VA Public Safety Report (VSFA & VFPA) - Last Updated 3/17/2006
For the VSFA:
Contact Dickie Atkins about VSFA Bingo issues
Contact Jack Finley or Charlie Singleton for all other VSFA issues
Bills Committee Last action Date of Last Action
HB 18 - Lingamfelter - Safety inspections; exemption for certain trucks and vehicle combinations. (H) Committee on Transportation (H) Tabled in Transportation 02/07/06
HB 37 - Tata - Retirement System; benefits for emergency medical technicians. (H) Committee on Appropriations

(S) Committee on Finance
(H) Enrolled 03/15/06
HB 60 - Albo - Law Officers' Retirement System; includes emergency medical technicians. (H) Committee on Appropriations (H) Left in Appropriations 02/15/06
HB 146 - Cole - Concealed handguns; prohibits person who carries into restaurants from consuming alcoholic beverage. (H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety (H) Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/15/06
HB 162 - Lingamfelter - Firearms in locked vehicles; immunity from liability, civil penalty. (H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

(S) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Left in Courts of Justice 03/11/06
HB 208 - Cox - Fire Services Board; payment of per diem. (H) Committee on General Laws

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology
(G) Approved by Governor-Chapter 58 (effective 7/1/06) 03/08/06
HB 233 - Jones, D.C. - Cellular telephones; prohibits use while driving. (H) Committee on Transportation (H) Continued to 2007 in Transportation 02/07/06
HB 387 - Reid - Charitable Gaming; regulation of charitable small card tournaments. (H) Committee on General Laws (H) Continued to 2007 in General Laws 02/07/06
HB 429 - Nutter - Church or public school building; arson of any unoccupied, penalty. (H) Committee on Appropriations

(S) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Continued to 2007 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) 03/06/06
HB 471 - Cosgrove - Retirement System; modifies benefits of state and local law-enforcement officers. (H) Committee on Appropriations (H) Left in Appropriations 02/15/06
HB 494 - Frederick - High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes; prohibits imposition and collection of tolls for use thereof. (H) Committee on Transportation (H) Tabled in Transportation 02/07/06
HB 495 - Frederick - High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes; permits law-enforcement vehicles to use in an emergency. (H) Committee on Transportation (H) Passed by indefinitely in Transportation 02/07/06
HB 525 - Suit - Charitable gaming; revises several existing definitions. (H) Committee on General Laws

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology
(S) Signed by President 03/08/06
HB 594 - Lohr - Emergency medical services; allows certain vehicles to carry oxygen, required training on handling. (H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

(S) Committee on Education and Health
(S) Signed by President 03/01/06
HB 598 - Cosgrove - Emergency medical services personnel; required to report child abuse or neglect. (H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions (H) Continued to 2007 in Health, Welfare and Institutions 01/26/06
HB 639 - Phillips - Emergency directors and coordinators, local; emergency response training. (H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety (H) Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/15/06
HB 717 - McQuigg - High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes; prohibits conversion of certain HOV lanes. (H) Committee on Transportation (H) Passed by indefinitely in Transportation 02/07/06
HB 1004 - Sherwood - Office of Commonwealth Preparedness; provides for appointment of director by Governor. (H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology
(S) Signed by President 03/01/06
HB 1027 - Hurt - Traffic incidents; reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to by volunteer fire, etc. (H) Committee for Courts of Justice

(S) Committee for Courts of Justice
(H) Enrolled 03/15/06
HB 1029 - Hurt - Motor vehicle dealer; excludes those who sell & distribute fire-fighting equipment & ambulances. (H) Committee on Transportation (H) VOTE: ENGROSSMENT (45-Y 53-N) 01/30/06
HB 1198 - Marshall, R.G. - Voice-over-Internet protocol service; eliminates the jurisdiction of the SCC to regulate. (H) Committee on Science and Technology

(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor
(H) Enrolled 03/15/06
HB 1285 - Fralin - Asbestos or silica; persons exposed to products containing cannot bring civil action, exception. (H) Committee for Courts of Justice (H) Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice 02/06/06
HB 1362 - Bell - Retirement Systm; employees operating E-911 system eligible for benefits equivalent to State Police. (H) Committee on Appropriations (H) Left in Appropriations 02/15/06
HB 1387 - Callahan - Line of Duty Disability Fund; created. (H) Committee on Appropriations (H) Continued to 2007 in Appropriations 02/14/06
HB 1390 - Hogan - Firefighters; shall not require minor who achieved certification to repeat certification. (H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology
(S) Signed by President 03/09/06
HB 1579 - Cline - Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Service Award Fund Board; membership changes. (H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

(S) Committee on Finance
(H) VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) 03/11/06
HJ 76 - Rust - Fire department & rescue squad volunteers; joint subcommittee to study income tax incentives. (H) Committee on Rules (H) Left in Rules 02/15/06
SB 5 - Reynolds - Motor vehicle dealer; excludes those who sell & distribute fire-fighting equipment & ambulances. (S) Committee on Transportation (S) Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation 02/02/06
SB 16 - Marsh - Handheld mobile telephones; prohibits use thereof by operators of motor vehicles in motion. (S) Committee on Transportation (S) Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (3-Y 12-N) 01/19/06
SB 75 - Houck - School crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plan; required. (H) Committee on Education

(S) Committee on Education and Health
(G) Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective 7/1/06) 03/07/06
SB 135 - O'Brien - First responders; exempt from liability for rendering emergency care, etc. (S) Committee for Courts of Justice (S) Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice 02/01/06
SB 212 - Edwards - Motor vehicles; use of warning lights, etc. while operating in emergency situations. (S) Committee on Transportation (S) Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation 01/26/06
SB 363 - Wampler - Commonwealth Preparedness, Office of; created. (H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology
(S) Signed by President 03/08/06
SB 415 - Hanger - Burning of woods, etc.; extends period in which prescribed material can occur. (H) Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

(S) Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
(S) Signed by President 03/08/06
SB 498 - Puckett - Fire Programs Fund; revising allocations to eligible localities. (H) Committee on General Laws

(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology
(H) Signed by Speaker 03/10/06
SJ 206 - Herring - Fire and rescue squad volunteers; Department of Fire Programs, et al., to study incentives therefor. (H) Committee on Rules

(S) Committee on Rules
(H) Tabled in Rules 03/02/06