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AP Reports: Virginia Senate passes two-year, $85 billion budget.
Last Updated: 7:26 AM 04/19/12 - After voting against the $85 billion budget necessary to fund Virginia government three times over the past two months, the state Senate abruptly took up and passed the spending plan Wednesday.
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Castle Doctrine Bill to Get Reworked and Reintroduced
Last Updated: 3:44 PM 03/21/12 - A Valley delegate has tried to pass a bill that would protect people acting out of self-defense.
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Wednesday's Budget Rump Session is Only Procedural
Last Updated: 11:46 AM 03/20/12 - Don't expect too much of Wednesday's resumption of a rump session of the General Assembly convened to draft a new two-year budget for the state.
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Va. Senate Rejects Pay Raise for Lawmakers
Last Updated: 10:32 AM 03/07/12 - The Virginia Senate has rejected legislation to give lawmakers the same raises that other state employees receive starting in 2016.
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Va. Lawmakers Spike 'Castle Doctrine' Bills
Last Updated: 9:36 AM 03/07/12 - Legislation making it clear that Virginians can kill intruders who threaten them is dead for this year.
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Va. Senate Kills School Calendar Bill
Last Updated: 12:55 PM 03/01/12 - Virginia public schools will continue to be required to get the state Department of Education's permission if they want to open before Labor Day.
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'Tebow Bill' Killed by Va. Senate Committee
Last Updated: 8:30 AM 03/01/12 - Legislation to let home-schooled children play public school sports has died in the Virginia General Assembly.
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Senate, Without Debate, Kills Last State Budget
Last Updated: 3:41 PM 02/29/12 - The last version of the state budget died Wednesday in the Virginia Senate, throwing the state's fiscal future into limbo thanks to a lingering partisan feud.
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Va Lawmakers OK Private School Scholarship Credits
Last Updated: 1:04 PM 02/29/12 - The General Assembly has given final approval to Republican-backed bills providing tax credits for contributions to scholarships for low-income children attending private, nonprofit schools.
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Va Senate Panel Kills Medicaid Abortion Fund Ban
Last Updated: 8:21 AM 02/28/12 - A bill that would have banned Medicaid funding for indigent women with severely deformed fetuses who seek abortions has been defeated in Virginia's General Assembly.
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Va Senate Faces Decision on Ultrasound Bill
Last Updated: 1:35 PM 02/27/12 - A decisive vote on a bill that would require women seeking abortions to have ultrasound exams will have to wait at least another day. The Senate delayed a vote on the House bill Monday.
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Va. Senate Kills Bill Repealing Vaccine Mandate
Last Updated: 12:07 PM 02/27/12 - The Virginia Senate has killed legislation that would have repealed a requirement that girls receive a vaccine to prevent a virus that can cause cervical cancer.
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Va Senate Faces Decision on Ultrasound Bill
Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/27/12 - Senate Republicans in Virginia are scheduled for a key vote on a contentious House bill that requires women seeking abortions to undergo ultrasound.
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Va Senate Committee Advances 'Personhood' Bill
Last Updated: 8:19 AM 02/23/12 - A bill that would define life as starting at conception has been approved in a key Senate committee.
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Ultrasound Abortion Mandate Faces Va Senate Panel
Last Updated: 7:17 AM 02/23/12 - A day after Virginia Republican legislators dropped a bitterly contested requirement that women undergo invasive pre-abortion ultrasound imaging, the intrusive procedure has been dropped from a companion bill.
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Va Senate Passes Adoption Discrimination Bill
Last Updated: 10:25 AM 02/21/12 - Legislation allowing private adoption agencies to discriminate against gay prospective parents is on its way to Virginia's governor, who has said he will sign it.
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Va. Drug Testing Bill Remains Alive, Barely
Last Updated: 7:37 AM 02/21/12 - Legislation to require drug testing of Virginia welfare recipients is still alive, but just barely.
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Va. Senate Panel Kills Electronic Tracking Bill
Last Updated: 12:08 PM 02/20/12 - A Senate committee has rejected legislation that would have made it illegal to secretly use an electronic device to track a person's movements.
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Budget Negotiations Begin Ahead of Thursday Vote
Last Updated: 10:35 AM 02/20/12 - Legislators in Richmond will work this week to hammer out differences between budget proposals in the House of Delegates and State Senate.
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Va Retirement System Plans New Investment Options
Last Updated: 9:20 AM 02/17/12 - State and local employees who use 401(k)-style contribution plans will have a new investment option later this year.
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House Ban on Gay Adoptions Survives Senate Panel
Last Updated: 8:14 AM 02/17/12 - With little debate, a Senate committee has endorsed a House-passed bill allowing private child placement agencies to deny adoptions for gays or others who offend their religious or moral teaching.
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Senate Panel OKs End to State Aid for Abortions
Last Updated: 9:14 AM 02/16/12 - A Virginia Senate committee's Republican majority has advanced a House bill that would eliminate state funding for abortions for low-income women.
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Va House GOP Muscles Through Abortion Curbs
Last Updated: 11:33 AM 02/14/12 - A House Republican supermajority has muscled two of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in years to passage over passionate objections from Democrats.
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Va. House Advances 'Personhood' Bill
Last Updated: 9:13 AM 02/14/12 - The Virginia House of Delegates advanced legislation Monday stating that human life begins at conception and rejected an amendment aimed at clarifying that birth control would remain legal.
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Va. Senate Passes Eminent Domain Proposal
Last Updated: 1:50 PM 02/13/12 - An amendment to Virginia's Constitution that would make it harder for governments to take private land has cleared the Virginia Senate.
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Va. House Passes Bill to Restrict GPS Tracking
Last Updated: 11:37 AM 02/13/12 - Legislation making it illegal to deceptively install an electronic tracking system on a person's vehicle has cleared the House of Delegates and is on its way to the Senate.
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Va. House Panel Endorses 'Personhood' Bill
Last Updated: 3:46 PM 02/10/12 - A Virginia House of Delegates committee has endorsed legislation stating that human life begins at conception.
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House Passes Bills Restating Right to Kill Intruders
Last Updated: 8:27 AM 02/10/12 - Virginia's House of Delegates has written into its law books centuries of common law allowing people to kill those who intrude into their dwellings and menace them.
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Va Senate Passes Adoption Discrimination Bill
Last Updated: 1:30 PM 02/09/12 - The Virginia Senate has passed legislation allowing private adoption agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality.
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Voting Laws to Get More Strict in Va.
Last Updated: 3:30 PM 02/08/12 - Virginia voting laws are very close to becoming more strict. A bill passed in Virginia's senate requires all voters to show official identification before casting their ballot.
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2 Concealed Gun Bills Face Final House Votes
Last Updated: 7:41 AM 02/08/12 - Two bills favored by Virginia's powerful gun-rights lobby are likely to win easy House passage on Wednesday.
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Texting While Driving Ban Clears Va Senate Panel
Last Updated: 10:38 AM 02/07/12 - The Virginia Senate has passed legislation to toughen the state's law against texting or emailing while driving.
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Va Senate Approves 1-gun-a-month Repeal
Last Updated: 11:56 AM 02/06/12 - The Virginia Senate has passed legislation repealing the state's 19-year-old one-handgun-a-month law.
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Texting While Driving Ban Clears Va Senate Panel
Last Updated: 8:06 AM 02/06/12 - Tapping on your BlackBerry or iPhone while at the wheel of a car is going to cost you if a bill overwhelmingly endorsed by a Senate committee becomes law.
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Senate Passes Home Intrusion Bill
Last Updated: 7:40 AM 02/03/12 - The state Senate has passed legislation allowing Virginians to use deadly force against intruders without fear of being sued.
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Va House Panel Backs Child Abuse Reporting Bill
Last Updated: 8:59 AM 02/02/12 - Legislation that spells out the duties and deadlines of college coaches and others to report evidence of child abuse and punish those who don't has won a House committee's overwhelming endorsement.
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Bill Could Require Ultrasounds Before Having an Abortion
Last Updated: 7:28 AM 01/28/12 - A pending bill could require women to have an ultrasound before they have an abortion.
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Va Senate Rejects Local Option for Sunday Hunting
Last Updated: 11:18 AM 01/25/12 - The Senate has rejected a proposal to allow localities to decide whether to allow hunting on Sundays.
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Court Rejects Motion to Dismiss Va Remap Suit
Last Updated: 11:18 AM 01/25/12 - A court has rejected a motion by the state to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges the General Assembly's authority to redraw its congressional districts a year late.
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Bills Targeting Sex Offenders Advance in Va.
Last Updated: 11:27 AM 01/23/12 - A state Senate committee has advanced two measures to get tough with sex offenders.
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McDonnell Targets Repeat Drug Dealers
Last Updated: 5:47 PM 01/19/12 - Gov. Bob McDonnell says one of his public safety priorities in the 2012 General Assembly is cracking down on repeat drug dealers.
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Reaction Mixed to Gov's Uranium Decision
Last Updated: 1:53 PM 01/19/12 - Gov. Bob McDonnell's decision to ask the 2012 General Assembly to leave the state's ban on uranium mining in place is receiving a mixed reception.
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Governor Gets First Report on Unfunded Mandates
Last Updated: 11:32 AM 01/16/12 - Governor Bob McDonnell received the first report from a task force charged with reviewing unfunded mandates on Monday in Richmond.
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Va House Passes US House Remap Plan Without Debate
Last Updated: 9:40 AM 01/13/12 - A Republican-authored congressional redistricting bill that has divided black legislative Democrats has won final House passage.
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Tensions Remain High During Second Day of General Assembly
Last Updated: 5:02 PM 01/12/12 - Thursday was the second day in the General Assembly, and tensions remain high between parties over the Lieutenant Governor’s tie-breaking vote.
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New US House Map Racing Through GOP-Ruled Assembly
Last Updated: 12:48 PM 01/12/12 - Now in control of both the Virginia House and Senate, legislative Republicans are rocketing their congressional redistricting plan to passage over Democratic objections that it shortchanges black voters.
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State Employees Asked to Pay More to VRS
Last Updated: 12:47 PM 01/12/12 - Gov. Bob McDonnell is proposing that state employees pay more into their retirement system.
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Cline Focuses on Agriculture Issues
Last Updated: 12:45 PM 01/12/12 - Almost 3,000 bills in the General Assembly, and one Valley lawmaker wants to make sure his agriculture-focused ones are highlighted.
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Some Lawmakers Want Changes to Education
Last Updated: 12:45 PM 01/12/12 - Almost every school in the Valley will be asking the General Assembly for more money this session. But one lawmaker wants to take a closer look.
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General Assembly: Session of Reform?
Last Updated: 12:44 PM 01/12/12 - Will this General Assembly bring permanent changes to Richmond?
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