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- HB 1592 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to seek waiver.
- HB 1686 Legislation; none shall allow authorization of debt.
- HB 1707 Commission on the Offices of the Clerks of the Circuit Courts; created, reports.
- HB 1759 Carried-over legislation; process for committee consideration.
- HB 1769 Civics Education, Commission on; created, report.
- HB 1776 Legislation; limiting introduction.
- HB 1980 Long-term care professionals recognition day;designated as second Wed. of June each year thereafter.
- HB 2131 General Assembly; increase session per diem of administrative assistants.
- HB 2154 General Assembly; office allowances.
- HB 2281 Prescription drugs; process for purchasing from Canada in order to lower pharmacy costs to citizens.
- HB 2348 Prescription drugs; process for purchasing from Canada in order to lower pharmacy costs to citizens.
- HB 2557 State employment; Sec. of Admin. to provide number of jobs eliminated in fiscal year, report.
- HB 2558 School divisions; Sec. of Education to examine methods of combined purchasing arrangements.
- HB 2602 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to seek waiver.
- HB 2640 General Provisions of Code, and Boundaries, Jurisdiction and Emblems of State; recodification.
- HB 2685 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to seek waiver.
- HB 2733 Relating to Small Business Commission; membership and duties.
- HB 2751 Prescription drugs; Governor to establish mechanism for purchasing from Canada.
- HB 2761 Standards of Quality; no local funds required to support federally mandated student assessments.
- HJ 526 Warner, Mark R.; portrait to be painted, framed and placed in Capitol.
- HJ 539 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
- HJ 551 Highway noise abatement costs; joint subcommittee to study reduction thereof.
- HJ 552 Macedonians; supporting rights thereof living throughout Balkans.
- HJ 561 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to seek waiver, report.
- HJ 572 Higher educ.; joint subcom. to study granting chartered institution status to certain public instit.
- HJ 573 Gangs; Crime Commission to study criminal street conduct and characterist. to produce list of names.
- HJ 574 Chronic Kidney Disease; health care providers to develop plan for early identification.
- HJ 575 Tort reform; expressing General Assembly's support thereof.
- HJ 576 Student attendance; Department of Education to study correlation between thereof and achievement.
- HJ 583 Nosocomial infection rates; Joint Commission on Health Care to study statewide surveillance thereof.
- HJ 587 Health care providers; Board of Professions to study prevalence of medical errors by providers.
- HJ 588 Stem cell research; joint subcommittee to study medical, ethical, & scientific issues relating to.
- HJ 589 Public school divisions; joint subcom. to study relationship between obesity & school lunch program.
- HJ 596 Overcrowding on localities; Housing Development Authority to study comprehensive impact thereof.
- HJ 597 Foreign-born population residing; JLARC to study impact thereof.
- HJ 598 Biodiesel fuel use and production; Sec. of Agriculture & Forestry to study use & production thereof.
- HJ 599 LEED Green Bldg. Rating Sys.; Department of General Services encouraged to use in practices.
- HJ 600 LEED Green Bldg. Rating System; local school boards & governing bodies to use in practices.
- HJ 601 LEED Green Bldg. Rating System; Board of Visitors of higher education to use in practices.
- HJ 602 English; memorializing Congress to enact legislation to make official language of U.S.
- HJ 605 Palliative care; health care community to increase education & training of professionals.
- HJ 606 Constitutional amendment; limit on appropriations (first reference).
- HJ 617 Affordable housing; Housing Dev. Authority to study availability for active duty military personnel.
- HJ 618 Emergency personnel who are pet owners; Dept. of Emerg. Mgment. to study liability during disasters.
- HJ 619 Academic programs in critical shortage areas; Council of Higher Ed. to coordinate discontinuance.
- HJ 624 Natural gas exploration; memorial. Congress to consider lifting Outer Continental Shelf moratorium.
- HJ 625 Natural gas; Secretary of Commerce & Trade to study possibility of exploring coastal areas therefor.
- HJ 630 State employees; establishes a joint subcommittee to study compensation and benefit plans.
- HJ 631 Judicial system; Office of Ex. Secretary of Supreme Court to identify modifications.
- HJ 632 Prescriptions drugs from Canada; memorializing Congress to remove restrictions on purchasing.
- HJ 639 Constitutional officers; joint subcommittee to study operations, functions, and funding thereof.
- HJ 640 Chesapeake Bay; joint subcomm. to study options to provide funding for clean-up.
- HJ 643 Biosolids; to study land application thereof.
- HJ 645 Teachers; encourages Gov. to include funding for salaries.
- HJ 646 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Comp. Fund; agencies to study best way to adequately fund.
- HJ 651 Voting equipment; joint subcomm. studying certification process, performance, etc.
- HJ 654 Highway rest stops; Dept. of Transportation to study privatization thereof.
- HJ 655 School boards,elected; JLARC to study implications of granting fiscal autonomy thereto.
- HJ 656 Taxes, assessments, & fees; joint subcomm. to study those which generate little revenue.
- HJ 657 Long-term care services; Sec. of Health & Human Resources to study 'no wrong door' approach.
- HJ 658 Menhaden fishery; joint subcomm. to study means of regulating in the Chesapeake Bay.
- HJ 660 Transportation Priority and Funding Commission; created, report.
- HJ 661 Functions and operations of Commissioners of Revenue, etc.; JLARC to study.
- HJ 662 Transportation; joint subcomm. to study issues relating thereto.
- HJ 663 Interstate Route 95;joint subcomm. to study constructing bypass to relieve traffic congestion.
- HJ 664 Cigarette taxes; study of use of tax stamps by localities.
- HJ 665 No Child Left Behind Act; JLARC to study capacity of public education system to meet standards.
- HJ 666 Medical malpractice insurance; SCC to study rates being based only on loss experience.
- HJ 667 Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; Board of Elections to study clarification & reorganization thereof.
- HJ 668 Textbooks, college; Council of Higher Education to study rising costs & purchasing practices.
- HJ 669 Youth Political Education Day; designating the Tuesday prior to Election Day each year.
- HJ 671 Government expenditures, unnecessary; joint subcomm. to study reduction thereof.
- HJ 672 Pre-hospital emergency medical services; JLARC studying, continued.
- HJ 679 Student assistance program; SCHEV to study feasibility and appropriateness of creating.
- HJ 680 Single and multifamily residential construction; Housing Comm. to study feasibility of user fees.
- HJ 681 Growth and Economic Development; Commission continued.
- HJ 683 I-SaveRx program; Joint Commission on Health Care to study feasibility of participation therein.
- HJ 685 Youth group homes, private; joint subcommittee to study.
- HJ 686 Common interest communities; Real Estate Board to review study performed by Old Dominion University.
- HJ 687 State park; Department of Conservation and Recreation to study establishing in Henry County.
- HJ 688 Teenage Dating Abuse Awareness Week; designating as first week in October 2005.
- HJ 689 Toll collections; Joint Comm. on Technology & Science to study technologies available therefor.
- HJ 690 Underground electrical transmission lines; JLARC to study desirability of using.
- HJ 691 Biometric identifiers; DMV, et al, to study feasibility of integration for driver's licenses, etc.
- HJ 693 Vietnamese-American community; recognition.
- HJ 694 Passenger rail carriers; Amtrak and Railway Express to report statistics of on-time reliability.
- HJ 695 Medicaid; Dept. of Med. Assistance Serv. requested to join multi-state pooling arrangement, report.
- HJ 696 Health insurance; Sec. of Admin. to prepare design for purchasing pool for businesses, report.
- HJ 701 Medicare; Commissioner of Dept. of Aging, et al, to provide information on wrap-around coverage.
- HJ 702 Prescription assistance programs; Dept. of Aging to consult w/Dental Assoc. to disseminate info.
- HJ 703 Single family group homes; joint subcommittee to study effects of such facilities into society.
- HJ 704 Risk Management Plans for Physicians and Hospitals, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
- HJ 705 Medical malpractice insurance rates; SCC to study whether State should require prior approval.
- HJ 706 Boy Scouts; expressing sense of General Assembly to support right to assemble.
- HJ 707 Legislative and Executive Branches to Support a Two-Term Governor, Jt. Subcom. to Study; cont'd.
- HJ 708 No Child Left Behind; memorializing Congress to amend to include waiver about school accountability.
- HJ 709 Interstate Route 81; urging Congress to encourage muli-state transportation planning initiative.
- HJ 710 Lee, Robert E.; joint subcomm. to plan & coordinate 200th anniv. celebration of his birth, report.
- HJ 711 Hydrogen Energy Plan; General Assembly to express its support therefor.
- HJ 713 Study; workforce development and training; report.
- HJ 714 Study; contents of driver's licenses and special identification cards; report.
- HJ 715 Mass transit; JLARC to collect & analyze data to support reorganization & restructuring in No. Va.
- HJ 716 Pregnant women; Am. College of Obstetricians & Gyn. to use evidence-based practice guidelines.
- HJ 718 Prescription drugs; U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Serv. to approve purchas. from other countries.
- HJ 719 Affordable housing; Housing Commission to study authority of localities to preserve supply thereof.
- HJ 720 Disability access to public areas; local government to enhance in public buildings, facilities, etc.
- HJ 742 Free Market Ideas; Transportation Comm. to study issues associated with more efficient system.
- HJ 743 Tax relief; joint subcommittee to study homestead exemptions & alternatives for elderly & disabled.
- HJ 744 Transportation Priority and Funding Commission; created, report.
- HJ 745 Gun violence in Richmond metropolitan area; joint subcom. to study.
- HJ 746 Towing and recovery industry; joint subcommittee to study regulation by DPOR.
- HJ 747 Museum and White House of Confederacy; joint subcommittee to study relocating.
- HJ 748 Driver's license; JLARC to study establishment of new class not valid as legal presence in U.S.
- HJ 749 Probation and parole techinal violators; joint subcommittee to study programs therefor.
- HJ 750 Holocaust Museum; designating as official museum in State.
- HJ 763 A. L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership (VPMEP); study ways to strengthen affiliation.
- HJ 772 Multimodal transportation purposes; joint subcom. to study use of active & abandoned corridors.
- HJ 789 Heartland Corridor; General Assembly to support rail project.
- HJ 790 Robert R. Moton High School students of 1951; G.A. to support memorial commission, report.
- HJ 791 VDOT construction contracts; joint subcommittee to study cost overruns thereof.
- HJ 798 Green Globes environmental assessment tool; to recognize & incorp. into state & local practices.
- HJ 813 NASA exploration program; urging Congress to enact and fully fund proposed vision therefore.
- HJ 815 Coach and Trolley Museum, Inc.; General Assembly to designate as Official Transit Museum of State.
- HJ 816 Community College system; jt. subcom. to study granting certain authority to confer 4-yr. degrees.
- HJ 817 Law-enforcement officers; land to be allocated on State Capitol grounds for memorial.
- HJ 818 Health insurance plans; high deductible; various state health org. to discuss initiatives, report.
- HJ 819 Steel Bridge in Chesapeake; Coast Guard to make current operating schedule permanent.
- HJ 821 General Assembly; requesting 2006 Inaugural Ceremonies be held in Williamsburg.
- HR 27 House of Delegates; procedures governing live television coverage of sessions.
- HR 28 Supreme Court nominees; urging U.S. Senate to expeditiously confirm all made by President.
- HR 29 Excise tax, federal; urging Congress to repeal on telecommunications.
- SB 778 Interstate Route 81 Corridor Multistate Transportation Planning Initiative; created.
- SB 791 Arbor Day; designating as last Friday in April, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SB 804 King, Dr. Martin Luther Jr., Memorial Commission; membership.
- SB 867 Tax Commissioner; annual report on corporate tax relief.
- SB 905 Capitol restoration; sale of surplus property and transfer of proceeds.
- SB 1054 Natural gas exploration, off-shore; exemption to existing moratorium.
- SB 1246 Prescription drugs; Governor to establish mechanism for purchasing from Canada.
- SB 1253 Recreational Facilities Authority; increases number of members of board of directors.
- SJ 273 Prisoners; joint subcommittee to study program for reentry to society.
- SJ 282 Transportation; joint subcommittee to study issues relating thereto.
- SJ 308 Code Commission; to identify tax preferences outside of Title 58.1.
- SJ 319 Resolution; designating February 4 as Give Kids A Smile Day in Virginia.
- SJ 320 Resolution; designating February as Children's Dental Health Month in Virginia.
- SJ 324 Insanity; JCHC to study needs of patients found not guilty by reason of insanity.
- SJ 325 Unfunded liabilities; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 330 Professional & Occupational Regulation, Dept. of; jt. subcom. to study towing and recovery industry.
- SJ 331 Adoption; joint subcommittee to study laws and policies.
- SJ 332 Rotary Day in Virginia.
- SJ 335 Juveniles; encourages retailers to take voluntary steps to limit access to medication easily abused.
- SJ 336 Circuit court; joint subcommitte to study operations of clerks' offices.
- SJ 352 Resolution; palliative care.
- SJ 360 Manufacturing; JLARC to study comparative burden of regulatory compliance on sector.
- SJ 361 Manufacturing; joint subcomm. studying needs and future thereof, continued.
- SJ 363 Prescription assistance programs; Dept. of Aging to consult w/Dental Assoc. to disseminate info.
- SJ 367 Private landowners; Board of Forestry studying, continued.
- SJ 371 Voting equipment; joint subcomm. studying certification process, performance, etc.
- SJ 376 Nonprofit organizations; Housing Comm. to study exemption of those that construct low-income housing
- SJ 380 Lead poisoning prevention, joint subcommittee studying; continued.
- SJ 382 Lee, Robert E.; joint subcomm. to plan & coordinate 200th anniv. celebration of his birth, report.
- SJ 388 Code Commission; reorganizing and renumbering of 1950 Code and publication.
- SJ 391 Prescription drugs; U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Serv. to approve purchas. from other countries.
- SJ 393 Firearms hunting ordinances; Department of game and Inland Fisheries studying continued.
- SJ 394 Risk Management Plans for Physicians and Hospitals, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
- SJ 403 Public schools; Board of Edu. to study permanent use of industry certifications & licensure tests.
- SJ 406 Hydrogen energy.
- SJ 428 Mathematics specialist endorsement; included in Licensure Regulations for School Personnel, report.
- SJ 440 Analysis of Potential for Alternate Ded. Revenue Serv. Washington Metro Area Transit Authority.
- SJ 451 U.S. Supreme Court cases on State's statutes; State Crime Commission to study impact thereof.