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1999 Session Final Legislative Report

 

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Bill #
Patron
Committee

Pos

Description

Comm Action Chamber Action Opp/ Chamber Comm Comm Action Chamber Action
H.B. 189
Hamilton
Appropriations
S Virginia Retirement System; relating to creditable service. Would allow sick leave to be counted toward creditable service. Reported out of Appro.
25-Yes
Passed House 99-yes 0-no Senate
Finance
Reported
Out
15-Yes
2-No
Senate Sub amendment
House rejected. Conf. Committee
H.B. 601
Orrock
Transportation
S Bill to increase the $ 2 for life fund. Would increase the fee to $ 3. Would then be known as the " three for life" fund Reported out w/amend
18-Yes 5-No
Passed House
63-Yes
35-No
Senate
Trans.
Reported
Out
13-Yes
2-No
Passed
Senate
38-Yes
1-No
H.B. 1616
Wagner
Gen. Laws
S Emergency Services. Indemnifies and holds harmless the federal government in accordance with terms of disaster assistance agreement Reported out of Gen.Laws 26-Yes 0-No Passed House 100-Yes Senate
Gen.Laws
Reported
Out
15-Yes
0-No
Passed
Senate
40-Yes
0-No
H.B. 1686
Stump
Appropriations
S Virginia Retirement System; would allow for overtime to be used in determining creditable compensation. P.B.I

Killed

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H.B.1742
Joannou
Labor/Comm.
M Workers' Compensation; would add members of the Virginia Marine Patrol Officers to the Hypertension & Heart Disease section of the code. Reported
Out
23-Yes
0-No
Passed
House
100-0
Senate
Commerce
Labor
Reported
Out
14-Yes
1-Abstain
Passed
Senate
39-Yes
0-No
H.B. 1795
Jones, D.C.
Gen. Laws
S Uniform Statewide Building Code; inspection of elevators. Requires the local building department to inspect, and enforce the building code for elevators. Currently, the inspection of elevators is discretionary with the locality.. Reported out with substitute 21-yes
3-no    
Passed
House
91-Yes
7-No
Senate Gen. Laws Reported
Out
W/Amend
15-Yes
0-No
 

Passed
Senate
40-Yes
0-No

H.B. 1864
McQuigg
Militia & Police
S Increases, from $ 50,000 to $ 100,000, the death benefit for   beneficiaries of law-enforcement officers and firefighters who die in the of duty. Reported
Out
24-Yes
Re-referred to Appro.
P.B.I. in
Appro.
27-Yes
3-No
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H.B. 1970
Abbitt
Labor/Comm
M Workers' Compensation; would add Game Wardens to the Hypertension & Heart Disease section of the code. Reported
Out
22-Yes
0-No
Passed
House
100-Yes
0-No
Senate
Commerce
Labor
Reported
Out
15-Yes
0-No
Passed
Senate
40-Yes
0-No
H.B. 2046
Stump
Labor/Comm.
S Workers' Compensation; Increases from 3 to 5 the number of physicians that an employer must name to a panel of treating physicians. Reported Out
16-Yes
7-No
Passed
House
57-Yes
43-No
Senate
Commerce
Labor
Defeated
6-Yes
9-No
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H.B. 2131
Rust
Labor/Comm.
M Workers' Compensation; requires all health care providers attending to an injured employee to furnish, upon request, a copy of a medical report to the employer,employee and any of their representatives. This requirement is currently only on physicians.  

Reported Out
23-Yes
0-No

Passed
House
98-Yes
0-No
Senate
Commerce
Labor
Reported
Out
15-Yes
0-No
Passed
Senate
40-Yes
H.B. 2148
Cantor
Gen. Laws
M Registration of professional solicitors; requires solicitors to file a final accounting report to the commissioner within 90 days of the campaign's completion. Reported Out
26-Yes
0-No
Passed
House
100-Yes
Senate Committee
General
Laws
Reported
Out
15-Yes
0-No
Passed
Senate
40-Yes
0-No
H.B. 2256
Moss
Rules
M Workers' Compensation; would add Capital Police Officers to the Heart/Lung section of the Virginia Code. No Action
Taken
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H.B. 2257
Moss
Counties/Cities
S Workplace issues; grants localities and school boards authority to seek to improve communications and address workplace issues for local government and school board employees by gathering information from the employees. " Type of Meet & Discuss" No Action
Taken
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H.B. 2265
Darner
Labor/Comm.
S Labor and Employment; permits employees of the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, or any governmental agency to form for the purpose of discussing their interests with their employers. " Meet & Discuss" Reported Out
12-Yes
11-No
Passed
House
58-Yes
40-No
Senate
Commerce
Labor

Sen. Holland
Subcommittee

Reported
Out
9-Yes
6-No
Passed
Senate
24-Yes
16-No
H.B. 2271
Murphy
Labor/Comm.
O Workers' Compensation; suspension of award pending appeal to the Va. Supreme Court. Would suspend the award and any payments thereon from the time of appeal until the decision of the court. Reported
Out
23-Yes
0-No
Passed
House
98-Yes
0-No
Senate
Commerce
Labor
Reported
Out
15-Yes
0-No
Passed
Senate
40-Yes
0-No
H.B. 2392
Cantor
Gen. Laws
M Solicitation of contributions penalties; inserts language to expand section for " has operated in violation" also, allows for recovery of attorney's fees in such cases Reported Out
25-Yes
1-No
Passed
House
94-Yes
4-No
1-Abstain
Senate
General
Laws
Reported
Out
14-Yes
0-No
1-Abstain
Passed
Senate
39-Yes
1-No
H.B. 2413
Croshaw
Labor/Comm.
S Workers' Compensation; cancer presumption. Corrective language to address problem with current code. Amended to  VPFF Draft. Reported Out
W/Sub.
23-Yes
0-No
Passed
House
97-Yes
3-No
Senate
Commerce
Labor
Reported
Out
15-Yes
0-No
Passed
Senate
40-Yes
0-No
H.B. 2434
Armstrong
Health-Welfare
S Four for Life; increase from two dollars to four dollars the annual surcharge placed on motor vehicle registration for support of EMS Reported Out
W/Amend
now $3 for life.
17-Yes
5-No
Passed
House
59-Yes
41-No
Senate Committee

Transportation

Reported
Out
15-Yes
0-No
Passed
Senate
40-Yes
0-No
H.B. 2618
Grayson
Corp-Ins-Banking
M Unsolicited telephone sales calls; establishes the "Telephone Privacy Act" which would allow for a registry of people who would like not to receive said phones calls, also establishes penalties for such calls Strickened XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
H.J  748
Diamonstein
Gen. Laws
S Study; board of contractors; fire sprinkler systems. Study for instituting certification program fire sprinkler designers and installers. Reported Out
26-Yes
0-No
Passed
House
96-Yes
0-No
Senate Committee

Rules

Reported
Out
Voice Vote
Passed
Senate
40-Yes
0-No
Senate              
S.B. 854
Stolle
Finance
S Bill to establish a "Drop Plan" under VRS. Would allow retiree to work up to five years after retirement date. With monthly benefits he would have received being deposited into an interest earning account. Reported Out
17-Yes
0-No
Passed
40-Yes
0-No
House
Appro.
Sub-Comm.
Compensation
Retirement
P.B.I.
Killed
23-Yes
4-No
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S.B. 857
Reynolds
Transportation
S Four for life; increases from two dollars to four dollars the fee charged on motor vehicle registration, to support EMS Reported Out
W/amend
15-y
Passed Senate
39-Yes
0-No
House
Trans.
Sub-Comm 1.
      
Reported
Out
w/amend
17-Yes
8-No
Amend to
$ 3
Passed
House
71-Yes
23-No
S.B. 1110
Schrock
Comm./Labor
O Collective Bargaining; Revises and strengthens the law for prohibition of collective bargaining by public employees. Stricken
From
Docket
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S.B. 1248
Forbes
Comm/Labor
S Workers' Comp. Cancer presumption; corrective language offered by the VPFF for code section. Years of service requirement stay at 12 years.

Reported Out 13-Yes
2-No

Passed
Senate
W/Amend
39-Yes
1-No
House Comm/Labor Reported
Out
22-Yes
0-No
Passed
House
96-Yes
1-No