Rep. Richard Bell
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District HD-020
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 0
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Local government; publication of notices for charter changes, referenda, and public hearings. [HB-586]
Local government; publication of notices for charter changes, referenda, and public hearings, etc.; alternatives. Gives localities alternatives to publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality for legal ads and other notices of proposed action. These alternatives include publication in at least two of the following forms of publication: (i) in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality, including such newspaper's online publication, if any; (ii) on the locality's website; (iii) on any public access channel operated by
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
House: Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/16/2010
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Major business facility job tax credit; business that creates at least 50 qualified full-time jobs. [HB-624]
Major business facility job tax credit. Amends the Major Business Facility Job Tax Credit. Current law provides a $1,000 tax credit for major business facilities that create at least 100 qualified full-time jobs. The legislation reduces the number of qualified full-time jobs required to be created to 50. In enterprise zones or economically distressed areas, the base or threshold is lowered from 50 newly created jobs to 25. The changes also allow the credit to be taken over a two-year period for taxable years beginning January 1, 2009, through December
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0363) on 04/10/2010
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Gang-free zones; expanded to include public buildings and grounds, penalty. [HB-682]
Gang-free zones; penalties. Expands current "gang-free school zones" to the broader "gang-free zones" and includes any publicly owned or operated community center or recreational center. Engaging in criminal street gang activity in a gang-free zone is a Class 5 or 6 felony and may include a two-year mandatory minimum sentence, depending upon other aggravators.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0364) on 04/10/2010
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Firearms, ammunition, etc.; those manufactured and retained in State not subject to federal law. [HB-69]
Firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition manufactured and retained in Virginia. Declares that firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition that are manufactured commercially or privately in Virginia, and that remain within the borders of Virginia, shall not be subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce. This bill incorporates
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Senate: Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/08/2010
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Line of Duty Act; short-term disability benefits for state police officers. [HB-71]
Line of Duty Act; short-term disability benefits for state police officers. Provides that a state police officer who incurs a work-related injury in the line of duty shall receive supplemental short-term disability coverage providing income replacement for 100 percent of the officer's creditable compensation for up to one calendar year. At the end of the one-year period, the officer would be eligible for supplemental long-term disability benefits, which provide income replacement at 60 percent of the officer's creditable compensation. Currently,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
House: Left In Appropriations on 02/16/2010
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Income tax, state; additional personal exemption for surviving spouse or head of household. [HB-73]
Individual income tax; additional personal exemption. Provides an additional personal exemption of $800 for each individual who qualifies as a surviving spouse or head of household for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, beginning on and after January 1, 2010.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
House: Continued To 2011 In Finance By Voice Vote on 02/01/2010
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
License plates, special; issuance to those bearing national motto: "In God We Trust." [HB-75]
Special license plates; "In God We Trust". Authorizes the issuance of special license plates bearing the national motto: "In God We Trust."
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
House: Subcommittee Recommends Continuing To 2011 By Voice Vote on 02/09/2010
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Offshore drilling; royalties to be deposited in Transportation Trust Fund, etc. [HB-756]
Royalties from offshore drilling. Requires that all revenues and royalties paid to the Commonwealth as a result of offshore natural gas and oil drilling shall be distributed as follows: (i) 70 percent to the Transportation Trust Fund, (ii) 20 percent to the Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium, and (iii) 10 percent to localities for improvements to infrastructure and transportation.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0098) on 03/09/2010
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Instructional spending; local school board to report expenditures annually. [HB-76]
Expenditures and reports on instructional spending. Requires each local school board to allocate 65 percent of its operating budget to instructional spending. Local school boards must report annually to the Board of Education the percentage of their operating budgets allocated to instructional spending. Any school division that fails to meet the 65 percent requirement must present a plan to the Board of Education to increase instructional spending by 0.5 percent in the following fiscal year. School divisions failing to submit such a plan must be
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (14-y 1-n) on 02/25/2010
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Virginia War Memorial; codifies criteria for memorialization of fallen Virginians. [HB-767]
Memorialization of fallen Virginians at the Virginia War Memorial. Codifies the criteria for inclusion of Virginians who died while serving in the armed forces on the Shrine of Memory at the Virginia War Memorial, as was required by legislation adopted in 2009. The bill also directs the Virginia War Memorial Foundation Board of Trustees to develop plans and criteria for an additional memorial to all Virginians who died while serving in the armed forces, even if they do not meet the criteria for inclusion on the Shrine of Memory.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
House: Failed To Pass In House on 03/14/2010