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2004 SESSION
Senator Janet D. Howell (D) - Senate District 32
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 327
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-7532
- email: district32@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 2608
- Reston, Virginia 20195-0608
- (703) 709-8283
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- HB 73 Contractors; certification, debarment procedures.
- HB 365 Standards of Quality in public schools; apportionment of state and local share.
- HB 366 Mobile infrared transmitters; certain prohibited.
- HB 367 Income tax, state; voluntary contribution to First Responders Fund.
- HB 368 Highway construction; allocation of urban and secondary system funds.
- HB 369 Highway construction; allocation of primary system funds and interstate match.
- HB 370 Traffic signals; abolishes sunset on use of photo-monitoring systems.
- HB 371 Profane swearing and intoxication in public; penalty.
- HB 372 Utility tax; imposition on local consumers in Towns of Herndon and Vienna for mobile phone usage.
- HB 394 Standards of Quality in public schools; computation of composite index.
- HB 799 Voting devices and systems; expert review.
- HB 880 Human rights; prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in Fairfax County.
- HB 881 Transportation const.; certain homeowners representatives to be incld. in planning of new projects.
- HB 882 Health insurance; disclosures to employee the class of business for which it has been approved.
- HB 883 Conservation easements; holders to have principal office in State.
- HB 1013 At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Program and Fund; created.
- HB 1025 Gun-free school zones; boundaries.
- HB 1053 Criminal penalties; revision throughout Code.
- HB 1055 Crimes and Offenses Generally (Title 18.2); revising and amending various statutes.
- HB 1056 Public Defender Commission; name changed to Indigent Defense Commission.
- HB 1057 Bail bondsmen; regulation and licensure.
- HB 1058 Forfeiture statutes; transfer to criminal procedure code.
- HB 1059 Mandatory minimum punishment; definition.
- HB 1060 Crimes and Offenses Generally (Title 18.2); revising, rearranging and amending various statutes.
- HB 1090 Retail Sales and Use Tax; increased in Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, use for mass transit.
- HB 1148 Sentencing guidelines; felony offenses include solic. to commit murder and terrorist activities.
- HB 1177 Stormwater management programs; reorganization.
- HB 1247 Firearms; prohibits possession following conviction for stalking or sexual battery.
- HB 1250 Firearms; restrictions on possessing, carrying, etc., by felons may be lifted for good behavior.
- HB 1349 Local government taxing authority; equalizing county and city powers.
- HJ 92 Elementary and secondary school funding; JLARC to study feasibility and appropriateness thereof.
- HJ 101 Commending John M. De Noyer.
- HJ 163 Reston community; request. various bds. & depts. to implement transportation plan therein.
- HJ 196 Criminal code; State Crime Commission to develop plan for revisions to Title 18.2.
- HJ 200 Constitutional amendment; state and local funding for public education (first reference).
- HJ 225 Commonwealth's Attorneys; Crime Commission to conduct study of operations of offices.
- HJ 264 On the death of Nancy F. Sprague.
- HJ 314 Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- HJ 318 Commending James Douglas Mitchell.
- HJ 327 Commending the Town of Herndon on its 125th anniversary.
- HJ 328 Commending Stuart Mendelsohn.
- HJ 344 On the death of Toni Winters McMahon.
- HJ 365 On the death of Eugene Barbour Pendleton, Jr.
- HJ 369 Commending Joseph M. Nichols.
- HJ 372 Commending the agencies, companies, organizations, and individuals who assisted the citizens.
- HJ 373 Commending W. Bruce Wingo.
- HJ 379 Commending Alicia Harder.
- HJ 386 Commending Linda Mitchell.
- HJ 409 Commending Judy Seiff.
- HJ 423 Commending Katherine K. Hanley.
- HJ 424 Commending Dr. Daniel A. Domenech.
- HJ 429 Commending Donna Miller.
- HJ 430 Commending Ellen Graves.
- HJ 431 Commending Whole Foods Market.
- HJ 432 Commending Arthur R. Giesen, Jr.
- HJ 441 Celebrating the life of John P. Shacochis.
- HJ 458 On the death of Malcolm J. Forbes, Sr.
- HJ 503 Commending Joseph B. Benedetti.
- SB 128 Unemployment compensation; eliminates offset for retirement benefits.
- SB 330 Public Defender Commission; name changed to Indigent Defense Commission.
- SB 333 Felony convictions; issuance of writ of actual innocence for nonbiological evidence.
- SB 334 Bail enforcement agents; regulation and licensure.
- SB 389 Prisoners; earning of good conduct credit.
- SB 390 Conservators of the peace; registration.
- SB 391 Absentee ballots; applications may be made on line.
- SB 413 Rail Transportation Development Authority; membership, powers, etc.
- SB 450 Public defender's office; establishment in Arlington County and Falls Church City.
- SB 453 Local government taxing authority; equalizing county and city powers.
- SB 456 Abortion; contraception not to constitute.
- SB 458 Motor fuels tax; additional imposition in Northern Virginia transportation district.
- SB 473 Hate crimes; includes sexual orientation in list that a person may seek injunctive relief.
- SB 581 Cell phones; prohibits use while driving.
- SB 583 College Building Authority; designation of projects financed by bonds.
- SB 633 School students; report of arrest for certain criminal offenses.
- SB 634 Applicant Fingerprint Database; created for State Police to use in criminal background checks.
- SB 635 Tax reform; changes for income, sales & use, estate, local license and motor fuels taxes, etc.
- SB 665 Domestic violence or sexual assault; privileged communications between victims and advocates.
- SJ 69 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Congress to undertake new comtmt. for funding.
- SJ 87 Higher educational institutions; joint subcommittee to study future thereof.
- SJ 94 Constitution of United States; ratification of Equal Rights Amendment.
- SJ 110 On the death of Omer Lee Hirst.
- SJ 118 Commending the John Handley High School boys' tennis team.
- SJ 121 Commending Michael M. Foreman.
- SJ 125 Commending Dale Gardner.
- SJ 147 Commending Sharon E. Bennett and Evan C. Wooton.
- SJ 170 Commending H. Russell Potts, Jr.
- SJ 176 On the death of James L. Williams.
- SJ 182 Commending Sam Huff.
- SJ 185 Commending Cox Communications.
- SJ 200 Commending Lizzie Mae Funkhouser Miller.
- SJ 206 Commending the Loudoun Valley High School softball team.
- SJ 222 Celebrating the life of Alma Alverta Norris Jackson.
- SJ 226 Celebrating the life of Shirley Mae Montague Willis-Robinson.
- SJ 229 Commending Robert M. Sager, Margaret B. Douglas, and Sidney A. Reyes.
- SJ 236 Commending Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr., Esquire.
- SJ 238 Commending Alexis Kuiper.
- SJ 240 Celebrating the life of Roosevelt Cunningham.