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2002 SESSION
Delegate John A. Cosgrove (R) - House District 78
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 416
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district14@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 15483
- Chesapeake, Virginia 23328
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 19 Eastern Virginia Medical School; name change.
- HB 65 License plates, special; issuance of "Proud to be an American."
- HB 89 License plates, special; various patriotic & civic organizations.
- HB 134 License plates, special; issuance honoring injured/killed on USS Cole.
- HB 135 Moment of silence in public schools.
- HB 157 Income tax; credit for purchase of teacher's instructional materials.
- HB 159 Standards of Learning; website suggestions for improvements.
- HB 160 Denial of driver's license for truancy.
- HB 161 Public schools; displaying of transcendent values in historical texts.
- HB 162 Income tax; calculating taxable income, age deduction.
- HB 209 Car tax relief; vehicles held in trust.
- HB 221 Law Officers' Retirement System; includes deputy sheriffs.
- HB 223 Concealed weapons by retired law-enforcement officers.
- HB 229 Special license plates; members of General Assembly.
- HB 230 Special license plates; 173rd Airborne Brigade.
- HB 233 Redevelopment and housing authorities.
- HB 242 Public defender's office in Norfolk City.
- HB 248 ABC; special events licenses.
- HB 252 Government Performance and Results Act; created.
- HB 271 Outdoor lighting standards and regulations; establishment.
- HB 295 Guaranteed Assistance Program; applicable to military personnel.
- HB 354 Sales and use tax; exemption for const. materials purch. by churches.
- HB 386 Old Dominion University; board of visitors.
- HB 392 General Assembly; representation before state agencies.
- HB 397 Release of certain student information.
- HB 398 Financial and management audit of all state agencies.
- HB 399 Law Enforcement Electronic Command and Control Improvement Program.
- HB 444 Special license plates; Girl Scouts.
- HB 459 Local electoral boards; appointments.
- HB 464 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms of rental agreement.
- HB 465 Real property tax; exemption for certain rehabilitated structures.
- HB 469 Notary public; duties.
- HB 472 Notification to parents and guardians of arrest of certain minors.
- HB 474 Volunteer maintenance and zoning inspectors in certain cities.
- HB 475 Guaranteed Assistance Program.
- HB 476 Motor vehicle insurance; exclusion of named unlicensed persons.
- HB 488 Domestic violence; statewide facilitator for victims.
- HB 504 Sales & use tax exemption; Norfolk City Union of King's Daughters,Inc.
- HB 505 Suspension without pay for firefighters, EMTs, etc.
- HB 506 Investigations of law-enforcement officers, firefighters, etc.
- HB 507 Chaplains who provide services to inmates or juveniles.
- HB 509 Competency of court-appointed counsel.
- HB 527 Escape and custody.
- HB 558 Political advertisements; disclosure requirements.
- HB 587 Freedom of Information Act; posting of minutes by public bodies.
- HB 599 Party designations on the ballot.
- HB 600 Encouragement or requirement to abort a fetus.
- HB 601 Parental consent for abortion.
- HB 602 Children's Internet protection; public libraries.
- HB 645 Income tax; vol. contribution to War Mem. Assn. and D-Day Mem. Found.
- HB 664 Health professionals to report injuries associated with terrorism.
- HB 666 Impersonation of public safety personnel or forest wardens.
- HB 667 Purple Heart Trail.
- HB 668 Civil immunity; employees reporting threats.
- HB 669 Applications for learner's permits, driver's licenses, etc.
- HB 670 War Memorial Foundation; membership.
- HB 688 Investment of endowment funds at University of Virginia.
- HB 733 Legislative continuance.
- HB 823 Secretary of Technology; security audits, government databases.
- HB 886 School crisis and emergency management plans.
- HB 892 Saliva or tissue sample required for DNA analysis.
- HB 893 Capital murder of a law-enforcement officer; penalty.
- HB 894 Mutual aid agreements.
- HB 896 Passing stopped school buses.
- HB 1053 Police training on sensitivity to cultural diversity.
- HB 1116 Recordation of documents; acknowledgments.
- HB 1120 Terrorism.
- HB 1154 Medically induced infanticide; penalty.
- HB 1173 Burning object on property of another with intent to intimidate.
- HB 1206 Family life education; instruction on adoption.
- HB 1209 Clerk of circuit court; military service discharge records.
- HB 1210 Special license plates; anniv. for Smithfield, Salem & Portsmouth.
- HB 1266 Motor vehicle sales and use tax; credit for trade-ins.
- HB 1304 Income tax; contributions to general fund.
- HB 1306 Housing Development Authority; regulation of loans.
- HB 1340 Federal Highway Reimbursement Anticipation Notes Act of 2000.
- HB 1353 Highways; maintenance and asset management.
- HB 1371 Instruction in certain historic and patriotic freedoms, music, etc.
- HJ 18 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
- HJ 19 Police, Fire, and Rescue Services Memorial Day.
- HJ 34 Study; best practices in public school divisions.
- HJ 70 Study; commissioners in chancery and commissioners of accounts.
- HJ 75 Study; appointments by circuit courts.
- HJ 112 Honoring Virginians who died as a result of the terrorist attacks.
- HJ 114 Commending United States Military Academy at West Point.
- HJ 118 Study; future of Virginia's environment.
- HJ 233 Commending Town of Smithfield on its 250th anniversary.
- HJ 284 On the death of James McIlhany Thomson.
- HJ 289 On the death of Bryan C. Jack.
- HJ 290 On the death of Norma Lang Steuerle.
- HJ 292 Celebrating the life of Leonard E. Taylor.
- HJ 293 On the death of Lieutenant Colonel Canfield D. Boone.
- HJ 294 On the death of Karl W. Teepe.
- HJ 295 On the death of Captain Jack D. Punches, Jr.
- HJ 300 On the deaths of Wilson F. "Bud" Flagg and Darlene E. "Dee" Flagg.
- HJ 301 On the death of Lieutenant Colonel Gary Smith.
- HJ 306 Celebrating the life of Richard M. "Dick" Bagley, Sr.
- HJ 312 On the death of Mark Ryan McGinly.
- HJ 316 Commending Colorectal Cancer Partnership & Darrell Green & Green Team.
- HJ 320 Celebrating the life of Brenda Gibson.
- HJ 324 On the death of Lieutenant Eric Allen Cranford.
- HJ 329 Celebrating the life of Commander Daniel F. Shanower.
- HJ 336 Celebrating the life of Molly McKenzie.
- HJ 337 Celebrating the life of Sergeant Major Lacey B. Ivory.
- HJ 338 Celebrating the life of Jamie Lynn Fallon.
- HJ 339 Celebrating the life of Robert Hymel.
- HJ 340 Celebrating the life of Judith Jones.
- HJ 341 Celebrating the life of James Lynch.
- HJ 342 Celebrating the life of John J. Chada.
- HJ 344 Celebrating the life of David Laychak.
- HJ 345 Celebrating the life of Jeff Simpson.
- HJ 346 Celebrating the life of Diana Padro.
- HJ 347 Celebrating the life of Sergeant Major Larry Strickland.
- HJ 348 Celebrating the life of Sandra White.
- HJ 349 Celebrating the life of Don Simmons.
- HJ 350 Celebrating the life of Amelia Fields.
- HJ 351 On the death of Diane Hale-McKinzy.
- HJ 352 On the death of Commander William Howard Donovan.
- HJ 353 On the death of Lieutenant Commander David L. Williams.
- HJ 355 Commending War Memorial Foundation.
- HJ 359 Celebrating the life of Cheryle Sincock.
- HJ 365 Celebrating the life of Edward Rowenhorst.
- HJ 366 Celebrating the life of Robert James Maxwell.
- HJ 375 On the death of Michael L. Selves.
- HJ 384 Commending Va. Port Authority on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HJ 386 On the death of John Sammartino.
- HJ 387 On the deaths of Robert R. Ploger III and Zandra Cooper Ploger.
- HJ 388 On the death of Janice Scott.
- HJ 398 Celebrating the life of Patricia E. Mickley.
- HJ 399 On the death of Lieutenant Colonel Jerry D. Dickerson.
- HJ 400 On the death of Rosa Maria Chapa.
- HJ 401 On the death of Commander Patrick W. Dunn.
- HJ 402 On the death of Staff Sergeant Maudlyn White.
- HJ 403 On the death of Marjorie C. Salamone.
- HJ 407 Celebrating the life of Judy Rowlett.
- HJ 408 Celebrating the life of Rhonda Rasmussen.
- HJ 411 On the death of Brady K. Howell.
- HJ 412 Commending Arlington County for its response to emergency of 9/11/01.
- HJ 421 Commending Operation Smile on its 20th anniversary.
- HJ 422 Commending Ward Burton.
- HJ 429 On the death of Kenneth E. Lewis and Jennifer G. Lewis.
- HJ 430 On the death of David M. Charlebois.
- HJ 433 On the death of David H. Horne.
- HJ 444 Celebrating the life of Chin Sun Pak.
- HJ 445 Celebrating the life of Gregg Harold Smallwood.
- HJ 447 On the death of Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Neil Hyland, Jr.
- HJ 448 On the death of Khang Nguyen.
- HJ 449 On the death of Lieutenant Commander Robert R. Elseth.
- HJ 450 On the death of Lieutenant Colonel Dennis M. Johnson.
- HJ 451 On the death of Charles E. Sabin.
- HJ 454 Commending Virginia State Police.
- HJ 457 Commending Hadassah on its 90th anniversary.
- HJ 460 On the death of Peggy M. Hurt.
- HJ 461 On the death of Tom Kennedy.
- HJ 473 On the death of Leonard Anthony White.
- HJ 475 On the death of Terence Michael Lynch.
- HJ 478 Commending Fairfax County's first responders to September 11 attack.
- HJ 491 Commending Virginia Task Force One.
- HJ 492 Commending Patrick Morrison.
- HJ 500 On the death of Mark E. Schurmeier.
- HJ 502 On the death of Daniel Pearl.
- HJ 507 On the death of Petty Officer First Class Neil Christopher Roberts.
- HJ 512 On the death of Major General Richard L. Irby.
- HR 17 On the death of Dennis E. Bridgeman.
- HR 23 Commending United Way for its response to Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
- HR 24 Commending American Red Cross for its response to Sept. 11th.
- HR 25 Commending Salvation Army for its response to Sept. 11th.
- SB 608 Posting of "In God We Trust" in all schools.
- SB 681 Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002.
- SJ 48 On the death of Debbie Ramsaur.
- SJ 162 On the death of Steven D. "Jake" Jacoby.
- SJ 163 On the death of Commander Robert Allan Schlegel.
- SJ 164 On the death of Major Stephen Vernon Long.
- SJ 165 On the death of Captain Clifford Leon Patterson, Jr.
- SJ 166 On the death of Major Wallace C. "Cole" Hogan, Jr.
- SJ 167 On the death of Major Dwayne Williams.
- SJ 168 On the death of Lieutenant Commander Otis Vincent Tolbert.
- SJ 169 On the death of Commander Robert Edward Dolan.
- SJ 183 Celebrating the life of Johnny Micheal Spann.
- SJ 187 Celebrating the life of Ada Mason.
- SJ 190 Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel Kip Paul Taylor.
- SJ 191 Celebrating the life of Richard Gabriel.
- SJ 192 Celebrating the life of Norma Khan.
- SJ 193 Celebrating the life of Lisa J. Raines.
- SJ 198 Commemorating 70th anniversary of Virginia State Police.
- SJ 201 Commending Arlington County for its response to emergency of 9/11/01.
- SJ 202 On the death of Lieutenant General Timothy L. Maude.
- SJ 209 On the death of Christopher C. Newton.
- SJ 210 On the death of Dong C. Lee.
- SJ 211 Commending Norfolk members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue.
- SJ 212 Commending Norfolk members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue.
- SJ 213 Commending volunteers from the Norfolk Police Department.
- SJ 215 On the death of Sergeant 1st Class Jose Orlando Calderon.
- SJ 221 On the death of Captain Jack D. Punches, Jr.
- SJ 222 On the death of Lieutenant Colonel Canfield D. Boone.
- SJ 223 On the death of Captain Charles F. Burlingame.
- SJ 224 On the death of Commander Patrick W. Dunn.
- SJ 225 On the death of Patricia E. Mickley.
- SJ 236 Commending Relay for Life at Old Dominion University.
- SJ 238 Celebrating the life of Katharine Graham.
- SJ 240 On the death of Alysia Burton Basmajian.
- SJ 275 Commending Inova Health System.
- SJ 276 Commending James R. "Dickie" Werner, Jr.
- SJ 277 Commending Virginia's professional firefighters and paramedics.