Sen. John Bell
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District SD-013
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 88
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers, providers. [SB-867]
Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers; providers. Requires any vertically integrated carrier to offer participation in each provider panel or network established for each of the vertically integrated carrier's policies, products, and plans, including all policies, products, and plans offered to individuals, employers, and enrollees in state and federal government benefit programs, to every provider in the Commonwealth under the same terms and conditions that apply to providers under common control with the vertically integrated
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/04/2020
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Outdoor shooting ranges; prohibited adjacent to residential areas, exceptions, civil penalty. [SB-353]
Outdoor shooting ranges; prohibited adjacent to residential areas; exceptions; civil penalty. Prohibits the operation of an outdoor shooting range, defined in the bill, within 500 yards of any property zoned for residential use unless the Range Design Criteria developed by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Health, Safety and Security have been met. The bill provides that any person who violates the provisions of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $100,000 for the initial violation and $5,000 per
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Left In Judiciary on 12/04/2020
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Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Dating relationship abuse; penalty. [SB-550]
Dating relationship abuse; penalty. Expands the crime of assault and battery against a family or household member to include persons in a dating relationship, as defined in the bill. The bill also expands the class of persons who are eligible to obtain a protective order in cases of family abuse to include persons who are in a dating relationship and who have been subjected to dating relationship abuse, also defined in the bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Judiciary on 12/04/2020
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Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Contractors, on-site superintendents; boiler and pressure vessel operator license. [SB-346]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; contractors; boiler and pressure vessel operator license. Creates a two-tiered category of licensure administered by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation's Board for Contractors for any person who has primary responsibility for maintaining boiler, unfired pressure vessel, and water heater operations in a multifamily dwelling unit. Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; contractors; boiler and pressure vessel operator license. Creates a two-tiered category
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Left In General Laws on 12/04/2020
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Interstate 66; tolls on existing components east of mile marker 67 prohibited. [HB-1]
Tolling on Interstate 66. Prohibits tolls on existing components of Interstate 66 inside the Beltway. This bill contains a technical amendment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/18/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Restrooms; retail establishment with toilet facility to allow customer access. [HB-1123]
Customer access to restrooms. Requires a retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees to allow a customer who suffers from Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility to use that facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met. A customer who suffers loss as a result of a violation may bring an action to recover damages not to exceed $100.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. [HB-1225]
Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortions in any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; representations related to covenants, report. [HB-1264]
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; representations related to covenants and restrictions affecting the property. Provides that, in delivering the residential property disclosure statement to a prospective purchaser of residential property under the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act, the owner makes no representations with respect to (i) any covenants and restrictions that may be recorded in land records that affect the real property or any improvements located on the property, (ii) the zoning classification or permitted uses
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0505) on 03/25/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Practical design standards for projects. [HB-1271]
Practical design standards for projects. Requires the Department of Transportation to employ practical design standards for any highway system project, including all projects costing more than $5 million. "Practical design standards" are defined in the bill as standards that incorporate maximum flexibility in application of standards that reduce the cost of project delivery while preserving and enhancing safety and mobility.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Stricken From Docket By Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/09/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
U. S. of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia; purchase of flags by public bodies. [HB-1299]
Purchase of flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia by public bodies. Provides that whenever a state or local public body or school division purchases a flag of the United States or a flag of the Commonwealth for public use, such flag must be made in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that are grown, produced, and manufactured in the United States, if available. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0297) on 03/07/2016