Sen. John Bell
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District SD-013
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 88
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Composite index of local ability-to-pay; use value of real estate in certain localities. [HB-191]
Composite index of local ability-to-pay; use value of real estate in certain localities. Requires, for the purpose of determining the state and local shares of basic aid funding, that the composite index of local ability-to-pay or "local composite index" utilize the use value of all applicable real estate (i) devoted to agricultural use, horticultural use, forest use, and open-space use in each locality that has adopted an ordinance by which it provides for the use valuation and taxation of such real estate and (ii) used in agricultural and forestal
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Tabled In Education By Voice Vote on 02/10/2016
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Fire or rescue volunteers; mental health treatment; funding by locality. [HB-233]
Fire or rescue volunteers; mental health treatment; funding by locality. Allows any locality to fund the cost of participation in mental health treatment and counseling programs by a member of a volunteer fire or rescue company. A mental health program in which such volunteers are eligible to participate must be comparable to an employee assistance program offered to paid employees of the locality.
Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text Reprinted (chap0417) on 03/11/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Electrical transmission line siting; hearing requested by locality. [HB-283]
Electrical transmission line siting; hearing requested by locality. Requires the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to hold at least one hearing in the area that would be affected by construction of an electrical transmission line of 138 kV or more, upon the request of the governing body of any county or municipality through which the line is proposed to be built. Currently the SCC is required to conduct a hearing in the affected area if requested by 20 or more interested parties. The measure also provides that the affected localities are given
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0276) on 03/07/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination, definition of sexual orientation, etc. [HB-300]
Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination; sexual orientation; gender identity. Adds discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity as an unlawful discriminatory housing practice. The bill defines "sexual orientation" and "gender identity."
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In General Laws on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Motor vehicle title loan offices; distance from military base. [HB-391]
Motor vehicle title loan offices; distance from military base. Prohibits the State Corporation Commission from issuing a license for the operation of a motor vehicle title loan office if such office is within 10 miles of a military base.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Family and Children's Trust Fund; revenue matching for special license plates for supporters. [HB-392]
Revenue matching for special license plates for supporters of the Family and Children's Trust Fund. Provides that for each special license plate issued for supporters of the Family and Children's Trust Fund, the Commonwealth will contribute $15 to the Fund up to a total of $250,000 each fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Left In Transportation on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority established. [HB-400]
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority established. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority, to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which each individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and who is eligible, on the basis of criteria established by the Authority that are substantially similar to criteria used by private lenders in the Commonwealth to evaluate student eligibility
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Continued To 2017 In Commerce And Labor By Voice Vote on 02/02/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Interstate 66; designation of HOV lanes. [HB-407]
Designation of HOV lanes. Prohibits HOV-2 lanes of Interstate 66 from being converted to HOV-3 lanes or a more restrictive designation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2017, and an expiration date of January 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0699) on 04/04/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Voter registration; automatic voter registration. [HB-416]
Voter registration; automatic voter registration. Provides for the automatic electronic transmission by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Elections of certain information for any person coming into an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles or accessing its website in order to (i) apply for, replace, or renew a driver's license, (ii) apply for, replace, or renew a special identification card, or (iii) change an address on an existing driver's license or special identification card if the Department of Motor Vehicles records
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Firearms dealers; local regulation of dealers in proximity of schools. [HB-422]
Firearms businesses; local regulation; proximity to schools. Authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance regulating or prohibiting anyone from engaging in the business of selling firearms at retail, providing gunsmithing services, or operating a sports shooting range, within 1,000 feet of a school.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/16/2016