Legislative update
2/16/10
SUCCESS! HB 652 (eminent domain compensation) – HB 652 should pass the House today and be sent to the Senate.
HB 119 (eliminates corporate income tax) – The House Appropriations Committee met this morning at 10:30 a.m., but HB 119 was not on the agenda. It looks like this one died.
SUCCESS! SB 4 was rolled SB 512 and should pass the Senate today.
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2010 Legislative Agenda
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1) Health Care
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HB 10 Health Care Freedom Act; individual's right and power to participate in health care system, etc. Robert G. Marshall |
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Protects an individual's right and power to participate or to decline to participate in a health care system or plan.
Status:
01/28/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 2-N)
02/04/10 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
02/11/10 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (72-Y 26-N)
02/12/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
HB 10 has been referred to the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee which meets Mondays, 1/2 hour after adjournment, Senate Room B. Monday, Feb. 22 docket has not been posted, yet.
2) Ethics
Requires a member of the General Assembly to disclose in his annual disclosure of personal interests any salary and wages paid to him greater than $20,000 for employment with a state or local government or advisory agency.
Status:
02/15/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
SUCCESS! HB 512 should pass the Senate today. (SB 4 has been rolled into SB 512).
3) Property Rights
HB 570 Real property tax assessments; appeals. Sal R. Iaquinto
Changes the burden of proof from the taxpayer to the assessor when a taxpayer appeals the assessment of real property.
Status:
01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
01/27/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
02/01/10 House: Reported from Finance (19-Y 2-N)
02/04/10 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (86-Y 13-N)
02/08/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
The bill has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee which usually meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m. and Thursdays, 4:00 p.m. (at the call of the chairman) in Senate Room B. The committee is finishing the Senate bills through Feb. 16 and doesn’t begin the House bills until Feb. 17. HB 570 is not on the docket for Wednesday, Feb. 17.
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HB 652 Eminent domain; restriction of access to or from property taken thereunder shall be considered. Ward L. Armstrong |
Any restriction, change, or loss of access to or from property taken under the power of eminent domain will be considered in determining just compensation.
Status:
01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/19/10 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
01/27/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
02/10/10 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
02/10/10 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/11/10 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation
02/12/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
02/12/10 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
SUCCESS! HB 652 should pass the House today.
4) Elimination of corporate income tax
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HB 119 Income tax, corporate; eliminates State tax for taxable years on and after January 1, 2010. Harry R. Purkey |
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Eliminates Virginia's corporate income tax for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2010.
Status:
01/05/10 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
02/10/10 House: Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 2-N)
02/10/10 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
HB 119 was not on the agenda of the House Appropriations Committee for their 10:30 meeting this morning (Feb. 16). Since it has not been taken up, it means the bill dies here.
5) OPPOSE: Gas Tax Increases
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HB 230 Motor fuels tax rate increase; allocation of construction funds for primary highway system. Vivian E. Watts |
Increases the motor fuels tax by $0.10 per gallon. WE OPPOSE THIS BILL.
Status:
01/11/10 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
The bill is not showing on their docket, yet. It is probable that it will be left in committee, thereby killing it.
6) Awaiting Governor’s Signature
Provides that a resident of the Commonwealth shall not be required to obtain or maintain a policy of individual insurance coverage.
Status:
02/01/10 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
02/12/10 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (66-Y 29-N)
7) Constitutional Amendments
Health Care
Protects an individual's right and power to participate or to decline to participate in a health care system or plan.
Status:
12/07/09 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
This constitutional amendment will probably be referred to the Constitutional Subcommittee, which meets on Mondays at 7:00 a.m. in the 5th Floor West. It will not be taken up this year. It will likely be passed by indefinitely or carried over to 2011.
TABOR
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HJ 26 Constitutional amendment; limits total appropriations in a year to preceding year's total. G. Manoli Loupassi |
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Limits total appropriations in a year to the preceding year's total appropriations plus a percentage equal to the sum of the percentage increase in the rate of inflation plus the rate of population increase.
Status:
01/05/10 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
This constitutional amendment will probably be referred to the Constitutional Subcommittee, which meets on Mondays at 7:00 a.m. in the 5th Floor West. It will not be taken up this year. It will likely be passed by indefinitely or carried over to 2011.
Eminent domain reform in a constitutional amendment
Specifies the instances for which private property may be taken, not to increase tax base, tax revenues, or employment.
Status:
01/13/10 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
This constitutional amendment will probably be referred to the Constitutional Subcommittee, which meets on Mondays at 7:00 a.m. in the 5th Floor West. It will not be taken up this year. It will likely be passed by indefinitely or carried over to 2011.
