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2012 Session Legislation
Education
School Opening - SB 257 Would allow local school boards to set the school calendar; including determining the opening of the school year. Eliminates the post-Labor Day opening requirement. Failed in Education and Health Committee. Human trafficking; Information for Public Schools - SB 259 Requires the Board of Education to provide awareness and training materials for local school divisions on strategies to prevent human trafficking of students. Passed Senate. Virginia Preschool Initiative Local Grant Program - SB 261 Creates a grant program to improve training for preschool educators as well as create and expand preschool classrooms and ensure preschool education for the children of veterans. Passed Senate. Fairfax County School Board - SB 581 Allows the Fairfax County School Board to stagger the terms of their members. Passed Senate. Job Creation Small Business - SB 258 Changes the definition of "small business" to match the Federal Government’s definition. Continued to 2013.
Microenterprise Investment Grant Program - SB 262;
Creates a grant program for individuals who make an investment in a microenterprise including a “green” microenterprise or one located in an underutilized business zone, up to $12,500.
Passed Senate.
Transportation
Bicycle Safety - SB 264
Forbids automobiles and trucks from following bicycles too closely.
Passed Senate.
High Capacity Transit - SJ 52
Requests the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make high capacity rail a top priority for the Commonwealth.
Failed in Rules Committee.
Public Safety
Injuries to Children to be Reported - SB 265
Adds athletic coaches and directors to the list of persons required to report child abuse.
Passed Senate as part of SB 239.
Asbestos Worker Safety - SB 482
Requires the Virginia Board for Asbestos Inspectors to administer, or supervise, an examination of applicants for an asbestos work license. Workers would be provided with written safety guidelines and instructions for reporting violations. Principals of firms that have been in violation would be prohibited from being principals of new asbestos remediation firms. (Senator Favola, Co-Sponsor)
Passed Senate.
Asbestos Complaints - SB 483
Requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to maintain a registry of employee asbestos violations complaints. (Senator Favola, Co-Sponsor)
Continued to 2013
Study; Solitary confinement- SJ 93
Directs the Crime Commission to study the use of solitary confinement by the Department of Corrections.
Passed Senate.
Health and Welfare
Medical Assistance; Prenatal Coverage - SB 568
Provides prenatal care to legal immigrant women, preventing extremely costly neonatal care for infants.
Passed Senate.
Social Justice
Public Employment; Nondiscrimination - SB 263
Prohibits discrimination in public employment based on sexual orientation and other factors.
Failed in General Laws and Technology Committee.
Contracts with Child-Placing Agencies - SB 569
Prohibits the Department of Social Services from contracting with or funding child-placing agencies that discriminate in providing placement services to children or prospective parents.
Failed in Rehabilitation and Social Services.
Study; Financial Exploitation of Elderly and Incapacitated Adults - SJ 53
Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study ways to prevent, deter, and punish financial exploitation of elderly and incapacitated adults.
Stricken by Patron in deference to another bill.
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