Rep. C.E. Hayes
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District HD-077
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 152
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Minimum wage. [HB-1771]
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour effective January 1, 2018, unless a higher minimum wage is required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Effective January 1, 2020, the minimum wage shall be adjusted biennially to reflect annual increases in the consumer price index over the two most recent calendar years. The measure also provides that the Virginia minimum wage applies to persons whose employment is covered by the FLSA.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
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Low-income taxpayer tax credit. [HB-1772]
Low-income taxpayer tax credit. Allows low-income individuals and married persons to claim a refundable income tax credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed by the individual or married persons for the year in lieu of the current options available for claiming the credit. Under current law, low-income individuals and married persons may claim (i) a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to $300 for each of the individual, his spouse, and any dependents or (ii) a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to 20 percent
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Consumer finance loans; rate of interest. [HB-1817]
Consumer finance loans; rate of interest. Increases, from $2,500 to $4,000, the threshold under which consumer finance loans are subject to a maximum interest rate of 36 percent per year. Under this measure, a licensed consumer finance lender may charge interest (i) of not more than 36 percent on loans of $4,000 or less and (ii) at such rate as is stated in the loan contract on loans of more than $4,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
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Absentee voting; entitles persons age 65 or older on date of an election to vote absentee. [HB-1818]
Absentee voting; eligibility of persons age 65 or older. Entitles a person who will be age 65 or older on the date of the election for which an absentee ballot is requested to vote absentee.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
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Absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person. [HB-1819]
Elections; absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person. Allows qualified voters to vote absentee in person without providing an excuse for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the statutory list of specific reasons allowing a voter to cast an absentee ballot by mail.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; eligibility, certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency, etc. [HB-1857]
Eligibility for in-state tuition; certain individuals who Eligibility for in-state tuition; certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency; certain individuals approved under deferred action programs. Declares eligible for in-state tuition any individual who (i) attended a public or private high school in the Commonwealth for at least three years; (ii) graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or passed a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education; (iii) registers as an entering
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
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Coastal Protection and Flooding Adaptation, Secretary for; creates position. [HB-1964]
Secretary for Coastal Protection and Flooding Adaptation.Creates the position of Secretary for Coastal Protection and Flooding Adaptation (the Secretary). The Secretary shall be responsible for consolidating into a single office the resources for coastal flooding threats and adaptation. The Secretary also shall be the lead in providing direction, ensuring accountability, and developing a statewide coastal flooding adaptation strategy. The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Natural Resources, shall identify sources of funding for needed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes. [HB-2023]
Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes. Provides that cities and towns that receive highway maintenance payments from the Commonwealth based on moving-lane-miles of highway will not have such payments reduced if moving-lane-miles of highway are converted to bicycle-only lanes, provided that the number of moving-lane-miles is not more than 50 moving-lane-miles or three percent of the municipality's total number of moving-lane-miles, whichever is less, and that prior to such conversion the city or town certifies that the conversion design has
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0534) on 03/16/2017
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Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces. [HB-2279]
Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces. Requires local departments of social services to transmit information regarding reports, complaints, family assessments, and investigations involving children of active duty members of the United States Armed Forces or members of their household to family advocacy representatives of the United States Armed Forces. Under current law, local departments of social services may transmit such information but are only required to transmit information regarding founded
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0142) on 02/21/2017
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African Americans, formerly enslaved; identification of history in Virginia. [HB-2296]
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities; identification of the history of formerly enslaved African Americans in Virginia. Directs the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities to identify the history of formerly enslaved African Americans in Virginia and determine ways to preserve the history for educational and cultural purposes. Among other things, the Foundation would promote the identification, preservation, and conservation of historic sites significant to the history, presence, and contributions of formerly enslaved African Americans in Virginia;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0647) on 03/20/2017