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• HB 7 Legislation; limiting introduction.
• HB 54 Attorneys; continuing legal education credits for members of General Assembly.
• HB 65 Unemployment Compensation, Commission on; repeals sunset provision.
• HB 120 Attorneys; continuing legal education credits for members of General Assembly.
• HB 373 I-SaveRx Prescription Drug Program; Sec. of Health Human Resources to discuss with other states.
• HB 388 I-SaveRX Prescription Drug Program; Sec. of Health & Human Resources discuss with other states.
• HB 446 Interstate Route 81; diversion of truck traffic thereon.
• HB 542 Conflict of Interests Acts; includes certain clarifications concerning Acts and General Assembly.
• HB 543 Lobbyists; amending registration and disclosure provisions therefor.
• HB 614 Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits; JLARC to provide staffing.
• HB 675 Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact; establishing with North & S.C.
• HB 687 General Assembly; alternative office expense allowance arrangement for members.
• HB 738 Little League Baseball Challenger Week; designating as first full wk of May preceeding Mother's Day.
• HB 740 Code Commission; authorized to publish renumbered code and delineates savings provisions.
• HB 765 Storyteller Laureate; honorary position created, Governor to appoint.
• HB 788 Health Care, Joint Commission on; repeals sunset provision.
• HB 801 Interstate Public-Private Partnership Compact; created.
• HB 837 Budget Office; established in legislative branch.
• HB 885 National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Director of DLS is a Commissioner.
• HB 886 State agencies; preparation and publication of annual liaison booklet.
• HB 954 Political subdivisions; Auditor of Public Accounts to examine accounts, etc. when deems appropriate.
• HB 997 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; changes sunset date.
• HB 1052 Legislation; requires sunset date on all new state or local taxation bills.
• HB 1074 General Assembly; members not entitled to receive compensation during active session.
• HB 1132 Off-shore natural gas exploration; Liaison Office to enact legislation to exempt existing moratorium
• HB 1142 General Assembly; Senate and House Committees on Standards of Conduct.
• HB 1178 General Assembly; Senate and House Committees on Standards of Conduct.
• HB 1186 Legislative appointees; designates authorities to appoint legislators who serve on certain boards.
• HB 1200 Population brackets; replaces other descriptions found in Code of Virginia with locality names.
• HB 1233 Manufacturing Development Commission; created, report.
• HB 1256 Storyteller Laureate; created.
• HB 1273 Freedom Flag; designating as official emblem of State.
• HB 1440 Sesquicentennial American Civil War Commission and Fund; created, report.
• HB 1544 Houdon's statue; places molds of Washington under care of State Librarian.
• HB 1581 Interstate Route 81 Corridor; diversion of truck traffic.
• HB 1602 Early Childhood & Day-care Providers & Prof'ls Day; changes from Oct. 22 to Fri. before Mothers Day.
• HJ 7 Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum, Inc.; designating as Official Transit Museum.
• HJ 13 Designating November as 'Lung Cancer Awareness Month' in Virginia.
• HJ 25 Science, math, and technology education; joint subcommittee to study.
• HJ 28 Circuit and district court judges, federal; urging Congress to set terms of service.
• HJ 30 Voting Rights Act; urging Congress to reauthorize Section 5 and other special provisions.
• HJ 31 Southeastern Va. Training Center; study relocation thereof to benefit State & City of Chesapeake.
• HJ 33 Route 460 Communications Committee; cont. until commencement of construction of 460 project, report.
• HJ 35 Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs; Crime Comm. to study existing punishments therefor.
• HJ 36 Angelman Syndrome Awareness Week.
• HJ 37 Uninsured population; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
• HJ 42 Foreign language interpreters; Joint Comm. on Health Care to study use thereof in medical settings.
• HJ 47 Law-enforcement officers; Dept. of Human Resource Mgmt. to study retainment & recruitment thereof.
• HJ 48 Stem Cell Research; Joint Subcommittee studying medical, ethical, etc. relating thereto continued.
• HJ 50 Multi-jurisdictional pilot health court; JLARC to study feasibility of establishing within State.
• HJ 51 New Bohemia; recognizing as Czech Capital of Virginia in Prince George County.
• HJ 52 State agencies; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of consolidating or outsourcing.
• HJ 53 Income tax; joint subcom. to study imposition of local tax instead of current tax source.
• HJ 60 Comprehensive Services Act; JLARC to evaluate adminstration thereof.
• HJ 63 Immigration issues; joint subcommittee to study.
• HJ 64 Commemorating the 220th Anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.
• HJ 65 Correctional facilities; Secretary of Public Safety to study use of faith-based volunteers therein.
• HJ 66 Redistricting process; joint subcommittee to study.
• HJ 67 Sleep Awareness Week; designating the first Sunday in April 2006 and each succeeding year.
• HJ 71 Health regulatory boards; Department of Health Professions, et al to study hearing process.
• HJ 72 Innocents Day; designating as December 28, 2006, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 73 Constitution Day; designating as September 17, 2006, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 74 Commissioners of revenue, treasurers, and directors of finance; JLARC to study functions thereof.
• HJ 75 U.S. Route 460 Communications Committee; report.
• HJ 76 Fire department & rescue squad volunteers; joint subcommittee to study income tax incentives.
• HJ 77 LEED; study of feasibility of providing tax incentives to encourage construction of efficient bldgs
• HJ 78 Domestic violence; Crime Commission to study.
• HJ 79 Highways; joint sub. to study replacing admin. classification thereof w/ functional classification.
• HJ 95 Alcoholic beverages; joint sub. to study definition of & qualificaitons relating to licensed retail.
• HJ 96 Autism spectrum disorders; Board of Education, et al. to study education and treatment thereof.
• HJ 97 Medicaid; JLARC to study asset transfers being used to shelter assests to qualify for services.
• HJ 99 Voters; joint subcommittee to study methods of increasing turnout.
• HJ 100 Underground transmission lines; JLARC to study criteria, etc. used by SCC in evaluating feasibility.
• HJ 101 Biosolids; Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, et al to study impact thereof on water quality.
• HJ 102 Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel; joint subcommittee to study selling or leasing to private operator.
• HJ 103 Colleges and universities; joint subcommittee to study research potential.
• HJ 104 Medicaid; Joint Commission on Health Care to form subcommittee to study reform thereof.
• HJ 105 Pocahontas Day.  
• HJ 106 American Revolutionary War flags; encouraging return thereof to State and Connecticut.
• HJ 107 Urban Best Management Practices Cost-Share & Tax Credit Program; DOC to study, report.
• HJ 114 Law-enforcement officers; study establishment of protocols for those killed in the line of duty.
• HJ 115 Sex offenders; Crime Commission to study need for additional institutional programming.
• HJ 116 Animal control officers; Crime Commission to study need for regulation, training, etc. thereof.
• HJ 117 Alternative fuels; Coal and Energy Commission to study ways to promote use thereof.
• HJ 118 Community College System; joint subcommittee to study financing long-term facility needs.
• HJ 119 Gateway to Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park; designating as Town of Middletown.
• HJ 120 Workers' Compensation Commission; JLARC to study procedure by which deputy commissioners are appt.
• HJ 121 Constitution of United States; urging Congress to call constitutional convention to amend.
• HJ 122 Public rest areas; VDOT to collect data on their proximity to 24-hour facilities.
• HJ 123 Religious freedom; SCHEV to establish guidelines for religious activity at educational institutions.
• HJ 124 Animal ordinance, public nuisance; Association of Counties, et al to advise members to adopt.
• HJ 125 Homestead exemptions; joint subcommittee to study for real property tax relief.
• HJ 127 Mass transit; joint subcommittee to study.
• HJ 128 LEED; study of feasibility of providing tax incentives to encourage construction of efficient bldgs
• HJ 129 Emergency preparedness plans; adequacy thereof for residents of special needs facilities.
• HJ 130 High schools; Dept. of Education to collect data and info. on drop out and graduation rates, report.
• HJ 131 Immunizations; Joint Commission on Health Care to study continued use of mercury in vaccines.
• HJ 132 Food insecure households; joint subcommittee to study feasible & appropriate alternatives to reduce.
• HJ 133 Development rights; joint subcom. to study funding sources for purchase thereof to preserve land.
• HJ 134 Perennial flow determination; Dept of Conservation & Recreation to study development, etc. thereof.
• HJ 136 Juvenile justice system; Crime Commission to study.
• HJ 137 Notary statutes; Secretary of Commonwealth to study notarization of electronic documents.
• HJ 139 Redistricting Commission; joint subcommittee to study desirability of creating.
• HJ 141 Notary statutes; Secretary of Commonwealth to study notarization of electronic documents.
• HJ 143 Interstate Route 81;construction of improvements halted.
• HJ 144 State employees; joint subcommittee to study ways to enhance telework opportunities therefor.
• HJ 147 General Assembly; joint committee established to oversee provision of revenue estimates therefor.
• HJ 148 Biodiesel fuels; state agencies to implement use thereof in fleet vehicles owned/operated thereby.
• HJ 158 Health care coverage; JLARC to study extension thereof to those currently uninsured.
• HJ 160 ZIP codes; urging Postmaster Gen. to designate certain addresses in Henrico Cty as Henrico, VA.
• HJ 161 Higher educational institutions; SCHEV to study competitiveness in attracting & retaining faculty.
• HJ 166 Higher education; joint subcommittee to study capital and infrastructure needs at institutions.
• HJ 167 Social services system; joint subcommittee to study within State.
• HJ 183 Physicians and Hospitals, Joint Subcommittee Studying Risk Management Plans for; continued.
• HJ 184 Cold War Victory Day. 
• HJ 199 Study; Wythe County and I-77/I-81; report.
• HJ 200 Study; highway connections between Progress Park and I-77/81; report. 
• HJ 209 Humane treatment of animals; report.
• HJ 211 Disasters; Office of Commonwealth Preparedness, et al. to further educate citizens on preparedness.
• HJ 212 Joint Rules Committee; development of plans for 2007 Session in Jamestown.
• HJ 228 Virginia Historic Preservation Day.
• HJ 229 Mentoring Month and Thank Your Mentor Day in Virginia. 
• HJ 383 Churchill, Winston Spencer;honoring occasion of 60th anniversary of his address to General Assembly.
• HR 1 Speakers and Clerks of House of Delegates; provides for publication of book thereon.
• HR 2 House of Delegates; procedure governing live television coverage of sessions.
• HR 6 Attorneys, uninsured; Supreme Court of Va. & Va. State Bar to consider form of mandatory insurance.
• HR 12 Constitution Day; reaffirms General Assembly's commitment thereto.
• HR 13 Czechoslovakian-Americans and their descendants; extending recognition thereto.
• HR 20 FairTax; urging Congress to enact national retail sales tax plan.
• SB 19 Administrative Law Advisory Committee; technical amendments to appointment provisions.
• SB 20 Retirement System; first-day bill introduction relating thereto.
• SB 79 Unemployment Compensation, Commission on; repeals sunset provision.
• SB 107 Martin Luther King, Jr. Living History & Public Policy Center; amending governing structure thereof.
• SB 165 Judiciary members; not required to disclose personal info. on statement of economic interests.
• SB 182 Community Integration Advisory Commission; created.
• SB 261 Manufacturing Development Commission; created, report.
• SB 325 Parking of vehicles in Capitol Square; prohibits parking of personal vehicles thereby.
• SB 330 Legislative appointees on certain boards.
• SB 425 Interstate Public-Private Transportation Partnership Compact; created
• SB 438 Health Care, Joint Commission on; repeals sunset provision.
• SB 443 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund; increases educational oppotunity.
• SB 487 Health insurance; State to support federal efforts to encourage pooling thereof.
• SB 541 Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission; created, report.
• SB 614 Interstate Transportation Compact; created.
• SB 668 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; changes sunset date.
• SB 682 Shenandoah; designating as interim State song.
• SB 689 Workforce Council; change in membership.
• SB 693 Capitol Square, Council on; created.
• SB 711 Electric Utility Restructuring, Commission on; powers and duties.
• SJ 4 Health insurance premiums; Joint Commission on Health Care to study increase in health care costs.
• SJ 12 Designating the last full week of September each year as 'Virginia Responsible Dog Ownership Week.'
• SJ 38 Beekeepers; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to study plight thereof.
• SJ 39 Southeastern Va. Training Center; study relocation thereof to benefit State & City of Chesapeake.
• SJ 44 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. 
• SJ 51 Government databases and data communications; study adequacy of security.
• SJ 59 Route 1; Department of Rail & Public Transportation to study need for improvements to public trans.
• SJ 60 Road system; joint subcommittee to study role of State in meeting future transportation needs.
• SJ 70 Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum, Inc.; designating as official transit museum of State.
• SJ 71 Income tax; study imposition of local tax instead of current tax source.
• SJ 74 Enactment clauses; Code Commission directed to make recommendations thereof.
• SJ 75 Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; Board of Elections to continue its review thereof.
• SJ 82 Water systems; JLARC to study small community public water systems.
• SJ 84 Study; redistricting process; report.
• SJ 85 Civilian Conservation Corps Day.
• SJ 88 Transportation and land use planning; joint subcommittee to study integration thereof.
• SJ 90 Physicians and Hospitals, Joint Subcommittee Studying Risk Management Plans for; continued.
• SJ 93 Sheriffs departments; JLARC to study staffing standards.
• SJ 94 Open space & farmlands; joint sub. to study funding sources for purchase of development rights.
• SJ 96 At-Risk Youth & Families, Comprehensive Services for; study cost effectiveness thereof.
• SJ 103 Lead Poisoning Prevention, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
• SJ 106 Barrier crime laws; to study impact on social service and health care employers, etc.
• SJ 109 Commemorating 2006 as the Official 70th Anniversary of Virginia State Parks. 
• SJ 120 Sex offenders; Crime Commission to study monitoring in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
• SJ 122 Medicaid; JLARC, et al., to monitor changes in federal restrictions on sheltering assets to qualify.
• SJ 125 Autism spectrum disorders; Board of Education, et al. to study education and treatment thereof.
• SJ 126 Prisoner Reentry to Society, Program for; Joint Subcommittee Studying, continued.
• SJ 165 Interstate Route 81; Department of Transportation to address urgently needed improvements thereof.
• SJ 170 Freedom of Information Day; designating as March 16, 2006, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• SJ 171 Family Life Education programs; Board of Education to survey those in public schools.
• SJ 184 Interstate Route 95; construction and operation of controlled access highway as alternative thereto.
• SJ 185 Inpatient psychiatric facilities, licensed; JLARC to study use and financing thereof.
• SJ 206 Fire and rescue squad volunteers; Department of Fire Programs, et al., to study incentives therefor.