Sen. Lamont Bagby
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Bills Introduced 83
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Virginia Indian advisory board; Secretary of the Commonwealth may establish, membership. [HB-814]
Secretary of the Commonwealth; powers and duties; creation of a Virginia Indian advisory board. Authorizes the Secretary of the Commonwealth to establish a Virginia Indian advisory board to assist the Secretary in reviewing applications seeking recognition as a Virginia Indian tribe and to make recommendations to the Secretary, the Governor, and the General Assembly on such applications and other matters relating to recognition. The bill sets out the membership and powers and duties of the Virginia Indian advisory board established by the Secretary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0746) on 04/20/2016
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Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board and Fund; established, report. [HB-834]
Virginia Growth and Opportunity Act; report. Establishes the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board to administer grants from the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Fund for regional economic and workforce development projects. The bill provides that regional councils will be established across the Commonwealth, consisting of representatives of government and the business and education communities, and councils may submit applications for collaborative projects in their regions that enhance private-sector growth, competitiveness, and workforce development.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0779) on 05/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Transportation, Department of; installation of broadband conduit on public highways. [HB-912]
Department of Transportation; installation of broadband conduit on public highways. Allows the Department of Transportation to permit broadband service providers to install conduit capable of housing fiber optic cable to provide broadband service on public highways.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0655) on 04/01/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons. [HB-915]
Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons. Provides that a locality that has authorized by ordinance the installation and operation of a video-monitoring system on school buses for recording violations of unlawfully passing a stopped school bus may execute a summons for such violation by mailing a copy of the summons to the owner of a vehicle that unlawfully passed a stopped school bus.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Tabled In Transportation By Voice Vote on 01/26/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Flamethrowers; criminalizes purchase, possession, or transportation, penalty. [HB-927]
Purchase, etc., of flamethrowers; penalty. Criminalizes the purchase, possession, or transportation of a flamethrower, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill defines "flamethrower" as any portable device specifically designed or intended to emit or propel a burning stream of combustible or flammable liquid a distance of at least 10 feet.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Cybersecurity; promotion of industry in the Commonwealth. [HB-929]
Promotion of cybersecurity in the Commonwealth. Initiates several efforts to promote economic development, research and development, and workforce development of the cybersecurity industry in the Commonwealth. The bill creates two new matching grant funds: one administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority for private entities that collaborate with one or more public institutions of higher education on research and development related to cybersecurity and one administered by the Department of Education for public elementary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/18/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Women's Right to Vote, Commission for Commemoration of Centennial of; established. [HB-959]
Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote. Establishes the Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote in the legislative branch of state government. The Commission is charged with planning and leading the commemoration throughout Virginia in 2020 and educating citizens concerning the importance and significance of the right to vote by all citizens in a democracy. The provisions of the bill will expire on July 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Rules on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Small businesses; implementation of certification programs, report. [HB-971]
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; implementation of certification programs for small businesses; definition of small business; report. Changes the definition of small business, beginning July 1, 2017, to meet the small business size standards established by the regulations of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The bill provides that any business entity that the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (the Department) has certified as a small business prior to July 1, 2017, shall have such certification extended
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Read Second Time on 02/15/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Medicaid; JLARC to study electronic sources of data, etc. [HJR-108]
Study; JLARC to study electronic sources of data on out-of-state income and resources of Medicaid applicants available from third-party vendors for Medicaid eligibility determinations; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study electronic sources of data on out-of-state income and resources of Medicaid applicants available from third-party vendors for Medicaid eligibility determinations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Left In Rules on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established, apportionment. [HJR-117]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census of the United States. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is earlier, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/16/2016