HB 710 Property Owners' Association Act; conforms maximum fees for disclosure packets.

Chief patron: Watts

Summary as introduced:
Property Owners' Association Act; fees for disclosure packets. Conforms the maximum fee that may be charged for an association disclosure packet by a property owners' association to that in corresponding provisions in the Property Owners' Association Act for associations that are professionally managed: (i) paper format, a fee not to exceed $150 for no more than two hard copies or (ii) electronic format, a fee not to exceed a total of $125 for an electronic copy to each of the following named in the request: the seller, the seller's authorized agent, the purchaser, or the purchaser's authorized agent. The disclosure packet shall be provided directly to the designated persons at the same time it is delivered to the seller or his authorized agent. Only one fee shall be charged for the preparation and delivery of the disclosure packet. The bill requires that such fees be adjusted every five years on the basis of the Consumer Price Index. The bill contains technical amendments.

01/18/16 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
01/19/16 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB710)
02/09/16 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2017
02/11/16 House: Continued to 2017 in General Laws
12/01/16 House: Left in General Laws

HB 922 Computer trespass; increases penalty if government computer and computer used for public utilities.

Chief patron: Mason

Summary as introduced:
Computer trespass; government computers and computers used for public utilities. Increases the Class 1 misdemeanor computer trespass crimes to a Class 6 felony if the computer targeted is one that is exclusively for the use of, or used by or for, the Commonwealth of Virginia, a local government within the Commonwealth, or certain public utilities.

02/24/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
02/25/16 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB922S1)
02/25/16 House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB922S1)
03/02/16 Senate: Continued to 2017 in Finance (15-Y 0-N)
12/02/16 Senate: Left in Finance

HB 1479 Attorney discipline; procedures.

Chief patron: Leftwich

Summary as introduced:

Attorney discipline; procedures. Conforms the statutory procedures for disciplining attorneys to the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. This bill is identical to SB 874.

02/13/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/13/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
02/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
02/14/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1479ER)
02/17/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (effective 7/1/17)

HB 1558 Safety restraint use in motor vehicles.

Chief patron: Krizek

Summary as introduced:
Safety restraint use in motor vehicles. Requires all occupants of motor vehicles to utilize safety restraints. Current law requires safety belt use only by occupants under the age of 18, drivers, and passengers 18 years of age or older occupying the front seat.

12/29/16 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
01/10/17 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2
01/17/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1558)
01/19/17 House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N)
02/07/17 House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety

HB 1602 Invasion of privacy; civil action; damages; attorney fees and costs.

Chief patron: Fariss

Summary as introduced:
Invasion of privacy; civil action; damages; attorney fees and costs. Creates a civil cause of action for the physical and constructive invasion of privacy where a person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass, enters onto the land or into the airspace above the land of another person to capture an image, as specified in the bill, of private property or an individual located on the private property without consent or uses any device, including an unmanned aircraft system, to capture such an image in lieu of physically entering the land or airspace. The bill creates the same causes of action where a person, with the intent to engage in criminal activity, enters onto the land or into the airspace above the land of another person, or uses any device, including an unmanned aircraft system, to engage in such activity in lieu of physically entering the land or airspace. The bill allows a plaintiff to recover the greater of actual damages or $1,000, along with reasonable attorney fees and costs. The bill allows a court to award punitive damages when actual damages are awarded.

02/03/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105190D-H1
02/04/17 House: Read first time
02/06/17 House: Passed by for the day
02/07/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1602H1)
02/07/17 House: No action taken

HB 1604 Foster care; definitions, reasonable efforts to prevent removal of child.

Chief patron: Bell, Richard P.

Summary as passed House:

Foster care; reasonable efforts to prevent removal of child. Allows a local board of social services to take a child into immediate custody pursuant to an emergency removal order in cases in which the child is alleged to have been abused or neglected, and allows a court to issue certain orders in such cases, without requiring that reasonable efforts be made to prevent removal of the child from his home if (i) the parental residual rights of the child's parent over a sibling were involuntarily terminated; (ii) the parent was convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter, or a felony attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any such offense, if the victim was a child of or resided with the parent or was the other parent of the child; (iii) the parent was convicted of felony assault resulting in serious bodily injury or felony bodily wounding resulting in serious bodily injury or felony sexual assault, if the victim was a child of or resided with the parent; or (iv) on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, the parent has subjected any child to aggravated circumstances or abandoned a child under circumstances that would justify the termination of residual parental rights. The bill provides that, in each permanency planning hearing and in any hearing regarding the transition of the child from foster care to independent living, the court shall consult with the child, unless the court finds that such consultation is not in the best interests of the child. The bill makes other changes related to foster care to comply with federal requirements.

02/16/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1604ER)
02/16/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/17/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017

HB 1606 Handheld personal communications devices; use of devices in highway work zones.

Chief patron: Villanueva

Summary as passed House:

Use of handheld personal communications devices in highway work zones. Prohibits any person from texting or otherwise using a handheld personal communications device while operating a motor vehicle in a highway work zone, defined in the bill, when workers are present. The bill adds an exemption to the prohibition against using a handheld personal communications device in a moving motor vehicle for an operator of a vehicle who activates, deactivates, or initiates a factory-installed feature or function on the vehicle.

02/20/17 Senate: Motion to reconsider rerefer to Courts of Justice agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Previous question ordered (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (24-Y 16-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
02/21/17 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice

HB 1617 Legal malpractice; estate planning.

Chief patron: Habeeb

Summary as introduced:

Legal malpractice; estate planning. Provides that the statute of limitations for legal malpractice related to estate planning is five years if the legal representation was based on a written contract and three years if the legal representation was based on an unwritten contract. The bill provides that the accrual date for such an action is the date of completion of the representation. The bill further provides that a person who is not party to the representation shall have standing to maintain such an action only if there is a written agreement between the individual who is the subject of the estate planning and the defendant that expressly grants standing to such person. This bill is in response to Thorsen v. Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 786 S.E.2d 453 (Va. 2016). This bill is identical to SB 1140.

02/10/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/13/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/13/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
02/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
02/17/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective 7/1/17)

HB 1620 Open-end credit plans.

Chief patron: Bulova

Summary as introduced:
Open-end credit plans. Prohibits any person licensed to make motor vehicle title loans from engaging in the extension of credit under an open-end credit plan. The measure also prohibits a third party from engaging in the extension of credit under an open-end credit plan at any office, suite, room, or place of business where a person licensed to make payday loans or motor vehicle title loans conducts the business of making payday loans or motor vehicle title loans. Currently, licensed payday lenders are prohibited from extending credit under an open-end credit plan, and a third party is prohibited from extending credit under an open-end credit plan at a location where a licensed payday lender makes payday loans.

01/03/17 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/06/17 House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1620)
01/17/17 House: Assigned C & L sub: Special Sub-Consumer Lending
01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/08/17 House: Left in Commerce and Labor

HB 1643 Electronic wills.

Chief patron: Loupassi

Summary as introduced:
Electronic wills. Provides a process for the execution of an electronic will, which has the same force and effect as a traditional, written will. The bill requires the electronic will to be stored in an "authoritative electronic record," kept under the control of a "qualified custodian," and contain the electronic signature of the testator and the electronic signatures of either two witnesses or a notary public. The bill defines the terms "authoritative electronic record," "certified paper original," and "qualified custodian."

01/04/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101826D
01/04/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
01/25/17 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket
02/07/17 House: Left in Courts of Justice

HB 1674 Conditional rezoning proffers; definition of public facilities.

Chief patron: Dudenhefer

Summary as introduced:
Conditional rezoning proffers; definition of public facilities. Expands the definition of public facilities to include libraries, court facilities, and certain other public buildings. The bill also provides that when considering the offsite impact of a development on public facilities for purposes of determining the reasonableness of an offsite proffer, the time period of consideration is extended through the anticipated completion of the development.

01/05/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101132D
01/05/17 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/12/17 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
01/18/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 1-N)
02/07/17 House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns

HB 1697 Extension of approvals to address housing crisis.

Chief patron: Marshall, D.W.

Summary as passed House:

Extension of approvals to address housing crisis. Extends the sunset date for several measures related to various land use approvals from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2020. The bill also expands the scope of such measures that will be subject to the extension to include those measures approved by January 1, 2017.

02/21/17 House: Placed on Calendar
02/21/17 House: Senate amendments rejected by House (1-Y 95-N 1-A)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 95-N 1-A)
02/22/17 Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 Senate: Senate requested conference committee

HB 1731 Joint Commission on Administrative Rules; periodic review of exemptions.

Chief patron: Ransone

Summary as passed House:

Joint Commission on Administrative Rules; periodic review of exemptions from the Administrative Process Act. Requires the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, beginning November 1, 2017, on a schedule to be established by the Commission, to conduct an ongoing review of the exemptions authorized by the Administrative Process Act (APA). The bill also requires agencies having APA exemptions, other than the courts, any agency of the Supreme Court, and any agency that by the Constitution of Virginia is expressly granted any of the powers of a court of record, beginning August 1, 2017 to submit a written report to the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, which report includes the date the exemption was enacted, a summary of the necessity for the exemption, and a summary of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the exemption in the immediately preceding two fiscal years. The bill provides that in the event that an agency having an exemption fails to submit the report required, the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules shall recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly that such agency's exemption be discontinued. The bill also requires general notice of the provisions of this requirement to be posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall and published in the Virginia Register of Regulations by the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules to advise agencies of their obligations under the bill.

02/21/17 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
02/21/17 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
02/21/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/21/17 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 House: Placed on Calendar

HB 1735 Conditional rezoning proffers; provisions applicable to certain proffers.

Chief patron: Bulova

Summary as introduced:
Conditional rezoning proffers. Provides that for purposes of determining what constitutes the requesting of an unreasonable proffer, the term "locality" shall not include a person participating at a meeting sponsored by a locality for the purpose of facilitating communication among interested parties and the applicant, provided that the person does not have a statutory role in the approval of a rezoning or a proffer condition amendment.

01/07/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102309D
01/07/17 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/12/17 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
01/18/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/07/17 House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns

HB 1739 Civil immunity; emergency services and communications.

Chief patron: Minchew

Summary as introduced:
Civil immunity; emergency services and communications. Extends immunity from civil liability to persons involved in providing, operating, or maintaining services or equipment used for emergency assistance, unless the act or omission that gave rise to the injury is a result of such person's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Under current law, such immunity is limited to persons who are communications services providers, a term defined in Title 58.1.

01/08/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102472D
01/08/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
01/25/17 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket
02/07/17 House: Left in Courts of Justice

HB 1774 Stormwater management; work group to examine ways to improve.

Chief patron: Hodges

Summary as passed House:

Stormwater and erosion control; work group; stormwater laws. Directs the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency (the Center) to convene a work group to consider alternative methods of stormwater management in rural Tidewater localities. The bill provides that the group is to be facilitated by the Virginia Coastal Policy Center at William and Mary Law School and is to include representatives of institutions of higher education, state agencies, local governments, private industry, and other groups. The bill provides that the work group is to review and consider the creation of rural development growth areas, the development of a volume credit program, the payment of fees to support regional best management practices, and the allowance of the use of stormwater in highway ditches to generate volume credits. The bill requires the Center to report the results of the work group's examination to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by January 1, 2018, which is the date the work group provisions of the bill are set to expire. The bill also delays from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018, the effective date of new stormwater laws enacted during the 2016 Session of the General Assembly.

02/20/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Read third time
02/21/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

HB 1790 Administrative Process Act; development and periodic review of regulations, report.

Chief patron: Lingamfelter

Summary as introduced:
Administrative Process Act; development and periodic review of regulations; report. Requires agencies to develop regulations in the least burdensome and intrusive manner possible and provides guiding principles for the development, adoption, and repeal of regulations. The bill also requires each agency to establish a schedule over a ten-year period for the review of all regulations for which the agency is the primary responsible agency. The schedule shall provide for the annual review of at least 10 percent of an agency's regulations by July 1 of each year. Under the bill, the Governor will submit an annual report containing the findings of the regulation reviews by August 1 of each year to the chairmen of the standing committees of the House of Delegates and the Senate.

02/20/17 House: Enrolled
02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1790ER)
02/20/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1790ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 1797 Proffers; notice of amendment.

Chief patron: Stolle

Summary as introduced:

Amendment of proffers; notice. Provides that when any landowner applies to the governing body for amendments to proffered conditions, direct mail notice shall be given to those directly affected by the amendment.

02/17/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled
02/21/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1797ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 1816 Demurrers; amended pleadings.

Chief patron: Minchew

Summary as introduced:
Demurrers; amended pleadings. Requires that an amended pleading filed after a demurrer to an earlier pleading has been sustained incorporate or refer to the earlier pleading being amended in order to preserve the right to stand on the earlier pleading. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

02/17/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Read third time
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

HB 1817 Consumer finance loans; rate of interest.

Chief patron: Hayes

Summary as introduced:
Consumer finance loans; rate of interest. Increases, from $2,500 to $4,000, the threshold under which consumer finance loans are subject to a maximum interest rate of 36 percent per year. Under this measure, a licensed consumer finance lender may charge interest (i) of not more than 36 percent on loans of $4,000 or less and (ii) at such rate as is stated in the loan contract on loans of more than $4,000.

01/09/17 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/17/17 House: Assigned C & L sub: Special Sub-Consumer Lending
01/17/17 House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1817)
01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/08/17 House: Left in Commerce and Labor

HB 1824 DPOR; deregulation of interior designers.

Chief patron: LaRock

Summary as introduced:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; deregulation of interior designers, landscape architects, and polygraph examiners. Eliminates the requirements for licensure of landscape architects and polygraph examiners and certification of interior designers. The bill contains numerous technical amendments to accomplish the deregulation of these professions.

01/09/17 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/16/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1824)
01/16/17 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
01/19/17 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket
01/24/17 House: Stricken from docket by General Laws

HB 1832 Negotiable instruments; statute of limitations.

Chief patron: Kilgore

Summary as introduced:

Negotiable instruments; statute of limitations. Provides that the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code establishing a six-year limitations period on actions to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument apply to negotiable and non-negotiable certificates of deposit. This bill is identical to SB 1217.

02/20/17 House: Enrolled
02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1832ER)
02/20/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1832ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 1861 Product safety; flame retardants, penalty.

Chief patron: Lopez

Summary as introduced:
Product safety; flame retardants; regulations; fund; civil penalty. Prohibits the manufacture or sale in the Commonwealth, beginning July 1, 2018, of upholstered furniture intended for residential use or any product that is intended to come into close contact with a person younger than 12 years of age if such upholstered furniture or product contains any flame-retardant chemical listed in the bill. The bill requires the manufacturer of any prohibited product to notify sellers of the prohibition by March 31, 2018, and requires a manufacturer to recall by that date any products that it has sold in violation of the prohibition. Casual sales of previously owned products containing the listed chemicals are exempted from the prohibition. The bill subjects any manufacturer in the Commonwealth that manufacturers a product in violation of the provisions of the bill to a civil penalty of $5,000 for a first offense or $10,000 for a second or subsequent offense, and it directs the funds collected to the Virginia Product Safety Fund, created by the bill. Finally, the bill directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of the chapter and to impose the chemical prohibition on certain other consumer products.

01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/16/17 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
01/17/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1861)
01/25/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/07/17 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

HB 1897 Aquaculture; protection of use in an agricultural zone.

Chief patron: Freitas

Summary as introduced:
Zoning; aquaculture in agricultural zone; preexisting use. Provides that any aquaculture use that was established on property that was zoned as an agricultural district at the time, but later was rezoned to disallow agriculture, is a valid nonconforming use of the property. The bill also amends a 2014 Act of Assembly that expanded the definition of agricultural products to provide that the act was declaratory of existing law.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103430D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/16/17 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
02/01/17 House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 5-N)
02/07/17 House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns

HB 1899 Conditional zoning proffers; affordable dwelling units.

Chief patron: Bell, John J.

Summary as introduced:
Conditional zoning proffers; affordable dwelling units. Exempts onsite proffers related to affordable dwelling units from provisions that determine whether a proffer is unreasonable.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102500D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/16/17 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
01/18/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/07/17 House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns

HB 1902 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, et al.; affected local jurisdictions and public entities.

Chief patron: Heretick

Summary as introduced:
Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; affected local jurisdictions and public entities; consideration of economic impact. Requires a private entity requesting approval to develop and operate a qualifying transportation facility under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 or a qualifying project under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 to include an economic impact analysis identifying any potentially adverse economic or revenue impacts a potential comprehensive agreement may have on all affected local jurisdictions. The bill further provides that affected local jurisdictions be given reasonable opportunity to consult with the parties concerning the nature and scope of the impacts and regarding measures that may be taken to avoid or mitigate the impacts or make the agreement revenue-neutral. The bill directs that each responsible public entity must certify compliance with the review of the economic impact analysis provisions.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101372D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/13/17 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
01/18/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1902)
02/07/17 House: Left in Transportation

HB 1903 Business records; admissibility in criminal proceedings.

Chief patron: Heretick

Summary as introduced:
Admissibility of business records; criminal proceedings. Extends to criminal proceedings the existing procedures in civil proceedings for the authentication and foundation necessary for the admission of a business record under the business records exception to the rule against hearsay.

02/15/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1903ER)
02/15/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/17/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017

HB 1909 Real property tax; nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent property.

Chief patron: Yost

Summary as passed House:

Real property tax; nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent property. Permits the nonjudicial sale of unimproved real property valued at less than $5,000 if taxes are delinquent for at least three years. The bill also permits the nonjudicial sale of real property valued at no less than $5,000 but no greater than $20,000 if taxes are delinquent for at least three years, the property is not subject to a recorded mortgage or deed of trust lien, and the property (i) is unimproved and measures less than 4,000 square feet; (ii) is unimproved and has been determined to be unsuitable for building (the bill expands the bases on which unsuitability may rest); (iii) has a structure on it that has been condemned by the local building official; (iv) has been declared a nuisance by the locality; (v) contains a derelict building; or (vi) has been declared to be blighted by the locality. The bill also modifies current law regarding notice of the sale, redemption of the property, and application of surplus proceeds.

Current law permits the nonjudicial sale of unimproved real property valued at less than $10,000 if taxes are delinquent for at least three years and the property (a) measures less than 4,000 square feet or (b) has been determined to be unsuitable for building.

02/20/17 House: Enrolled
02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1909ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
02/22/17 House: Impact statement from TAX (HB1909ER)

HB 1919 Assisted living facilities; cap on civil penalties.

Chief patron: Robinson

Summary as introduced:
Assisted living facilities; cap on civil penalties. Increases the aggregate amount of civil penalties that the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services may assess against an assisted living facility for noncompliance with the terms of its license from $10,000 per 24-month period to $10,000 per 12-month period.

02/14/17 Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
02/17/17 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 1-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Read third time
02/21/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

HB 1937 Professions and occupations; active supervision of regulatory boards.

Chief patron: Heretick

Summary as introduced:
Professions and occupations; active supervision of regulatory boards. Establishes a statewide policy for the regulation of professions and occupations specifying criteria for government regulation with the objective of increasing opportunities, promoting competition, encouraging innovation, protecting consumers, and complying with applicable federal antitrust laws. In addition, the bill establishes a process for the active supervision of state regulatory boards pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission, in which the Court held that a state regulatory board that includes active market participants among its board membership must be actively supervised by the state in order for such board and its members to be entitled to immunity for federal antitrust violations. The bill also creates the Division of Supervision of Regulatory Boards in the Office of the Attorney General to be responsible for the active supervision of regulatory boards.

01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/16/17 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
01/17/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1937)
01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket
01/31/17 House: Stricken from docket by General Laws

HB 1943 Administrative Process Act; economic impact analysis of proposed regulations.

Chief patron: Peace

Summary as passed House:

Administrative Process Act; economic impact analysis; opportunity for comment by affected businesses or other entities. Requires the Department of Planning and Budget to revise and reissue its economic impact analysis within the time limits set forth for the Department's review of regulations at the final stage pursuant to the Governor's executive order for executive branch review if one of the following conditions is present and would materially change the Department's analysis: (i) public comment timely received at the proposed stage indicates significant errors in the economic impact analysis or (ii) there is a significant or material difference between the agency's proposed economic impact analysis and the anticipated negative economic impact to the business community as indicated by public comment. The bill provides that the determination as to whether either such condition is present shall be made by the Department and shall not be subject to judicial review. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill is identical to SB 1431.

EMERGENCY

02/20/17 House: Enrolled
02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1943ER)
02/20/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1943ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 1944 Administrative Process Act; certain regulations for licensed providers by DMAS and DBHDS.

Chief patron: Peace

Summary as passed House:

Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; certain regulations. Requires the Department of Planning and Budget to revise and reissue its economic impact analysis on proposed regulations of any agency subject to the Administrative Process Act within the time limits set forth in the Department's review of regulations at the final stage pursuant to the Governor's executive order for executive branch review if certain conditions are present that would materially change the Department's analysis. The bill also establishes certain requirements related to notice to stakeholders and opportunity for comment when the Department of Medical Assistance Services posts a new regulation or final stage of a regulation to the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall, proposes a change to a provider manual, or proposes a change to guidance documents related to licensure requirements.

02/17/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Read third time
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

HB 1987 Alcoholic beverage control; new license for certain commercial lifestyle centers.

Chief patron: Greason

Summary as passed House:

Alcoholic beverage control; new license for certain commercial lifestyle centers. Defines "commercial lifestyle center" and creates a new nonretail license for commercial lifestyle centers. The bill sets out the privileges of the license and imposes a $300 annual state tax and a $60 annual local tax on the license. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 1391.

02/16/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/17/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
02/21/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1987ER)

HB 1994 Zoning Appeals, Board of; clarifies provisions referring to appeal costs, includes governing body.

Chief patron: Habeeb

Summary as introduced:
Board of zoning appeals. Clarifies that provisions that currently state that appeal costs may not be awarded against the locality unless it appears to the court that the locality acted in bad faith also apply to the governing body.

02/17/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled
02/21/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1994ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 2008 Stormwater; erosion and sediment control, 10,000 square foot minimum disturbance.

Chief patron: Hodges

Summary as introduced:
Stormwater; erosion and sediment control; 10,000 square foot minimum disturbance. Increases from 2,500 square feet to 10,000 square feet the minimum area of land disturbance within a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area that triggers the applicability of erosion or stormwater management programs. Current law establishes a 10,000-square-foot threshold for land-disturbing activities that are located outside of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas.

01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/16/17 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/16/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2008)
01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/01/17 House: Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

HB 2009 Stormwater and erosion management; administration of program by certified third party.

Chief patron: Hodges

Summary as passed House:

Stormwater and erosion management; administration of program by certified third party. Authorizes the hiring of certified third-party professionals to administer any or all aspects of a program for the management of stormwater and erosion, including plan review and inspection but not including enforcement, on behalf of (i) an erosion and stormwater management program authority, which is the State Water Control Board or a locality approved by the State Water Control Board, or (ii) a stormwater management program authority, which can be a locality, a state entity, or another type of entity.

02/20/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Read third time
02/21/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

HB 2010 Virginia Lottery; regulations of sale of lottery tickets over Internet.

Chief patron: Robinson

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Lottery; repeal prohibition against sale of lottery tickets over Internet; provide for regulations of sale of lottery tickets over Internet.

01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/16/17 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/17/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2010)
01/17/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/08/17 House: Left in General Laws

HB 2019 Transportation network company partner; vehicle registration repeal.

Chief patron: Villanueva

Summary as passed:

Transportation network company partner vehicle registration repeal. Removes the requirement that a transportation network company (TNC) partner register his personal vehicle for use as a TNC partner vehicle with the Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill allows the Department of State Police to recognize another state's annual motor vehicle safety inspection in lieu of a Virginia inspection and clarifies that a TNC partner can keep proof of inspection in or on the vehicle. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 1366.

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02/17/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2019ER)
02/17/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/20/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 2020 Temporary driver's licenses, permits, or special identification cards; requirements for issuance.

Chief patron: Villanueva

Summary as passed House:

Issuance of temporary licenses, permits, or special identification cards; requirements. Allows the issuance of a temporary driver's license, permit, or special identification card to an applicant presenting valid documentary evidence that a federal court or federal agency having jurisdiction over immigration has authorized the applicant to be in the United States for a period of at least 30 days from the date of application. The bill specifices which applicants are eligible for such license, permit, or card.

02/08/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/10/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2020EH1)
02/15/17 Senate: Committee amendments
02/15/17 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 7-N)

HB 2024 Condemnation powers and proceedings; notice to owner or tenant.

Chief patron: Freitas

Summary as passed House:

Condemnation powers and proceedings; notice to owner or tenant. Requires an authorized condemnor, or the Commissioner of Highways, as applicable, to give notice to the owner or tenant of freehold property subject to condemnation no later than 15 days prior to the filing or recordation of a certificate in any "quick take" condemnation proceeding. Current law requires notice but does not provide a time frame within which such notice must be given.

02/16/17 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 17105301D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
02/16/17 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
02/21/17 House: House acceded to request

HB 2028 Industrial hemp; removes all restrictions on production, including licensing and regulations.

Chief patron: Freitas

Summary as introduced:
Industrial hemp production; authorization. Removes all restrictions on the production of industrial hemp, including licensing and regulations.

01/30/17 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
02/01/17 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
02/01/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/01/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology
02/08/17 House: Left in Appropriations

HB 2030 Food products; sale at farmers market, farm, or home.

Chief patron: Freitas

Summary as introduced:
Food products; sale at farmers market, farm, or home. Exempts a producer of food, including milk, products made from milk, and poultry, from regulations of the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services so long as the sale of such food by the producer is made directly to the end consumer; the sale is conducted at a farmers market or through a home or farm; the food product contains no uninspected meat other than poultry; and the producer informs the end consumer that the food product is not certified, regulated, or inspected.

01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/16/17 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
01/19/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2030)
01/30/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
02/01/17 House: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (6-Y 15-N)

HB 2032 Filing and application fees for transportation network companies.

Chief patron: Adams

Summary as passed House:

Filing and application fees for transportation network companies. Allows transportation network companies two fee options when applying for an original or renewal of a certificate. A transportation network company may either pay the existing certificate fees of $100,000 upon application and $60,000 for renewal or pay a $20 surcharge per record when purchasing a driver transcript in addition to the current transcript fee. This bill is identical to SB 1101.

02/15/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/17/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
02/21/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 126 (effective 7/1/17)

HB 2034 Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; adds two new disclosures.

Chief patron: Miller

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act. Adds two new disclosures required to be made by a seller of residential real property to a purchaser, one for whether the property is subject to one or more conservation or other easements and a second for whether the property is subject to a community development authority approved by a local governing body. The bill also (i) adds a definitions section for the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act, (ii) provides for electronic delivery of required disclosures, and (iii) provides that the required disclosures provided by the Real Estate Board appear on its website. The bill has numerous technical amendments.

02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Placed on Calendar
02/21/17 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)

HB 2076 State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs, regulations, professional license.

Chief patron: Wilt

Summary as passed House:
State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs; regulations; professional license. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations requiring that all final plan elements, specifications, or calculations whose preparation requires a license in engineering, architecture, soil science, or a related profession be signed and sealed by a licensed professional. The bill requires the regulations to be effective no later than July 1, 2018, and exempts them from certain provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).

02/08/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/09/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
02/09/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
02/09/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2076ER)
02/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 7/1/17)

HB 2102 Insurance regulation; corporate governance annual disclosures.

Chief patron: Byron

Summary as introduced:
Insurance regulation; corporate governance annual disclosures. Requires each insurer domiciled in the Commonwealth, or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, to submit to the State Corporation Commission (SCC) a Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure (CGAD). The CGAD is a confidential report containing material information related to an insurer or insurance group's internal operations that permits the SCC to gain an understanding of the insurer's or insurance group's corporate governance structure, policies, and practices,. The measure sets out requirements for completing and submitting a CGAD with the SCC and provides for the confidential treatment of the CGAD and related information. The measure has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2018.

02/16/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Enrolled
02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2102ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 2112 Electric utilities; community renewable projects.

Chief patron: Keam

Summary as introduced:
Electric utilities; community renewable projects. Requires the State Corporation Commission to adopt rules under which community renewable projects are authorized to operate. A community renewable project is solar or wind-powered electric generation facility with a capacity of not more than 20 megawatts that is operated subject to requirements that the electricity generated by the facility belongs to the project's subscribers. The facility may be owned either by the investor-owned electric utility or distribution cooperative in whose service territory the facility is located or a for-profit or nonprofit entity, which may be an entity entirely owned by or consisting of subscribers, that contracts to sell the electricity generated by the facility to the retail utility. The measure provides that neither the owner of a project nor its subscribers are public utilities and that prices paid for subscriptions in projects shall not be subject to regulation by the Commission. The measure also requires the retail utility to purchase all of the electricity generated by the project and that the purchase of the electricity by the utility shall take the form of a credit against the utility's electric bill to each of the project's subscribers. Finally, the measure requires the Commission to formulate and implement policies that simultaneously encourage the ownership by customers of subscriptions in projects and of other forms of distributed generation to the extent the Commission finds there to be demand for such ownership; the development of projects with attributes that the Commission finds result in lower overall total costs for the retail utility's customers; and successful financing and operation of subscriber-owned projects.

01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/17/17 House: Assigned C & L sub: Special Subcommittee on Energy
01/18/17 House: Impact statement from SCC (HB2112)
01/31/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/08/17 House: Left in Commerce and Labor

HB 2145 Dept.of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulation of land surveyor photogrammetrists.

Chief patron: LeMunyon

Summary as passed House:

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulation of land surveyor photogrammetrists. Provides for the licensure of land surveyor photogrammetrists by the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects. The bill defines "land surveyor photogrammetrists" and sets the criteria for their licensure. The bill provides that it will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.

02/07/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (78-Y 19-N)
02/08/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/20/17 Senate: Committee amendments
02/20/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)

HB 2176 Charitable gaming; conduct of instant games, etc., number of sessions.

Chief patron: Hodges

Summary as introduced:
Charitable gaming; conduct of instant games, etc.; number of sessions. Allows a qualified organization to conduct instant bingo, pull tabs, seal cards, or any other authorized charitable game (i) outside of the social quarters of an organization or (ii) not in connection with a bingo game. The bill requires the Charitable Gaming Board to adopt regulations to effect this change in the law. The bill also eliminates the current limits of two sessions of bingo games, with no more than 55 bingo games per session, that may be conducted in any one calendar day. The bill contains technical amendments.

01/11/17 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/16/17 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/17/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2176)
01/31/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/08/17 House: Left in General Laws

HB 2177 Administrative Process Act; exemption for Charitable Gaming Board.

Chief patron: Hodges

Summary as passed House:

Charitable Gaming Board; exempt rulemaking for certain regulations. Provides that Charitable Gaming Board regulations relating to the approval and conduct of game variations for raffles, bingo, network bingo, and instant bingo games, shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act, provided that (i) such variations result in games that are consistent with the provisions of charitable gaming law and Board regulations and (ii) such regulations are published and posted.

02/20/17 House: Enrolled
02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2177ER)
02/20/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2177ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 2196 Wireless communications infrastructure; procedure for approved by localities.

Chief patron: Kilgore

Summary as introduced:
Wireless communications infrastructure. Provides a uniform procedure for the way in which wireless communications infrastructure is approved by localities and approved and installed in public rights-of-way.

02/03/17 House: Passed by for the day
02/06/17 House: Read second time
02/06/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104414D-H1
02/06/17 House: Engrossment refused by House (37-Y 57-N)
02/06/17 House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT REFUSED (37-Y 57-N)

HB 2213 TANF; time limit on the receipt of financial assistance.

Chief patron: O'Bannon

Summary as introduced:
Time limit on the receipt of TANF financial assistance. Reduces the total lifetime limit on TANF financial assistance to 24 months; reduces the number of consecutive months a person may receive TANF before a period of ineligibility from 24 to 12 consecutive months; and reduces the time period of ineligibility from 24 months to 12 consecutive months.

01/31/17 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N)
01/31/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/31/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
02/03/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/08/17 House: Left in Appropriations

HB 2221 Professional and Occupational Licensing Requirements, Joint Subcommittee to Evaluate; created.

Chief patron: Cline

Summary as introduced:
Joint Subcommittee to Evaluate Professional and Occupational Licensing Requirements. Creates the Joint Subcommittee to Evaluate Professional and Occupational Licensing Requirements of the various regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The bill sets out the membership of the Joint Subcommittee and enumerates its powers and duties. The bill also provides that to assist the Joint Subcommittee in carrying out its powers and duties, the General Assembly shall adopt a schedule for its timely review of the statutory and regulatory professional and occupational licensing requirements of the regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The schedule adopted shall require that no less than 20 percent of such licensing requirements be reviewed annually. The bill states that the General Assembly may delegate this function to the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules.

01/31/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/01/17 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
02/01/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2221H1)
02/03/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/08/17 House: Left in Appropriations

HB 2242 DPOR; regulatory boards within the Department, expiration of regulations.

Chief patron: Miyares

Summary as passed House:

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulatory boards within the Department; expiration of regulations. Requires all proposed and final regulations promulgated by any regulatory board within the Department on or after July 1, 2017, to contain a sunset provision such that the regulations shall expire within five years of their effective date. The bill provides that on or before July 1, 2021, the Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation (the Board) shall review the regulations on such timetable as determined by the Board to enable it to make specific determinations outlined in the bill. The bill requires that by July 1, 2021, the Board shall submit a report of its findings, including any recommendations, to the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules (the Commission), which shall exercise the powers granted to it under the Administrative Process Act and the Commission's enabling law. Any recommendations of the Commission for the continuation, modification, suspension, or rescission of any such regulation shall be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 15, 2021.

02/07/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (64-Y 32-N)
02/08/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/10/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2242E)
02/20/17 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 8-N)

HB 2310 Consumer finance companies; SCC authorized to license out-of-state companies, etc.

Chief patron: Kilgore

Summary as introduced:
Consumer finance companies located in other states. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to license out-of-state consumer finance companies, including lenders that operate via the Internet. Existing law does not provide for the licensing of a consumer finance lender that does not operate from a location within Virginia.

01/12/17 House: Presented and ordered printed 17101539D
01/12/17 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/18/17 House: Impact statement from SCC (HB2310)
01/19/17 House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor

HB 2349 Bioengineered foods; labeling certain products containing GMO, etc.

Chief patron: Marshall, R.G.

Summary as introduced:
Bioengineered foods; GMO content; genetically modified fish; labeling. Requires certain products containing a genetically modified organism (GMO) to bear a label stating, "Congress prohibits states from requiring the on-package labeling of the GMO content of this product." The bill requires retail food stores to post notices and information sheets regarding bioengineered foods and to install digital scanners to read the matrix barcodes that certain packaged foods may use to provide information on GMO content. The bill also requires that any genetically modified fish or fish product be so labeled and that a fish or fish product that is labeled "wild," "antibiotic-free," "hormone-free," or free of added colors or additives be harvested from a river or ocean, not raised in captivity under control for its entire life, and free from added colors and additives. The bill provides that some of its provisions shall be repealed if Congress amends the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard to prohibit the on-package disclosure of bioengineered food solely by means of an electronic or digital link.

01/14/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/23/17 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
01/23/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2349)
01/30/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/07/17 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

HB 2370 Administrative Process Act; reconsideration of an agency's final decision, etc.

Chief patron: Head

Summary as introduced:
Administrative Process Act; reconsideration of an agency's final decision; intermediate relief; suspension of effective date of a regulation or agency decision. Provides if a petition for reconsideration is timely filed, the final decision shall be suspended and the time for filing a notice of appeal under Rule 2A:2 of the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia shall be tolled. Under current law, the final decision is not suspended and the time for filing the notice is not tolled unless the agency provides for the suspension of its decision when it grants a petition for reconsideration. The bill also requires, when judicial review is instituted or is about to be, the agency concerned to postpone the effective date of the regulation or decision involved pending conclusion of the review proceedings.

02/02/17 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 7-N)
02/02/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/03/17 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
02/03/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/08/17 House: Left in Appropriations

HB 2374 Charitable gaming; prohibited practices.

Chief patron: Knight

Summary as passed House:

Charitable gaming; conduct of raffles. Increases from one to three times per calendar year that a qualified organization qualified as a tax-exempt organization pursuant to § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code may conduct a raffle for a prize consisting of a lot improved by a residential dwelling where 100 percent of the moneys received from such a raffle, less deductions for the fair market value for the cost of acquisition of the land and materials, are donated to lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational organizations specifically chartered or organized under the laws of the Commonwealth and qualified as a § 501(c) tax-exempt organization.  The bill also provides that no more than one such raffle shall be conducted in any one geographical region of the Commonwealth.

02/20/17 House: Enrolled
02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2374ER)
02/20/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2374ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 2375 Virginia Home Solicitation Sales Act; prohibited solicitation, penalty.

Chief patron: Watts

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Home Solicitation Sales Act; prohibited solicitation; penalty. Provides that no seller or person acting for him shall make or attempt to make a home solicitation sale on residential property to any person that displays a no soliciting sign on one or more entry doors on such property, except as may be permissible under the Solicitation of Contributions Act. The bill defines "residential property" and "no soliciting sign" and provides that any seller who knowingly violates this provision is guilty of a trespass. The bill also sets out exceptions to its applicability.

01/19/17 House: Referred from Commerce and Labor
01/19/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/20/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
02/01/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/07/17 House: Left in Courts of Justice

HB 2387 Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; waiver of first-time licensing fees.

Chief patron: Yancey

Summary as introduced:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; waiver of first-time licensing fees for low-income applicants. Requires a regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to waive the initial application fee for any low-income individual applying for any license, certificate, or registration issued by the regulatory board or the Department. The bill defines "low-income individual" as any individual whose gross annual income is less than $25,000 per year.

01/31/17 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
01/31/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/01/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology
02/02/17 House: Fiscal impact review from JLARC (HB2387)
02/08/17 House: Left in Appropriations

HB 2390 Renewable energy power purchase agreements; expands pilot program.

Chief patron: Kilgore

Summary as passed House:

Renewable energy power purchase agreements; pilot programs. Expands the pilot program for renewable energy power purchase agreements authorized under legislation enacted in 2013 by directing that a pilot program be conducted by Appalachian Power. Currently, a pilot program is authorized only within Dominion Power's service territory. The measure provides that within the certificated service territory of Appalachian Power, nonprofit, private institutions of higher education that are not being served under a specific renewable generation tariff provision are deemed to be customer-generators eligible to participate in the pilot program, without the requirement that they participate in the utility's net energy metering program. The aggregated capacity of all generation facilities that are subject to third party power purchase agreements in Appalachian Power's pilot program is capped at 7 megawatts.

02/17/17 Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled
02/21/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2390ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 2422 Insurance institution or agent; notice of financial information collection and disclosure practices.

Chief patron: Hugo

Summary as passed House:

Insurance institutions and agents; notice of financial information collection and disclosure practices. Creates an exemption from the requirement that insurance institutions and agents provide policyholders with an annual notice of financial information collection and disclosure practices in connection with insurance transactions. The exemption applies when the insurance institution or agent provides nonpublic personal information to nonaffiliated third parties only in accordance with § 38.2-613 and has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic financial information from the policies and practices that were disclosed in the most recent notice sent to the policyholder.

02/16/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Enrolled
02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2422ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 2439 General Assembly; regulatory penalty statement in legislation.

Chief patron: Freitas

Summary as introduced:
General Assembly; regulatory penalty statement. Requires, beginning January 1, 2018, the inclusion of a regulatory penalty statement in any legislation that imposes a requirement on a business or entity engaged in a regulated activity where, under the basic law of the agency responsible for regulating the activity, the agency has the authority by regulation to establish a graduated scale of monetary or civil penalties in accordance with mandatory maximum or minimum penalties set forth in its basic law for enumerated violations. The regulatory penalty statement shall be printed on the face of each bill, but shall not be codified, and shall indicate that the legislation authorizes the (Name of Agency) to establish a graduated scale of monetary or civil penalties for violations. The bill provides that (i) prior to submission to the Registrar of Regulations, an agency affected by legislation shall, by September 1, provide a written report to the standing committee to which matters relating to the content of the planned regulation are most properly referable describing the subject matter and intent of the planned regulation; (ii) the standing committee shall meet on the planned regulation and shall file with the agency and the Governor any objection to the planned regulation by November 1; (iii) if an objection is filed, the promulgation of the planned regulation shall be suspended, with the concurrence of the Governor, until the end of the next regular legislative session; and (iv) if no objection is filed or the Governor does not concur, the agency may promulgate the regulation in accordance with the Administrative Process Act. The bill also requires general notice of the provisions of this requirement to be posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall and published in the Virginia Register of Regulations by the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules to advise agencies of their obligations under the bill.

02/07/17 House: Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N)
02/07/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (64-Y 33-N)
02/08/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
02/10/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter (13-Y 0-N)

HB 2456 Administrative Process Act; schedule of review of regulations, report.

Chief patron: Hodges

Summary as introduced:
Administrative Process Act; schedule of review of regulations; report. Requires each agency to establish a schedule over a five-year period for the review of all regulations for which the agency is the primary responsible agency. The schedule shall provide for the annual review of at least 20 percent of an agency's regulations by July 1 of each year. Under the bill, the Governor is required to approve a consolidated annual report of the findings of the regulation reviews by August 1 of each year and, upon approval, submit the report to the Chairmen of the standing committees of the House of Delegates and the Senate.

01/20/17 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/23/17 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
01/26/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2456)
01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket
01/31/17 House: Stricken from docket by General Laws

HB 2465 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; open-end credit plans.

Chief patron: Yancey

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; open-end credit plans. Makes a violation of the requirements applicable to open-end credit plan lending a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

01/20/17 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/24/17 House: Assigned C & L sub: Special Sub-Consumer Lending
01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/02/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2465)
02/08/17 House: Left in Commerce and Labor

HB 2477 Onsite sewage systems and private wells; VDH to take steps to eliminate site evaluation.

Chief patron: Orrock

Summary as passed House:

Department of Health to take steps to begin eliminating site evaluation and design services for onsite sewage systems and private wells. Directs the Department of Health to take certain steps to begin eliminating site evaluation and design services for onsite sewage systems and private wells provided by the Department.

02/17/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Read third time
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)

SB 813 Electric utility regulation; solar generation facilities.

Chief patron: Marsden

Summary as introduced:
Electric utility regulation; solar generation facilities. Exempts investor-owned electric utilities from the requirement that in a proceeding for approval to construct a generating facility they demonstrate that they have considered and weighed alternative options, including third-party market alternatives, in their selection process, if the proposed generating facility is located in the Commonwealth, uses energy derived from sunlight, and has been declared by statute to be in the public interest. The measure also directs that (i) any cost incurred or projected to be incurred by a utility in connection with such a generation facility is reasonable and prudent if the costs of the generation facility do not exceed by more than 10 percent the cost that would be incurred in the construction and operation of a combined-cycle combustion turbine generation facility with the same capacity and (ii) any increase in rates paid by customers as a result of the construction and operation of such a generation facility is reasonable if the projected increase in rates resulting from the construction and operation of such facility does not exceed by more than two percent the projected increase in rates that would occur if the utility constructed and operated a combined-cycle combustion turbine generation facility with the same capacity.

11/02/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100749D
11/02/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/06/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB813)
01/18/17 Senate: Assigned C&L sub: Renewable Energy
01/30/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

SB 857 Conditional rezoning; certain conditional rezoning proffers, floor area ratio.

Chief patron: Locke

Summary as introduced:
Conditional rezoning; certain conditional rezoning proffers; floor area ratio. Reduces from 3.0 to 2.0 the minimum floor area ratio necessary for a new residential development to be exempted from provisions applicable to certain proffers as a condition for rezoning.

12/05/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101432D
12/05/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/04/17 Senate: Impact statement from DHCD (SB857)
01/31/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (10-Y 3-N)

SB 858 Discontinued cases; court has discretion to reinstate case.

Chief patron: Locke

Summary as introduced:
Reinstatement of discontinued cases; court's discretion. Provides that a court has discretion to reinstate a discontinued case where a plaintiff has properly moved for such a case to be reinstated. This bill is in response to JSR Mechanical Inc. v. Aireco Supply, Inc., 786 S.E.2d 144 (Va. 2016).

12/05/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101427D
12/05/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB858)
01/30/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)

SB 874 Attorney discipline; procedures.

Chief patron: Norment

Summary as introduced:

Attorney discipline; procedures. Conforms the statutory procedures for disciplining attorneys to the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. This bill is identical to HB 1479.

02/14/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/15/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/15/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
02/15/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
02/20/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 91 (effective 7/1/17)

SB 875 Recordation tax; exemption.

Chief patron: Ruff

Summary as introduced:

Recordation tax; exemption. Exempts from recordation tax deeds of trust given by utility consumer services cooperatives. This bill is identical to HB 1478.

02/17/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/20/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/21/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
02/21/17 Senate: Impact statement from TAX (SB875ER)

SB 917 Electric utility regulation; agricultural net energy metering.

Chief patron: Edwards

Summary as introduced:
Electric utility regulation; agricultural net energy metering. Allows an otherwise eligible agricultural customer-generator to participate in an electric utility's net energy metering program if it is to be served by multiple meters located on one parcel or on multiple parcels. Currently, an agricultural customer-generator may be served by multiple meters that are located at separate but contiguous sites. The measure increases the generation capacity limit for agricultural net metering from 500 kilowatts to one megawatt and adds falling water as a type of generating facility that may be used in agricultural net metering.

12/27/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101691D
12/27/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/12/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB917)
01/18/17 Senate: Assigned C&L sub: Renewable Energy
01/30/17 Senate: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB1394-Wagner) (15-Y 0-N)

SB 922 Dept of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Department of Health Professions; licensure.

Chief patron: Petersen

Summary as introduced:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Department of Health Professions; licensure, certification, registration, and permitting. Provides that certain powers of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, the Department of Health Professions, and health regulatory boards and certain requirements of persons regulated by such entities apply, inclusively, to permits as well as licenses, certifications, and registrations and to holders of permits as well as holders of such licenses, certifications, and registrations.

02/20/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB922ER)
02/20/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB922ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

SB 927 Eminent domain; timing for initiation of 'quick-take' condemnation procedure for just compensation.

Chief patron: Petersen

Summary as introduced:
Eminent domain; timing for initiation of "quick-take" condemnation procedure and petition for determination of just compensation. Provides that an authorized condemnor in a "quick-take" condemnation proceeding shall institute such proceedings within 180 days of the recordation of a certificate terminating the interest of the owner of the property. Under current law, such proceedings must be instituted within 60 days after the completion of the construction of the improvements upon the property. The bill further provides that the owner of such property has 180 days after the authorized condemnor has entered upon and taken possession of the property or after the recordation of a certificate to petition the court for a determination of just compensation for the property taken or damaged by the authorized condemnor.

02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Read second time
02/22/17 House: Read third time
02/22/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

SB 946 Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition.

Chief patron: Obenshain

Summary as passed Senate:

Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition. Expresses the time frame within which petitions for appeal from a final judgment of a trial court or the State Corporation Commission to the Supreme Court shall be filed, currently expressed in months, in an equivalent number of days. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council.

02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Read second time
02/22/17 House: Read third time
02/22/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

SB 947 Petition for appeal to Supreme Court; time period within which petition must be presented.

Chief patron: Obenshain

Summary as introduced:
Petition for appeal to Supreme Court; time period within which petition must be presented. Authorizes the Supreme Court of Virginia to grant a 30-day extension of the deadline for presentation of the petition for appeal in all cases for good cause shown. Under current law, the Court may grant an extension in criminal cases only. The bill also converts all time periods expressed as months to equivalent days to reduce any ambiguity. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.

02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Read second time
02/22/17 House: Read third time
02/22/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

SB 1010 Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties.

Chief patron: Lucas

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission (the Commission) as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill specifies the licensing requirements for casino gaming and imposes penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. The bill also requires the Commission to establish a voluntary exclusion program allowing persons to voluntarily exclude themselves from the gaming areas of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission. Under the bill, casino gaming is limited to localities in which at least 40 percent of the land area is exempt from local real property taxation pursuant to federal law or subdivisions (a) (1) through (a) 5 and (a) 7 of Article X, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia.  In addition, the bill establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund administered by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide counseling and other support services for compulsive and problem gamblers, develop problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to supporting organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers. The bill requires proceeds of the gross receipts tax and admission tax imposed on casino gaming operators to be paid as follows: (i) one percent into the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, ii) 10 percent to the locality in which the casino gaming operation is located, and (iii) 89 percent into the Toll Mitigation Fund, which shall be used to mitigate the tolls established to support construction and maintenance of the Dominion Boulevard Bridge and Roadway Improvement Project and the Downtown Tunnel/Midtown Tunnel/Martin Luther King Freeway Extension Project.

01/04/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/12/17 Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1010)
01/23/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1010)
01/23/17 Senate: Committee amendments
01/23/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N)

SB 1011 Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties.

Chief patron: Lucas

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission (the Commission) as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill specifies the licensing requirements for casino gaming and imposes penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Casino gaming shall be limited to localities that have passed a referendum on the question of allowing casino gaming in the locality. The bill also requires the Commission to establish a voluntary exclusion program allowing persons to voluntarily exclude themselves from the gaming areas of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission. In addition, the bill establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund administered by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide counseling and other support services for compulsive and problem gamblers, develop problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to supporting organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers. The bill requires proceeds of the gross receipts tax and admission tax imposed on casino gaming operators to be paid as follows: (i) one percent into the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, (ii) 10 percent to the locality in which the casino gaming operation is located, and (iii) 89 percent into the Toll Mitigation Fund, which shall be used to mitigate the tolls established to support construction and maintenance of the Dominion Boulevard Bridge and Roadway Improvement Project and the Downtown Tunnel/Midtown Tunnel/Martin Luther King Freeway Extension Project.

01/04/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/12/17 Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1011)
01/23/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1011)
01/23/17 Senate: Committee amendments
01/23/17 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 8-N)

SB 1012 Lottery Board; regulation of casino gaming; penalties.

Chief patron: Lucas

Summary as introduced:
Lottery Board; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Authorizes casino gaming in the Commonwealth to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board (the Board). The bill specifies the licensing requirements for casino gaming and imposes penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Casino gaming shall be limited to localities that have passed a referendum on the question of allowing a casino gaming establishment in the locality. The bill requires the Board to establish and implement a voluntary exclusion program allowing individuals to voluntarily list themselves as being barred from entering a casino gaming establishment or other facility under the jurisdiction of the Board. In addition, the bill establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund administered by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide counseling and other support services for compulsive and problem gamblers, develop problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to supporting organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers. The bill requires proceeds of the gross receipts tax and admission tax imposed on casino gaming operators to be paid as follows: (i) one percent into the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, (ii) 10 percent to the locality in which the casino gaming operation is located, and (iii) 89 percent into the Toll Mitigation Fund, which shall be used to mitigate the tolls established to support construction and maintenance of the Dominion Boulevard Bridge and Roadway Improvement Project and the Downtown Tunnel/Midtown Tunnel/Martin Luther King Freeway Extension Project.

01/04/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100708D
01/04/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/12/17 Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1012)
01/23/17 Senate: Committee amendments
01/23/17 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 8-N)

SB 1019 Board of Accountancy.

Chief patron: Barker

Summary as passed Senate:

Board of Accountancy. Amends provisions governing the regulation of certified public accountants by the Board of Accountancy, including (i) clarifying that certified public accountants are subject to the continuing professional education requirements without regard to whether they use the CPA title when providing services to the public, (ii) prohibiting a certified public accountant from practicing under an expired license, and (iii) requiring that employment experience reported on a license application be verified by a licensed certified public accountant. The bill extends from three to five years the time for filing a complaint against an out-of-state certified public accountant or CPA firm. The bill also requires a CPA firm to enroll in a peer review program only if the firm provides services that fall within the scope of a peer review program. Under current law, all CPA firms are required to enroll in a peer review program regardless of the type of services provided.

02/16/17 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Read second time
02/21/17 House: Read third time
02/21/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)

SB 1037 Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures; local historic districts.

Chief patron: Locke

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures; local historic districts. Advises a prospective purchaser of residential property under the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act, upon delivery of the residential property disclosure statement wherein the owner makes no representations with respect to the presence of a historic district, to review any materials available from the locality that explain (i) any requirements to alter, reconstruct, renovate, restore, or demolish buildings or signs in the local historic district and (ii) the necessity of obtaining any local review board or governing body approvals prior to doing any work on a property located in a local historic district. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.

02/16/17 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Read second time
02/21/17 House: Read third time
02/21/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)

SB 1038 Open-end credit plans.

Chief patron: Locke

Summary as introduced:
Open-end credit plans. Prohibits any person licensed to make motor vehicle title loans from engaging in the extension of credit under an open-end credit plan. The measure also prohibits a third party from engaging in the extension of credit under an open-end credit plan at any office, suite, room, or place of business where a person licensed to make payday loans or motor vehicle title loans conducts the business of making payday loans or motor vehicle title loans. Currently, licensed payday lenders are prohibited from extending credit under an open-end credit plan, and a third party is prohibited from extending credit under an open-end credit plan at a location where a licensed payday lender makes payday loans.

01/04/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102178D
01/04/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/16/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)
01/17/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1038)

SB 1095 Electric utility regulation; suspension of reviews of earnings, Transitional Rate Period.

Chief patron: Petersen

Summary as introduced:
Electric utility regulation; suspension of reviews of earnings; Transitional Rate Period. Provides that the Transitional Rate Period will conclude on the date the carbon emission guidelines for existing electric power generation facilities that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued pursuant to § 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act are withdrawn, repealed, found to be invalid or unenforceable, or otherwise barred from being implemented, if that date precedes the date when the Transitional Rate Period is scheduled to conclude under existing law. Pursuant to legislation enacted in 2015, the State Corporation Commission (SCC) is barred from conducting a biennial review of the rates, terms, and conditions for any service of these electric utilities during the Transitional Rate Period. Under existing law, the Transitional Rate Period is scheduled to conclude on December 31, 2017, for Appalachian Power and on December 31, 2019, for Dominion Virginia Power.

01/06/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101905D
01/06/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/16/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)
01/18/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1095)

SB 1101 Filing and application fees for transportation network companies.

Chief patron: Newman

Summary as passed Senate:

Filing and application fees for transportation network companies. Allows transportation network companies two fee options when applying for an original or renewal of a certificate. A transportation network company may either pay the existing certificate fees of $100,000 upon application and $60,000 for renewal or pay a $20 surcharge per record when purchasing a driver transcript in addition to the current transcript fee. This bill is identical to HB 2032.

02/14/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/15/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/15/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
02/15/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
02/20/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 74 (effective 7/1/17)

SB 1113 Contractors, Board for; optional bonding for Class A and B contractors.

Chief patron: McPike

Summary as introduced:
Board for Contractors; optional bonding for Class A and B contractors. Allows applicants for Class A and Class B contractor licenses to demonstrate financial responsibility by posting a surety bond for both initial application for licensure and subsequent renewals in lieu of providing a financial statement. The bill provides a process for recovery on a surety bond of a contractor who has elected to post such a bond. The bill also amends the Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Act (the Act) by providing that an informal fact-finding conference or formal hearing under the Administrative Process Act is not required as a part of the consideration of the claim against the Act unless requested by the claimant. Under current law, an informal fact-finding conference may be held at the discretion of the Department.

02/16/17 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Read second time
02/21/17 House: Read third time
02/21/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)

SB 1125 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; open-end credit plans.

Chief patron: Surovell

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; open-end credit plans. Makes a violation of the requirements applicable to open-end credit plan lending a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

01/09/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100954D
01/09/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/16/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 17103974D-S1
01/16/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 5-N)

SB 1126 Consumer finance companies; Internet loans, report.

Chief patron: Surovell

Summary as passed Senate:

Consumer finance companies; Internet loans. Provides that the laws regulating consumer finance companies apply to persons making loans to individuals for personal, family, household, or other nonbusiness purposes over the Internet to Virginia residents or any individuals in Virginia, whether or not the person making the loans maintains a physical presence in the Commonwealth. The measure has a reenactment clause and directs the Bureau of Financial Institutions to conduct an analysis of the legal, administrative, and other relevant issues relating to the feasibility of regulating Internet lending activities by consumer finance companies.

01/26/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1126E)
01/31/17 House: Placed on Calendar
01/31/17 House: Read first time
01/31/17 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/16/17 House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor

SB 1127 State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs, regulations, professional license.

Chief patron: Obenshain

Summary as passed:

State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs; regulations; professional license. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations requiring that all final plan elements, specifications, or calculations whose preparation requires a license in engineering, architecture, soil science, or a related profession be signed and sealed by a licensed professional. The bill requires the regulations to be effective no later than July 1, 2018, and exempts them from certain provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.). This bill is identical to HB 2076.

02/16/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/17/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1127ER)
02/17/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017

SB 1130 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; implementation of certification programs.

Chief patron: Ruff

Summary as introduced:
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, 2018, 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, 2018, shall have such certification extended for a three-year period. The bill also provides that the Director of the Department adopt regulations that will, beginning July 1, 2018, establish a three-year certification period for small businesses to be based on the dominant business activity of each small business entity. The bill (i) includes a definition of "dominant business activity"; (ii) provides for the Department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with appropriate agencies establishing provisions for the sharing of information, consistent with the requirements of state and federal law; (iii) authorizes the Director to terminate a contract with any independent certifying entities to assist in the certification of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses based on performance or a written determination by the Director that continuing the contract is not practicable, and (iv) requires the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to evaluate the effect of the implementation of the new definition at three-year intervals, reporting to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2021, and December 1, 2024.

02/09/17 House: Placed on Calendar
02/09/17 House: Read first time
02/09/17 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/10/17 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
02/21/17 House: Left in General Laws

SB 1136 Money order sellers and money transmitters; required investments.

Chief patron: Mason

Summary as introduced:
Money transmitters; investments. Permits the aggregate dollar amount of the outstanding stored value products of a licensed money transmitter to be calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Such licensees are required to maintain permissible investments that have a market value of not less than the aggregate dollar amount of all of their outstanding money transmission transactions, which by definition includes selling or issuing stored value.

02/17/17 House: Read third time
02/17/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/17/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1136ER)

SB 1139 Vested property rights; nonconforming uses.

Chief patron: Obenshain

Summary as introduced:
Vested property rights. Provides that if a structure is one that requires no building permit, and an authorized local government official informs the property owner that the structure will comply with the zoning ordinance, and the owner relies upon the representation and constructs the improvements, a zoning ordinance may provide that the structure is nonconforming but shall not provide that such structure is illegal and subject to removal solely due to such nonconformity. The provisions of the bill are declared to not be deemed retroactive.

01/09/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102236D
01/09/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/24/17 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Local Government (13-Y 0-N)

SB 1140 Legal malpractice; estate planning.

Chief patron: Sturtevant

Summary as introduced:

Legal malpractice; estate planning. Provides that the statute of limitations for legal malpractice related to estate planning is five years if the legal representation was based on a written contract and three years if the legal representation was based on an unwritten contract. The bill provides that the accrual date for such an action is the date of completion of the representation. The bill further provides that a person who is not party to the representation shall have standing to maintain such an action only if there is a written agreement between the individual who is the subject of the estate planning and the defendant that expressly grants standing to such person. This bill is in response to Thorsen v. Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 786 S.E.2d 453 (Va. 2016). This bill is identical to HB 1617.

02/14/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/15/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/15/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
02/15/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
02/20/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 93 (effective 7/1/17)

SB 1149 Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare; transitional support services, time limit.

Chief patron: Favola

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare; transitional support services; time limit. Extends from 12 months to 24 months the amount of time a Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare participant whose Temporary Assistance for Needy Families financial assistance has been terminated can receive transitional support services, provided the participant is enrolled in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education and is taking courses as part of a curriculum that leads to a postsecondary credential, such as a degree or an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license. The bill provides that such transitional support services shall terminate when the participant completes his curriculum at such institution or school or is otherwise no longer enrolled in such institution or school, or at the end of 24 months, whichever comes first. The bill directs the Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

02/08/17 House: Read first time
02/08/17 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/10/17 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/21/17 House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions

SB 1153 Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs.

Chief patron: Obenshain, Petersen

Summary as introduced:
Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs. Directs the court to reimburse a plaintiff for the costs of an inverse condemnation proceeding for "damaging" property if a judgment is entered for the plaintiff. Under current law, the court is directed to award costs only for the "taking" of property. The change made in this bill corresponds with the language of amendments to Article I, Section 11 of the Constitution of Virginia, which became effective on January 1, 2013.

02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Read second time
02/22/17 House: Read third time
02/22/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

SB 1157 Lobbyist disclosure; reporting by certain political subdivisions.

Chief patron: Reeves

Summary as introduced:
Lobbyist disclosure; reporting by certain political subdivisions. Requires the governing body of any association or other nonstock corporation that is established by a political subdivision or combination of political subdivisions of the Commonwealth to file a separate registration statement on behalf of their officers and employees who will be engaged in lobbying. The bill also prohibits such political subdivisions from using public funds to support lobbying efforts and requires funds used for lobbying to be segregated from public funds and held in a separate bank account.

01/09/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100695D
01/09/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
01/30/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1157)
02/02/17 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Rules (6-Y 7-N)

SB 1158 Insurance; reciprocals.

Chief patron: Reeves

Summary as passed Senate:

Insurance; reciprocals. Allows a foreign reciprocal to obtaining a license to transact the business of insurance in the Commonwealth if an affiliate of the foreign reciprocal is licensed to write the class of insurance it proposes to write in Virginia and is writing actively that class of insurance in its state of domicile or at least two other states. The measure also provides that a foreign or alien reciprocal is prohibited from transacting the business of insurance in Virginia until it obtains from the State Corporation Commission both a certificate of authority and a license to transact the business of insurance in the Commonwealth.

02/17/17 House: Read third time
02/17/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/17/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1158ER)

SB 1173 Vested property rights; nonconforming uses.

Chief patron: Obenshain

Summary as introduced:
Vested property rights. Provides that if a structure is one that requires no permit, and an authorized local government official informs the property owner that the structure will comply with the zoning ordinance, and the improvement was thereafter constructed, a zoning ordinance may provide that the structure is nonconforming but shall not provide that such structure is illegal and subject to removal solely due to such nonconformity. The provisions of the bill are declared to not be deemed retroactive.

02/16/17 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1173ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

SB 1193 Contractors, Board of; exemptions, responsibility for contracting with unlicensed person.

Chief patron: Stuart

Summary as passed:

Board for Contractors; exemption from licensure; responsibility for contracting with unlicensed or unregistered person. Exempts from licensure work undertaken by a person providing construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition valued at $2,500 or less per project on behalf of a properly licensed contractor, provided that such contractor holds a valid license in the residential or commercial building contractor classification. The bill provides, however, that any construction services that require an individual license or certification shall be rendered only by an individual licensed or certified by the Board for Contractors. The bill also provides that any contractor that directly employs or otherwise contracts with a person who is not credentialed by the Board for Contractors for work requiring a credential shall be solely responsible for any monetary penalty or other sanction resulting from the act of employing or contracting with a person who lacks the proper credential based upon such person's failure to obtain or maintain the required credential. This bill is identical to HB 1979.

02/16/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/17/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
02/21/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 135 (effective 7/1/17)

SB 1197 Small renewable energy projects; State Corporation Commission to review construction, etc.

Chief patron: Deeds

Summary as introduced:
Small renewable energy projects; State Corporation Commission jurisdiction. Restores the requirement for State Corporation Commission (SCC) review of the construction and operation of certain small renewable energy projects. In 2009, the General Assembly removed the requirement that the owner or operator of a small renewable energy project, defined as (i) an electrical generation facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 100 megawatts that generates electricity only from sunlight, wind, falling water, wave motion, tides, or geothermal power or (ii) an electrical generation facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 20 megawatts that generates electricity only from biomass or certain waste, obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity approval for the project from the SCC. This measure restores the requirement for those small renewable energy projects that either will disturb an area of 100 acres or more or are located within five miles of a boundary between the political subdivision in which such project is located and another locality.

01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101447D
01/10/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/17/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1197)
01/18/17 Senate: Assigned C&L sub: Renewable Energy
01/30/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

SB 1205 Commercial fishing vessels; classifies vessels as a separate class of property.

Chief patron: Lewis

Summary as introduced:

Tangible personal property; commercial fishing vessels. Classifies commercial fishing vessels and property permanently attached to such vessels as a separate class of property for the purpose of local personal property tax.

02/17/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/20/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/21/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
02/21/17 Senate: Impact statement from TAX (SB1205ER)

SB 1213 Life and accident and sickness insurance; notice of lapse of policy, contract, or plan.

Chief patron: DeSteph

Summary as introduced:
Insurance notices. Requires that the policy owner, contract owner, or plan owner under an individual policy, contract, or plan of life insurance, an annuity, or accident and sickness insurance be sent written notice by registered or certified mail prior to the date that the policy, contract, or plan will lapse for failure to pay premiums due.

01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103079D
01/10/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/20/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1213)
01/23/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N)

SB 1216 Alcoholic beverage control; availability of food when spirits served.

Chief patron: DeSteph

Summary as introduced:
Alcoholic beverage control; availability of food when spirits served. Directs the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to promulgate regulations that require mixed beverage licensees to have food, cooked or prepared on the licensed premises, available for on-premises consumption whenever spirits are sold or served. The bill requires that such food be available in all areas of the licensed premises in which spirits are sold or served.

02/21/17 House: Committee amendment agreed to
02/21/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
02/21/17 House: Passed House with amendment (89-Y 7-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 7-N)
02/22/17 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)

SB 1217 Negotiable instruments; statute of limitations.

Chief patron: Chafin

Summary as introduced:

Negotiable instruments; statute of limitations. Provides that the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code establishing a six-year limitations period on actions to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument apply to negotiable and non-negotiable certificates of deposit. This bill is identical to HB 1832.

02/15/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/15/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
02/15/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
02/15/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1217ER)
02/20/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 83 (effective 7/1/17)

SB 1219 Property transportation network companies; required to provide motor vehicle liability coverage.

Chief patron: Stanley

Summary as introduced:
Property transportation network companies. Requires property transportation network companies to provide motor vehicle liability coverage in the same amounts as are currently required for transportation network companies.

01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102115D
01/10/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/25/17 Senate: Assigned Trans sub: Property Carriers
02/01/17 Senate: Incorporated by Transportation (SB1364-Newman) (13-Y 0-N)
02/02/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1219)

SB 1289 Natural gas utilities; qualified projects, investments in eligible infrastructure.

Chief patron: Chafin

Summary as passed Senate:

Qualified projects of natural gas utilities. Exempts any natural gas utility serving fewer than 2,000 residential customers and fewer than 350 commercial and industrial customers in the year in which the utility makes an investment for qualifying projects from the provision that limits the amount of investment that a natural gas utility may make in qualifying projects to one percent of its net plant investment that was used in establishing base rates in its most recent rate case. The measure applies only to projects located in the coalfield region of Virginia. The existing exemption to the one percent cap was enacted in 2013 and applies to any natural gas utility serving fewer than 1,000 residential customers and fewer than 250 commercial and industrial customers in such year. Legislation enacted in 2012 established a mechanism for natural gas utilities to recover the eligible infrastructure development costs of a qualifying project through future rates. A qualifying project is an economic development project for which, among other things, the utility has received a binding commitment from the developer or occupant of the proposed project regarding capacity or a financial guaranty from the developer or state or local government in the amount of at least 50 percent of the estimated investment to be made in the proposed project. This bill is identical to SB 1289.

02/13/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/13/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/14/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
02/14/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
02/21/17 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate

SB 1309 Transacting business under assumed name; filing of certificate with clerk of SCC.

Chief patron: Norment

Summary as passed Senate:

Transacting business under assumed name; filing certificate; penalty. Prohibits a person from conducting or transacting business under any assumed or fictitious name unless such person files in the office of the clerk of the State Corporation Commission a certificate of assumed or fictitious name. The measure specifies the requirements for a certificate of assumed or fictitious name. A person who signs a certificate the person knows is false in any material respect with intent that the certificate be delivered to the Commission for filing is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The measure eliminates the existing requirement that a person conducting business under an assumed or fictitious name file a certificate with the clerk of the circuit court where the business is to be conducted. The measure has an effective date of May 1, 2019.

02/21/17 House: Committee amendment agreed to
02/21/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
02/21/17 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)

SB 1364 Property and bulk property carriers; regulation, combines authorities.

Chief patron: Newman

Summary as passed Senate:

Department of Motor Vehicles; regulation of property carriers. Combines the current property carrier and bulk property carrier authorities and eliminates the current license requirement for property brokers. The bill eliminates the requirement for the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specially designated license plates for property-carrying vehicles operated for hire. The bill reduces insurance limits for carriers operating vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 7,500 pounds but not in excess of 10,000 pounds from $750,000 to $300,000. The bill reduces current liability coverage requirements for property carriers from $750,000 to $50,000 per person, $100,000 per incident for death and bodily injury, and $25,000 for property damage for passenger cars, motorcycles, autocycles, and vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 7,500 pounds or less. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2017. The bill incorporates SB 1219 and SB 1435.

02/20/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1364ER)
02/20/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1364ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

SB 1366 Transportation network company partner; vehicle registration repeal.

Chief patron: Newman

Summary as passed:

Transportation network company partner vehicle registration repeal. Removes the requirement that a transportation network company (TNC) partner register his personal vehicle for use as a TNC partner vehicle with the Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill allows the Department of State Police to recognize another state's annual motor vehicle safety inspection in lieu of a Virginia inspection and clarifies that a TNC partner can keep proof of inspection in or on the vehicle. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 2019.

EMERGENCY

02/20/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1366ER)
02/20/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1366ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

SB 1372 Consumer finance loans; rate of interest.

Chief patron: Saslaw

Summary as introduced:
Consumer finance loans; rate of interest. Increases, from $2,500 to $4,000, the threshold under which consumer finance loans are subject to a maximum interest rate of 36 percent per year. Under this measure, a licensed consumer finance lender may charge interest (i) of not more than 36 percent on loans of $4,000 or less and (ii) at such rate as is stated in the loan contract on loans of more than $4,000.

01/11/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101494D
01/11/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/18/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1372)
02/03/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

SB 1373 Group homes; written notice prior to issuance of license.

Chief patron: Norment

Summary as introduced:
Group homes. Provides that any entity intending to locate a public or private detention home, group home, or other residential care facility in a locality shall give the chief administrative officer of that locality and the president of any home owner's association for the neighborhood in which such public or private detention home, group home, or other residential care facility is to be located at least 90 days written notice prior to the issuance of the license. The bill also states that no initial license to operate a public or private detention home, group home, or other residential care facility shall be granted if (i) the facility is to be located within one-half mile of a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school and (ii) the residents of such facility may include persons who, on the basis of a prior record of criminal charges involving harm to persons or property or a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity for crimes involving harm to persons or property, may constitute a clear and present threat to the health or safety of other individuals, except when such service is provided by a hospital licensed by the Board of Health or the Commissioner or is owned or operated by an agency of the Commonwealth. Other provisions of the bill relate to the validity of restrictive covenants that prohibit owners from using, or renting a dwelling for another entity to use, their premises to house a person or persons who, on the basis of a prior record of criminal convictions involving harm to persons or property or a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity involving harm to persons or property, may constitute a clear and present threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the neighborhood.

01/31/17 Senate: Reported from Local Government with amendments (7-Y 6-N)
02/02/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/03/17 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
02/03/17 Senate: Recommitted to Local Government
02/08/17 Senate: Left in Local Government

SB 1391 Alcoholic beverage control; new license for certain commercial lifestyle centers.

Chief patron: DeSteph

Summary as passed Senate:

Alcoholic beverage control; new license for certain commercial lifestyle centers. Defines "commercial lifestyle center" and creates a new nonretail license for commercial lifestyle centers. The bill sets out the privileges of the license and imposes a $300 annual state tax and a $60 annual local tax on the license. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 1987.

02/17/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1391ER)
02/17/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/20/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/21/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

SB 1404 Medical Assistance Services, Department of; eligibility for services under waiver.

Chief patron: DeSteph

Summary as introduced:
Department of Medical Assistance Services; eligibility for services under waiver. Prohibits the Department of Medical Assistance Services from reducing, terminating, suspending, or denying services for an individual enrolled in a waiver who is otherwise eligible for such services on the basis of such individual's informed choice of place of residence in the Commonwealth.

01/11/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102683D
01/11/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/16/17 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
01/18/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1404)
01/26/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (14-Y 1-N)

SB 1425 Ticket Resale Rights Act; limitations on reselling tickets on Internet ticketing platform, penalty.

Chief patron: Stanley

Summary as passed Senate:

Rights to resell tickets; civil penalty. Prohibits any person that issues tickets for admission to a professional concert, professional sporting event, or professional theatrical production, open to the public for which tickets are ordinarily sold, from issuing the ticket solely through a delivery method that substantially prevents the ticket purchaser from lawfully reselling the ticket on the Internet ticketing platform of the ticket purchaser's choice. The measure also prohibits a person from being discriminated against or denied admission to an event solely on the basis that the person resold a ticket, or purchased a resold ticket, on a specific Internet ticketing platform. A person violating these prohibitions is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000. This bill is identical to HB 1825.

02/17/17 House: Read third time
02/17/17 House: Passed House (88-Y 10-N 1-A)
02/17/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 10-N 1-A)
02/22/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1425ER)

SB 1431 Administrative Process Act; economic impact analysis of proposed regulations.

Chief patron: Reeves

Summary as passed Senate:

Administrative Process Act; economic impact analysis of proposed regulations; input from affected businesses. Requires the Department of Planning and Budget to revise and reissue its economic impact analysis of a proposed regulation if (i) public comment received during the proposed stage indicates significant errors in the economic impact analysis or (ii) there is significant or material difference between the agency's proposed economic impact analysis and the anticipated negative economic impacts to the business community as indicated by public comment. The bill provides that the Department's determination regarding whether one of the conditions warranting reconsideration is present is not subject to judicial review. The bill contains an emergency clause.

EMERGENCY

02/17/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/17/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1431ER)
02/22/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1431ER)

SB 1473 Electric utilities; recovery of costs of undergrounding distribution lines.

Chief patron: Saslaw

Summary as passed Senate:

Electric utilities; undergrounding distribution lines. Declares that the replacement of any subset of an investor-owned electric utility's existing overhead distribution tap lines that have, in the aggregate, an average of nine or more total unplanned outage events-per-mile over a preceding 10-year period with new underground facilities in order to improve electric service reliability is in the public interest. The measure also provides that there shall be a rebuttable presumption that (i) the conversion of such facilities will provide local and system-wide benefits, (ii) the new underground facilities are cost beneficial, and (iii) the costs associated with the new underground facilities are reasonably and prudently incurred. An enactment clause provides that the measure shall apply to any applications pending with the Commission regarding new underground facilities on or after January 1, 2017. Another enactment clause directs an investor-owned incumbent electric utility to provide written notice to any cable operator of a cable television system that has attached its facilities to its poles that will be replaced in a project to underground existing overhead distribution tap lines not less than 90 days prior to relocating the utility's overhead distribution lines. The clause also establishes a procedure for negotiating a common shared underground easement.

02/17/17 House: Read third time
02/17/17 House: Passed House (92-Y 4-N 2-A)
02/17/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 4-N 2-A)
02/22/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1473ER)

SB 1481 Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee; procedures used by the Va. State Bar to evaluate, etc.

Chief patron: Sturtevant

Summary as introduced:
Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee; Virginia State Bar. Codifies the procedures used by the State Bar to evaluate and recommend candidates for election by the General Assembly to the appellate courts, the federal courts, and the State Corporation Commission.

01/17/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103932D
01/17/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/30/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1481)
02/01/17 Senate: Committee amendments
02/01/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N)

SB 1491 Agritourism activity; definition to include rental of a single-family residence.

Chief patron: Stuart

Summary as introduced:
Agritourism activity; residence rental. Defines "agritourism activity" to include the rental of a single-family residence for a period of at least one week.

02/03/17 House: Read first time
02/03/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
02/06/17 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/21/17 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

SB 1492 Water utilities; retail rates of affiliated utilities, definitions, etc.

Chief patron: Stuart

Summary as passed Senate:

Water utilities; consolidated ratemaking. Requires that in any ratemaking proceeding for certain investor-owned water utilities that are part of a water utility network the State Corporation Commission shall ensure that equal fixed and volumetric rates are charged for each customer class of every water utility that is in the water utility network. In such proceeding, the Commission is authorized to aggregate the revenues and costs of the water utilities that are members of the applicable water utility network.

02/16/17 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Read second time
02/21/17 House: Read third time
02/21/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)

SB 1494 Transportation network company; brokers allowed to arrange rides with TNC.

Chief patron: McClellan

Summary as passed Senate:

Transportation network company; brokers. Allows brokers to arrange rides with transportation network company (TNC) partner vehicles. The bill requires such brokers to be licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles and includes insurance requirements for TNC partner vehicles operating at the request of a broker.

02/20/17 House: Committee amendments agreed to
02/20/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
02/20/17 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)

SB 1509 Administrative Process Act; exemption for Charitable Gaming Board.

Chief patron: Cosgrove

Summary as introduced:
Charitable Gaming Board; exempt rulemaking for certain regulations. Provides that Charitable Gaming Board regulations relating to charitable gaming development, including game variations for the conduct of raffles, bingo, network bingo, and instant bingo games, shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act, provided that (i) such variations result in games that are consistent with the provisions of charitable gaming law and Board regulations, (ii) such regulations are published and posted, and (iii) the Board files a copy of any such regulations with the Registrar of Regulations.

02/16/17 House: Reported from General Laws (18-Y 1-N)
02/20/17 House: Read second time
02/21/17 House: Read third time
02/21/17 House: Passed House (91-Y 4-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 4-N)

SB 1512 Charitable gaming; conduct of games, special permits.

Chief patron: Surovell

Summary as passed Senate:

Charitable gaming; conduct of games; special permits. Authorizes the Charitable Gaming Board to grant special permits to qualified organizations to replace (i) an approved game that falls on a state, federal, or religious holiday, or (ii) an approved game that has been canceled by the qualified organization on account of severe weather conditions in the locality in which the approved game was scheduled occur, provided that the qualified organization notifies the Department within 24 hours of the canceled approved game and the Department is satisfied that the severe weather conditions warranted cancellation. The bill also allows a qualified organization to pay volunteers who are nonmembers of the qualified organization up $50 per game session.

02/21/17 House: Committee amendments agreed to
02/21/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
02/21/17 House: Passed House with amendments (89-Y 6-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 6-N)
02/22/17 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)

SB 1541 Financial institutions; confidentiality of information.

Chief patron: Deeds

Summary as introduced:
Financial institutions; confidentiality of information. Provides that the scope of the prohibition on the State Corporation Commission's disclosure of personal information does not encompass any information pertaining to an individual's ownership interest in a person regulated under Title 6.2. The measure excludes from the prohibition any information pertaining to the business of a sole proprietorship or mortgage loan originator regulated under Titl2 6.2. The measure also provides that an annual report or other periodic written report filed with the Bureau of Financial Institutions by a licensed nondepository institution is not confidential and shall be available for public inspection, subject to same limitation regarding the disclosure of an individual's personal information.

01/20/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17101550D
01/20/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/24/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1541)
02/03/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

SB 1542 Occupational health and safety laws; increases maximum amount of civil penalties.

Chief patron: Saslaw

Summary as introduced:

Occupational health and safety laws; amount of civil penalties. Increases the maximum amount of civil penalties that may be assessed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry (Commissioner) for certain violations of occupational safety and health laws from $7,000 to $12,471 and for willful or repeated violations of such laws from $70,000 to $124,709. The measure also requires the Commissioner annually to increase the maximum civil penalty amounts, starting in 2018, by an amount that reflects the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index from the previous calendar year. This bill is identical to HB 1883.

02/16/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1542ER)
02/16/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/17/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017

SB 1572 DPOR; regulation of land surveyor photogrammetric.

Chief patron: Stanley

Summary as introduced:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulation of land surveyor photogrammetrists. Provides for the licensure of land surveyor photogrammetrists by the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects. The bill defines "land surveyor photogrammetrists" and sets the criteria for their licensure.

01/20/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104229D
01/20/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/25/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1572)
02/01/17 Senate: Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB1572)
02/03/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (9-Y 4-N)

SB 1573 Appraisal management companies; engagement and compensation of independent appraisers required.

Chief patron: Wagner

Summary as passed Senate:

Appraisal management companies; compensation to appraisers. Requires that an appraisal management company shall compensate the appraiser within 30 days of the initial delivery by the appraiser of the completed appraisal report, except in the case of breach of contract, or an appraisal that contains one or more documented errors of law, regulation, appraisal standards, or reasonable requirements of the appraisal management company that have not been corrected by the appraise. the bill also prohibits an appraisal management company from contracting with an appraiser who is a current employee of the appraisal management company or allowing an employee of the same appraisal management company to complete appraisal services.

02/21/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17105415D-H1
02/21/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1573H1
02/21/17 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)

SB 1575 Virginia Real Estate Appraiser Board; appraisal management companies, compensation of appraisers.

Chief patron: Wagner

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Real Estate Appraiser Board; appraisal management companies; compensation of appraisers. Requires an appraisal management company to compensate appraisers at a rate that is customary and reasonable for appraisal services performed in the market area of the property being appraised. The bill provides that compliance with the fee requirement is presumed if an appraisal management company compensates appraisers in an amount that is reasonably related to recent rates paid for comparable appraisal services by entities other than appraisal management companies in the geographic market of the property being appraised. The bill also provides that an appraisal management company may use objective third-party information, such as government agency fee schedules, academic studies, and independent private sector surveys, as evidence to determine appraiser compensation.

01/20/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103556D
01/20/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/25/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1575)
02/03/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (14-Y 0-N)

SB 1578 Short-term rental of property; registration of persons offering property for rental.

Chief patron: Norment

Summary as introduced:
Short-term rental of property. Authorizes a locality to adopt an ordinance requiring the registration of persons offering property for short-term rental. The bill defines "short-term rental" as the provision of a room or space suitable for sleeping or lodging for less than 30 consecutive days. Persons and entities already licensed related to the rental or management of property by the Board of Health, the Real Estate Board, or a locality would not be required to register. The bill authorizes localities to impose fees and penalties on persons who violate the registry ordinance or who offer short-term rentals that have multiple violations of state or federal laws or ordinances, including those related to alcoholic beverage control. The bill amends the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Act to clarify that certain property rented on a short-term basis is considered a bed and breakfast establishment for purposes of ABC licensing and that the exception from ABC licensing for serving alcoholic beverages to guests in a residence does not apply if the guest is a short-term lessee of the residence.

02/14/17 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
02/16/17 House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
02/16/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/20/17 House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Read second time

SB 1579 Short-term rental; affirms rights of localities to regulate rental of property.

Chief patron: Stanley

Summary as introduced:
Short-term rental of property. Affirms the rights of localities to regulate the short-term rental of property, defined as the provision of space suitable for sleeping or lodging for fewer than 30 days. If a locality allows short-term rentals, the locality shall require that the person offering property for rental notify adjacent landowners in writing, obtain local permission to offer the property for rental, and carry a minimum of $500,000 of commercial premises liability insurance. If a locality prohibits short-term rentals, any person or entity, including an online hosting platform, that advertises the availability of a short-term rental in the locality shall be subject to a $10,000 fine per violation.

01/20/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17100686D
01/20/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/23/17 Senate: Impact statement from DHCD (SB1579)
02/02/17 Senate: Committee amendments
02/02/17 Senate: Incorporated by Local Government (SB1578-Norment) (13-Y 0-N)

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