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Bills
Committee
Last action
HB 21 - Marshall, R.G. - School boards; employee firearms training.
(H) Referred to Committee on Education
11/21/13
HB 66 - Ramadan - School resource officers; local school board to place officer in each public school.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
01/28/14
HB 150 - Minchew - Jail authorities; sovereign immunity.
(H) Continued to 2015 in Militia, Police and Public Safety
01/17/14
HB 152 - Minchew - State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.
(H) Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB256-Lingamfelter)
01/30/14
HB 173 - Farrell - Electronic devices; search without warrant prohibited.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/05/14
HB 178 - Farrell - Virginia Retirement System; assumed rate of return on investments for employer contributions.
(H) Subcommittee recommends striking from docket
01/30/14
HB 181 - Farrell - Virginia Retirement System; collection of overpayments to retirees and beneficiaries.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
01/30/14
HB 182 - Farrell - Local employees; retirement benefits.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
01/30/14
HB 216 - Albo - Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; created.
(H) Continued to 2015 in General Laws
01/23/14
HB 220 - Albo - Driving while intoxicated; refusal of blood or breath tests.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
01/13/14
HB 256 - Lingamfelter - State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/06/14
HB 306 - Lingamfelter - Deputy sheriffs; eligibility for enhanced retirement benefits.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/06/14
HB 327 - Surovell - Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of law-enforcement officer.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
01/16/14
HB 439 - LeMunyon - Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act; applicability to Virginia citizens.

(S) Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/28/14
HB 496 - Yost - Assault and battery; of campus police, penalty.
(H) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/06/14
HB 514 - Morris - Virginia Retirement System and local government retirement systems; investments.
(H) Stricken from docket by Appropriations
01/15/14
HB 587 - Yost - College campus police and security departments; DCJS to identify minimum core operational functions.

(S) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/23/14
HB 728 - Lingamfelter - Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act; discriminatory and retaliatory action.
(H) Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 4-N)
02/03/14
HB 739 - Lingamfelter - Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers & Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Acts; remedies, etc.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/04/14
HB 788 - LeMunyon - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; out-of-state requests for records.
(H) Continued to 2015 in General Laws
02/06/14
HB 821 - Lopez - Workers' compensation; correctional officers, presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/04/14
HB 827 - Minchew - Emergency custody orders; temporary firearms restriction orders.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
01/29/14
HB 839 - Brink - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; applicability to Office of the Attorney General.
(H) Continued to 2015 in General Laws
01/21/14
HB 931 - Greason - State Police, Department of; appointment of supervisory officers.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/06/14
HB 981 - Cline - Alcoholic beverage control; certain tobacco laws, enforcement by Department of State Police.
(H) Continued to 2015 in General Laws
02/06/14
HB 983 - Cline - Virginia Retirement System; retirement credits for special forest wardens.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/06/14
HB 987 - Cline - Department of State Police; appointment of supervisory officers.
(H) Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB931-Greason)
01/24/14
HB 1148 - Morefield - Reckless driving; causing death or injury of certain persons, Class 6 felony.
(H) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/14/14
HB 1174 - Comstock - Auxiliary police officers; firearms training standard.

(S) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/30/14
HB 1203 - Hugo - Localities; provision of grievance procedure.
(H) Continued to 2015 in Counties, Cities and Towns
02/07/14
HB 1230 - Sickles - Line of Duty Act; funding and review.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/06/14
HB 1237 - Gilbert - Hunting; wild animals and wild birds on private property and state waters on Sunday.

(S) Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/29/14
HB 1250 - Ramadan - Hunting; in certain counties allowed on Sundays.
(H) Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/17/14
HB 1269 - Anderson - Government Data Collection & Dissemination Practices Act; collection & use of personal information.
(H) Continued to 2015 in Militia, Police and Public Safety
02/07/14
HJ 26 - Landes - Law-enforcement agencies; JLARC to study reorganizing functions under Virginia State Police.

(S) Referred to Committee on Rules
02/06/14
HJ 31 - Tyler - Corrections, Department of; JLARC to study staffing levels and employment conditions.
(H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
01/30/14
HJ 103 - Jones - Virginia's Line of Duty Act; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.

(S) Referred to Committee on Rules
02/06/14
HR 67 - Toscano - Public interactions; Virginia ABC to observe agency policies and protect constitutional rights.
(H) Tabled in Rules
01/31/14
SB 37 - Howell - Conservation police officers; appointment by Director of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

(H) Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/20/14
SB 87 - Watkins - VRS; technical amendments to programs administered by System.

(H) Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/23/14
SB 89 - Newman - Virginia Retirement System; disability program for hybrid retirement plan participants.
(S) Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (6-Y 11-N)
02/04/14
SB 154 - Puckett - Hunting; allowed on Sundays under certain circumstances.
(S) Engrossed by Senate as amended SB154E
02/07/14
SB 188 - McDougle - State and local employees; deferred compensation plans.
(S) Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/07/14
SB 192 - McDougle - Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; appointment of certain sworn law-enforcement positions.
(S) Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (SB37-Howell) (14-Y 0-N)
01/09/14
SB 206 - Carrico - Department of State Police; appointment of supervisory officers.

(H) Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
02/07/14
SB 254 - McDougle - Law-enforcement officers; exceptions to territorial limits.

(H) Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/23/14
SB 256 - Deeds - Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officers members of System.

(H) Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/07/14
SB 258 - Deeds - Law-enforcement consolidation plan; Secretary of Natural Resources to develop.
(S) Continued to 2015 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N)
01/16/14
SB 289 - Carrico - Line of Duty Act; funding and review.
(S) Incorporates 493
01/21/14
SB 293 - Puckett - Reckless driving; causing death or injury of certain persons, Class 5 felony.
(S) Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/07/14
SB 326 - Deeds - Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers & Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Acts; remedies, etc.
(S) Read third time and defeated by Senate (14-Y 24-N)
01/23/14
SB 385 - Reeves - Virginia Retirement System and local government retirement systems; investments.
(S) Stricken at request of Patron in Finance (11-Y 0-N)
02/04/14
SB 420 - Hanger - Virginia Retirement System; impact statements.

(H) Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/23/14
SB 451 - Norment - Law-enforcement officer; sworn municipal park rangers added to definition of officer.
(S) Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/07/14
SB 452 - Howell - License plate reader database; Department of State Police to maintain database.
(S) Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
01/13/14
SB 493 - Puckett - Line of Duty Act; funding and review.
(S) Incorporated by Finance (SB289-Carrico) (15-Y 0-N)
01/21/14
SB 527 - Carrico - State Police, Department of; appointment of supervisory officers.
(S) Incorporated by General Laws and Technology (SB206-Carrico) (12-Y 0-N)
01/13/14
SB 566 - Colgan - Virginia Retirement System; increase of retirement allowance.
(S) Continued to 2015 in Finance (17-Y 0-N)
01/29/14
SB 570 - Stuart - Campus police and school security officers; assault and battery, penalty.
(S) Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/07/14
SJ 33 - Lucas - Corrections, Department of; JLARC to study staffing levels and employment conditions.
(S) Continued to 2015 in Rules
01/17/14

 

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