Rep. Robert Bell
Stats
District HD-058
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 62
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Community College Education, Foundation for; contribution to be deposited for State residents. [HB-1000]
Income tax refund checkoff for Community Foundations established by the Council on Foundations and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. Adds to the list of recipients of refund checkoffs community foundations established by the Council on Foundations and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0313) on 03/11/2008
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Bomb threat; restitution for cost of response. [HB-1001]
Restitution for cost of response to bomb threat; penalty for bomb threat. Creates a mechanism for recovery of the costs incurred by emergency responders responding to a bomb threat, either by a court order at sentencing or a separate civil action. The bill also provides for the option of community service in lieu of restitution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Condominium Act; notice of increased assessments. [HB-1002]
Condominium Act; notice of increased assessments. Provides that the written notice to the unit owners of an additional assessment levied by the board of a condominium association shall be sent no more than 30 days from the date of the meeting wherein the board voted to levy the additional assessment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell House: Left In General Laws on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Nursing workforce information; publication on website. [HB-1003]
Nursing workforce information; publication on website. Requires that data related to the Commonwealth's nursing workforce, which is currently collected by the Board of Nursing, shall be published, in aggregate form and in a format that is accessible to the public, on the Department of Health Professions website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0373) on 03/11/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Advance directives; mental health directives follows same procedures as for medical. [HB-1004]
Advance directives; mental health. Allows for mental health advance directives, by following the same procedures as for medical advance directives. A mental health advance directive may set forth procedures or instructions with regard to mental health treatment, including consent to or refusal of mental health treatment.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Continued To 2009 In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; notification to parent of mental health treatment for student. [HB-1005]
Institutions of higher education; notification of mental health treatment. Requires the board of visitors or other governing board of any public institution of higher education to establish policies and procedures requiring the notification of a parent of a dependent student when such student receives mental health treatment at the institution's student health or counseling center and it has been determined that there exists a substantial likelihood that, as a result of mental illness the student will, in the near future, (i) cause serious physical
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0441) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Emergency custody order and temporary detention order hearings; evidence. [HB-1006]
Evidence in emergency custody order and temporary detention order hearings. Clarifies that a magistrate may consider any past actions of the person, past mental health treatment of the person, medical records, hearsay evidence, any affidavits submitted, or any other relevant information when deciding whether to issue an emergency custody order or temporary detention order.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell House: Tabled In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 01/24/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Fusion Intelligence Center; confidentiality and immunity from service of process. [HB-1007]
Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; confidentiality; immunity. Provides that papers, records, documents, reports, materials, databases or other evidence or information relative to criminal intelligence or any terrorism investigation in the possession of the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center within the Department of State Police is confidential and not subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act or the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act. The Department must conduct an annual review of such information and remove
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0792) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Illegal aliens; ineligibility for in-state tuition and educational benefits. [HB-1010]
In-state tuition for aliens. Provides that an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, and therefore ineligible to establish domicile pursuant to § 23-7.4, shall not be eligible on the basis of residency within Virginia for any postsecondary educational benefit, including in-state tuition, unless citizens or nationals of the United States are eligible for such benefits in no less an amount, duration, and scope without regard to whether such citizens or nationals are Virginia residents. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Incorporated By Rules (hb14-peace) By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Sexually violent predators; revises provisions relating to civil commitment & conditional release. [HB-1041]
Sexually violent predators; penalties. Revises provisions relating to the civil commitment and conditional release process. This bill imposes a Class 6 felony for absconding from custody or failing to return to the Commonwealth in violation of a court order.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/12/2008