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Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote Bill Text
Department of Environmental Quality. Amends legislationpassed during the 2007 Session of the General Assembly to consolidate theexisting three citizen boards—the State Air Pollution Control Board, the StateWater Control Board, and the Waste Management Board—into one 11-member citizenboard. The existing three citizen boards would retain authority over anyapplications for permits and amendments pending before the end of 2007 untilthe earlier of the resolution of the application or June 30, 2010.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote Bill Text
Department of Environmental Quality. Repeals legislationpassed during the 2007 Session of the General Assembly to consolidate theexisting three citizen boards—the State Air Pollution Control Board, the StateWater Control Board, and the Waste Management Board—into one 11-member citizenboard.
Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - Enrolled Bill Text
Budget Bill. Amending Chapter 847 of the2007 Acts of Assembly, which appropriated the public revenues andprovided a portion of such revenues for the two years ending, respectively,on the thirtieth day of June, 2007, and the thirtieth day of June,2008.
Latest Action: 05/09/2008 - Item Vetoed ruled not proper: 4-6.01b Bill Text
Budget Bill. Provides a portion of revenuesfor the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June,2009, and the thirtieth day of June, 2010.
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Continued to 2009 in Rules by voice vote Bill Text
Immunity for enforcement of immigration laws. Providesimmunity to agencies and employees of the Commonwealth and politicalsubdivisions for the authorized enforcement of immigration laws. This bill wascontinued to the 2009 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in General Laws Bill Text
Attorney General; official opinions. Addsthe general registrar of a locality to the list of individuals andentities who may request advice or official advisory opinions fromthe Attorney General.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Rules Bill Text
Public Procurement Act; verification of legal presence.Requires all public contractors and their subcontractors to register andparticipate in a federal Electronic Work Verification Program or similar electronicverification of work authorization program to determine that their employeesand individual independent contractors are legally eligible for employment inthe United States. Contractors and subcontractors are required to verify the employmentstatus of their employees and independent contractors, and are prohibited fromemploying or contracting with an individual who is not determined to be legallyeligible for employment in the United States as determined through theverification of the individual's status. Contractors who do not register andparticipate in the registration program are ineligible for prequalification.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety Bill Text
Regulation of firearms by state entities. Prohibits astate agency, council, commission, or other entity from adopting any rules,regulations, or policies governing the purchase, possession, transfer,ownership, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, orcomponents or combinations thereof, unless expressly authorized by statute. Theprohibition does not apply to state, local, and regional correctionalfacilities or mental health facilities, nor is it to be construed to prohibit alaw-enforcement officer from acting within the scope of his duties. Any rule,regulation, or policy adopted prior to July 1, 2007, except for thosespecifically authorized by statute, will be invalid.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed House: Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Requires theAttorney General to represent Soil and Water Conservation Districts in anysuits or actions brought by the districts or district directors, upon requestof such districts or directors. Currently, attorneys for the Commonwealth arecharged with the responsibility of representing districts and districtdirectors.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Stricken from House calendar Bill Text
Summary as passed House: Statewide Transportation Plan. Requires VDOT tocollect and report certain statistical information. This bill incorporates HB977 (Shannon).
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Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Left in Rules Bill Text
Memorializing Congress regarding birthright citizenship. Urgesthe United States Congress to call for a constitutional convention to amend theFourteenth Amendment of the Constitution to clarify specifically that a personborn to a parent who is a U. S. Citizen is also a citizen of the United States.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Signed by President Bill TextSummary as passed Senate: Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission. Corrects the staff support for the Commission to require that technicalassistance will be provided by the Department of General Services. In addition, this bill requires that, prior to entering into negotiationof an interim or comprehensive agreement, a responsible public entityreceiving detailed proposals from private entities for a qualifyingproject must also submit a copy of such agreement to the chairmenof the House Committees on Appropriations and Finance, the chairmanof the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Director of the Departmentof General Services. Further, the responsible public entity mustprovide a copy of the proposed interim or comprehensive agreement,together with a report describing the extent to which the Commission%92srecommendations were addressed in the agreement, to the chairmen ofthe House Committees on Appropriations and Finance, the chairman ofthe Senate Committee on Finance, and the Director [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Left in Rules Bill Text
Special Commission on State Police Staffing.Establishes the Special Commission on the State Police Staffing to advise theGovernor and the General Assembly on the adequate staffing level for theDepartment of State Police.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed Senate: Department of Human Resource Management; staff augmentationservices. Provides for the Department of Human Resource Management to workjointly with the Department of General Services and the Virginia InformationTechnologies Agency to develop expedited processes for the procurement of staffaugmentation to supplement salaried and wage employees of state agencies. Underthe bill, the Department of Human Resource Management may perform contractadministration duties and responsibilities for any resulting statewideaugmentation contracts.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed Senate: Freedom of Information Act; records and meetings of InnovativeTechnology Authority. Exempts from public disclosure certain proprietaryrecords submitted to the Innovative Technology Authority as part of a grantapplication. The bill also allows meetings of the Innovative TechnologyAuthority to be closed when the exempt records are being discussed. This billis identical to HB 1458.
Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Continued to 2009 in Finance Bill Text
College of William and Mary; management agreement. Clarifiesthe management agreement between the Commonwealth and the College of Williamand Mary to provide that other than the College Building Official, no individuallicensed professional architect or engineer hired or contracted with to performthese functions shall also perform other building code-related design,construction, facilities-related project management or facilities managementfunctions for the College on the same capital project
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - Continued to 2009 in Finance Bill Text
Virginia Tourism Authority; Virginia MotionPicture Incentive Performance Grant Fund. Creates the VirginiaMotion Picture Incentive Performance Grant Fund to be administeredby the Virginia Film Office. The bill sets out eligibility requirementsfor obtaining grants by motion picture film production companies.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed: Department of Aging; coordination of long-term careservices. Adds to the membership of the local long-term care coordinationcommittee organizations providing housing and transportation services, andother appropriate organizations providing long-term care services. This billis identical to HB 1447 (Ingram).
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Commerce and Labor Bill Text
Payday loans; collection practices. Prohibits a paydaylender, when collecting a payday loan, from (i) engaging in any conduct thenatural consequence of which is to harass, oppress, or abuse any person inconnection with the collection of a debt, (ii) using any false, deceptive, ormisleading representation or means in connection with the collection of a debt,and (iii) using unfair or unconscionable means to collect or attempt to collectany debt.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed: Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments;sunset. Removes the sunset on the Virginia Commission on Higher EducationBoard Appointments. This bill incorporates SB 302 and is identical to HB 776.
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