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2000 SESSION
Rules
Chairman: Malfourd W. Trumbo
Clerk: Susan Schaar & John Garrett
Date of Meeting: Monday February 14, 2000
Time and Place: Approx. 10 a. m. Senate Room B
Upon adjournment of Agric., Conservation and Natural Resources
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 9 a chapter numbered 51, consisting of sections numbered 9-390 through 9-395, relating to the Joint Commission on Behavioral Health Care.003943464
Patron: Martin
Sub-Committee:
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 21 of Title 2.1 an article numbered 2, consisting of sections numbered 2.1-346.2 through 2.1-346.5, relating to the Freedom of Information Act; creation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.008169404
Patron: Bolling
Sub-Committee:
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 9 a chapter numbered 51, consisting of sections numbered 9-390 through 9-395, relating to the Joint Commission on Behavioral Health Care.003902428
Patron: Wampler
Sub-Committee:
A BILL to repeal the second enactment of Chapter 553 of the 1998 Acts of Assembly, relating to the Rappahannock River Basin Commission.003846444
Patron: Houck
Sub-Committee:
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 30 a chapter numbered 12, consisting of sections numbered 30-90 through 30-93, relating to establishment of the Joint Commission on Workforce Development.004835436
Patron: Hawkins
Sub-Committee:
A BILL to direct the Commissioner of Health to examine the efficacy of certain testing.005726544
Patron: Ticer
Sub-Committee:
Continuing the Joint Subcommittee Studying Economic Incentives to Promote the Growth and Competitiveness of Virginia's Shipbuilding Industry.008372552
Patron: Walker
Sub-Committee:
Continuing the Joint Subcommittee studying the current means and adequacy of compensation to Virginia citizens whose properties are taken through the exercise of eminent domain.003298468
Patron: Watkins
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations to examine the feasibility of transferring the responsibility for acquiring property for highway purposes from the Department of Transportation to the Department of General Services.003331468
Patron: Watkins
Sub-Committee:
Continuing the Joint Commission on Management of the Commonwealth's Workforce.008374440
Patron: Holland
Sub-Committee:
Directing the House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Finance, and Senate Committee on Finance to develop a formula for funding educational technology.002202264
Patron: Howell
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the operation of the two super-maximum security facilities by the Department of Corrections.003615428
Patron: Howell
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study shifting Virginia's highway freight traffic to railroads.005555420
Patron: Edwards
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the status and implementation of the Virginia Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act.003321404
Patron: Bolling
Sub-Committee:
Continuing the Commission on the Future of Virginia’s Environment.003815404
Patron: Bolling
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study webcasting.002198264
Patron: Newman
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Virginia delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission continue its study of the most effective means for protecting submerged aquatic vegetation.002560404
Patron: Bolling
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study campaign finance reform issues.006878412
Patron: Colgan
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of establishing a regional hub airport in Eastern Virginia.004579568
Patron: Williams
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study criteria and procedures for selecting highway construction projects for inclusion in the Commonwealth Transportation Board's Six-Year Improvement Program.004714568
Patron: Williams
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Department of Medical Assistance Services to study the institutionalization of children with developmental disabilities.000320480
Patron: Miller, Y.B.
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.007226480
Patron: Miller, Y.B.
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Consumer Advisory Board established pursuant to the Virginia Electric Utility Restructuring Act to study low-income household energy assistance programs in the Commonwealth.003293508
Patron: Norment
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the efficacy and appropriateness of the Commonwealth’s system of funding the Standards of Quality for public schools.004720522
Patron: Rerras
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study creation of a Northern Virginia Regional Transportation Authority.005685400
Patron: Barry
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Department of Taxation to study the degree to which the tax relief granted under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998, and funded by the Commonwealth, is accruing to or being received by businesses ineligible for such tax relief under the provisions of the Act.008407560
Patron: Watkins
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to examine strategies to reduce the amount of solid waste being deposited into landfills in the Commonwealth.000965432
Patron: Hanger
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a farmland protection task force.003810432
Patron: Hanger
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Family Law Section of the Virginia State Bar to study fathers’ rights.000964432
Patron: Hanger
Sub-Committee:
Establishing the Rural Virginia Prosperity Commission.002590436
Patron: Hawkins
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Virginia State Crime Commission to study hardcore drunk drivers.004705500
Patron: Mims
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study the feasibility of creating a student aid initiative similar to the Georgia HOPE scholarship in the Commonwealth.002646528
Patron: Byrne
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Department of Health Professions to study the need for an appropriate level of regulation for Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants.008983444
Patron: Houck
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Consumer Advisory Board established pursuant to the Virginia Electric Utility Restructuring Act to study low-income household energy assistance programs in the Commonwealth.000032888
Patron: Norment
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Governor, with the support and assistance from participants in the Virginia Turning Point initiative, to encourage and facilitate the development of a Virginia Center for Community Health between the public and private sector.000428520
Patron: Quayle
Sub-Committee:
Creating the Virginia Long-Term Care Foundation.005614230
Patron: Schrock
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study staffing standards for sheriffs’ departments.008745424
Patron: Forbes
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the economic condition and disaster assistance needs of Virginia’s farmers.004998424
Patron: Forbes
Sub-Committee:
Establishing the Metropolitan Hampton Roads Regional Urban Services Study Commission to study the feasibility of establishing a regional administrative agency to provide urban services in the Hampton Roads region.002696520
Patron: Quayle
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Department of Conservation and Recreation to study future land use along Paradise Creek and to recommend ways the Commonwealth might participate in the development of a public park and recreational area.002697520
Patron: Quayle
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the funding of highway maintenance and construction by the Virginia Department of Transportation.000434440
Patron: Marye
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the means by which court buildings and facilities are financed and maintained in the Commonwealth.004864508
Patron: Norment
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the regulatory responsibilities, policies, and activities of the State Corporation Commission.002723508
Patron: Norment
Sub-Committee:
Establishing the South-central Virginia Economic Development Commission.006034436
Patron: Hawkins
Sub-Committee:
Continuing the Joint Subcommittee Studying Economic Incentives to Promote the Growth and Competitiveness of Virginia's Shipbuilding Industry.008411532
Patron: Schrock
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the potential for Internet voting in the Commonwealth.006914416
Patron: Couric
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the funding of highway maintenance and construction by the Virginia Department of Transportation.004577518
Patron: Puller
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Department of Conservation and Recreation to study the feasibility of establishing a Trevilian Station Battlefield State Park.002401444
Patron: Houck
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation to study the need for, responsibilities of, and budget for an Office of Public-Private Partnership within its organizational structure.002642500
Patron: Mims
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the value of tracking college and university completion rates separately from college and university graduation rates.004566480
Patron: Miller, Y.B.
Sub-Committee:
Memorializing Congress to approve the Metropolitan Washington Regional Transportation Act.001755528
Patron: Saslaw
Sub-Committee:
Establishing the Joint Subcommittee Studying Finance Options for Constructing a Baseball Stadium in Virginia.002598528
Patron: Saslaw
Sub-Committee:
Memorializing the Congress of the United States, the United States Secretary of Transportation, and the Governor to take certain actions to resolve the nation's air traffic control and airport infrastructure deficiencies.002677412
Patron: Saslaw
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study ways to ensure equal educational opportunity.000415480
Patron: Miller, Y.B.
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study kinship care.005375480
Patron: Miller, Y.B.
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Commission on Youth to study incentives for localities to provide organized activities for youth.004133480
Patron: Miller, Y.B.
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study ways to increase the involvement of businesses, organizations, and individuals in volunteering services and providing technology to low- achieving schools and school divisions.004130480
Patron: Miller, Y.B.
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a select committee to study the feasibility of establishing the Virginia Legislative Internship Program.004134480
Patron: Miller, Y.B.
Sub-Committee:
Requesting a joint subcommittee to examine the central registry for child abuse and neglect.002627608
Patron: Whipple
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Commission on Youth to study and make recommendations regarding children's environmental health issues.005582564
Patron: Whipple
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Department of Conservation and Recreation to study the need to expand the best management practices for nonpoint source pollution program to include urban land uses.009031432
Patron: Hanger
Sub-Committee:
Establishing the joint subcommittee to study public school grievance procedures.005622522
Patron: Rerras
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Virginia State Crime Commission to study identity fraud and theft.001656544
Patron: Ticer
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the environmental policies and practices of the Virginia Department of Transportation and their impact on the natural resources and environment of the Commonwealth.001657544
Patron: Ticer
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study rail passenger service between Bristol and Richmond and Washington, D. C.009813504
Patron: Newman
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the economic condition and disaster assistance needs of Virginia’s farmers.003852416
Patron: Couric
Sub-Committee:
Continuing the Commission on Educational Infrastructure as the Commission on Educational Infrastructure and Technology.006084500
Patron: Mims
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study discovery of electronic data.004910500
Patron: Mims
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act.002210504
Patron: Newman
Sub-Committee:
Continuing the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Feasibility of Developing a Center for Continuing and Vocational Education as the Joint Subcommittee to Study Continuing and Vocational/Technical Education.006080520
Patron: Quayle
Sub-Committee:
Establishing a joint subcommittee to study the efficacy of time management changes for the General Assembly.009814508
Patron: Norment
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Virginia Commissioners for Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation to encourage the National Conference of the Commissioners for Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation to establish a special committee to develop a model act relating to concealed handgun permits and licenses and use Virginia's current statute as the special committee's guide.007295988
Patron: Hanger
Sub-Committee:
Directing the Commission on Educational Accountability, in cooperation with the Board of Education, the State Council of Higher Education, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the House Committee on Appropriations, to study the demand for and preparation of classroom teachers.009029432
Patron: Hanger
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Governor to direct all executive agencies to examine ways in which "charitable choice" provisions of federal law can be implemented in their work.003714576
Patron: Hanger
Sub-Committee:
Establishing the Interstate Route 81 advisory commission.009033432
Patron: Hanger
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Department of Social Services to examine the social programs that it operates and to evaluate the expanded use of vouchers for payment of those services by clients.003713576
Patron: Hanger
Sub-Committee:
Requesting the Department of Social Services to study the funding of child day care for low-income families.004931456
Patron: Lucas
Sub-Committee:
Memorializing Congress to support the Vietnam Veterans Recognition Act of 1999 and the Vietnam War “In Memory” memorial plaque.007337518
Patron: Puller
Sub-Committee: