Legislative Watch -- Covering the Virginia General Assembly

2008 bills

Below are all the bills filed so far in the 2008 General Assembly session. Put your mouse over a bill number to see its status, or click on the bill number to get more details and read the text of the bill at Richmond Sunlight. Jump to House bills or Senate bills.

House

  • HB1 : Disabled veteran; definition thereof.
  • HB2 : License plates, special; eliminates fee to family of persons who have died in military service.
  • HB3 : Child Care Provider Registry; created.
  • HB4 : Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
  • HB5 : Gas chambers; prohibits use thereof for euthanizing companion animals.
  • HB6 : Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (submitting to qualified voters).
  • HB7 : Charter; Town of Brodnax.
  • HB8 : Water and sewer charges; adds Town of Kenbridge to localities that may attach lien on real estate.
  • HB9 : Health insurance credits; increased for certain retired employees of local social services boards.
  • HB10 : Line of Duty Act; coverage for fire company personnel of National Guard and Air National Guard.
  • HB11 : Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (voter referendum).
  • HB12 : Payday lending charges; establishes maximum annual interest rate.
  • HB13 : Stalking; enhanced penalty if victim is a minor.
  • HB14 : Institutions of higher education; aliens unlawfully present not eligible for admission thereto.
  • HB15 : Vehicle warning lights; allows forensic crash reconstructionists to equip their vehicles therewith.
  • HB16 : Credit reports; authorizes an individual to freeze access thereto.
  • HB17 : Disabled veteran; definition thereof.
  • HB18 : Environmental Quality, Department of; consolidation of various boards, increase of authority.
  • HB19 : Department of Environmental Quality.  
  • HB20 : Primary elections; voter registration by political party.
  • HB21 : Schedule I hallucinogenic drugs; includes salvia divinorum and salvinorin A thereas.
  • HB22 : Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus; required to be reported to Department of Health.
  • HB23 : License plates, special; eliminates fee to family of persons who have died in military service.
  • HB24 : Employment Commission; required to close Commonwealth-operated employment offices.
  • HB25 : Safe driving points; allows drivers to accumulate up to 10 in one year and 5 for safe driving class.
  • HB26 : Civil remedial fees on certain drivers; repealed.
  • HB27 : Possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle; penalty.
  • HB28 : Titling vehicles; gives applicants the option of providing license number in lieu of Soc. Sec. no.
  • HB29 : Budget Bill.
  • HB30 : Budget Bill.  
  • HB31 : Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2008; created.
  • HB32 : Fighting of cocks and other animals; increases penalty.
  • HB33 : Sheriffs' office vehicles; allowed to be painted solid colors other than brown or white.
  • HB34 : Indecent liberties with child; custodian guilty of felony therewith.
  • HB35 : Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
  • HB36 : Fair housing law; unlawful discriminatory housing practice.
  • HB37 : Higher educational institutions; selective service registration required.
  • HB38 : Incarcerated persons; court orders credit for time served in jail pending trial.
  • HB39 : Wireless telecommunications device; prohibits use of text messaging while driving certain vehicles.
  • HB40 : Gas chambers; prohibits use thereof for animal euthanasia.
  • HB41 : Motor fuels tax; modifies rates of taxation thereof.
  • HB42 : Electoral College; votes therein shall be allocated by popular vote for President & Vice President.
  • HB43 : Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006; review of reports for candidates.
  • HB44 : Manufactured Housing Board; grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of a license.
  • HB45 : Illegal aliens; fraudulently assisting thereof, penalty.
  • HB46 : Campaign finance disclosure reports; identification of all contributors.
  • HB47 : Illegal aliens; adds presumption, subject to rebuttal, against admitting to bail any alien charged.
  • HB48 : Motorcycles; driving two abreast in a single lane.
  • HB49 : Utility easements; conveyance thereof subject to condition is void if not used within 20 years.
  • HB50 : Civil remedial fees on certain drivers; repealed.
  • HB51 : Immigration laws; immunity for enforcement thereof.
  • HB52 : Antique motor vehicles; eliminates notarization requirements of certain information thereof.
  • HB53 : Campaign contributions; requires PACs report contributions for election of particular candidate.
  • HB54 : Campaign contributions; requires PACs to report contributions for election of particular candidate.
  • HB55 : English; designating as official language of State.
  • HB56 : Retail Sales and Use Tax exemption; certain energy-efficient products.
  • HB57 : Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and computer-related equipment thereto.
  • HB58 : Keep Our Promise Act of 2008; reinstates Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998, report.
  • HB59 : Income tax, state; tax credit for health insurance premiums paid by small business employers.
  • HB60 : School divisions, local; requires 65% of each education dollar to be spent in classroom, report.
  • HB61 : Special license plates for immediate family members of persons who have died in military service to
  • HB62 : State Corporation Commission; introduction of evidence from certain experts.
  • HB63 : Motor vehicle; forfeiture thereof for two or more offenses of driving without valid license.
  • HB64 : Polling places; governing body to post notice of voting qualifications.
  • HB65 : Voters and voting; photo identification required to vote.
  • HB66 : Cord Blood Bank Initiative; removes certain language.
  • HB67 : Civil remedial fees on certain drivers; repealed.
  • HB68 : Voter registration applications; proof of citizenship.
  • HB69 : Print media advertisements; requirement for those sponsored by political party committee.
  • HB70 : Elections; nominations, and form of ballots.
  • HB71 : Building permit; localities may adopt provisions for assessment of impact fees prior to issuance.
  • HB72 : Building permit; localities may use impact fees for capital improvements.
  • HB73 : Tranpsortation Board; naming of highways, etc., and cost of construction.
  • HB74 : Real estate tax; limitation on rates by localities.
  • HB75 : Attorney General; general registrar added to list of individuals that may request official opinions.
  • HB76 : Recordation tax; changes basis on which are calculated.
  • HB77 : Recordation tax; expands exemption for certain nonprofit providers of affordable housing.
  • HB78 : Health insurance; credits for certain retired public officers and employees.
  • HB79 : License plates, special; issuance to members and supporters of Citizens Defense League.
  • HB80 : Zoning ordinance violation; action on which lis pendens is based.
  • HB81 : Abortion; illegal upon overturning of Roe v. Wade.
  • HB82 : Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
  • HB83 : Children; insurance companies to provide coverage for habilitative services.
  • HB84 : Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact; repealing Compact.
  • HB85 : Prescription Medication Donation Program; established.
  • HB86 : Unused Pharmaceuticals Disposal Program; created.
  • HB87 : License plates, special; repeals authorizations for issuance of certain license plates.
  • HB88 : Voter registration; adds party affiliation to information applicant to provide.
  • HB89 : Human papillomavirus vaccine; removes requirement for girls to receive immunization.
  • HB90 : Public Procurement Act; verification of legal presence for eligibility of employment.
  • HB91 : Driver's license; penalty for driving without.
  • HB92 : Standards of Quality; requires that average teacher salary not be less than annual national salary.
  • HB93 : Public defenders; permits counties or cities offices to supplement compensation thereof.
  • HB94 : Secondary highway system; allocates construction funds among counties based on population.
  • HB95 : Traffic infractions; deferral of proceedings.
  • HB96 : Unemployment compensation; provides benefits based on service in employ of an Indian tribe.
  • HB97 : Diploma, advanced technical; Board of Education to establish requirements therefor.
  • HB98 : Medicaid; eligibility for young adults transitioning from foster care.
  • HB99 : Ballots; identification of political party of candidate on form.
  • HB100 : Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; includes deputy sheriffs under coverage.
  • HB101 : Telephone solicitations; charitable organizations for law-enforcement officers.  
  • HB102 : Real estate tax; limitation on tax rate in localities.
  • HB103 : Correctional facility; verification of citizenship and alien status of person committed.
  • HB104 : Driver's license; penalty for driving without.
  • HB105 : Courts of Justice Committees; appointment of designees by chairmen.
  • HB106 : Utility Transfers Act; acquisition or disposal of assets or of control of telephone companies.
  • HB107 : Public schools; grade placement test.
  • HB108 : Reckless driving; drivers of certain heavy trucks exceeding posted speed limit guilty thereof.
  • HB109 : Firearms; regulation thereof by state entities.
  • HB110 : Trucks; maximum allowable weights of vehicle combinations.
  • HB111 : Highway systems; revenue-sharing funds therefor in certain counties, cities, and towns.
  • HB112 : Retirement System; early retirement provisions for certain local government officials.
  • HB113 : Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement vehicle, etc., penalty.
  • HB114 : Trap identification; permits hunters to attach an identification number to traps.
  • HB115 : Submerged traps; licensed trappers allowed to visit every 72 hours.
  • HB116 : Foreign title insurance companies; unearned premium reserves.
  • HB117 : Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
  • HB118 : Higher education; required to report to SCHEV on steps taken to ensure academic freedom, etc.
  • HB119 : Soil and water conservation districts; Attorney General to represent in any suits or actions.
  • HB120 : Educational programs; computation of composite index.
  • HB121 : Mental health treatment for minors; parental notification required.
  • HB122 : Campaign fundraising; broadens prohibition during legislative sessions.
  • HB123 : Higher educational institutions; enrollment of aliens.
  • HB124 : Machinery and tools taxation; exempts certified pollution control equipment and facilities.
  • HB125 : Nanotechnology businesses; tax credit provided in form of equity or subordinated debt.
  • HB126 : House Appropriations Committee; staff to report on total new state government positions created.
  • HB127 : Alcoholic beverages; penalty for providing to an underaged person.
  • HB128 : Retirement System; creating new defined contribution retirement plan.
  • HB129 : Physicians; what constitutes medical practice.
  • HB130 : Death certificates; local health departments to have available upon request.
  • HB131 : Child-restraint violations; courts to transmit abstracts of findings to DMV.
  • HB132 : Handicap placards; fine for inappropriately displaying when parking in space for handicapped.
  • HB133 : Vehicle registration; refusal to issue or renew because of fees or taxes owed to counties, etc.
  • HB134 : Bingo; prohibited practices for jackpot games.
  • HB135 : High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes; prohibits designation thereof on certain portions of I-95.
  • HB136 : School; definition thereof for purposes of prohibiting weapons on school grounds.
  • HB137 : Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers.
  • HB138 : Adoption; filing of petition.
  • HB139 : Income tax, state; tax credit for certain biodiesel fuels producers in State.
  • HB140 : Governing bodies & school boards, local; required to annually publish their approved budgets online.
  • HB141 : License plates, special; issuance to supporters of the Road to Revolution state heritage trail.
  • HB142 : Successor Asbestos-Related Liability Fairness Act; created.
  • HB143 : Medical bills and charges; patient, patient's attorney, etc. may obtain list at no cost.
  • HB144 : Coal trucks, overweight; eliminates 85-mile distance limit for permits.
  • HB145 : Medical records; fees for copying.
  • HB146 : Disabled veteran; redefines term to govern eligibility to obtain special license plates.
  • HB147 : Transportation Plan; Plan to include regional goals and performance measures for highway districts.
  • HB148 : Vehicle weight law enforcement; authorizes enforcement by full-time sworn members of DMV.
  • HB149 : Independent living services & arrangements; require inclusion of plan for children 14 yrs. or older.
  • HB150 : School boards, local; safety hotline established.
  • HB151 : Name change; proof that applicant is citizen of State.
  • HB152 : Governmental employees; permission to form associations.
  • HB153 : Solar water heating system pay-as-you-save pilot program; SCC to analyze and establish, report.
  • HB154 : Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
  • HB155 : Illegal aliens; presumption against admission to bail for those charged with criminal offense.
  • HB156 : Mortgage loans; evidence of legal presence required.
  • HB157 : Immigration laws; immunity to agencies & employees of State, etc. for authorized enforcement.
  • HB158 : Littering; illegal dumping or disposal of unsightly matter from motor vehicle.
  • HB159 : Stolen property; necessary proof of knowledge.
  • HB160 : Larceny; punishment for using emergency exit to exit premises.
  • HB161 : Liquidated damage fees; fees to be paid by all abusive drivers on State highways.
  • HB162 : Income tax, state; certified EarthCraft House tax credit.
  • HB163 : Real estate tax; exemption or deferral for certain elderly and handicapped persons.
  • HB164 : Buildings, state-owned and occupied; use of compact fluorescent light bulbs, report.
  • HB165 : Higher educational institutions; automatic admission to certain students.
  • HB166 : Venture capital investments; creates program which makes investment return guarantees for certain.
  • HB167 : Tuition, in-state; reclassification of student.
  • HB168 : Motor vehicle liability insurance; increases coverage limits.
  • HB169 : Concealed weapons; adds box cutters to list.
  • HB170 : Income tax, corporate; sales tax exemption for space flight entities.
  • HB171 : Resources Authority; authorized to finance local government energy efficiency projects.
  • HB172 : Insurance liability; disclosure of limits to an attorney for an injured person.
  • HB173 : Emergency custody orders; magistrate may designate police department or sheriff to execute.
  • HB174 : Uniform Statewide Building Code; rental inspections. 
  • HB175 : Credit reports; authorizes military personnel and their spouses to freeze access thereto.
  • HB176 : Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
  • HB177 : Charter; Town of Appomattox.
  • HB178 : Motor vehicle; forfeiture thereof for two or more offenses of driving without insurance.
  • HB179 : Civil remedial fees; alternatives to fee for certain offenses.
  • HB180 : Motor vehicle; forfeiture thereof for two or more offenses of driving without valid license.
  • HB181 : Juror information; court may in criminal trial issue protective order regulating disclosure thereof.
  • HB182 : Virginia Museum of Natural History and Science Museum of Virginia; consolidation thereof.
  • HB183 : Real estate tax; exemption for elderly and handicapped persons legally present in United States.
  • HB184 : Real estate tax; relief for certain rehabilitated, renovated, or replacement real property.
  • HB185 : Trucks and combination vehicles; Transportation Board to impose fee for use in maintaining highways.
  • HB186 : Driver's licenses, etc.; DMV to require proof of U.S. citizenship prior to issuance and renewal.
  • HB187 : Public Procurement Act; expands forms of bid, payment, and performance security.
  • HB188 : Human papillomavirus vaccine; extends sunset provision requirement for 6th grade girls to receive.
  • HB189 : Payday lending charges; power of localities to regulate.
  • HB190 : Subdivision of lot; localities have option of including step-children for conveyance thereof.
  • HB191 : Emergency medical services; temporary suspension of permits and certificates pending hearing.
  • HB192 : Volunteer rescue squads; replaces term with agency, etc. licensed or certified by Office of EMS.
  • HB193 : Wells, private; prohibition on construction of certain.
  • HB194 : Retail Sales and Use Tax; absorption and payment by seller.
  • HB195 : Subdivision plats; clarifies definitions related thereto.
  • HB196 : Accident and sickness insurance, group; coverage for full-time students.
  • HB197 : Recordation tax; refinancing or modification of terms of debt.
  • HB198 : Human Rights, Division of; establishment within Department of Law.
  • HB199 : Registered voters; Board of Elections to furnish lists to school superintendents to conduct census.
  • HB200 : Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
  • HB201 : Appropriation act and budget bills; searchable electronic copies.
  • HB202 : Ordinances; adoption of certain after general elections.
  • HB203 : Planning and Budget, Director of Department; required to have searchable budget database website.
  • HB204 : Richard Bland College; integrates into Virginia Community College System.
  • HB205 : Zoning ordinance; provisions for issuance of inspection warrants by magistrate.
  • HB206 : Consumer Affairs, Office of; removed from Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  • HB207 : Animal pounds, local; clarifies definition.
  • HB208 : Public facilities; deferral of subdivision plats or site plans when inadequate.
  • HB209 : Standards of Quality; school board to employ school resource officer.
  • HB210 : Private schools and child day centers; armed security officers may carry firearms onto property.
  • HB211 : Water Protection Permit; exempts landowners whose construction or maintenance may impact wetlands.
  • HB212 : Firearms taxes, certain; destruction of records.
  • HB213 : Income tax, state; TRICARE physicians tax credit.
  • HB214 : Public entities; rights of persons with disabilities.
  • HB215 : Real estate tax; classification of residential property.
  • HB216 : Organ donor consent; exempts law-enforcement officers, etc. from requirement to obtain.
  • HB217 : Tethering of animals; makes certain acts associated therewith Class 3 misdemeanor.
  • HB218 : Notaries public; clarifies provisions relating to adoption of electronic notarization, etc.
  • HB219 : Retail Sales and Use Tax; Energy Star products tax holiday.
  • HB220 : Admissions tax; authorizes Scott County to impose.
  • HB221 : Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord and managing agent immunity for mold claims.
  • HB222 : Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act; right to confront and cross-examine evidence.
  • HB223 : Sex offenders; prohibiting proximity to children.
  • HB224 : Driving while intoxicated; elimination of requirement that intoxicant be self-administered.
  • HB225 : Child restraint devices; exempts children being transported in minibuses and certain vans.
  • HB226 : Charitable gaming; use of proceeds.
  • HB227 : Contractors, Board for; applications for licensure.
  • HB228 : Fire-safe cigarettes; prohibits manufacture, etc. unless tested to meet performance standard.
  • HB229 : Veterans services; changes references under powers and duties to Secretary of Public Safety.
  • HB230 : Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts contractor when property used to construct, etc. public schools.
  • HB231 : Law-enforcement officer; uniform requirement for arrests for speeding.
  • HB232 : Magistrates; power to issue felony arrest warrants.
  • HB233 : Dishwashing detergents; bans use of phosphorus therein for household dishwashing machines.
  • HB234 : Technology Research Fund; adds sensor sciences to eligible research programs.
  • HB235 : License plates; replacement of certain.
  • HB236 : Identification cards, licenses, etc.; documents to be made of material to prevent duplication, etc.
  • HB237 : Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. 
  • HB238 : Income tax, state; exemption for launch services and payload to space flight participants.
  • HB239 : Real estate tax; classification of certain energy-efficient buildings.
  • HB240 : Charter; Town of Troutville. 
  • HB241 : Children's teaching hospital; Board of Education to supervise programs for school-age children.
  • HB242 : Standards of Learning; physical education requirements.
  • HB243 : Human immunodeficiency virus; informed consent for testing.
  • HB244 : Campaign finance reports; custody and retention requirements.
  • HB245 : Virginia Retirement System group insurance program; exemption from process.
  • HB246 : Nutrition and physical activity best practices database; Board of Education to develop.
  • HB247 : Hospital emergency departments; ability to access electronic health records.
  • HB248 : Emergency medical services personnel; clarifies definitions.
  • HB249 : Payday lending charges; establishes maximum annual interest rate.
  • HB250 : Health maintenance organization; obtaining HMO license without certificate of quality assurance.
  • HB251 : Adult Fatality Review Team; created, report.
  • HB252 : Health insurance; mandated coverage for evaluations of brain tumors.
  • HB253 : Health Insurance, Bureau of; establishes division within State Corporation Commission.
  • HB254 : Licenses, local; issued free of charge to certain vehicles owned by museums.
  • HB255 : School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting.
  • HB256 : Involuntary outpatient commitment; five day review of compliance.
  • HB257 : Sexual predator determination proceedings, violent; court may require empanelment of jury.
  • HB258 : Voluntary commitment; acknowledgement as sexually violent predator.
  • HB259 : Students; transferring out of local school division.
  • HB260 : Abandoned railroad corridors; allows Department of Conservation and Recreation to acquire.
  • HB261 : Law-enforcement and rescue vehicles; use of flashing lights.
  • HB262 : Housing loans and grants; localities to authorize in conservation or rehabilitation districts.
  • HB263 : Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and computer-related equipment thereto.
  • HB264 : Landlord and tenant law; appointment of resident agent by nonresident property owner. 
  • HB265 : Wood burning fireplaces; regulation by locality.
  • HB266 : Mixed beverage restaurant licensees; liquor sale calculations.
  • HB267 : Involuntary commitment; enforcement of compliance with outpatient treatment.
  • HB268 : High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes; violations in Hampton Roads Planning District.
  • HB269 : License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital Foundatn.
  • HB270 : Real estate tax; exemptions for elderly and handicapped persons in certain cities and counties.
  • HB271 : Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.
  • HB272 : Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (submitting to qualified voters).
  • HB273 : Interscholastic activities; exclusive use of wood baseball bats.
  • HB274 : Parental rights; appeal when terminated.
  • HB275 : Motor fuel tax; rate increase.
  • HB276 : Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); noncash benefits.
  • HB277 : Traffic calming measures; allows installation and application on secondary system components.
  • HB278 : Decedent; identification of body by next of kin.
  • HB279 : Small Estate Act; updates certain banking and fiduciary statutes to make them consistent with Act.
  • HB280 : Decedent's will; unsupervised probate.
  • HB281 : Protective orders; possession of firearms.
  • HB282 : Parentage proceedings; circuit courts, etc. have concurrent jurisdiction.
  • HB283 : Family life education; parental notification.
  • HB284 : Income tax credit, earned; employers to provide notice to employees.
  • HB285 : Adoptions; consent revocation period for parental placement.
  • HB286 : Income tax credit, earned; Department of Social Services to provide notice to all applicants.
  • HB287 : Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
  • HB288 : Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in restaurants.
  • HB289 : Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.
  • HB290 : Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
  • HB291 : School bus stop locations; school boards to develop written plans prescribing procedure therefor.
  • HB292 : State Lottery; privatization of administration of the lottery, report.
  • HB293 : Vehicle weight limit enforcement; county enforcement on highways within its boundaries.