Steve E. Heretick - Virginia

Signed into law · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Solar energy projects; national standards.

Solar energy projects; national standards. Authorizes a locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions to incorporate generally accepted national environmental protection and product safety standards for the use of solar panels and battery technologies for solar photovoltaic (electric energy) projects. The bill contains an enactment clause that applies such generally accepted national standards to any such projects in the Commonwealth, notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special.

Signed into law Mar 12, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1244

Signed into law · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation calls.

Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Telephone Privacy Act (the Act), "telephone solicitation call" includes any text message sent to any wireless telephone with a Virginia area code, or to a wireless telephone registered to any natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth, for the purpose of offering or advertising any property, goods, or services for sale, lease, license, or investment, including offering or advertising an extension of credit or for the purpose of fraudulent activity. The bill prohibits a telephone solicitor from engaging in any conduct that results in the display of false or misleading caller identification information on the called party's telephone. The bill increases the amount of damages and the amount of the civil penalty for violations of the Act from $500 for each such violation to $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second violation, and $5,000 for each subsequent violation and increases to $5,000 the maximum civil penalty the court may impose for a willful first or second violation. This bill is identical to SB 812.

Signed into law Mar 10, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1582

Signed into law · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Delinquent tax lands; threshold for nonjudicial sale.

Delinquent tax lands; threshold for nonjudicial sale. Raises the assessment threshold at which a local treasurer or other officer responsible for collecting taxes has general authority to sell real property with over three years of delinquent taxes from less than $5,000 to no more than $10,000 and extends such authority to improved as well as unimproved parcels of real property. The bill raises the assessment range at which such officer may sell parcels of real property with over three years of delinquent taxes and that meet certain criteria from at least $5,000 but less than $20,000 to more than $10,000 but no more than $25,000. The bill increases the size of unimproved parcels that may be sold from less than 4,000 square feet to one acre or less.

Signed into law Mar 10, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor SJ 181

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Bob Brown.

Passed Mar 7, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 215

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Charles Calvin Singleton.

Introduced Mar 7, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 221

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Shirley Morrow Marshall.