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P HB 1623

Code Commission; obsolete provisions and evaluation of unfunded laws. Requires the Code Commission's review and reporting for the amendment or repeal of obsolete provisions in the Code of Virginia and the Virginia Acts of Assembly to occur at least every four years. Makes technical changes to the Commission's reporting requirements for recommending the repeal of certain unfunded provisions identified during the title revision process.
Patron - Landes

P HB 1796

General Assembly; prefiling of legislation. Clarifies that following an election, legislation may be prefiled only by members and members-elect of the next regular session of the General Assembly. Current law allows a member of the General Assembly who is retiring or who was not re-elected to prefile legislation until the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly when his or her term of office expires.
Patron - Griffith

P HB 1936

General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure form. Modifies the reporting requirements in the Statement of Economic Interests for payments and reimbursements for attending meetings and creates a separate schedule to show payments and reimbursements by the Commonwealth for attending meetings outside the Commonwealth.
Patron - Rapp

P HB 2040

Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education; sunset. Extends the sunset for the Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education until July 1, 2012. The bill repeals the second enactment clause of the Act creating the Council that set the original sunset date of July 1, 2007.
Patron - Hamilton

P HB 2051

Virginia Disability Commission Sunset. Extends the sunset provision for the Virginia Disability Commission to 2012. This bill is a recommendation of the Disability Commission.
Patron - McQuigg

P HB 2065

The General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure form. Modifies the form to clarify that the reporting of information on payments received for representing businesses before state agencies is treated separately from the reporting of information on payments received from businesses for other types of services.
Patron - Nixon

P HB 2101

Elections, referenda. Requires legislation authorizing statewide bond referendum to include information about the referendum for distribution to voters. The information must include a neutral explanation about the proposed ballot question, or a fiscal impact statement for any bond referendum, presented in plain English. The fiscal impact statement must include descriptions of the need for and anticipated uses of the bond proceeds. The Division of Legislative Services, with the assistance of the Office of the Attorney General, must prepare the neutral explanation. The staffs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee Finance are directed to each prepare a fiscal impact statement for any bond referendum and assist the Division of Legislative Services in preparing the explanation. The State Board of Elections is required to publish the information by paid advertisement in daily newspapers with an average daily circulation of more than 50K in Virginia once during the week preceding the referendum.
Patron - Orrock

P HB 2923

Legislative Commission to study human trafficking. Creates a legislative Commission for the purpose of developing and implementing a State Plan for the Prevention of Human Trafficking.
Patron - Ebbin

P SB 756

Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission. Establishes the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission to review and advise responsible public entities that are agencies or institutions of the Commonwealth on detailed proposals for qualifying projects under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 (§ 56-5575.1 et seq.). The bill also requires all responsible public entities to adopt guidelines to guide the selection of projects under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act containing certain specified provisions. For responsible public entities that are not agencies or institutions of the Commonwealth, the guidelines must include a mechanism for the appropriating body to review the proposed comprehensive agreement prior to execution under certain circumstances.
Patron - Stosch

P SB 1284

Auditor of Public Accounts. Provides that the searchable database of state agency expenditures and revenues shall not include activity of private gifts, including endowment funds and unrestricted gifts received by state-supported institutions of higher education. The bill clarifies that all appropriated funds and other sources under the control of a state-supported institution of higher education shall be included in the database and that the exclusion of the private gifts activity shall not affect the public access to such records unless otherwise specifically exempted by law.
Patron - Stosch

P SB 1386

Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; analysis of state agency budget submissions. Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct a pilot program to analyze and evaluate estimates submitted by state agencies and provided to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations for the biennial budget to ascertain that sums requested are appropriated based on the missions, operations, practices, and duties of such agencies. The Commission must report the results of the pilot program to the General Assembly in 2009.
Patron - Stolle

Failed

F HB 1619

Virginia Budget Office. Establishes in the legislative branch a Virginia Budget Office.
Patron - Frederick

F HB 1846

Joint Commission on Oversight and Government Reform. Creates the Joint Commission on Oversight and Government Reform in the legislative branch of state government. The purpose of the Commission is to review the operations of state agencies and state-funded programs with a view toward the reduction of nonessential programs and expenditures. The Commission shall consist of 10 members of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker thereof, of whom at least five shall be members of the House Appropriations Committee, and five members from the Senate appointed by the Privileges and Elections Committee of the Senate, of whom at least two shall be members of the Finance Committee, and the Auditor of Public Accounts, ex officio, who shall have no voting privileges.
Patron - Saxman

F HB 1946

Reporting total new state government positions created. Directs the staff of the House Appropriations Committee to report to the members of the House of Delegates the total number of new positions created by appropriations acts each year, along with a cumulative total every second year.
Patron - Purkey

F HB 2273

Study; Virginia Commission on Deregulation. Creates the 15-member Virginia Commission on Deregulation to study sectors of Virginia's economy that could be deregulated. The Commission expires on July 1, 2010.
Patron - Purkey

F HB 2560

Constitutional amendments; procedure. Makes the second joint resolution approving a constitutional amendment the vehicle for submitting a proposed amendment to voters and requires approval of a neutral explanation for voters as part of the General Assembly's consideration of the second joint resolution.
Patron - Brink

F HB 2670

Bills required to be introduced by first day of a session. Repeals the provisions requiring the following types of bills to be filed no later than the first day of a legislative session: charter, claims, optional county form of government, corrections impact, local fiscal impact, sales tax exemption, and Virginia Retirement System.
Patron - Griffith

F HB 2867

Legislative agencies reports. Requires the Clerk of the House of Delegates, the Clerk of the Senate, and all legislative agencies, including legislative statutory commissions, councils, and collegial bodies authorized to employ personnel, to report annually to the General Assembly the number of persons employed and appointed categorized by race, gender, and national origin. Under this bill, information pertaining to race, gender, and national origin will be compiled for statistical purposes and will be based on self-identification after employment or appointment. Records and data containing personally identifiable information are confidential and exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The provisions of this bill parallel the current requirements that apply to the executive branch of state government pursuant to § 2.2-406 of the Code.
Patron - McEachin

F HB 2921

Legislative efficiency review program. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to quadrennially review the operations of each house and all agencies in the legislative branch to develop recommendations for improving efficiency. JLARC is required to report to the General Assembly by the first day of the 2008 Regular Session, and include in its first report a recommendation concerning the allowance of a per diem for pro forma sessions. The bill authorizes JLARC to contract for services to perform the review and report through a competitive procurement process complying with the Virginia Public Procurement Act.
Patron - Shannon

F SB 809

Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Establishes the Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln to prepare for and lead the Commonwealth in the national commemoration of the 200th anniversary of his birth. The Commission consists of a total membership of 15 members, which includes eight legislators, four nonlegislative citizen members, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education, and the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or their designees. The Commission, among other things, must develop, plan, and coordinate the implementation of statewide programs, events, and activities appropriate to the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Also, the Commission must work with state and local entities and diverse groups, including the federal Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, in planning and coordinating commemorative events. The provisions of this bill expire on July 1, 2010.
Patron - Marsh

F SB 810

Legislative agencies reports. Requires the Clerk of the House of Delegates, the Clerk of the Senate, and all legislative agencies, including legislative statutory commissions, councils, and collegial bodies authorized to employ personnel, to report annually to the General Assembly the number of persons employed and appointed categorized by race, gender, and national origin. Under this bill, information pertaining to race, gender, and national origin will be compiled for statistical purposes and will be based on self-identification after employment or appointment. Records and data containing personally identifiable information are confidential and exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The provisions of this bill parallel the current requirements that apply to the executive branch of state government pursuant to § 2.2-406 of the Code.
Patron - Marsh

F SB 1123

Auditor of Public Accounts; review security of governmental databases containing personal information. Provides that the Auditor of Public Accounts shall periodically review the security of any database or information system maintained or operated by any agency or other governmental entity of the Commonwealth that contains personal information regarding any individual to ensure that appropriate measures are in place to prevent unauthorized or unlawful access to this information. On an annual basis, the Auditor shall report the results of the review to the General Assembly and make recommendations for new or revised security measures, if needed.
Patron - Cuccinelli

F SB 1427

Senate of Virginia; surplus property. Provides for the sale of surplus laptop computers to current members of the Senate.
Patron - Cuccinelli

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