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(This page includes tips from reporters, citizens journalists, and others identifying Virginia bills (introduced or passed) that resemble ALEC model legislation. CMD encourages the use of this forum and encourages further detailed research to verify all claims.)


  • HB 10 "Virginia’s Health Care Freedom Act" [1] Several bills were combined and passed. (Sponsors: Delegates Marshall, R.G., O'Bannon, Abbitt, Anderson, Athey, Bell, Richard P., Bell, Robert B., Byron, Carrico, Cleaveland, Cole, Comstock, Cox, J.A., Cox, M.K., Crockett-Stark, Edmunds, Garrett, Gear, Gilbert, Greason, Howell, W.J., Hugo, Iaquinto, Ingram, Johnson, Jones, Knight, Landes, LeMunyon, Lingamfelter, Lohr, Marshall, D.W., May, Merricks, Miller, J.H., Morefield, Morgan, Nixon, Oder, Peace, Pogge, Poindexter, Rust, Scott, E.T., Sherwood, Tata, Villanueva, Ware, R.L. and Wright; Senators: Colgan, Hurt, Martin, Newman, Obenshain, Ruff, Stuart, Vogel and Wagner). Looks like ALEC’s "Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act." [2]
  • HB 1131 "Virginia’s Council on Efficient Government Act" [3] Did not pass. (Sponsor: Delegate Cosgrove). Looks like ALEC’s "Council on Efficient Government Act." [4] This bill is an attempt to subsidize for-profit corporations for work traditionally performed by government and outsource public services.
  • HB 1388 and SB 738 (2010) "Establishment of Virtual School Programs" [5] Signed into law 4/21/10 (Sponsors: Bell, Richard P., Bell, Robert B., Byron, Cline, Cox, J.A., Crockett-Stark, Dance, Ebbin, Greason, Howell, W.J., Iaquinto, Jones, Keam, Kilgore, Landes, Lingamfelter, Lohr, Morefield, Morrissey, Peace and Plum, Newman, Stephen). Looks like ALEC's Virtual Public Schools Act. The legislation, a version of which as been pushed by ALEC’s education committee, encourages school divisions to contract with private virtual school companies for student instruction.
  • HB 1390 and SB 737 (2010) "Charter School Procedures" [6] Virginia State Legislature, SB 737, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012 </ref> Signed into law 4/11/10 (Sponsors: Newman). Looks like ALEC's Charter Schools Act. [7] In 2010, at the request of the Governor, legislation passed the House and Senate to amend the state’s charter school procedures to require charter school applicants to first submit their applications to the state Board of Education before seeking approval from their local school board.
  • HB 1512 "Virginia’s Health Care Sharing Ministries Act." [8] Passed. (Sponsors: Delegates Byron, Nixon and Oder; Senator: Newman). Looks like ALEC’s "Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act."[9] This legislation declares that insurance laws do not apply to health care sharing ministries.
  • HB 1843 (2007), HB 1164 (2008), HB 1965 (2009), HB 2314 (2011) "Virginia’s Education Investment Tax Credit Act" [10] [11] [12] [13] Did not pass. (Sponsors: Obenshain, Saxman, Athey, Cole, Lingamfelter and Pogge). Looks like ALEC's Great Schools Tax Credit Program Act. [14] This legislation, which has been repeatedly introduced by anti-public school advocates, would create a tax credit for businesses that donate to scholarship funds for low-income students to attend private elementary and secondary schools.
  • HB 2196 "Virginia’s Government Transparency Act" [15] Did not pass. (Sponsor: Delegate Comstock). Looks like ALEC's "ACT Relating to Creating Searchable Budget Database for State Spending and Transparency and Government Accountability Act." [16] This legislation, introduced by Delegate Barbara Comstock, draws on language from two similar pieces of ALEC model legislation to create a government transparency website to chronicle government expenditures.
  • HB 238/SB 1544 (2010) and HB 2104 (2009) "Public funding for private school scholarships" [17] Legislation was introduced in 2009 and 2010 but failed to win approval.(Sponsors: David B. Albo, Robert B. Bell, Mark L. Cole, Frank D. Hargrove, Sr., John M. O'Bannon, III, Christopher B. Saxman; Senators Stosch and Newman). Looks like ALEC’s Autism Scholarship Program Act. [18] This legislation would create publicly funded scholarship funds to send students with disabilities such as autism to private schools.
  • HB 720 "Virginia’s Health Insurance Choice Act." [19] Did not pass. (Sponsors: Delegates Peace, Byron, Carrico, Cox, J.A., Lohr and Purkey; Senator: Obenshain). Looks like ALEC's "Health Care Choice Act for States." [20]
  • HB 726 "Virginia’s Assessment of mandated health benefits." [21] Passed. (Sponsors: Delegates Peace, Anderson, Cox, J.A., Hugo, Kilgore, Marshall, D.W., Merricks and Ware, R.L.; Senator: Barker). Looks like ALEC’s "Mandated Benefits Review Act." [22] This bill would require a periodic review of the benefits Virginia mandates to be covered in health plans sold in the commonwealth.
  • HB 854 (2010) and HB 1573 (2011) "Virginia’s Castle Doctrine Act." [23][24] Did not pass. (2011 Sponsors: Delegates Cleaveland, Athey, Bell, Richard P., Carrico, Cole, Cox, J.A., Crockett-Stark, Habeeb, Hugo, Jones, Landes, Lingamfelter, Miller, J.H., Morefield, Poindexter, Robinson, Sherwood and Wilt; Senator: Puckett). Looks like ALEC's "Castle Doctrine Act." [25]
  • HJ 193 "Virginia’s Parental Rights Amendment Resolution" [26] ALEC’s model constitutional amendment attempts to dress up the effort to privatize the American tradition of public education as a parental right, creating a political wedge issue while also elevating these privatization efforts to “constitutional” status, which can then be used as a weapon to strike down any statute that is purported to infringe on the rights granted by this vague amendment. Did not pass. (Sponsors: Delegates Pogge, Anderson, Athey, Bell, Richard P., Carrico, Cleaveland, Cline, Cole, Cox, J.A., Cox, M.K., Crockett-Stark, Gear, Gilbert, Greason, Griffith, Hugo, Jones, Kilgore, Landes, Lingamfelter, Marshall, R.G., Massie, Miller, J.H., Morefield, Oder, Purkey, Putney, Sherwood, Stolle and Tata). Looks like ALEC's Parental Rights Amendment Act. [27]
  • HJ 542 "Virginia's Application to US Congress to Propose an Amendment" [28] Did not pass. (Sponsors: Delegates LeMunyon, Abbitt, Anderson, Bell, Richard P., Bell, Robert B., Byron, Carrico, Cline, Comstock, Cosgrove, Cox, J.A., Cox, M.K., Crockett-Stark, Edmunds, Garrett, Gilbert, Greason, Howell, W.J., Hugo, Iaquinto, Ingram, Janis, Jones, Kilgore, Knight, Landes, Lingamfelter, Loupassi, Marshall, D.W., Massie, Merricks, Morefield, Morgan, Nutter, O'Bannon, Oder, Orrock, Peace, Poindexter, Purkey, Putney, Robinson, Rust, Scott, E.T., Sherwood, Stolle, Tata, Villanueva, Ware, R.L., Wilt and Wright; Senator: Vogel). Looks like ALEC's Resolution Calling for the Congress of the United States to Call a Constitutional Amendment. [29]
  • HJR 42 "Virginia’s resolution memorializing Congress to repeal or amend the federal Real ID Act."[30] Did not pass. (Sponsors: Delegates Peace, Abbitt, Alexander, Gear, Lewis, Marshall, R.G., Morgan and Ware, R.L.). Looks like "ALEC’s Resolution in Opposition to the REAL ID Act." [31] This resolution, offered in 2008, urged the US Congress to repeal the REAL ID Act, which standardizes photo IDs across states.
  • HJR 88 (2010) and HJR 852 (2011) "Virginia’s resolution on a federal balanced budget amendment" [32][33] Did not pass. (Sponsors (2011): Delegates Cline, Abbott, Albo, Anderson, Armstrong, Athey, Barlow, Bell, Richard P., Bell, Robert B., Carrico, Comstock, Cosgrove, Cox, J.A., Crockett-Stark, Edmunds, Garrett, Gilbert, Greason, Habeeb, Hugo, Janis, Joannou, LeMunyon, Lewis, Lingamfelter, Loupassi, Massie, May, Miller, J.H., Miller, P.J., Morefield, Oder, Orrock, Phillips, Pollard, Purkey, Putney, Robinson, Sherwood, Shuler, Stolle, Tata, Villanueva, Wilt and Wright). Looks like ALEC’s balanced budget amendment resolution. [34] These resolutions introduced in consecutive years in the House of Delegates call on the federal government to pass a balanced budget amendment.
  • HJR 542(offered 1/12/11, Sponsors: Speaker Howell, Sen. Vogel) "Repeal Amendment."[35] Compare to ALEC's "Resolution Calling for the Congress of the United States to Call a Constitutional Convention Pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to Propose a Constitutional Amendment Permitting Repeal of any Federal Law or Regulation by Vote of Two-Thirds of the State Legislatures."[36][37]
  • HR 61 (2009), HR 5 (2010) and SJR 17 (2010) "Virginia’s Resolution on the Tenth Amendment Act" [38] [39] [40] Looks like ALEC's Resolution Reaffirming Tenth Amendment Rights [41] This resolution would reaffirm the 10th Amendment and chastise federal mandates.
  • HR72 and SR 29 (2011) "Virginia resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to address the proposed regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency in regards to greenhouse gas emission" [42] [43] Did not pass. (Sponsors: Delegates Morefield, Bell, Richard P., Carrico, Crockett-Stark, Edmunds, Johnson, Kilgore, Marshall, R.G. and Phillips, Senators Puckett and Wampler). Looks like ALEC's Resolution opposing EPA’s regulatory train wreck. The resolution memorializes Congress to adopt legislation prohibiting the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.
  • HRJ 642"Virginia’s resolution on the Value Added Tax" [44] Did not pass. (Sponsors: Delegates Comstock, Athey, Cole and Jones). Looks like ALEC's resolution in opposition to Value-Added Taxes. [45]
  • SB 585 "Virginia’s Searchable Budget database website bill" [46] Did not pass. (Sponsors: Senators Cuccinelli, Hurt, Martin, Newman, Obenshain, Petersen, Smith, Vogel and Wagner). Looks like ALEC’s "Act Relating to Creating a Searchable Budget Database for State Spending." [47] Like Delegate Comstock’s legislation, this bill only calls for disclosure of expenditures and excludes costly tax credits and loopholes.
  • SB 6011 "Virginia’s Offshore Energy Revenue Fund Act" [48] Did not pass. (Sponsors: Wagner, Blevins, Cuccinelli, Hanger, Hurt, Martin, McDougle, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Quayle, Ruff, Smith, Stosch, Stuart, Wampler and Watkins). Looks like ALEC’s State Offshore Energy Revenue Fund Act. [49]

References

  1. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 10, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  2. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  3. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1131, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  4. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Council on Efficient Government Act, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  5. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, SB738, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  6. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1390, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  7. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Charter Schools Act, ALEC Exposed, model resolution exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
  8. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1512, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  9. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  10. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1965, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  11. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1164, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  12. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1843, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  13. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 2314, accessed February 10, 2012
  14. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC's Great Schools Tax Credit Program, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed on February 10, 2012
  15. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 2196, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  16. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Virginia's Government Transparency Act, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  17. ↑ Virginia's Legislative Information System, SENATE BILL NO. 1544, Virginia's Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  18. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, The Autism Scholarship Program Act, ALEC Exposed, model resolution exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
  19. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 720, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  20. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Health Care Choice Act for States, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  21. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 726, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  22. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Mandated Benefits Review Act, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  23. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 854, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  24. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HB 1573, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  25. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Castle Doctrine Act, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  26. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HJ 193, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  27. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Parental Rights Amendment Resolution, ALEC Exposed, model resolution exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
  28. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, [ HJ 542], Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  29. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Resolution Calling for the Congress of the United States to Call a Constitutional Amendment, ALEC Exposed http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HJ542, model resolution exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
  30. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HJR 42, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  31. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council,Resolution in Opposition to the REAL ID ACT, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  32. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HJR 88, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  33. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HJR 852, Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  34. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Balanced Budget Amendment Resolution, ALEC Exposed, model resolution exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  35. ↑ Virginia Legislature, HJR 542, state legislation, offered January 12, 2011
  36. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Resolution Calling for the Congress of the United States to Call a Constitutional Convention Pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to Propose a Constitutional Amendment Permitting Repeal of any Federal Law or Regulation by Vote of Two-Thirds of the State Legislatures, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, July 13, 2011
  37. ↑ Bill Howell, Va. House of Delegates Passes Repeal Amendment 59-34 to put Needed Check & Balance on Federal Government, press release, January 25, 2011
  38. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HR 61, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  39. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HR 5, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  40. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, SJR 17, Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  41. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC's Resolution Reaffirming Tenth Amendment Rights, legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
  42. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, SR 29, Virginia's Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  43. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HR 72, Legislative System Information, accessed February 10, 2012
  44. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, HRJ 642, Virginia's Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2012
  45. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC's resolution in opposition to Value-Aded taxes, legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
  46. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, SB 585, Virginia's Legislative Information System, accessed February 13, 2012
  47. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Act Relating to Creating a Searchable Budget Database for State Spending, ALEC Exposed, model legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 13, 2012
  48. ↑ Virginia State Legislature, [1], Legislative Information System, accessed February 10, 2011
  49. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC's State Offshore Energy Fund Act, ALEC Exposed, legislation exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed February 10, 2012
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