2010 Highlights
Legislation which was introduced by me during the 2009 General Assembly can be tracked by accessing the 2009 Highlights link to review final actions taken on those bills. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.The 2010 Virginia General Assembly convened on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 and will adjourn on Saturday, March 13th, 2010. This page allows you to view the bills and resolutions I will be introducing during the 2010 session. By clicking on each individual bill, you can review the actions taken on each bill.
Legislation
- HB950 Charitable gaming; regulations of the Charitable Gaming Board prohibited acts. Limits the number of bingo games per session to no more than 50; requires the Charitable Gaming Board to adopt regulations prescribing (i) the condition by which nonmembers of an organization may participate in the conduct of bingo so long as the nonmembers are under the direct supervision of a bona fide member of the organization during the bingo game and (ii) the minimum time interval required between the conduct of bingo games, which time shall not be less than 30 minutes; increases the number of Lucky 7 and other progressive bingo games from one to six per session; and eliminates winner-take-all games. The bill also requires that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall report to the chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on or before December 1, 2010 concerning the Department's efforts to increase the number of Department-approved independent laboratory testers in order to expedite the Department's approval process for new charitable games. The bill is a recommendation of the Special Subcommittees of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology.
- HB951 Blackwater River; designates a portion as component of State Scenic Rivers System. Designates a portion of the Blackwater River as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- HB952 Alcoholic beverage control; tasting events at government stores. Authorizes tasting events to be conducted at government stores under certain circumstances.
- HB953 Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, and Schedule V drugs. Adds tapentadol to Schedule II; boldione, desoxymethyltestosterone (madol), and 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadeienedione (estra-4,9(10)-diene-3,17-dione) to Schedule III; fospropofol to Schedule IV, and lacosamide to Schedule V of the drug control act.
- HB983 Board for Contractors; installation of HVAC systems. Authorizes the Board for Contractors, in addition to the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code, to establish by regulation a requirement for any tradesman required to be licensed to install any HVAC system or equipment in compliance with any manufacturer's specifications for same as may be contained in the manufacturer's warranty on such system or equipment. Such regulation may also include a provision requiring such system or equipment to be installed by a factory-trained tradesman.
- HB984 Declarations of estimated tax. Changes the date that farmers and fishermen must file their estimated tax returns from January 15 to May 1.
- HB985 BPOL tax; gross receipts of security brokers and dealers. Defines gross receipts of security brokers and security dealers to be exclusive of receipts that are paid to an independent contractor as a commission on the sale or purchase of a security.
- HB986 Producing abortion or miscarriage; penalty. Provides that any person, including the pregnant female, who administers to, or causes to be taken by, a pregnant female, any drug or other thing, or uses means with intent to destroy her unborn child, or to produce abortion or miscarriage, and thereby destroys such child or produces such abortion or miscarriage, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. The bill excepts medically approved contraceptives or legally prescribed medication as a means of producing abortion or miscarriage. Current law does not with specificity include the pregnant female as a possible perpetrator.
- HB987 Regulation of stormwater. Amends current law by removing the requirement that waivers given to federal, state, or local government agencies that develop, redevelop or retrofit outfalls, discharges or property so that there is a permanent reduction in postdevelopment stormwater flow and pollutant loading be full waivers. The amount of the waiver to such agencies shall be equal to the product of the fee that would be charged to the agency multiplied by the percentage of the stormwater runoff captured by the agency’s storm drainage or stormwater control facilities.
- HJ134 Study; transportation network of Hampton Roads; report. Extends the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Transportation Network of Hampton Roads for a third year.
