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VA - Public Safety (Senate)

VA - Transportation (Senate)

VA - General Government/Technology (Senate)

VA - Education (Senate)

VA - Economic Development/Natural Resources (Senate)

VA - Health and Human Resources (Senate)

VA - Capital Outlay (Senate)

VA - Claims (Senate)

VA - Special on Retirement Bills (Senate)

VA - Senator Walter A. Stosch (R)

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Chairman

VA - Senator Charles J. Colgan (D)

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Member

VA - Senator Janet D. Howell (D)

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VA - Senator Richard L. Saslaw (D)

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VA - Senator Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R)

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VA - Senator Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. (R)

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VA - Senator John C. Watkins (R)

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VA - Senator Henry L. Marsh III (D)

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VA - Senator L. Louise Lucas (D)

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VA - Senator Stephen D. Newman (R)

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VA - Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. (R)

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VA - Senator Frank W. Wagner (R)

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VA - Senator McDougle, Ryan T. (R)

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VA - Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel (R)

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VA - Senator Charles W. Carrico, Sr. (R)

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VA - HB1783 Contraband cigarettes, tax-paid; increases penalty for possession with intent to distribute.

VA - HB1784 Accident and sickness insurance; individual open enrollment program.

VA - HB1785 RS & UT; revenue dedicated for public facility in Town of Wise.

VA - HB1797 Transient occupancy tax; adds Greensville County to list of counties authorized to levy.

VA - HB1806 Methamphetamine; substances used to manufacture.

VA - HB1816 Methamphetamine manufactory; penalty for allowing minor under age 15, etc., to be present.

VA - HB1820 Cigarettes; sale, purchase, possession, etc., for purpose of evading taxes, penalties.

VA - HB1824 Virginia port volume; increase tax credit to certain entities, clarifies definitions.

VA - HB1850 Assault and battery; adds employees of local or regional correctional facility.

VA - HB1860 Personal property tax; advertising signs.

VA - HB1868 First-time home buyer; savings accounts for purchase of single-family residences, tax exemption.

VA - HB1872 Investments; qualification for tax credits, clarifies meaning of funding portal, guidelines.

VA - HB1923 Worker retraining tax credit; increase in credit amount for tax years beginning January 1, 2012.

VA - HB1927 Assault and battery; adds volunteer firefighter or any emergency medical service personnel, penalty.

VA - HB1952 Higher educational institutions; board of visitors governance, report.

VA - HB1953 U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program; issuance of bonds.

VA - HB1955 Impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel; impersonating, penalty.

VA - HB1982 Local tax bills; permits treasurers to convey access online from database on treasurer's website.

VA - HB1993 Motor vehicle rental tax; exclusions from gross rental proceeds.

VA - HB1996 Nonprofit organizations; tax credits for donations to those assisting low-income families, etc.

VA - HB2039 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; added to list to receive contributions of refunds.

VA - HB2047 Long-term health care insurance; tax credit not allowed if person claimed fed. income tax deduction.

VA - HB2054 RS&UT; exemption includes property used for harvesting forest products.

VA - HB2059 Landlords; reduces amount of income tax credits that may be issued each fiscal year by DHCD.

VA - HB2083 Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund; established.

VA - HB2092 Tax information; disclosure.

VA - HB2093 Circuit court judges; increases number in Fifteenth Judicial Circuit.

VA - HB2098 School boards; releases from state regulation.

VA - HB2100 Coal severance taxes, local; establishes gross income for certain purposes. Emergency.

VA - HB2110 Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; tax revenue used to construct, etc., natural gas service lines.

VA - HB2145 Virginia College Savings Plan; deposit of income tax refunds.

VA - HB2150 Tax code, state; advances conformity with Internal Revenue Code.

VA - HB2155 Insurance premiums license tax; technical corrections for administration.

VA - HB2167 Income tax, state; deductions for prepaid funeral, medical, and dental insurance premiums.

VA - HB2175 Veterans care center; construction in Northern Virginia.

VA - HB2194 Capital outlay; establishes revised six-year plan for projects.

VA - HB2211 Stalking; Class 6 felony for conviction of second offense within five years of prior conviction.

VA - HB2219 Cigarette taxes; certain bond or irrevocable letter of credit requirements.

VA - HB2231 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund; amount of financial assistance.

VA - HB2235 Firearms; increases penalties for use, display, or discharge during commission of certain felonies.

VA - HB2236 RS&UT; exemption for separately charged amounts for labor, etc., on property sold or rented.

VA - HB2249 William and Mary, The College of; management agreement between the Commonwealth.

VA - HB2303 Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County may impose additional tax.

VA - HB2320 Sports or entertainment arena; City of Virginia Beach may construct for professional sports teams.

VA - HB2343 Public school security equipment; issuance of bonds for purpose of grant payments.

VA - HJ762 Breast cancer awareness and prevention; local health departments to provide detailed report.

VA - SB691 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes bullion and currency.

VA - SB692 Income tax, corporate; eliminates tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.

VA - SB700 Taxes on fuels; issuance of bonds.

VA - SB706 Mentally incapacitated persons; financial exploitation, penalty.

VA - SB710 Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes, report.

VA - SB712 Hoax explosive devices; increases penalty for use, construction, etc.

VA - SB717 Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities.

VA - SB720 Transient occupancy tax; adds Grayson County to list of counties authorized to levy.

VA - SB721 VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.

VA - SB730 Retail Sales and Use Tax; adds veterans organizations to nonprofit entities that qualify.

VA - SB733 Virginia's fuels taxes; annually changing rate by using changes in fuel efficiencies of vehicles.

VA - SB739 Mechanical and electronic voting devices; number required, effective date.

VA - SB740 Mandatory judicial retirement; increases age under Judicial Retirement System from 70 to 73 years.

VA - SB745 Income tax, corporate; lower rate for certain businesses.

VA - SB747 Income tax, corporate; creates industrial building rehabilitation tax credit.

VA - SB748 Building Revitalization Grant Fund; created, report.

VA - SB749 Income tax, state; tax credits for donations to STEM programs at qualified schools.

VA - SB751 Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty.

VA - SB754 Higher educational institutions; modifications to prior revenue bond bills, emergency.

VA - SB763 Unlawful photographs or video; Class 6 felony for a person to publish on Internet, penalty.

VA - SB766 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes hurricane preparedness equipment.

VA - SB767 Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes; taxes on room rentals based upon charges for use, etc.

VA - SB780 Accident and sickness insurance, individual; open enrollment program.

VA - SB787 Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.

VA - SB799 Real property tax; special valuation for land preservation.

VA - SB800 Budget Bill.

VA - SB801 Sex offense; felony punishment for subsequent misdemeanor.

VA - SB811 False lien or encumbrance; filing against real or personal property of another, penalty.

VA - SB816 Payment of wages to employees; requires employers to maintain and preserve certain records.

VA - SB817 Property tax exemption; adds Historic Pocahontas, Inc. to list of organizations.

VA - SB824 Hampton Roads Planning District; additional 1% sales & use tax in counties in District.

VA - SB831 Gold-Certified Veteran Employment Grant Fund; established.

VA - SB832 Mandatory minimum sentences; terms of confinement or imprisonment to be served consecutively.

VA - SB834 Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission; annual report of financial performance.

VA - SB835 TANF; assistance when convicted of drug-related felony, ineligible if fail or refuse drug testing.

VA - SB838 State employees; option of converting accumulated sick leave into service credit under VRS.

VA - SB848 Students; increases additional grant to those attending State 2-year colleges for engineering, etc.

VA - SB851 Transient occupancy tax; reinstates authority of Arlington County to impose additional tax, etc.

VA - SB853 Assault and battery; adds magistrates within enhanced penalty provision.

VA - SB854 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.

VA - SB855 Transportation; funding and administration.

VA - SB857 Higher ed. institutions; expands eligibility for in-state tuition to certain dependents of military.

VA - SB859 Income tax, state; deduction for payment of tolls in qualified locality.

VA - SB861 Retail Sales and Use Tax; entitlement of City of Bristol to certain revenues.

VA - SB865 Tolls; General Assembly to approve prior to imposition and collection for use of Interstate System.

VA - SB872 Transportation Trust Fund; increases percentage portion of general fund surplus that is deposited.

VA - SB912 William and Mary, College of; management agreement between State.

VA - SB918 Coal severance taxes, local; establishes gross income for certain purposes. Emergency.

VA - SB919 Uranium; 3% state severance tax on receipts of any severed from earth in State, proceeds.

VA - SB925 Retail Sales & Use Tax; increases amount of revenue dedicated to Transportation Trust Fund.

VA - SB929 State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.

VA - SB932 Landlords; reduces amount of income tax credits that may be issued each fiscal year by DHCD.

VA - SB934 Charter schools, public; allowed to designate whether employees will participate in VRS.

VA - SB937 Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.

VA - SB940 School resource officers; school board to coordinate with local law-enforcement agency to provide.

VA - SB970 Paper and plastic bags; imposes fee of $0.05 on those used by purchasers to carry tangible property.

VA - SB980 Transient occupancy tax; adds Dickenson County to list of counties authorized to levy.

VA - SB993 Public schools; physical activity requirement.

VA - SB995 VRS; technical changes regarding retirement plans.

VA - SB996 Temporary detention orders; increases maximum duration person may be detained from 48 to 72 hours.

VA - SB1000 Tax credits; provides for repeal of donations to certain scholarship foundations.

VA - SB1009 Neighborhood Assistance Act; certain requirements neighborhood organization must meet, etc.

VA - SB1010 Identity theft; victim assistance, restitution, penalties.

VA - SB1015 Prostitution; solicitation of a minor, penalty.

VA - SB1017 Contraband cigarettes, tax-paid; increases penalty for possession with intent to distribute.

VA - SB1018 Unstamped cigarettes; sale, purchase, possession, etc., for purpose of evading taxes, penalties.

VA - SB1019 Counterfeit cigarettes; penalties.

VA - SB1020 RICO; contraband cigarettes, penalties.

VA - SB1021 Cigarette and other tobacco products taxes; electronic transactions.

VA - SB1031 Children; taking indecent liberties, use of communications system to propose sex offenses.

VA - SB1032 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; add to list of offenses requiring registration.

VA - SB1033 Juvenile and adult facilities; punishment for certain offenses committed within facilities, etc.

VA - SB1036 Income tax, corporate; add back of certain intangible expenses to income.

VA - SB1041 Bedford, City of, reversion; taxation of real property in Town of Bedford and City of Bedford.

VA - SB1044 Constitutional officers; evidence of payment submitted by locality, verification of information.

VA - SB1054 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; added to list to receive contributions of refunds.

VA - SB1061 Lethality assessment program; DCJS to establish for first responders.

VA - SB1063 Stalking; includes electronic transmissions that produce a visual or textual message.

VA - SB1067 RS & UT; exemption includes all-terrain vehicles, levies 5% motor vehicle sales & use tax.

VA - SB1069 Virginia Longitudinal Data System and Advisory Council; established, report.

VA - SB1083 Cannabinoids, research chemicals, synthetic; penalties.

VA - SB1091 Risk management plan; local participation.

VA - SB1092 Cigarette taxes; certain bond or irrevocable letter of credit requirements.

VA - SB1094 Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes; taxes on room rentals based upon charges for use, etc.

VA - SB1095 Wastewater treatment facilities; grant to Cities of Lynchburg and Richmond for CSO control projects.

VA - SB1098 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.

VA - SB1101 RS & UT; moves back-to-school tax holiday to third weekend in August.

VA - SB1103 DUI; alcohol monitoring devices.

VA - SB1105 Biennial appropriations; changing to start in odd-numbered year.

VA - SB1109 Firearms; prohibiting selling, etc., to certain persons.

VA - SB1111 Gas severance taxes, local; validation of coal & gas severance tax & road improvement tax ordinance.

VA - SB1130 Incest; definitions of parent, etc.; penalty.

VA - SB1132 Claims; Bennett Barbour's estate.

VA - SB1133 Personal property tax, tangible; computer equipment & peripherals used in data centers, definition.

VA - SB1140 Mass Transit; implements performance-based funding for mass transit for revenues above $160 million.

VA - SB1151 Virginia Student Achievement Fund; established.

VA - SB1152 Sexual offenses; prohibiting proximity to children, penalty.

VA - SB1154 Juveniles; post-dispositional detention in secure local facility.

VA - SB1156 Teacher compensation; State goal that public school teacher compensation be nationally competitive.

VA - SB1157 Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program; established.

VA - SB1170 Virginia Public Procurement Act; resident employment and apprenticeship participation.

VA - SB1171 Public schools; reading intervention services for students in kindergarten through grade 3, etc.

VA - SB1172 Standards of Quality; assignment of certain staff by local school divisions.

VA - SB1173 Computer trespass; penalty.

VA - SB1182 Assault and battery; includes certain employees of DBHDS, penalty.

VA - SB1185 Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund; established.

VA - SB1186 Medical assistance services; duties of Attorney General.

VA - SB1188 Career Pathways System Advisory Council; established, report.

VA - SB1195 Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program; created, sunset provision.

VA - SB1201 School divisions; regulations concerning Board of Education's process for submitting proposals, etc.

VA - SB1205 Criminal street gang predicate offenses; penalties.

VA - SB1206 Education Improvement Scholarships tax credit; changes to reporting of test results, etc.

VA - SB1214 Sentencing guidelines; definition of violent felony.

VA - SB1216 Insurance premiums license tax; technical corrections for administration.

VA - SB1220 Virginia College Savings Plan; deposit of income tax refunds.

VA - SB1225 RS & UT; adds City of Fredericksburg.

VA - SB1227 Nonprofit organizations; tax credits for donations to those assisting low-income families, etc.

VA - SB1234 Juveniles; placement in secure local facility.

VA - SB1236 Personal property tax; advertising signs.

VA - SB1237 Claims; Calvin Wayne Cunningham.

VA - SB1240 School resource officers; local law-enforcement agencies to provide.

VA - SB1241 Tax code, Commonwealth's; advances conformity with Internal Revenue Code.

VA - SB1244 Virginia Retirement System, etc.; retirement allowance for certain retired persons.

VA - SB1251 Retirement System; law-enforcement officer retirees hired as school board security personnel.

VA - SB1256 Voter identification requirements; photo ID required at polls, application for absentee ballot.

VA - SB1262 Admissions tax; adds Stafford County to list of counties authorized to impose on certain admissions.

VA - SB1265 Capital outlay; establishes revised six-year plan for projects.

VA - SB1267 Contractors, Board for; licensure of tree care service providers, penalties.

VA - SB1270 Marina operators; includes state & local agencies among those required to file lists of boat owners.

VA - SB1272 DUI; penalty when person is convicted of felony offense, punishment for subsequent violation.

VA - SB1286 Solar energy equipment facilities and devices; exempted from state and local taxation.

VA - SB1289 Retail Sales and Use Tax; development of regional impact.

VA - SB1290 Higher educational institutions; full or partial tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty.

VA - SB1296 Unclaimed tax credits; tax credit obsolete if not claimed by any taxpayer in 5 years, etc., report.

VA - SB1301 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; export of Virginia products and services.

VA - SB1302 Telework tax credit; creates income tax credit for certain employees.

VA - SB1306 Neighborhood Assistance Act; tax credits to eligible neighborhood organizations.

VA - SB1308 Real property tax; localities to tax campers and other recreational vehicles.

VA - SB1311 Food and beverage tax; adds to list any county that maintains its own roads, etc.

VA - SB1313 Income tax, local; City of Portsmouth authorized to levy to generate revenue for transportation.

VA - SB1319 9th Street Office Building; authorization to sell, renovate, etc.

VA - SB1321 General fund balance; assignment of fund surplus to Transportation Trust Fund at end of fiscal year.

VA - SB1322 Dead bodies; Commonwealth shall pay cost of disposition.

VA - SB1324 Opportunity Educational Institution; established, report.

VA - SB1328 Revenues and appropriations of State; changes to revenues collected and distribution.

VA - SB1338 Tolls; General Assembly to approve for use on any component of Interstate Highway System, exception.

VA - SB1340 Revenues and appropriations of State; changes specifically relating to transportation funding.

VA - SB1343 Charter; City of Fairfax.

VA - SB1355 Revenues and appropriations of State; changes to revenues collected and distribution.

VA - SB1356 Loudoun County; governing body to appoint members of its board of equalization.

VA - SB1360 Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; General Assembly may add certain full-time employees.

VA - SB1365 Tax administration; monetary awards for detection of tax underpayments, development of guidelines.

VA - SB1367 Health insurance; local government employees eligibile to participate in state employee plan.

VA - SB1370 RS&UT; entitlement of certain public facilities in City of Winchester to tax revenues. Emergency.

VA - SB1374 Schools; interventions for those denied accreditation and failing to demonstrate progress.

VA - SB1375 Claims; Edna Twiddy.

VA - SB1377 Explosive devices or firearms; possession of with intent to commit violent felony; penalties.

VA - SB1378 Firearms; person guilty of Class 4 felony if sells to person he knows is prohibited from possessing.

VA - SJ272 Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for spouses of soldiers killed in action.

VA - HB2313 Revenues and appropriations of State; changes to revenues collected and distribution, report.

VA - HB1500 Budget Bill.

VA - HB1553 Real property tax assessment; affordable housing.

VA - HB1658 Circuit court clerks; revises various powers and duties for certification of records, etc.

VA - HB1670 Transient occupancy tax; adds Dickenson County to list of counties authorized to levy.

VA - HB1687 Real property tax; increases in assessed value for prior years.

VA - HB1697 Real property tax; land use valuation.

VA - HB1699 Personal property tax, tangible; computer equipment & peripherals used in data centers, definition.

VA - HB1751 Assault and battery; includes certain employees of DBHDS, penalty.

VA - HB1767 Machinery and Equipment Donation Grant Program; established.

VA - HB1771 Gas severance taxes, local; validation of coal & gas severance tax & road improvement tax ordinance.