| Bills |
Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 2 - Loupassi - Income tax, state; small business investment tax credit. |
(H) Committee on Finance | (H) Continued to 2011 in Finance | 02/10/10 |
| notes:
Prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of the Dulles Metrorail Project if the Project is subject to a project labor agreement, the policies and bylaws of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority do not permit public access to MWAA's meetings and records as provided in Virginia's FOIA, or the Project is not subject to audit by VDOT or the Auditor of Public Accounts. |
| HB 7 - Tata - Higher Education, Council of; duties. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0068) | 03/09/10 |
| notes:
Provides the rider of a bicycle approaching an intersection controlled by traffic lights need not wait the two minutes required of the driver of a motorcycle or moped approaching the same intersection. |
| HB 8 - Carrico - Concealed handgun permit; renewal by mail. |
(H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741) | 04/13/10 |
| notes:
Requires any passenger 16 years of age or older who is a passenger in a vessel that is involved in an accident in which the operator has (i) failed to stop and render assistance and (ii) failed to report the accident in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to notify, within a reasonable time, a law-enforcement officer, conservation police officer, or an officer of the Virginia Marine Police. If such a report is not filed, the passenger is subject to a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. |
| HB 12 - Marshall, R.G. - Group health insurance; allows coverage to be extended to full-time students under age 27. |
(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor | (H) Continued to 2011 in Commerce and Labor | 02/11/10 |
| notes:
Requires the operator of a vessel, if he is involved in an accident, to immediately report the accident to law enforcement and to notify the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. An operator who fails to provide the appropriate notice and report of the accident is subject to a Class 3 misdemeanor. The law-enforcement officer who receives the notice from the vessel's operator is required to immediately report the collision, accident, or other casualty to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. |
| HB 19 - Cole - VRE; allows Potomac-Rappahannock Transportation Commission to charge higher fares. |
(H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Left in Transportation | 02/16/10 |
| notes:
Provides an individual income tax deduction in the amount paid for a prepaid contract entered into with a commercial space flight entity to place the taxpayer's cremated remains in earth or lunar orbit. The deduction shall not exceed $8,000 in total and shall not exceed $2,500 in any one tax year. The bill is effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, but before January 1, 2021. |
| HB 522 - Morrissey - Deferred disposition in criminal cases; allows court to dismiss cases other than Class 4 felonies. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice | (H) Left in Courts of Justice | 02/16/10 |
| notes:
Permits the Department of Conservation and Recreation to allow the use of wheelchairs or other power-driven mobility devices on the statewide system of trails in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. |
| HB 1027 - Pollard - Investor-owned electric utilities; rate of return. |
(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor | (H) Left in Commerce and Labor | 02/16/10 |
| notes:
Permits two or more localities that are constructing or operating high capacity transit systems to impose a local motor fuels tax at the rate of 2.1 percent of the wholesale price of fuels sold to retailers. The revenue generated from the tax shall be used to construct or operate high capacity transit systems. |
| HJ 146 - Jones - Commending Virginia's Rx Partnership and its partners. |
| (H) Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ146ER) | 01/22/10 |
| notes:
Requests the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make high capacity transit a priority for funding by the Commonwealth. |
| HJ 185 - Lingamfelter - Celebrating the life of Sergeant Dale Russel Griffin. |
| (H) Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ185ER) | 02/08/10 |
| notes:
Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the Congress of the United States should support a federal funding grant for development of new technology, hybrid systems of combined highway and monorail transportation methods and an amendment to 23 U.S.C. § 111(a), Agreements Relating to Use of and Access to Rights-of-Way %96 Interstate System. |
| SB 3 - Smith - Concealed handgun permits; renewal by mail. |
(H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586) | 04/11/10 |
| notes:
Dulles Metrorail Project. Prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of the Dulles Metrorail Project if the Project is subject to a project labor agreement, the policies and bylaws of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority do not permit public access to MWAA's meetings and records as provided in Virginia's FOIA, or the Project is not subject to audit by VDOT or the Auditor of Public Accounts. |
| SB 264 - Whipple - Income tax, state; remainder of revenues transferred to Land Conservation Fund for distribution. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248) | 04/08/10 |
| notes:
Includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds among vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reasonable. |
