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2013 General Assembly Proposed Bills

02-10-2013


Bills

Committee

Last action

Date

HB 1305 - Habeeb - Workers' compensation; injuries presumed to be in course of employment, unless evidence to contrary.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(S) Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

01/24/13

HB 1321 - Kory - Public schools; possession and administration of epinephrine by local health department employee.

(H) Committee on Education

(H) Left in Education

02/05/13

HB 1331 - Farrell - Local employees; retirement benefits.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) Left in Appropriations

02/05/13

HB 1347 - Wright - Workers' compensation; weather as risk of public safety officer's employment,injuries incurred.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)

02/04/13

HB 1356 - Yost - Health insurance; local government employees eligibile to participate in state employee plan.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) Left in Appropriations

02/05/13

HB 1357 - Rust - Handheld personal communications devices; texting while driving a primary offense.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1907-Anderson)

02/01/13

HB 1360 - Cline - Reckless driving; using a handheld personal communications device, penalty.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1907-Anderson)

02/01/13

HB 1368 - Scott, J.M. - Jury duty; requires employer to excuse an employee for each day of service that exceeds three hours.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(H) Left in Commerce and Labor

02/05/13

HB 1371 - Morrissey - Reckless driving; removes driving in excess of 80 mph, etc.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Left in Courts of Justice

02/05/13

HB 1372 - Head - Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(S) Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

01/24/13

HB 1379 - Yost - Law-Enforcement Assistance Program; DCJS to develop a peer-counseling program.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) Left in Appropriations

02/05/13

HB 1382 - Webert - Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(H) Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor

01/17/13

HB 1383 - Pogge - Criminal history record information; emergency medical services providers.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health

01/23/13

HB 1404 - Cole - Residential development; impact fees to defray costs of public facilities.

(H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

(H) Left in Counties, Cities and Towns

02/05/13

HB 1411 - Ransone - Hoax explosive devices; imitation weapons of terrorism, increased penalties.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Left in Courts of Justice

02/05/13

HB 1468 - Greason - Public schools; possession & administration of epinephrine by employees of local governing bodies.

(H) Committee on Education

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health

01/25/13

HB 1495 - Dance - Handheld personal communications devices; prohibits use while operating motor vehicle, etc.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1907-Anderson)

02/01/13

HB 1499 - Stolle - Emergency medical services personnel; administration of medications.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health

01/23/13

HB 1512 - Krupicka - Income tax, state and corporate; subtraction for income from space leased to public schools.

(H) Committee on Finance

(H) Left in Finance

02/05/13

HB 1532 - Bulova - Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)

02/05/13

HB 1622 - Pogge - Emergency medical services providers; Board of Health shall prescribe regulation, procedures, etc.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health

01/21/13

HB 1625 - Farrell - Virginia Retirement System; collection of overpayments to retirees and beneficiaries.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) Left in Appropriations

02/05/13

HB 1626 - Tata - Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; General Assembly may add certain full-time employees.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) Left in Appropriations

02/05/13

HB 1835 - Poindexter - Firefighters and emergency medical technicians; cap on damages.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Left in Courts of Justice

02/05/13

HB 1842 - Rust - License plates, special; issuance for firefighters and auxiliaries; Fraternal Order of Police; etc.

(H) Committee on Transportation

(H) Stricken from docket by Transportation

01/22/13

HB 1848 - Loupassi - Reckless driving; using a handheld personal communications device, penalty.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1907-Anderson)

02/01/13

HB 1856 - Orrock - Emergency medical services; Board of Health to develop policies related to statewide providers.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(S) Assigned Education sub: Health Professions

02/04/13

HB 1883 - Bulova - Handheld personal communications devices; texting while driving, reckless driving.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1907-Anderson)

02/01/13

HB 1907 - Anderson - Driving while texting; primary offense, increased penalties.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 4-N 2-A)

02/05/13

HB 1927 - Morris - Assault and battery; adds emergency medical services personnel, penalty.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)

02/05/13

HB 1955 - Landes - Impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel; impersonating, penalty.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)

02/05/13

HB 1988 - Sickles - Automated external defibrillators; immunity for owner who maintains an AED located on real property.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

 

(S) Committee for Courts of Justice

(S) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

01/23/13

HB 2010 - Cline - Motorcycles; motorcyclists who are 21 years old or older to ride without wearing helmets.

(H) Committee on Transportation

(H) Left in Transportation

02/05/13

HB 2028 - Dudenhefer - Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.

(H) Committee on Education

(H) VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 7-N)

02/04/13

HB 2032 - May - Virginia FOIA; allows regional public bodies to conduct electronic meetings.

(H) Committee on General Laws

(H) Left in General Laws

02/05/13

HB 2052 - Rust - HOT lanes; allows state or local law-enforcement vehicles, etc. to enter.

(H) Committee on Transportation

 

(S) Committee on Transportation

(S) Referred to Committee on Transportation

01/29/13

HB 2140 - Morefield - Statewide Fire Prevention Code; fees charged by State Fire Marshal.

(H) Committee on General Laws

(H) Left in General Laws

02/05/13

HB 2160 - Kilgore - Virginia Workers' compensation; limitations period and balance billing.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(H) Left in Commerce and Labor

02/05/13

HB 2161 - O'Bannon - Nurses; authority to possess and administer oxygen to treat emergency medical conditions.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health

01/28/13

HB 2168 - Howell, W.J. - Virginia Retirement System; hybrid retirement program.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) Left in Appropriations

02/05/13

HB 2169 - Cole - Grievance procedure, local; removes requirement.

(H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

(H) VOTE: PASSAGE (67-Y 27-N)

02/05/13

HB 2171 - McQuinn - School safety audits; school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans.

(H) Committee on Education

(H) Left in Education

02/05/13

HB 2188 - Jones - Line of Duty Act; certain employees to make irrevocable election to self-fund benefits.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

(H) Left in Appropriations

02/05/13

HB 2201 - Filler-Corn - Public school buildings; carbon monoxide detectors.

(H) Committee on Education

(H) Left in Education

02/05/13

HB 2216 - Yost - Local boundaries for law-enforcement; organizing for purpose of 911 dispatch and response.

(H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

 

(S) Committee on Local Government

(S) Referred to Committee on Local Government

01/31/13

HB 2247 - Ware, R.L. - Assault and battery; changes conditions for applying aggravated penalty.

(H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Left in Courts of Justice

02/05/13

HB 2280 - Ward - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exempts records of disaster preparedness plans and policies.

(H) Committee on General Laws

(H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)

02/05/13

HB 2301 - Cline - Volunteer fire/EMS departments; localities may have ordinances that include billing property owners.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)

02/04/13

HB 2315 - O'Bannon - Volunteer Rescue Squads, Va Association of; to submit an annual financial report on use of funds.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

(H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)

02/05/13

HB 2330 - Miller - Uranium; establishes process for DMME to issue permits for mining of uranium ore, report.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(H) Left in Commerce and Labor

02/05/13

HB 2337 - Kory - Public schools; school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans.

(H) Committee on Education

(H) Left in Education

02/05/13

HJ 537 - Habeeb - Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, limitations (first reference).

(H) Committee on Privileges and Elections

(H) Left in Privileges and Elections

02/05/13

HJ 564 - Head - Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, limitations (first reference).

(H) Committee on Privileges and Elections

(H) Left in Privileges and Elections

02/05/13

HJ 683 - Morefield - Correctional officers; Workers' Compensation Commission to study occupational disease presumptions.

(H) Committee on Rules

(H) Left in Rules

02/05/13

SB 694 - Black - Reckless driving; removes driving in excess of 80 mph, etc.

(S) Committee on Transportation

(S) Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (7-Y 7-N)

01/16/13

SB 704 - Puckett - Workers' compensation; disease presumption, corrections officers.

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(S) Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB774-Blevins) (15-Y 0-N)

01/28/13

SB 705 - Stuart - Child restraint devices; penalty if child suffers injury or death.

(S) Committee on Transportation

(S) Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (8-Y 6-N)

01/23/13

SB 707 - McEachin - Health care providers; submitting health insurance claims.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

(S) Committee for Courts of Justice

(H) Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

01/25/13

SB 708 - Hanger - Assisted living facilities; self-administration of medications by residents.

(S) Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

(S) Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)

01/25/13

SB 712 - Stuart - Hoax explosive devices; increases penalty for use, construction, etc.

(S) Committee on Finance

(S) Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N)

01/29/13

SB 727 - Carrico - Workers' compensation; presumptions, members of enforcement division of DMV.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(H) Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

02/06/13

SB 770 - Wagner - Driver improvement clinics; increases cap that clinics may charge for courses.

(H) Committee on Transportation

 

(S) Committee on Transportation

(H) Assigned Transportation sub: #3

02/01/13

SB 773 - Blevins - Emergency medical services personnel; administration of medications.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(H) Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

02/05/13

SB 774 - Blevins - Workers' compensation; disease presumption, corrections officers.

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(S) Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N)

01/28/13

SB 790 - Stuart - Emergency medical care services providers; recertification and appeals.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(H) Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

02/05/13

SB 807 - Blevins - Drugs; administration by a person to a child in private school.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(H) Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

01/25/13

SB 822 - Puckett - Statewide Fire Prevention Code; fees charged by State Fire Marshal.

(H) Committee on General Laws

 

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology

(H) Referred to Committee on General Laws

02/06/13

SB 839 - Carrico - Local boundaries for law-enforcement; organizing for purpose of 911 dispatch and response.

(H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

 

(S) Committee on Local Government

(H) Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

01/25/13

SB 841 - Locke - Uniform Statewide Building Code; establishment of occupancy standards for residential dwelling unit.

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology

(S) Blank Action (39-Y 0-N)

02/05/13

SB 854 - Petersen - Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

 

(S) Committee on Finance

(H) Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement

02/04/13

SB 862 - Favola - Foster care; independent living services.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

(H) Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

02/02/13

SB 881 - Deeds - Volunteer fire/EMS departments; localities may have ordinances that include billing property owners.

(H) Committee on General Laws

 

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology

(H) Referred to Committee on General Laws

02/06/13

SB 893 - Howell - Public schools; possession & administration of epinephrine by employees of local governing bodies.

(H) Committee on Education

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(H) Referred to Committee on Education

01/25/13

SB 896 - Reeves - Workers' compensation; weather as risk of public safety officer's employment,injuries incurred.

(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(H) Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

02/06/13

SB 910 - Garrett - Statewide Fire Prevention Code; redefines what constitutes permissible fireworks in State.

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology

(S) Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N)

01/14/13

SB 915 - Ruff - Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety officers.

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(S) Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB896-Reeves) (16-Y 0-N)

01/28/13

SB 961 - Ebbin - Open burning; Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations.

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology

(S) Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

01/21/13

SB 986 - Stuart - Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.

(H) Committee on Education

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(H) Referred to Committee on Education

02/06/13

SB 995 - Watkins - VRS; technical changes regarding retirement plans.

(H) Committee on Appropriations

 

(S) Committee on Finance

(H) Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement

02/04/13

SB 1005 - McWaters - Handheld personal communications devices; using while driving on bridge or tunnel, primary offense.

(S) Committee for Courts of Justice

(S) Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N)

02/01/13

SB 1089 - Watkins - Health insurance; program for local government employees and other political subdivisions of State.

(H) Committee on General Laws

 

(S) Committee on Local Government

(H) Referred to Committee on General Laws

02/06/13

SB 1126 - Norment - Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety employees.

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(S) Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB896-Reeves) (16-Y 0-N)

01/28/13

SB 1160 - Barker - Driving while texting; primary offense, increased penalties.

(S) Committee for Courts of Justice

(S) Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1222-Norment) (14-Y 0-N)

02/04/13

SB 1199 - Saslaw - Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety officers.

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor

(S) Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB896-Reeves) (16-Y 0-N)

01/28/13

SB 1222 - Norment - Reckless driving; using a handheld personal communications device, penalty.

(S) Committee for Courts of Justice

(S) Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)

02/05/13

SB 1224 - Locke - Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology

(S) Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (14-Y 1-N)

02/04/13

SB 1238 - Barker - Handheld personal communications devices; texting while driving is punishable as reckless driving.

(S) Committee for Courts of Justice

(S) Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1222-Norment) (14-Y 0-N)

02/04/13

SB 1244 - Colgan - Virginia Retirement System, etc.; retirement allowance for certain retired persons.

(S) Committee on Finance

(S) Referred to Committee on Finance

01/09/13

SB 1263 - Stuart - VA FOIA; meeting by electronic communication means by certain committees, etc. of State bodies.

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology

(S) Blank Action (39-Y 0-N)

02/05/13

SB 1264 - Stuart - VA. FOIA; access to criminal and other records.

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology

(S) Blank Action (39-Y 0-N)

02/05/13

SB 1288 - Carrico - Criminal history record information; emergency medical services providers.

(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

 

(S) Committee on Education and Health

(H) Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

02/06/13

SB 1360 - Marsden - Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; adds certain full-time employees of DMA to membership.

(S) Committee on Finance

(S) Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 1-N)

01/29/13

SJ 277 - Blevins - National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management; implementation, etc.

(S) Committee on Rules

(S) Agreed to by Senate by voice vote

02/05/13

SJ 290 - Deeds - State law-enforcement agencies; JLARC to study reorganizing under Virginia State Police.

(S) Committee on Rules

(S) Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter

02/01/13