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2005 SESSION
Senator William C. Mims (R) - Senate District 33
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 320
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
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- SB 780 Traffic signals; extends sunset on use of photo-monitoring systems.
- SB 781 Personal Property Tax Relief; reimbursement to localities.
- SB 782 Absentee ballots; current provision modified if statutory procedures not followed.
- SB 783 Electrical transmission lines; location underground in certain localities.
- SB 784 Driver's licenses; prohibits use of cell phones by persons less than 18 years old.
- SB 825 Weight limits; allows all localities to adopt truck weight limits.
- SB 826 Misdemeanor and felony violations; increase of fees.
- SB 827 Subpoenaed documents; provides that all copies will be available upon request to any party.
- SB 828 Certified public accountants; allowed to audit money held by clerks of court.
- SB 829 Optometrists; treatment of narrow angle glaucoma.
- SB 830 Court costs; clarifies what is taxable.
- SB 831 Attorneys; clarifies and makes more specific provisions regarding receiverships therefor
- SB 832 Consumer Protection Act; violation based upon misrepresentation, fraud or deception.
- SB 833 Law-enforcement officers; person who gives false report thereto, penalty.
- SB 834 Magistrates; if retired may be eligible to serve as substitute.
- SB 888 Judgment; courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over officials from other states.
- SB 889 Suicide prevention; lead agency to be Department of Mental Health, etc., report.
- SB 890 Sheriffs and sheriff's deputies; allowance of certain colors for uniforms.
- SB 891 Uniform Trust Code; created, modification to existing Code to accomodate.
- SB 892 Meningococcal meningitis; requires all schools to distribute information to parents.
- SB 1016 Overlength trucks; prohibits on certain highways.
- SB 1017 Detention of a mentally incapacitated person; judicial authorization.
- SB 1018 Jury interrogatories; allows court to submit in writing, forms for general verdict in certain cases.
- SB 1019 Divorce; certain information confidential.
- SB 1020 Misdemeanors; law-enforcement officer may transfer issuance of summons to full arrest.
- SB 1021 Foreign orders; records from electronic communication service providers.
- SB 1022 Trials; exclusion of witnesses.
- SB 1023 Persons with mental illness, mental retardation or substance abuse; recodification of Title 37.1.
- SB 1191 Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking restrictions, civil penalty.
- SB 1203 Medical records; charge for copies distinguished between patient request & subpoenaed records.
- SB 1204 Excise tax; imposition on cigarette manufacturers.
- SB 1205 Driver's licenses; disposition of surrendered licenses on revocation or suspension.
- SB 1206 Affordable housing; localities prohibited from requesting or receiving contributions.
- SB 1207 Law-enforcement officers; may detain person if suspects criminal activity.
- SB 1208 Patient safety; establishment of toll-free hotline for reports, & protection of health records.
- SB 1217 Gangs; punishment for activity taking place in school, etc., penalty.
- SB 1267 Religious references; definition of church & minister, provisions for incorporating churches.
- SB 1274 Jurors; allows a judge more than maximum number on a panel.
- SB 1300 Deaf and hearing-impaired jurors; allows an interpreter in jury room.
- SB 1305 Religious references; determination of property rights upon division of church, diocese or society.
- SB 1306 Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Landscape Architects, Board for; licensure.
- SJ 303 Commending the Potomac Falls High School girls' soccer team.
- SJ 304 Celebrating the life of Beth Miller.
- SJ 305 Commending the Stone Bridge High School cheerleading team.
- SJ 306 Commending Robert S. Noe, Jr.
- 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 338 Constitutional amendment; grievance procedure for school board employees (first reference).
- SJ 339 Constitutional amendment; prohibits General Assembly from incorporating churches (1st reference).
- SJ 343 Clean Air Act; Dept. of Environmtl. Qual. to study effect of trees & forests on ambient ozone level.
- SJ 388 Code Commission; reorganizing and renumbering of 1950 Code and publication.
- SJ 451 U.S. Supreme Court cases on State's statutes; State Crime Commission to study impact thereof.
- SJ 507 Commending Brigadier General Walter L. Davis.
- SJ 540 Commending Dr. Edgar B. Hatrick III.