Nonpublic school students; organizations governing participation in interscholastic programs. [HB-947]
Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic programs. Prohibits public schools from joining an organization governing interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a student who (i) is receiving home instruction, (ii) has demonstrated evidence of progress for two years, (iii) is entitled to free tuition in a public school, (iv) has not reached the age of 19 by August 1 of the current school year, (v) is an amateur who receives no compensation, but participates solely for the educational, physical, mental,
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HB-947: Nonpublic school students; organizations governing participation in interscholastic programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Senate: Failed To Report (defeated) In Education And Health (7-y 8-n) on 03/01/2012
Drug trafficking; 3 years shall be mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for subsequent offense. [HB-968]
Manufacturing, etc., Schedule I and II drugs. Adds a mandatory minimum term of confinement of three years for a second or subsequent conviction of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute a Schedule I or II drug (now five to life) and increases the mandatory minimum term for a third or subsequent conviction from five years to 10 years.
HB-968: Drug trafficking; 3 years shall be mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for subsequent offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0844) on 05/18/2012
Financial exploitation of incapacitated adults; penalties. [HB-987]
Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 5 felony to knowingly, by deception, intimidation, undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, or misrepresentation, use, obtain, convert, or take control of an elderly or incapacitated adult's property or financial resources with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the adult of the use, benefit, or possession of the property or financial resources. If the violation is by a caregiver or person with a fiduciary relationship it is a Class
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HB-987: Financial exploitation of incapacitated adults; penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
House: Left In Appropriations on 02/20/2012
TMDL; Attorney General to explore challenge to constitutionality of regulations by USEPA. [HJR-129]
Resolution; requesting the Attorney General to explore a challenge to the constitutionality of federal TMDL regulations; report. Requests the Attorney General of Virginia to explore a challenge to the constitutionality of certain Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) regulations adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Chesapeake Bay. The resolution asserts that the TMDL regulations, which are binding upon Virginia localities releasing storm waters and treated waste waters into tributaries of the Bay, essentially constitute an
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HJR-129: TMDL; Attorney General to explore challenge to constitutionality of regulations by USEPA.
Sponsored by: Rep. J. Randall Minchew
House: Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/14/2012
United States Constitution; urging Congress to honor state sovereignty under Tenth Amendment. [HJR-130]
State sovereignty; Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Urges Congress to honor state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and claims sovereignty for the Commonwealth under the Tenth Amendment over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution.
HJR-130: United States Constitution; urging Congress to honor state sovereignty under Tenth Amendment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
House: Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/31/2012