Rep. Daun Hester
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; records of minors participating in park and recreation program. [HB-1524]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; records of minors participating in park and recreation programs. Reverses the default rule of FOIA that certain park and recreation records of minors are subject to the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA unless the parent or an emancipated person who is the subject of the record requests in writing that the record not be disclosed. Under the bill, these records would be exempt from public disclosure unless and until the parent or emancipated person who is the subject of the record waives the protection.
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Libraries; locality to adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, etc., in. [HB-1662]
Control of firearms; libraries owned or operated by localities. Allows a locality to adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components, or a combination thereof, in libraries owned or operated by the locality.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
State plan management partnership exchange; review and approval. [HB-1664]
State partnership health benefit exchange. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other state or federal agency as may be required in order to establish a state plan management partnership exchange for the Commonwealth. The SCC, with assistance from the Virginia Department of Health, is required to perform any plan management functions consistent with guidelines developed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Elections; extension of polling hours from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. [HB-1774]
Hours polls to be open. Provides that polls shall close at 8:00 p.m. rather than 7:00 p.m.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund; renamed Virginia Housing Trust Fund, report. [HB-2005]
Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund. Renames the Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund to the Virginia Housing Trust Fund and codifies language in the latest appropriation act in which $7 million was appropriated to the Fund. The bill provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall (i) work in collaboration with the Virginia Housing Development Authority (HDA) to provide loan origination and servicing activities as needed to carry out the purposes of the Fund, with the costs of such services to be considered
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Commonwealth Transportation Board; increases total membership from 17 to 21 members. [HB-2049]
Composition of Commonwealth Transportation Board. Increases the total membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board from 17 to 20 members by doubling the representation for the Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Northern Virginia highway construction districts.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Absentee ballot procedures and count; requires prompt counting immediately after close of polls. [HB-2107]
Elections; absentee ballot procedures and count. Requires the prompt counting of absentee ballots immediately after the close of the polls and advance steps by the general registrar to prepare for the prompt counting of absentee ballots.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tolls; requires GA approval for tolling of any Interstate or state highway component. [HB-2129]
Toll roads. Requires General Assembly approval for tolling of any interstate, state primary, or state secondary highway system component.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund; proceeds may be disbursed to award matching grants. [HB-2244]
School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund. Provides that proceeds of the School Resource Officer Grants Fund may be disbursed to award matching grants to local law-enforcement agencies and local school boards that have established a collaborative agreement to employ school resource officers in elementary schools within their shared district. Under current law, funds may be disbursed only when school resource officers are employed in middle or high schools within the district.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Celebrating the life of the Honorable William Creed Wampler, Sr [HJR-577]
Celebrating the life of the Honorable William Creed Wampler, Sr.