Rep. Robert Bell
Stats
District HD-058
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 62
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel. [HB-524]
Eligibility for in-state tuition; certain military personnel. Provides that in determining the domiciliary intent of retired military personnel residing in the Commonwealth at the time of their retirement, or the domiciliary intent of their dependent spouse or children who claim domicile through them, who voluntarily elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes, the requirement to prove domiciliary intent in Virginia for one year is waived. Also, the bill provides that any active duty members, activated guard
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0723) on 04/14/2008
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Emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment; criteria. [HB-559]
ECO, TDO, involuntary commitment; criteria. Changes the criteria for emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, involuntary commitment, and outpatient treatment, including how that criteria is applied to prisoners and juveniles, so that a person may be taken into custody, temporarily detained, involuntarily committed, or ordered to outpatient treatment if the person has a mental illness and there exists a substantial likelihood that, as a result of mental illness, the person will, in the near future (i) cause serious physical harm to
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0779) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Retail Sales and Use Tax exemption; certain energy-efficient products. [HB-56]
Sales and use tax exemption; certain energy-efficient products. Expands the time frame for the sales and use tax exemption for certain energy-efficient products to include a four-day period in April, in addition to the current four-day period in October. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2012.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Left In Finance on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Commitment hearing; community services board representative, treating physician, etc. to attend. [HB-560]
Commitment hearing; independent examiner or community services board member attending. Requires the independent examiner and the community services board employee or designee who prepared the prescreening report, or if the hearing occurs in a different jurisdiction, an employee or designee of the local community services board or behavioral health authority serving that jurisdiction, to attend the commitment hearing or, if physical attendance is not practicable, to participate in the hearing through a two-way electronic video and audio or telephonic
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0780) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Health insurance carriers; hospital disclosure of contractual arrangements. [HB-603]
Hospitals; disclosure of contractual arrangements with health insurance carriers. Requires the State Health Commissioner to negotiate and contract with a nonprofit organization for an annual survey of carriers offering private group health insurance policies and that are subject to HEDIS reporting, to determine the reimbursement that is paid for a minimum of 25 most frequently reported health care services, and to make the survey reports public through a website operated by the contracting organization. This bill also requires carriers to report
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0071) on 03/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and related equipment. [HB-758]
Sales and use tax; school supplies sales tax holiday. Adds computers and related equipment to the list of property exempt from tax during the school supplies sales and use tax holiday, beginning in 2008. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Incorporated By Finance (hb57-lingamfelter) By Voice Vote on 02/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Illegal aliens; presumption against admission to bail for those charged with criminal offense. [HB-762]
Criminal procedure, admission to bail; persons not lawfully present in the United States; presumption. Adds a presumption, subject to rebuttal, against admitting to bail any person who is charged with a crime and not lawfully present in the United States, and requires judicial officers prior to any bail hearing, to the extent feasible, to verify with the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement whether a person is lawfully present in the United States. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Incorporated By Rules (hb440-rust) By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Central Criminal Records Exchange; required to notify U.S. Bureau of Immigration & Customs. [HB-763]
Powers and duties of probation and parole officers; Central Criminal Records Exchange; correctional facilities; reporting and transfer of aliens to the U. S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Requires CCRE, probation and parole officers, correctional facilities, etc., to notify the U. S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement if someone in custody appears to be an alien. The bill also allows agreements to be made with the Bureau for the transfer of any alien to immigration authorities. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Incorporated By Rules (hb820-albo) By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Correctional facilities; inquiries to U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [HB-764]
Citizenship of persons in correctional facilities; inquiry to U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Requires the officer in charge of a correctional facility to inquire through the Law Enforcement Support Center of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs if at any time during a person's commitment it appears that the person is an alien. If it is determined that an alien is found to be within the custody of the facility, the officer in charge shall immediately notify the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs as well as the Central
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Incorporated By Rules (hb820-albo) By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel. [HB-809]
Provisional and local eligibility licenses; military personnel. Permits the Board of Education to extend a three-year provisional license an additional year for each school year or portion thereof for which a teacher is activated or deployed for military service. The bill provides that local school divisions may offer a similar extension to teachers holding three-year local eligibility licenses. This bill contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0051) on 03/04/2008