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S2412 - Renames 46-19.1, allows existing docks on ponds with 1400 normal storage feet of water per DEM, allows property owner to commence work on property without pond owner authorization.
Leonidas P. Raptakis, Gordon E. Rogers, Alana DiMario
Last updated 9 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS - Renames 46-19.1, allows existing docks on ponds with 1400 normal storage feet of water per DEM, allows property owner to commence work on property without pond owner authorization.
STATUS
Introduced
S2472 - Amends the current law on workers' compensation to require any person who is considered an independent contractor to file annually with the director of labor and training and removes the requirement that the form be in writing.
Mark P. McKenney, Frank A. Ciccone, John P. Burke
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Amends the current law on workers' compensation to require any person who is considered an independent contractor to file annually with the director of labor and training and removes the requirement that the form be in writing.
STATUS
Passed
S2295 - Permits and legalize the sale of raw milk.
Gordon E. Rogers, Elaine J. Morgan, Anthony Phillip Deluca
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
FOOD AND DRUGS -- MILK SANITATION CODE - Permits and legalize the sale of raw milk.
STATUS
Introduced
S2368 - Repeals the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act.
Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Louis P. Dipalma, Meghan E. Kallman
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT - Repeals the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act.
STATUS
Introduced
S2307 - Changes the fine for any person convicted of a first violation of this chapter from $85 to $200, and increases the period of time that the violator may be ordered to pick up litter.
Leonidas P. Raptakis, Frank S. Lombardi, John P. Burke
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LITTER CONTROL AND RECYCLING - Changes the fine for any person convicted of a first violation of this chapter from $85 to $200, and increases the period of time that the violator may be ordered to pick up litter.
STATUS
Introduced
S2429 - Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person’s employment status as an employee of a school, museum, or library.
Mark P. McKenney, Hanna M. Gallo, Dawn Euer
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- OBSCENE AND OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS AND SHOWS - Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person’s employment status as an employee of a school, museum, or library.
STATUS
Engrossed
S2398 - Prohibits a medical training program from using a live animal while teaching medical procedures if any other accredited training program does not use animals or there is an alternate method that teaches the lesson without the use of an animal.
John P. Burke, David P. Tikoian, Matthew L. LaMountain
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE - Prohibits a medical training program from using a live animal while teaching medical procedures if any other accredited training program does not use animals or there is an alternate method that teaches the lesson without the use of an animal.
STATUS
Introduced
S2369 - Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions not be limited by this section.
Ryan William Pearson, Hanna M. Gallo, Louis P. Dipalma
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions not be limited by this section.
STATUS
Introduced
S2299 - Creates a statutory framework designed to protect our forests and biodiversity, also prohibits logging in old growth forests and in the natural area preserves when they are created.
Mark P. McKenney
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- OLD GROWTH FOREST PROTECTION ACT - Creates a statutory framework designed to protect our forests and biodiversity, also prohibits logging in old growth forests and in the natural area preserves when they are created.
STATUS
Introduced
S2382 - Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state.
Joshua B. Miller, Virginia Susan Sosnowski, Walter S. Felag
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- LIFETIME LIMITS - Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state.
STATUS
Passed
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