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2006 SESSION
SENATE MEMBERS
Legislation introduced after the pre-file period.
- J. Brandon Bell, II (4)
- SB 596 Relief of the Rainbow Forest Recreation Association.
- SB 598 Motor vehicle equity loans; penalties.
- SB 624 Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund; Fund includes dam safety, report.
- SB 648 Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in public places, civil penalty.
- Harry B. Blevins (3)
- SB 715 School boards; extends length of temporary loan.
- SB 716 House of Delegates districts; technical adjustment in part of boundary.
- SJ 124 School boards; JLARC to study implications of granting fiscal autonomy to those elected.
- Charles J. Colgan (5)
- SB 600 Alcoholic beverage; increases tax thereof.
- SB 681 Cash proffers; road improvements.
- SB 682 Shenandoah; designating as interim State song.
- SB 683 High school diploma; Board of Education to establish requirements thereof for students with LEP.
- SB 725 Motor vehicle insurance license tax; revenue dedicated to mass transit.
- Ken T. Cuccinelli, II (8)
- SB 623 Condominium Act; responsibility for insurance deductibles.
- SB 629 Illegal aliens; employment thereof, cause of action.
- SB 630 Retail Sales and Use Tax revenue; increases amount to Transportation Trust Fund.
- SB 631 Condemnation of property; definition of public uses.
- SB 657 State law-enforcement employees; clarifies current overtime compensation provisions.
- SB 694 Sexually violent predators; adds to list of offenses that qualify as sexual offenses.
- SB 697 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; changes as to process and procedures.
- SJ 139 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); exercise of eminent domain powers.
- R. Creigh Deeds (3)
- SB 619 Restitution for property damage or loss; State to be responsible for seeking for victim.
- SB 627 Recount procedures; requires hard copy optical scan ballots to be rerun therein.
- SB 628 Campaign finance; special disclosure requirements for certain large contributions; civil penalties.
- Jeannemarie D. Davis (4)
- SB 692 Blight abatement; authorizes localities to place lien on properties repaired or acquired.
- SB 701 Transportation; provides for new funding therefor in Northern Virginia.
- SB 702 Health regulatory board; investigations of licensees, certificate holders or registrants thereby.
- SB 703 Nursing education programs; to include instruction in child abuse recognition & intervention.
- John S. Edwards (4)
- SB 632 Neurological birth-related injury cases; review of certain cases.
- SB 633 Courthouse security fee.
- SB 704 Family day homes; those not covered by liability insurance.
- SJ 166 Humane treatment of animals; report.
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. (6)
- SB 676 School for the Deaf & Blind at Staunton, & School for Deaf, Blind, & Multi-Disabled at Hampton.
- SB 677 In-state tuition rates; prohibited for certain individuals.
- SB 678 Motor fuels taxes; elimination of refunds for fuels used in operating certain watercraft.
- SB 679 Sexually violent predator; alternative to indeterminate civil commitment.
- SB 695 Boats; local control over operation.
- SJ 165 Interstate Route 81; Department of Transportation to address urgently needed improvements thereof.
- Charles R. Hawkins (7)
- SB 620 Nursing homes, etc.; authorized to hire certain persons convicted of misdemeanors.
- SB 708 Transportation needs; provides several mechanisms for funding, report.
- SB 709 Community College System; comprehensive, integrated workforce training system established.
- SB 710 K-14 educational partnerships; created.
- SB 726 Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax; increases tax.
- SB 729 Roll-your-own tobacco; classified as cigarette, imposition of tax on selling or dealing thereof.
- SJ 174 Commending Down in the Old Belt: Voices from the Tobacco South by James P. Crawford.
- Mark R. Herring (4)
- SB 730 Faith-based community services; Dept. of Social Services to coordinate offers of assistance.
- SB 731 Real estate reassessment; notice of change.
- SB 732 Public Procurement Act; design-build projects by local public bodies, methods of procurement.
- SJ 206 Fire and rescue squad volunteers; Department of Fire Programs, et al., to study incentives therefor.
- R. Edward Houck (3)
- SB 675 Higher educational institutions; management agreements, report.
- SB 723 Vehicle registration fees; additional fee for transportation purposes.
- SJ 170 Freedom of Information Day; designating as March 16, 2006, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- Janet D. Howell (3)
- SB 635 Adult Fatality Review Team; created, report.
- SB 719 Petroleum product pipelines; prohibits any public service company from acquiring property therefor.
- SJ 180 Constitutional amendment; funds for transportation purposes (first reference).
- Benjamin J. Lambert III (4)
- SB 608 Claims; Rufus Thomas, Jr.
- SB 609 Claims; Troy D. Hopkins.
- SB 664 Higher educational institutions; to purchase directly from state contracts.
- SB 684 Medical care facility; exempts from definition certain specialized centers for provision of MRI.
- Mamie Locke (2)
- SB 367 Drug treatment courts; established in City of Newport News.
- SB 625 Carousel Site; conveyance of property to nonmunicipal entity in City of Hampton.
- L. Louise Lucas (3)
- SB 607 Recount procedures; requires hard copy optical scan ballots to be rerun.
- SB 700 Public employment; discrimination prohibited.
- SJ 152 Officially recognizing the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe.
- Henry L. Marsh III (2)
- SB 712 Motorized scooters and skateboards; localities to adopt ordinances regulating noise.
- SB 713 Affordable housing; development for low- and moderate-income persons.
- Stephen H. Martin (8)
- SB 588 Preservation of order at elections; law-enforcement officer to maintain order at polling place.
- SB 589 General registrars; performance reviews.
- SB 590 State Board of Elections; training of local electoral board members and general registrars.
- SB 591 Charter; City of Colonial Heights
- SB 622 Criminal Justice Services, Department of; use of private security business fees.
- SJ 121 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); exercise of eminent domain powers.
- 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.
- Ryan T. McDougle (3)
- SB 659 Estate tax; conformity of state and federal statutes.
- SB 660 Physicians; extends immunity for failure to review and respond to report or result of test.
- SJ 175 Celebrating the life of Dr. John A. Rawls.
- Yvonne B. Miller (7)
- SB 585 Kinship care; allows caregivers access to all foster care services.
- SB 586 Insurers; change of domicile.
- SB 587 Business entities; renewal application of reservation of name.
- SB 618 Child-friendly visiting rooms; state and local correctional facilities required to provide.
- SB 661 Income tax, corporate; employer-provided commuting benefits tax credit.
- SB 662 Minority Business Enterprise, Department of; certification of small, woman- or minority-owned.
- SB 663 Transportation needs of populations with limited mobility; specific mobility goals to be addressed.
- Stephen D. Newman (2)
- SB 610 Physicians; extends sunset provision to purchase medical malpractice insurance.
- SJ 90 Physicians and Hospitals, Joint Subcommittee Studying Risk Management Plans for; continued.
- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (4)
- SB 693 Capitol Square, Council on; created.
- SB 711 Electric Utility Restructuring, Commission on; powers and duties.
- SB 714 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions for extraction and processing of natural gas and oil.
- SJ 185 Inpatient psychiatric facilities, licensed; JLARC to study use and financing thereof.
- Mark D. Obenshain (2)
- SB 672 Compulsory school attendance; truancy and chronic tardiness.
- SB 691 Adoption; prohibited to sexually violent offenders.
- Jay O'Brien (3)
- SB 646 Primary elections; dates and procedures, date of June primary.
- SB 647 Stillbirth; modifies law relating to certificate of birth resulting therein.
- SB 670 Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosure of resource protection areas.
- H. Russell Potts, Jr. (4)
- SB 599 Physical education; requires school boards to require to be taught in grades K-12.
- SB 686 Transportation Future Fund; created.
- SB 687 Teacher education programs; Board of Education shall not condition full approval.
- SB 728 Primary elections; dates and procedures, date of September primary.
- Phillip P. Puckett (4)
- SB 611 Therapeutic Incarceration Program; created, report.
- SB 612 Prisoner Reentry Fund; created, rates for telephone services.
- SB 642 Route 610; bridge in Wythe County to be repaired and maintained.
- SB 674 Criminal records; disclosure of those expunged.
- Linda T. Puller (5)
- SB 604 Criminal background checks, national; fingerprints provided to certain qualified entities.
- SB 605 Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officers of Department of Conservation & Recreation.
- SB 621 Property Owners' Association Act; display of political signs by property owner.
- SB 639 Expert witness; increase in fee for rendering professional service.
- SJ 126 Prisoner Reentry to Society, Program for; Joint Subcommittee Studying, continued.
- Frederick M. Quayle (5)
- SB 613 Electric Utility Restructuring Act; excludes municipal utilities.
- SB 626 Water Quality Improvement Fund; revenues from lodging shall be deposited thereof.
- SB 636 Line of Duty Disability Fund; created.
- SB 637 Circuit court; issuance of warrants by judges.
- SB 724 Traffic impact analysis; localities to prepare and consider prior to approving zoning ordinances.
- Nick Rerras (5)
- SB 655 Retail Sales and Use Tax; revenue from certain public facilities for certain designated cities.
- SB 656 Student, new; certain information required upon registration to public school.
- SB 671 Rail and Public Transportation, Department of; to provide state matching funds for federal program.
- SB 690 Income tax, corporate; increases clean fuel vehicle job creation tax credit.
- SJ 78 Constitutional amendment; Highway and Trasnportation Trust Funds, (first reference).
- W. Roscoe Reynolds (6)
- SB 103 Industrial access grants; extends sunset provison therefor in Floyd County.
- SB 602 Criminal history background checks; required for employees of providers licensed by DMHMRSAS.
- SB 603 Health benefits; provides for continuation thereof for certain judges.
- SB 640 Dance halls; regulation in locality.
- SB 641 General Assembly; members prohibited to accept gifts during legislative sessions, penalty.
- SB 722 DMV; assessment of fees on certain drivers, use of fees collected.
- Frank M. Ruff (4)
- SB 667 Carbon monoxide detectors; required in certain rental dwelling units in State.
- SB 668 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; changes sunset date.
- SB 669 Motor carrier transportation contracts; indemnification clauses.
- SB 689 Workforce Council; change in membership.
- Richard L. Saslaw (4)
- SB 652 Passenger rail transportation liability; limitations.
- SB 666 Public-Private Transportation Act; allocation of concession payments.
- SB 680 Alcoholic beverage control; permissible conduct by manufacturers, and wine or beer wholesalers.
- SB 721 Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing fund program.
- Kenneth W. Stolle (7)
- SB 606 Transportation Board; election of certain members by General Assembly.
- SB 653 Secondhand dealers; adds regulation thereof to current statutes regulating pawnbrokers.
- SB 654 Precious metals dealers; required to obtain thumbprints of both hands of individual selling item.
- SB 705 State Government Programs, Joint Commission on; created, report.
- SB 706 Cable television systems; licensing and regulation thereof.
- SB 717 Law-enforcement officers; those retired may purchase service handguns.
- SB 718 Hunters for Hungry; increases big game license to be allocated thereto.
- Walter A. Stosch (2)
- SB 601 Retail sales and use tax; exemption for semiconductor wafers.
- SB 707 Cable service; establishes franchising procedures.
- Patricia S. Ticer (4)
- SB 638 Victims of domestic violence; use of alternative contact information by health care providers.
- SB 658 Victims of domestic violence; post office box address to be shown on list of registered voters.
- SB 665 Human Rights Council; name change, establishes Human Rights Office within.
- SJ 123 Civilian employees; VEC to study feasibility of providing trailing spouse coverage.
- Frank W. Wagner (6)
- SB 614 Interstate Transportation Compact; created.
- SB 615 Child Day Care Regulations; establishes staff-to-child ratios.
- SB 616 Electrical transmission facilities; satisfies local zoning requirements.
- SB 720 Highway user fees; localities may establish.
- SB 727 Disabled veterans, special; certification of businesses owned thereby.
- SJ 184 Interstate Route 95; construction and operation of controlled access highway as alternative thereto.
- William C. Wampler, Jr. (1)
- John C. Watkins (8)
- SB 592 Open-end management investment company; board of directors to classify unissued shares into classes.
- SB 593 Reinsurance intermediaries and managing general agents; licensure.
- SB 594 Fertilizers; regulation therof.
- SB 595 Retail Sales and Use Tax; refund for exempted entities.
- SB 597 License tax, local; separate rate for fuel distributors.
- SB 643 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; includes certain provisions.
- SB 644 Water Quality Improvement Fund; disbursement of grant moneys.
- SB 645 Airport fees and charges; limits authority to impose off-site fees.
- Mary Margaret Whipple (3)
- SB 673 Local government; benefit coverage for employees and retired employees.
- SB 698 Income tax, corporate; business facility job tax credit.
- SJ 171 Family Life Education programs; Board of Education to survey those in public schools.
- Martin E. Williams (3)
- SB 634 Subaqueous permits; additional platform to serve as water-dependent use.
- SB 685 Alcoholic beverage control; permissible conduct by manufacturers, and wine or beer wholesalers.
- SB 696 Reversion of certain land; Governor to convey interest thereof to locality in which located.