Rep. Joesph Lindsey
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District HD-090
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 6
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2015 Regular Session
Child support; arrearage. [HB-1783]
Child support; arrearage. Allows the Department of Social Services to establish and operate an arrears compromise program pursuant to which it may compromise child support arrears and interest accrued thereon owed to the Commonwealth for reimbursement of public assistance paid.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joesph Lindsey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0506) on 03/23/2015
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Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund and Program; created. [HB-1805]
Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund and Program. Creates the Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund and Program to be administered by the Department of Veterans Services and sets out the requirements for applying for grants from the Fund and the award of grants by the Department. The bill provides that records related to the Fund and Program are exempt from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018, and contains a technical amendment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In Appropriations on 02/10/2015
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Virginia 2015 Regular Session
Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder. [HB-1940]
Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder in individuals from age two through age 10. Currently, such coverage is required to be provided for individuals from age two through age six. The provision applies with respect to insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended on or after
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0650) on 03/26/2015
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Virginia 2015 Regular Session
Licensed local school board instructional or administrative employees; service retirement allowance. [HB-2020]
Licensed local school board instructional or administrative employees; service retirement allowance. Extends from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2020, the sunset date for provisions (i) requiring school boards, division superintendents, if so requested, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually identify and report critical shortages of teachers and administrative personnel and (ii) permitting any person receiving a service retirement allowance who is hired as a local school board instructional or administrative employee required to be licensed
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0326) on 03/17/2015
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Virginia 2015 Regular Session
Child care subsidy; license required. [HB-2023]
Child care subsidy; license required. Requires licensure for any child day center or family day home, other than those located on federal property and operated or certified by the U.S. Department of Defense, that contracts with the State Department of Social Services or a local department of social services to provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/11/2015
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Virginia 2015 Regular Session
Investigational drugs, biological products, and devices; expanded access. [HB-2050]
Expanded access to investigational drugs, biological products, and devices. Provides that a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device may make such drug, product, or device available to a person who has a terminal illness when (i) the person has a terminal condition; (ii) the person has, in consultation with his physician, considered all other treatment options currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; (iii) the person's physician has recommended treatment with an investigational drug, biological product,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/11/2015
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Virginia 2015 Regular Session
State Board for Community Colleges; policy for the award of academic credit for military training. [HB-2132]
State Board for Community Colleges; policy for the award of academic credit for military training. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to adopt, no later than December 31, 2015, a policy for the award of academic credit to any student enrolled at a comprehensive community college who has successfully completed a military training course or program as part of his military service that is applicable to the student's certificate of degree requirements and is recommended for academic credit by a national higher education association that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Tabled In Education By Voice Vote on 02/02/2015
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Virginia 2015 Regular Session
Absentee voting; emergency voting. [HB-2157]
Absentee voting; emergency voting. Provides the process by which a qualified voter is permitted to vote by an absentee ballot when an emergency either prevented him from applying for an absentee ballot by the deadline or will prevent him from voting in person on election day. The bill consolidates current sections regarding emergency absentee voting into one section. The bill also provides for the Commissioner of Elections to take administrative action to facilitate absentee voting by those persons providing emergency or other services in an area
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Tabled In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 01/30/2015
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Virginia 2015 Regular Session
Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund and Program; created. [HB-2259]
Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund and Program. Creates the Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund and Program to be administered by the Department of Veterans Services and sets out the requirements for applying for grants from the Fund and the award of grants by the Department. The bill provides that records related to the Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund and Program are exempt from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill provides that the Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund and Program shall expire on July
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joesph Lindsey
Stricken From Docket By General Laws By Voice Vote on 02/03/2015
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Virginia 2015 Regular Session
Driving under influence of alcohol; persons convicted under federal law. [HB-2260]
DUI; persons convicted under federal law; restricted license. Provides that a person convicted in a federal court of an offense substantially similar to Virginia's DUI law may petition the general district court that he be assigned to a certified alcohol safety program and issued a restricted driver's license. Currently, only persons convicted in other states of substantially similar DUI offenses may so petition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joesph Lindsey
Subcommittee Recommends Incorporating (hb1639-miller) By Voice Vote on 02/04/2015