Human trafficking hotline; posting information. [HB-1887]
Posting human trafficking hotline information. Requires the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and the Virginia Employment Commission to post notice of the existence of a human trafficking hotline in government stores, except for government stores established on a distiller's licensed premises, and in employment offices, respectively, to alert possible witnesses or victims of human trafficking to the availability of a means to report crimes or gain assistance.
HB-1887: Human trafficking hotline; posting information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0388) on 03/14/2019
License plate, single; display on certain motor vehicles. [HB-2149]
Display of single license plate on certain motor vehicles. Authorizes a motor vehicle that (i) has a fiberglass body, (ii) does not have factory-installed front license plate brackets, and (iii) is not more than 56 inches high to only have one of the assigned licensed plates attached to the vehicle and provides that such license plate shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle.
HB-2149: License plate, single; display on certain motor vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
Left In Transportation on 02/05/2019
Real property tax; exemption for the elderly and disabled, improvements to a dwelling. [HB-2150]
Real property tax exemption for the elderly and disabled; improvements to a dwelling. Provides that, for purposes of the real property tax exemption for the elderly and disabled, certain improvements to exempt land and the land such improvements are situated on shall be included as part of the dwelling and exempt from tax. This bill is identical to SB 1196.
HB-2150: Real property tax; exemption for the elderly and disabled, improvements to a dwelling.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0736) on 03/21/2019
Virginia Retirement System; health insurance credits for retired state employees. [HB-2152]
Virginia Retirement System; health insurance credits for retired state employees. Increases annually the amount of the health insurance credit for retirees who rendered at least 30 years of creditable service in the Virginia Retirement System. The bill increases the credit by the same percentage as any annual post-retirement supplement that is calculated for employees hired on or after July 1, 2010.
HB-2152: Virginia Retirement System; health insurance credits for retired state employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2019
Semiconductor Manufacturing Grant Fund; created. [HB-2180]
Semiconductor Manufacturing Grant Fund; creation. Creates the Semiconductor Manufacturing Grant Fund for the award of grants to a qualified semiconductor manufacturing company that makes a capital investment of at least $2.98 billion in a qualified locality and creates and maintains at least 1,106 new jobs with an average annual wage of at least $92,000. Such a qualified company would be eligible to receive a grant of $50 million in fiscal year 2020 and a grant of $20 million in fiscal year 2021, subject to total or partial recapture if the qualified
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HB-2180: Semiconductor Manufacturing Grant Fund; created.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0034) on 02/19/2019
Major Headquarters Workforce Grant Fund; created. [HB-2356]
Major Headquarters Workforce Grant Fund. Creates the Major Headquarters Workforce Grant Fund. A qualified e-commerce company that makes a capital investment of at least $2 billion in a major headquarters facility in Arlington County and that creates at least 25,000 new full-time jobs with an average annual wage of $150,000 will be eligible for up to $550 million in grants from the Fund. A qualified company may also be eligible for an additional $200 million in grants for creating an additional 12,850 new full-time jobs. This bill is identical to
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HB-2356: Major Headquarters Workforce Grant Fund; created.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0482) on 03/18/2019
Minors; prostitution and human trafficking related crimes, increases penalty. [HB-2470]
Prostitution and human trafficking related crimes; minors; penalty. Increases from a Class 3 felony to a Class 2 felony and imposes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 25 years for the following crimes if minors under 15 years of age are involved: (i) pandering; (ii) receiving money for procuring a person for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or child pornography; (iii) receiving money from the earnings of a person engaged in prostitution; and (iv) commercial sex trafficking.
HB-2470: Minors; prostitution and human trafficking related crimes, increases penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Failed To Pass In House on 02/24/2019