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- HB 34 Public defender's office; establishment in Chesapeake City.
- HB 311 Tax exemptions for nonprofit entities.
- HB 510 Circuit court clerks; funding for additional deputies.
- HB 583 Public defender's office; establishment in Newport News City.
- HB 599 Enterprise zones; designations and business and real property investment tax credit.
- HB 950 Public defender's office; establishment in Arlington County and City of Falls Church.
- HB 1009 Educational Ventures Consortium; created.
- HB 1067 Enterprise zones; designations.
- HB 1454 Public defender's office; establishment in Hampton City.
- HB 1512 Income tax, state; credit for certain health care practitioners providing indigent care.
- HB 1523 Health insurance; credits for retired teachers and school board employees, removes cap.
- HB 1530 Income tax, state; credit for commuter parking lot.
- HB 1563 DMV; assessment of additonal fees on certain drivers.
- HB 1591 Income tax, state; deduction for long-term care insurance premiums.
- HB 1626 Health insurance credits for retired state employees; removes cap.
- HB 1627 Health insurance; increases credits for retired state employees, removes cap.
- HB 1654 Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998; gradually increases amount of car tax relief to 100%.
- HB 1737 Child support; felony for failure to pay.
- HB 1744 Income tax, state & corporate; credit for purchase of equipment for processing recyclable materials.
- HB 1838 Food and beverage tax; limits frequency of referendums on imposing.
- HB 1839 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions for certain contractors.
- HB 1942 Children At Risk in Education (CARE) Scholarship Tax Credit; created.
- HB 2065 Nonresident contractor withholding; procedures for withholding taxes.
- HB 2092 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions for certain contractors.
- HB 2203 Criminally negligent bodily injury; penalty.
- HB 2232 Food and beverage tax; prohibits imposition on gratuities and service charges.
- HB 2233 Taxpayer Surplus Relief Fund; created.
- HB 2241 Business, professional & occupational license tax; exempts gross receipt from real estate appraisal.
- HB 2289 Income tax, state and corporate; credit for agricultural best management practices.
- HB 2330 Highway improvement funds; revenue sharing fund program to include cities and towns.
- HB 2340 Business license tax, local; exemption.
- HB 2466 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include school textbooks.
- HB 2513 Income tax, state and corporate; credit for employer provided long-term care insurance.
- HB 2556 State agencies; Dept. of General Services to require services to be procured from private sectors.
- HB 2601 Medical assistance services; establishing more restrictive asset transfer limit.
- HB 2688 Stalking; increase in penalty if occurs within two year period.
- HB 2797 Library computers; juveniles' Internet access.
- HB 2918 Tobacco manufacturers; assignment of escrow funds by non participating nanufacturers.
- HB 2933 Cigarette tax; stamping agents to receive deduction of bad debts from taxes owed.
- HJ 525 Constitutional amendment; limit on growth in general fund appropriations & revenues (1st reference).
- HJ 527 Constitutional amendment; Highway and Transportation Trust Funds continued (first reference).
- HJ 559 Constitutional amendment; budget and appropriation limits (first reference).
- HJ 620 Constitutional amendment; exclude privately owned motor vehicles from property taxation (first ref).
- HJ 621 Constitutional amendment; prohibits payment of sales and use taxes in advance (first reference).
- HJ 820 Constitutional amendment; exempts dwellings designed for continuous habitation (first reference).
- SB 46 Line of Duty Act; coverage for booking technicians.
- SB 64 Enterprise zones; business and real property investment tax credit.
- SB 65 Enterprise zones; real property investment tax credit.
- SB 157 Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by certain local govt. chief executive officers.
- SB 164 Law Officers' Retirement System; includes juvenile probation and parole officers.
- SB 195 Medical assistance services; eligibility for aged and disabled individuals.
- SB 196 Health Access Plan; created.
- SB 263 Income tax, state; credit for purchase of long-term care insurance.
- SB 332 State Police Officers' Retirement System; increases retire. allowance for hazard services rendered.
- SB 358 Claims; Henry Ridge.
- SB 374 Admissions tax; imposition in Nelson County.
- SB 375 Transient occupancy tax; imposition in Nelson County.
- SB 377 Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program; created, annual report on effectiveness.
- SB 450 Public defender's office; establishment in Arlington County and Falls Church city.
- SB 478 Charter; County of Roanoke.
- SB 482 Agricultural Enterprise Zone Act; created.
- SB 483 Library computers; juveniles' Internet access.
- SB 484 Sentencing guidelines; modification for use of methamphetamine.
- SB 500 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include Loudoun Healthcare Foundation.
- SB 501 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include Farmwell Hunt Homeowners Association, Inc.
- SB 572 Claims; Beverly Anne Monroe.
- SB 636 Drug Treatment Court Act; created, report.
- SB 645 Real estate tax; alternative payment schedules for elderly and handicapped.
- SB 655 Business license tax; phase-out in all localities.
- SB 686 Sailing vessel Virginia; authorizing Governor to enter into agreement w/Maritime Heritage Found.
- SB 694 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include school-related items.
- SB 698 Income tax, state; subtractions include certain materials used for teaching.
- SB 703 Health insurance credit for retired teachers.
- SB 714 Criminal trials; hospitalization of mentally ill defendants.
- SB 718 Crisis Intervention Pilot Programs; established for persons with mental illness or substance abuse.
- SB 725 Mental health courts; Office of Executive Secretary of Supreme Court to establish pilot program.
- SB 727 Health insurance; increases credits for retired state employee, removes cap.
- SB 733 Enterprise zones; extends designations and authority.
- SB 734 Income taxes, state & corporate; subtractions include payment to producers & tobacco quota holders.
- SB 735 Enterprise zones; extends designations and authority.
- SB 736 Estate tax; exemptions for closely held businesses or working farms.
- SB 737 Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998; changes in provisions.
- SB 750 Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
- SB 751 Retail Sales & Use Tax; reduction of rate on food purchased for human consumption, effective date.
- SB 754 Retirement System; creditable compensation of teachers.
- SB 759 Retail Sales & Use Tax; City of Hampton to allocate portion of revenues to certain projects.
- SB 769 Individual Income tax, state deductions for qualified tuition programs.
- SB 781 Personal Property Tax Relief; reimbursement to localities.
- SB 808 Evidence, human biological; Div. of Forensic Science to store, etc. & to develop inventory.
- SB 826 Misdemeanor and felony violations; increase of fees.
- SB 840 Law Enforcement Officers' Retirement System; includes probation officers, etc.
- SB 848 Enterprise zones; extends designations and authority.
- SB 872 Retail Sales and Use Tax; eliminates additional payment required of dealers.
- SB 881 State Police Officers' Retirement System; includes deputy sheriffs.
- SB 907 Estate tax; confirmity of state and federal statutes.
- SB 917 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain contractors.
- SB 918 Law Officers' Retirement System; includes emergency medical technicians.
- SB 920 Recordation tax; limits fee imposed by cities and counties.
- SB 946 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include school supplies, clothing, footwear and computers.
- SB 967 DMV; assessment of additonal fees on certain drivers.
- SB 993 Highway improvement funds; revenue sharing fund program to include cities and towns.
- SB 1010 Retail Sales and Use Tax; eliminates additional payment required of dealers.
- SB 1014 Health insurance; increases credits for retired teachers & other school bd. employees, removes cap.
- SB 1028 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain school-related items.
- SB 1032 Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment of morbid obesity.
- SB 1038 Cigarette tax; revenues to be deposited into Uninsured Medical Catastrophe Fund.
- SB 1041 Income tax, state and corporate; credit for employer provided long-term care insurance.
- SB 1043 Health insurance; increases credits for retired state employees.
- SB 1046 Business license tax, local; requires localities to impose flat license fees.
- SB 1066 Higher educational institutions; reduction in undergraduate tuition and fees.
- SB 1073 Retirement System; creates a defined contribution plan.
- SB 1100 Local government taxes; equalizes city and county authority, penalty.
- SB 1116 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include telecommunication and telephone companies.
- SB 1117 Retirement System; creditable compensation of part-time employees of institutions of higher learning
- SB 1125 Higher education; removes responsibility for annual audits, report.
- SB 1126 Educational Choice Act; created, tax credits for tuition and textbook expenses, report.
- SB 1129 Public Building Authority; authorized to issue bonds for specific capital projects for museums,etc.
- SB 1135 Retail Sales & Use Tax Act; renamed Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.
- SB 1137 Cigarettes; tax increased.
- SB 1138 Estate tax; confirmity of state and federal statutes.
- SB 1142 Recordation tax; collection to be transferred toWater Quality Improvement Fund.
- SB 1152 Law Officers' Retirement System; includes deputy sheriffs.
- SB 1182 Enterprise zones; extends sunset provision.
- SB 1186 Income tax, state; indexing age deduction.
- SB 1193 Retail Sales & Use Tax; reduction of rate on food purchased for human consumption, effective date.
- SB 1204 Excise tax; imposition on cigarette manufacturers.
- SB 1213 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Volunteer Training and Assistance Fund; created, fees.
- SB 1214 Early childhood education; availability in all school divisions for four- and five-year olds.
- SB 1221 Law Officers' Retirement System; includes juvenile probation and parole officers.
- SB 1224 Tax reform; changes in provisions for personal property, and sales and use taxes.
- SB 1244 Income tax, state; credit for contributions to candidates running for office.
- SB 1245 Transportation funding; to be used for administering, planning, etc. roads for State and localities.
- SB 1252 Databases; changes requirement for periodic security audits of government.
- SB 1255 Income tax, state; credit for health insurance premiums and health savings accounts.
- SB 1257 Tuition; restricted annual increase for resident students.
- SB 1263 Income tax, state; credit for certain health care practitioners providing indigent care.
- SB 1299 Retirement System; increases average final compensation retirement multiplier for teachers.
- SB 1303 Tax information; Gen. Assbly. members regarding constituent at request thereof, confidentiality.
- SB 1325 Transportation funds; to used for improvement of road, license tax deposited in Prior. Transp. Fund.
- SB 1340 Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; hazardous materials response specialist officers.
- SB 1345 Claims; Henry Ridge.
- SJ 123 Constitutional amendment; General Assembly to establish special fund for specified purposes.
- SJ 310 Constitutional amendment; Transportation Trust Fund (first reference).
- SJ 316 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); establishment of special funds.
- SJ 340 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property exempt from taxation.
- SJ 358 Constitutional amendment; surplus to deposited in Revenue Stabilization Fund.
- SJ 362 Constitutional amendment; tax relief for persons 65 or older (first reference).
- SJ 365 Retirement system; joint subcomm. to study direct contribution retirement alternative to existing.
- SJ 383 Personal property tax, tangible; joint subcomm. to study elimination thereof on personal-use cars.
- SJ 384 Constitutional amendment; assessment of real property (first reference).
- SJ 405 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property exempt from taxation.
- SJ 408 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limit on appropriations.
- SJ 449 Constitutional amendment; exempts dwellings designed for continuous habitation (first reference).