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Arts and Humanities (1995 thru present)
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  • 1995 - SJ 290 Blue Ridge Economic Development Commission; financing.
  • 1996 - HB 642 Educational and Cultural Entities Fund; created.
  • 1996 - HB 882 Preservation of historical sites.
  • 1996 - HB 1217 Native American Indian Month and Day of Appreciation.
  • 1996 - HB 1453 Income tax, state; credit for historic rehabilitation.
  • 1996 - HJ 15 Poet Laureate.
  • 1996 - HJ 174 Study; funding for visual and performing arts.
  • 1996 - HJ 242 Study; Virginia's Historic Triangle.
  • 1996 - SB 615 Funding by Commission for the Arts.
  • 1996 - SB 616 Special license plates; Virginians for the Arts.
  • 1997 - HB 642 Educational and Cultural Entities Fund; created.
  • 1997 - HB 1616 Poet laureate.
  • 1997 - HB 1766 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; designated an educational institution.
  • 1997 - HB 2484 Arts Foundation.
  • 1997 - HJ 543 Public support for the arts.
  • 1997 - SJ 392 Quilt Museum.
  • 1998 - HB 387 Loan of property to museums; unclaimed loans.
  • 1998 - SB 59 Transfer of property from VRS to Science Museum.
  • 1999 - HB 387 Loan of property to museums; unclaimed loans.
  • 1999 - HB 1500 Public support for the arts.
  • 1999 - HB 1593 Emblems of the Commonwealth; state artisans' center.
  • 1999 - HB 1648 Frontier Culture Museum.
  • 1999 - HB 2151 Commonwealth of Virginia Cultural Facilities Bond Act of 1999.
  • 1999 - HB 2684 Alcoholic beverage control; museum licenses.
  • 1999 - HJ 762 Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.
  • 1999 - SB 923 Income tax; check off for certain governmental agencies.
  • 1999 - SB 1252 Presentation of Virginia history and historical figures.
  • 1999 - SJ 408 Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.
  • 2000 - HB 528 Arts Foundation; use of funds.
  • 2000 - HB 900 Cultural Facilities Bond Act of 2000.
  • 2000 - HB 1308 Educational institutions; Gunston Hall and Frontier Culture Museum.
  • 2000 - HB 1463 Board of Visitors for Mount Vernon.
  • 2000 - HJ 148 Quilt Museum.
  • 2000 - HJ 285 Study; public-private partnerships for museums.
  • 2000 - SJ 92 United States Army Museum.
  • 2000 - SJ 195 Quilt Museum.
  • 2001 - HB 900 Cultural Facilities Bond Act of 2000.
  • 2001 - HB 1622 Special license plates; supporters of Virginia zoos.
  • 2001 - HB 2360 Arts and cultural district in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg.
  • 2001 - HB 2495 Hampton Roads Museum Consortium.
  • 2001 - HB 2619 Cultural Facilities Bond Act of 2001; created.
  • 2001 - HB 2627 Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Natural History.
  • 2001 - HB 2840 Commonwealth of Virginia Cultural Facilities Bond Act of 2001.
  • 2001 - SB 872 Gunston Hall; certain powers of board.
  • 2001 - SB 1054 Special license plates; supporters of Mariners' Museum.
  • 2001 - SB 1376 Official bus and trolley museum of the Commonwealth.
  • 2001 (ss1) - HB 5 Appropriations; nonstate agencies.
  • 2001 (ss1) - HB 13 Appropriations; nonstate entities.
  • 2002 - HB 1038 Elementary school instruction in arts and music.
  • 2002 - HB 1065 Arts Foundation; powers.
  • 2002 - HB 1066 Property loaned to museums.
  • 2002 - HB 1308 Arts, humanities and cultural institutions; funding.
  • 2002 - HB 1371 Instruction in certain historic and patriotic freedoms, music, etc.
  • 2002 - HJ 249 Supporting establishment of a Cold War Museum.
  • 2002 - SJ 29 Welcoming National Army Museum of U.S. Army to Fort Belvoir.
  • 2003 - HB 1038 Elementary school instruction in arts and music.
  • 2003 - HB 1308 Arts, humanities and cultural institutions; funding.
  • 2003 - HB 1971 Consolidation; Virginia Museum's; Science and Natural History.
  • 2003 - HB 2580 FOIA; closed meeting exemption for Virginia Museum of Natural History.
  • 2003 - HJ 541 Persecution of Falun Gong.
  • 2003 - SB 1061 Consolidation; Museums of Va.; Science and Natural History.
  • 2003 - SB 1096 Income tax refund; contribution to the Art Museum of Western Virginia.
  • 2003 - SJ 330 Satellite transportation museum.
  • 2003 - SJ 404 Lorton Workhouse Arts Center; sense of the General Assembly.
  • 2004 - HB 693 Natural and Historic Resources Fund and Commission; created, report.
  • 2004 - HB 741 Transient occupancy tax; increased in certain counties, revenues for Performing Arts Foundation.
  • 2004 - HB 1228 Frontier Culture Museum; deemed an edu. institution, reduces membership of Bd of Trustees, report.
  • 2004 - HB 1313 William J. Hargis, Jr. Library; Institute of Marine Science to name library.
  • 2004 - HB 1338 Virginia Museum of Natural History; powers and duties, salary of director, gifts and endowments.
  • 2004 - HB 1390 Cultural Economic Development Revolving Fund and Advisory Board; created, report.
  • 2004 - HJ 82 Cultural instit., nonstate agency; Dept of Tax. to collect sales tax data pertain. to econo. impact.
  • 2004 - HJ 259 Virginia Historical Society; designating as Official State Historical Society.
  • 2004 - SB 569 Natural and Historic Resources Fund and Commission; created, report.
  • 2004 - SB 676 Cultural Economic Development Revolving Fund and Advisory Board; created, report.
  • 2005 - HB 1501 License plates, special; issuance to members of U.S. Naval Construction Force (Seabees).
  • 2005 - HB 2048 Public Building Authority; to issue bonds to fund projects for museums,etc.
  • 2005 - HB 2196 License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Robert Russa Moton Museum.
  • 2005 - HB 2300 Income tax, state; voluntary contribution for western Va. region cultural organizations.
  • 2005 - HB 2803 Museums; status of property loaned to or deposited therewith.
  • 2005 - HJ 747 Museum and White House of Confederacy; joint subcommittee to study relocating.