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- HB 395 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; established, report.
- HB 641 Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; exempt from requirements of Personnel Act.
- HB 923 School Construction Revolving Fund; created, report.
- HB 996 Felony, violent; presumption of no bail upon conviction.
- HB 1009 Real estate taxes; assessments, bills, and deferral by localities.
- HB 1174 Immigrant Assistance, Office of; created.
- HB 1318 Taxpayer Surplus Relief Fund; established to provide tax relief.
- HB 1514 Income tax, corporate; apportionment for manufacturers.
- HB 1532 Nursing home beds; Health Commissioner may accept applications & issue certificates of public need.
- HB 1579 Transportation funding, etc; certain revenues attributable to economic growth in Hampton Roads, etc.
- HB 1597 Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit; makes localities' health care programs eligible to receive.
- HB 1633 Offshore drilling; apportions royalties that State receives to certain funds and programs.
- HB 1965 Public/Private Education Investment Tax Credit; created for business entities making contributions.
- HB 2018 School Construction Revolving Fund; created.
- HB 2063 Triennial census of school population; sales and use tax distribution.
- HB 2354 Suspension of mandates; requires Governor to temporarily suspend on locality facing fiscal stress.
- HB 2540 Resources Authority; additional powers.
- HB 2632 Health insurance; development of optional proposed program for school board, etc.
- HB 2635 Warrants, local; authorizes local governments to publish information relating thereto.
- SB 2 Retail Sales and Use Tax; eliminates exemption for certain fuels.
- SB 16 Crisis intervention team pilot programs; established for persons with mental illness, report.
- SB 17 Medical services; State's lien for payment.
- SB 18 Mental health courts; establishment of pilot program, report.
- SB 36 Child support; administrative fees.
- SB 89 Retail Sales and Use Tax; custom structural metal fabrication in an economically distressed area.
- SB 122 Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
- SB 147 Retail Sales and Use Tax; absorption and payment by seller.
- SB 177 Assisted outpatient treatment program; established for severely mentally ill.
- SB 259 Land preservation tax credit; elimination of verification of conservation value.
- SB 260 State employees; increases health insurance credits for those retired.
- SB 261 Law Officers' Retirement System; adds conservation officers as member.
- SB 275 Inmates; emergency psychiatric treatment.
- SB 299 Real estate taxes; classifies affordable rental housing.
- SB 305 Health insurance; credits for certain retired public officers and employees.
- SB 316 Sickness and Disability Program; open-enrollment period.
- SB 400 Deputy sheriffs; certain retired under disability retirement.
- SB 417 Sickness and Disability Program; open-enrollment period.
- SB 440 Inmates; emergency psychiatric treatment.
- SB 445 Motor fuels tax; funding for transportation-related alternatives.
- SB 470 Natural resources; provides annual funding therefor.
- SB 546 Correctional facilities, local; City of Danville & Pittsylvania County to enter into jail project.
- SB 551 Recordation tax; changes basis of calculation on transfer of real estate.
- SB 589 Jail construction, local; State will reimburse up to one-half of capital costs.
- SB 619 Retirement System; average final compensation retirement multiplier.
- SB 641 Land preservation tax credit; conveyance for public parks, recreational areas, or trails.
- SB 650 Waste motor oil equipment; repeals provision that provides tax credit for purchase price paid.
- SB 661 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; creates dedicated source of funding via percentage of recordation tax.
- SB 667 Motion picture production companies; expands tax incentives.
- SB 672 Nursing facility beds; Health Commissioner to issue Request for Applications in Planning District 9.
- SB 674 Health insurance credits; all retired employees of local school divisions to receive.
- SB 703 Motion Picture Incentive Performance Grant Fund; created.
- SB 705 William and Mary, College of; management agreement with State.
- SB 737 School Construction Revolving Fund; created, report.
- SB 744 Land preservation tax credit; establishes process where properties are registered with Dept. of Tax.
- SB 767 Richmond Metropolitan Authority; revises composition of Board of Directors.
- SB 779 Real estate taxes; assessments, bills, and deferral by localities.
- SB 780 School Construction Revolving Fund; created, report.
- SB 783 Tax rates; locality to fix at least 30 days prior to approval of budget for ensuing year.
- SB 789 Real estate assessments; burden of proof on appeal.
- SB 812 Warrants, local; authorizes local governments to publish information relating thereto.
- SB 813 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include fabrication of animal meat.
- SB 836 Toll Facilities Revolving Account; balance remaining on any loan issued to political subdivision.
- SB 864 Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
- SB 872 TANF; eligibility for food stamps when convicted of drug-related felonies.
- SB 894 Biennial appropriation act; State's appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years.
- SB 909 Income tax, state; credit for blood donations.
- SB 924 Retail Sales and Use Tax; refund of tax paid for certain machinery or equipment.
- SB 934 General Assembly; consideration of certain documents related to the Budget.
- SB 947 State cigarette tax and tobacco products tax; increased.
- SB 953 Graduate teaching assistants; allows member in service to purchase retirement credit.
- SB 990 Incremental investment tax credit; machinery and equipment.
- SB 995 Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; abolished, makes several technical changes.
- SB 1041 Fuels taxes; annually adjusted.
- SB 1043 Roll-back taxes; locality to assess and collect for up to 15 years under value assessment program.
- SB 1097 Income tax, state; tax credit to employers for expenses incurred in allowing employees to telework.
- SB 1098 Income tax, state; tax credit to employers for employees who enter into flextime agreements.
- SB 1124 Income tax, state; tax credit for electricity that is produced using solar photovoltaic technology.
- SB 1125 Income tax, state; green jobs tax credit.
- SB 1129 Warrants, local; local governments to publish information relating thereto.
- SB 1132 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include fabrication of animal meat.
- SB 1133 Estate tax; reinstates federal credit amount State would receive payments from estates.
- SB 1148 Income tax, state; livable home tax credit.
- SB 1185 Retail Sales and Use Tax Act; conforms State's sales and use tax laws to provisions.
- SB 1205 Officials and officers, local; retirement benefits for certain.
- SB 1221 Businesses; tax credits for donations to nonprofit organizations providing educational funding.
- SB 1226 School Construction Revolving Fund; created.
- SB 1231 Income tax, state; energy-efficient equipment tax credit.
- SB 1234 Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel, no interruption of benefits.
- SB 1259 Land preservation; increases cap on aggregate amount of tax credits.
- SB 1260 Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- SB 1278 Income tax, state; school supplies expense tax credit.
- SB 1283 Motor fuels tax; change in tax basis.
- SB 1311 Correctional facilities, local; Danville and Pittsylvania to enter into a regional jail project.
- SB 1327 Health insurance credits; all retired employees of local school divisions to receive.
- SB 1342 Triennial census of school population; eliminates requirement every 3 years a census take place.
- SB 1353 Bank franchise tax; deductions from gross capital.
- SB 1373 Property owned by locality; service charge levied when property in boundary of another locality.
- SB 1378 Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by teachers.
- SB 1417 Claims; Howard M. and Inez O. Berry.
- SB 1441 Income tax, state; homebuyer tax credit.
- SB 1443 Income tax, state; tax credit for health insurance premiums paid by small business employers.
- SB 1446 Income tax, state; homebuyer tax credit.
- SB 1474 Retail Sales and Use Tax; dealer discounts.
- SB 1482 Transportation Capital Projects Bond Act of 2007; repeals Act.
- SB 1498 Motor fuels tax; converts rates to percentage that shall be calculated by DMV Commissioner.
- SB 1514 Real estate tax; notice of change in assessment.
- SB 1516 Tobacco products tax; changes tax on moist snuff.
- SB 1540 Home/electronic incarceration; sentencing guidelines.
- SB 1544 Autism Tuition Assistance Grant Program; established.
- SB 1545 Retirement System; divest itself of investments in companies investing in Iran's petroleum sector.
- SB 1549 Income tax, state; individual credit for certain new motor vehicle purchases.