiazepines for a period that is expected to last more than 90 consecutive days, a physician shall establish the medical and treatment history of the patient, which shall include performing a physical examination of the patient and may include urine drug screening.
HB-278: Prescription of opioids and benzodiazepines; urine drug screening.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/16/2016
Income tax, state; subtraction for military veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability. [HB-316]
Income tax; subtraction for military veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability. Establishes beginning January 1, 2016, an individual income tax subtraction for the military retirement income of veterans who have been determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a service-connected, permanent disability.
HB-316: Income tax, state; subtraction for military veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Left In Finance on 02/17/2016
Economic Opportunity for Virginians in Aspiring & Diverse Communities, Commission on; report. [HB-451]
Commission on Economic Opportunity for Virginians in Aspiring and Diverse Communities; report. Establishes a 13-member legislative Commission on Economic Opportunity for Virginians in Aspiring and Diverse Communities (the Commission) to determine the need for and ways to achieve economic opportunities for members of aspiring and diverse communities in Virginia. The bill provides that the Commission sunsets on July 1, 2019.
HB-451: Economic Opportunity for Virginians in Aspiring & Diverse Communities, Commission on; report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0650) on 04/01/2016
Veterans care centers; issuance of bonds for certain projects. [HB-477]
Bonds; veterans care centers. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue bonds in the amount of $29.3 million plus financing costs to construct veterans care centers in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads.
HB-477: Veterans care centers; issuance of bonds for certain projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0366) on 03/11/2016
Protective orders; assault and battery; penalty. [HB-609]
Protective orders; assault and battery; penalty. Provides that a person who is the subject of a protective order who commits an assault and battery resulting in bodily injury on the person protected by the order is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, the assault and battery must result in serious bodily injury in order for the offense to be punishable as a Class 6 felony.
HB-609: Protective orders; assault and battery; penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/16/2016
Protective orders; penalty. [HB-610]
Violations of protective orders; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony to stalk a party protected by a protective order or to commit an assault and battery upon a party protected by a protective order if such assault and battery results in bodily injury. Currently, the Class 6 felony is only applicable if the person commits an assault and battery that results in serious bodily injury to the protected party.
HB-610: Protective orders; penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0583) on 03/29/2016