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HJ 119 Study; U.S. Route 1 Corridor; report
Status:  Reffered to Committee on Rules- Subcommittee 3: Studies

Study; U.S. Route 1 Corridor; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the creation of a U.S. Route 1 Corridor.

HB 818 Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB); composition.
Status:  Referred to Committee on Transporation

Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB); composition. Changes the composition of the CTB: one will be appointed from each of Virginia's 11 Congressional Districts (as they were on January 1, 2010, four more will be at-large appointees: one representing seaports, one representing aviation, one representing railroads, and one representing mass transit; the three ex-officio members remain unchanged.

HB 819 Business entities; when referring to service of process includes any subpoena, summons, etc.
Status:  Reported to full Committe for Courts of Justice from Civil Subcommittee.

Business entities; process. Provides that "process," when referring to service of process on the registered agent of a corporation, limited liability company, or business trust, includes any subpoena, summons, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness or production of documents that is issued in any civil or criminal proceeding.

HB 820 Cigarette tax; penalties for unstamped cigarettes.
Status:  Committee on Finance- Subcommittee 2

Cigarette tax; penalties for unstamped cigarettes. Creates more civil penalties for unstamped cigarettes as follows: $2.50 per pack, up to $500, for the first violation by a legal entity within a 36-month period; $5 per pack, up to $1,000, for the second violation by the legal entity within a 36-month period; and $10 per pack, up to $50,000, for the third or subsequent violation by the legal entity within a 36-month period. If willful intent exists to defraud the Commonwealth, the penalty is $25 per pack, up to $250,000. The same penalties apply to any person who sells, purchases, transports, receives, or possesses unstamped cigarettes.

HB 821 Child custody; record of in camera interview.
Status:  Committee for Courts of Justice- Civil Subcommittee

Child custody; record of in camera interview. Expands the requirement that a court of record shall make a record of any in camera interview conducted with a child in a custody or visitation proceeding to include courts not of record.

HB 822 Child support, etc.; single petition may be filed in juvenile & domestic relations district court.
Status:  Committee for Courts of Justice- Civil Subcommittee- CONTINUED TO 2011 FOR STUDY

Petitions for child support, custody, or visitation. Clarifies that issues of support, custody, and visitation for a child may be included in a single petition in juvenile and domestic relations district court, and that such issues may be included in a single petition involving two or more children if such children have the same parents or legal guardians.

HB 823 District court; expungement of police and court records.
Status:  Committee for Courts of Justice- Criminal Subcommittee- TABLED IN SUBCOMMITTEE(KILLED)

Expungement of police and court records in district court. Provides that if a person is charged with the commission of a misdemeanor criminal offense and is acquitted, or the charge is dismissed with prejudice, he may immediately, upon the acquittal or dismissal, orally request expungement of the police and court records relating to the charge. The person shall be assessed $100 in costs. The court shall order the expungement, or deny it, on the same grounds as apply in a circuit court.

HB 824 Melendez-Diaz notice; 6th Amendment rights to be given to an accused who is proceeding pro se.
Status:  Committee for Courts of Justice- Criminal Subcommittee

Melendez-Diaz notice to an accused proceeding pro se. Provides that notice of "Melendez-Diaz" 6th Amendment rights to be given to an accused who is proceeding pro se shall be given to the accused only after he has waived his right to counsel in a court of law.

HB 825 Civil or criminal actions; allows circuit court clerks to establish electronic filing.
Status:  Committee for Courts of Justice- Civil Subcommittee

Electronic filing in civil or criminal actions. Allows circuit court clerks to establish electronic filing in civil or criminal actions under the auspices and procedures of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. The bill allows fees of up to $50 for civil cases, up to $25 for criminal cases, and an annual fee of up to $100 per user for remote access to the system. The fees are retained locally to cover operational expenses of the system.

HB 826 Electronic summons system; locality to assess an additional sum in district or circuit court.
Status:  Committee for Courts of Justice- Civil Subcommittee- VOTED DOWN IN SUBCOMMITTEE

Additional assessment for electronic summons system. Allows any locality to assess an additional $3 as part of the costs in each criminal or traffic case in district or circuit court to be used for the implementation and maintenance of an electronic summons system.

HB 827 Electronic recording of court proceedings; circuit & district court clerks have system in courtroom.
Status:  Committee for Courts of Justice- Civil Subcommittee-
Electronic recording of court proceedings. Authorizes the circuit and district court clerks to set up an electronic recording system in their courtrooms.

HB 828 Larceny; increases threshold amount of goods that determines petit larceny to grand larceny.
Status:  Committee for Courts of Justice- Criminal Subcommittee- PASSED BY INDEFINITELY(KILLED)

Grand larceny; threshold amount. Increases from $200 to $750 the threshold amount of money or the value of the goods or chattel that the defendant must take before the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The same threshold is increased for certain property crimes.

HB 829 Expert witnesses; extends application of two evidentiary statutes applicable in certain cases.
Status:  Committee for Courts of Justice- Criminal Subcommittee

Expert witnesses in criminal cases. Extends the application of two evidentiary statutes applicable in civil cases (§§ 8.01-401.1 and 8.01-401.3) to criminal cases.
Va. Code § 8.01-401.1 allows an expert witness to render an opinion or draw inferences from facts, circumstances or data made known to or perceived by such witness at or before the hearing or trial during which he is called upon to testify, provided that such facts, etc., are of a type normally relied upon by others in the particular field of expertise in forming opinions and drawing inferences, need not be admissible in evidence. The expert, upon cross-examination, may be required to disclose the underlying facts or data upon which his opinion is based. Va. Code § 8.01-401.1 also provides that statements contained in published treatises, periodicals or pamphlets on a subject of history, medicine or other science or art, established as a reliable authority by testimony or by stipulation shall not be excluded as hearsay to the extent called to the attention of an expert witness upon cross-examination or relied upon by the expert witness in direct examination. However, if admitted, the statements may be read into evidence but may not be received as exhibits and if the statements are to be introduced upon direct examination, copies of the statements shall be provided to opposing parties 30 days prior to trial unless otherwise ordered by the court.
Va. Code § 8.01-401.3 allows a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education to testify in regard to such knowledge, etc., if scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue.
The bill also contains a second enactment clause that delays its effectiveness until rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Virginia providing for reciprocal pretrial discovery of all expert testimony consistent with required disclosures in civil cases become effective.

HB 830 Food and beverage tax; adds Fairfax County to those that may impose.
Status:  Committee for Finance- Subcommittee 1- PASSED BY INDEFINITELY(KILLED)

Food and beverage tax; Fairfax County. Adds Fairfax County to those counties that may impose a food and beverage tax without a referendum, provided the governing body votes unanimously to impose the tax.

HB 831 Public Procurement Act; qualification of foreign business entities to conduct business in State.
Status:  Committee on General Laws- Subcommittee 2 on FOIA/Procurement

Virginia Public Procurement Act; foreign business entities. Prohibits a foreign corporation, limited liability company, business trust, limited partnership, or registered limited liability partnership from bidding on, or entering into, amending, or renewing, a contract with a public body under the Virginia Public Procurement Act unless the foreign entity provides a copy of a valid certificate or authority or registration to conduct business in the Commonwealth. Such status shall be maintained during the term of a contract and for five years after its term is completed. A contract entered into by a business in violation of the requirements is voidable at the option of the public body.

HB 832 Absentee voting; requires election results for central absentee voter precinct to indicate precinct.
Status:  Committee on Privileges & Elections- Subcommittee 3 on Campaign Finance

Elections; reports of absentee voting. Requires election results for the central absentee voter precinct to indicate the precinct of the absentee voter unless the reported total for any precinct within the central absentee precinct would disclose how any voter voted.

HB 833 Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors, Board for; regulation of home energy auditors.
Status:  Committee on General Laws- Subcommittee 4 on Professions/Occupations & Administrative Process

Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors; regulation of home energy auditors. Provides for the licensure of home energy auditors by the Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors. The bill defines home energy audits and includes one licensed home energy auditor to be appointed to the Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors, and changes the name of the Board to Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, Home Inspectors, and Home Energy Auditors.

HB 1262 Absentee voting procedures; deletes certain requirements.
Status:  Committee on Privileges & Elections- Subcommittee 3 on Campaign Finance

Elections; absentee voting procedures. Deletes the requirement that domestic absentee voters must provide detailed information (i.e., full name and full address) in their sworn statement on the envelope in which they return their marked absentee ballot and thereby provides that the requirements for domestic voters will be the same as for military and overseas voters. This detailed information has already been provided in the application for the absentee ballot.