Rep Baxter Ennis (HD-089)
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HB1308 - Tangible personal property; removes $950 million cap on amount of tax relief reimbursed to locality.
William Chad Green, Aijalon C. Cordoza, Baxter Ennis
Last updated 11 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Tangible personal property tax relief; rate of taxation. Removes the $950 million cap, beginning in tax year 2025 and all tax years thereafter, on the amount of tangible personal property tax relief reimbursed to localities by the Commonwealth. The bill requires, for tax year 2025 and all tax years thereafter, each county, city, or town to reduce its local tax rate on qualifying vehicles to no greater than $0.000001 per $100 of assessed value of the qualifying vehicle.
STATUS
Introduced
HB285 - Uniform Statewide Building Code; construction of bus shelters.
Delores L. McQuinn, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Uniform Statewide Building Code; bus shelters. Delegates enforcement of the Uniform Statewide Building Code to the local building official for bus shelters that do not exceed 256 square feet that are to be constructed for transit agencies receiving state money. The bill exempts the state from liability for any such bus shelter constructed on state-owned property. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027. Uniform Statewide Building Code; bus shelters. Delegates enforcement of the Uniform Statewide Building Code to the local building official for bus shelters that do not exceed 256 square feet that are to be constructed for transit agencies receiving state money. The bill exempts the state from liability for any such bus shelter constructed on state-owned property. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.
STATUS
Passed
HB424 - Toll facilities; free use by certain disabled veterans.
William Chad Green, Nadarius E. Clark, Baxter Ennis
Last updated 11 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Free use of toll facilities; certain disabled veterans. Authorizes the free use of all toll bridges, toll roads, and other toll facilities in the Commonwealth for drivers who have been rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as having a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability. The bill also replaces the current window sticker for certain persons exempted from tolls due to a disability with a specialized electronic toll collection device identifying such person as eligible for free passage.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1004 - Real property tax; notice of summary budget.
Ian T. Lovejoy, Baxter Ennis, William Chad Green
Last updated 11 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Real property tax; notice of summary budget. Directs the governing body of every locality to send by mail, along with the annual property tax bill, a summary of the locality's budget for each of the two previous fiscal years. If the property tax bill is not ordinarily sent to the taxpayer, the budget summary may be mailed to the taxpayer separately. Real property tax; notice of summary budget. Directs the governing body of every locality to send by mail, along with the annual property tax bill, a summary of the locality's budget for each of the two previous fiscal years. If the property tax bill is not ordinarily sent to the taxpayer, the budget summary may be mailed to the taxpayer separately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB549 - Real property taxes; notice by mail of proposed increase.
Wendell Scott Walker, Baxter Ennis, William Chad Green
Last updated 11 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Real property taxes; notice by mail of proposed increase. Requires localities, after conducting a reassessment of real estate, to provide notice to property owners by mail of certain information prior to adopting a tax rate that would increase the amount of real property tax collected above 101 percent of the prior year's tax collections. The bill requires the notice to include (i) the dollar and percentage amount of increase that the proposed tax rate would levy on the owner's particular property compared to the previous year's tax levy, (ii) the tax levy on the owner's particular property for the previous tax year and the proposed levy for the current tax year, and (iii) all of the information regarding the proposed tax rate that under current law is required to be posted in a newspaper and a prominent public location.
STATUS
Introduced
HB62 - Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.
Ellen H. Campbell, Baxter Ennis, Hyland F. Fowler
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Local animal cruelty registries. Allows any locality to establish an animal cruelty registry for public access on the website of such locality or its local police department. The bill provides that such registry may include the names and relevant information of persons convicted of certain felony offenses for animal cruelty and that a person on such registry may request removal of his name after 15 years, provided that he has no additional felony convictions of an animal cruelty offense. The bill directs that all costs relating to a locality's animal cruelty registry shall be borne by such locality.
STATUS
Passed
HB1513 - Service members; active-duty status for any member injured while in the line of duty.
Hyland F. Fowler, Terry Lee Austin, Michael B. Feggans
Last updated 8 months ago
45 Co-Sponsors
Active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty. Provides that the Adjutant General may maintain state active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty during the course of a state active-duty mission who is unable to return to civilian employment for a period of up to 90 days after the date of the service member's injury. Active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty. Provides that the Adjutant General may maintain state active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty during the course of a state active-duty mission who is unable to return to civilian employment for a period of up to 90 days after the date of the service member's injury.
STATUS
Passed
HB1407 - Income tax, state; subtraction for tax, military retirement benefits, uniformed services.
Hyland F. Fowler, Mike A. Cherry, Baxter Ennis
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Income tax subtraction; military retirement benefits; uniformed services. Expands the definition of "military benefits" to include an income tax subtraction of retirement income received for service in the uniformed services of the United States, which includes the United States Armed Forces, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service. Under current law, the subtraction is only allowed for military retirement income received for service in the United States Armed Forces.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1007 - Fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; Department of Education to develop.
Ian T. Lovejoy, Mike A. Cherry, Baxter Ennis
Last updated 11 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Department of Education; development and distribution of fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; requirements. Requires the Department of Education to develop, in collaboration with the Department of Health, a fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet designed to promote awareness of the dangers associated with and the prevalence of fentanyl and provide essential information on fentanyl overdose prevention and preparedness among high school-age students. The bill requires the Department of Education to make available to each school board and post in a publicly accessible location on its website such informational one-sheet and to annually review and update such informational one-sheet in collaboration with the Department of Health to ensure its currency and accuracy. The bill requires each public high school or secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 to annually distribute such informational one-sheet to each student in grades nine through 12 within the first two weeks of the school year.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1367 - First Responder and Veteran Passport; established, discounted entry and parking.
Michael J. Jones, Jason S. Ballard, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
State parks; First Responder and Veteran Passport; discounted entry and parking. Establishes a First Responder and Veteran Passport that entitles a first responder or a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States or other military service to receive a 50 percent discount on parking and admission fees at state parks in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Introduced
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