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- HB 1623 Code Commission; makes technical changes to reporting requirements of obsolete provisions.
- HB 1796 General Assembly; prefiling of legislation.
- HB 1837 Ginger Gold Apple; designating as official state fruit..
- HB 1846 Oversight and Government Reform, Joint Commission on; created.
- HB 1936 General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; modifies disclosure form.
- HB 2040 Career and Technical Education, Advisory Council on; extends sunset date.
- HB 2051 Disability Commission; extends sunset provision.
- HB 2065 General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; modifies disclosure form.
- HB 2101 Elections; statewide bond referendum to include fiscal impact statement for voters.
- HB 2273 Deregulation, Virginia Commission on; created.
- HB 2401 Electric Utility Conservation Programs; created, report.
- HB 2634 Tax legislation; requires a sunset date of no more than four years thereon.
- HB 2635 Mandated Health Insurance Benefits, Special Advisory Commission on; abolished.
- HB 2662 Virginia, Ever Enshrined; designating as official state song.
- HB 2670 General Assembly; repeals provisions requiring certain bills be filed by first day of session.
- HB 2837 George Washington's birthday; Department of Education to provide schools information thereon.
- HB 2867 Legislative agencies; those authorized to employ personnel to report annually to General Assembly.
- HB 2914 Cradle of Liberty; designating as official state song.
- HB 2921 Legislative efficiency review program; directs JLARC to review each house and legislative agencies.
- HB 2923 Human Trafficking, Commission On Prevention of; created, report.
- HB 3076 Virginia Covered Bridge Festival in Patrick County; designating as official state festival.
- HB 3144 Lettner, Kimberly S.; authorized to retain her service pistol & shotgun for service to State Police.
- HB 3185 Virginia; designating as official state song.
- HJ 566 National Action Week of United States Bone and Joint Decade; designating as Oct. 12-20, 2007.
- HJ 575 Energy Conservation Awareness Week; designating as first week in October 2007, and each succeeding.
- HJ 576 Open-space & Farmlands; Joint Sub. Studying Funding Sources for Purchase of Development Rights.
- HJ 582 Marriage; joint subcomm. to study effect of no-fault divorce on formation, duration, & dissolution.
- HJ 583 Cord Blood Bank Initiative; Dep. of Health to seek federal funding & support from Congressional Del.
- HJ 584 Stem Cell Research, Jt. Sub. Studying Medical, Ethical, & Scientific Issues Relating to; continued.
- HJ 587 Internet Safety Month; designating as September 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 589 Rail transportation; study feasibility thereof along Washington & Old Dominion Rail Trail.
- HJ 591 New residential and commercial development; joint subcommittee to study identifiable costs thereof.
- HJ 594 Online public institution of higher education; Council of Higher Education to study feasibility of.
- HJ 597 Sales tax nexus; joint subcommittee to study.
- HJ 602 Unfunded state mandates; joint subcommittee to study.
- HJ 603 Personal rapid transit; Sec. of Transp. to study benefits, etc. thereof as public transp. option.
- HJ 607 State highway, passenger rail, and mass transit programs; joint subcommittee to study financing.
- HJ 608 New residential and commercial development; joint subcommittee to study identifiable costs thereof.
- HJ 609 Asian-Indian American Day; designating as January 26, 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 611 Science/technology ed. graduate programs at higher educational institutions; joint subcom. to study.
- HJ 612 Small businesses; joint subcommittee to study ability to obtain health insurance.
- HJ 613 Uninsured population; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 615 George Washington Equestrian Monument in Capitol Square; Council to plan commemoration, report.
- HJ 616 SCHIP; memorializing Congressional Del./Governor to urge Congress to reauthorize funding for FAMIS.
- HJ 621 Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; joint subcommittee to study development and utilization thereof.
- HJ 623 Highways; joint subcommittee to study desirability, etc. of replacing administrative classification.
- HJ 625 Higher education; joint sub. to study feasibility of establising institution in City of VA Beach.
- HJ 627 Designating the third week in September as Civics Education Week in Virginia.
- HJ 630 Highway user fees; joint sub. to study feasibility of creating equitable system for charging fees.
- HJ 631 Nurses and nursing aides, licensed practical; Board of Nursing to study pay parity therefor.
- HJ 632 Korean American Day; designating as January 13, 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 634 Retirement System; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study benefit programs.
- HJ 635 Stroke prevention and care; Joint Commission on Health Care to study.
- HJ 636 Persons w/mental illness; Joint Commission on Health Care to study housing opportunities therefor.
- HJ 637 Childhood obesity; joint subcommittee to study problem in public schools.
- HJ 639 Religious freedom at public institutions of higher education; SCHEV to establish guidelines.
- HJ 640 School boards; JLARC to study implications of granting fiscal autonomy to those elected.
- HJ 641 Vision care services and products; JLARC to study impact of law impeding accessibility thereto.
- HJ 642 Higher educational institutions; Council of Higher Education in consideration of retaining faculty.
- HJ 643 Medical doctors; joint subcommittee to study how State should address severe shortage thereof.
- HJ 644 Indigent health care; JLARC to study.
- HJ 645 Health insurance; joint subcommittee to develop market-based model for State, report.
- HJ 646 K-12 education outreach; Dept. of Ed. to work with university, etc. to increase participation.
- HJ 648 Absentee ballots; joint subcommittee to study processing thereof before election day.
- HJ 649 Electronic personal health records; Joint Commission on Health Care to study increased use thereof.
- HJ 650 Crab traps; Center for Coastal Resources Management to study those abandoned/discarded.
- HJ 651 Standards of Learning; Board of Education to determine feasibility of low-cost techonology to admin.
- HJ 652 Prisoner Reentry to Society, Joint Subcommittee Studying Program for; continued.
- HJ 653 Health insurance; Department of Medical Assistance Services to study modification to public subsidy.
- HJ 654 Fairfax County; Board of Supervisors to study efficiency/effectiveness of form of government.
- HJ 657 Managed care; Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue expanding use thereof.
- HJ 659 Jamestown Day; designating as May 13, 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 681 Changing climate; joint subcommittee too study risks, etc. created in State as a result thereof.
- HJ 682 Human trafficking; joint subcommittee to study.
- HJ 683 Substance abuse; JLARC to study actual cost to State.
- HJ 686 Electricity; Commission on Electric Utility Restructuring's feasibility of voluntary program.
- HJ 687 Electronic waste (eCycling); Joint Commission on Technology & Science to study collection, etc.
- HJ 688 Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; JCOTS to study enhanced development of cargo, etc.
- HJ 689 Fort Monroe National Park; National Park Service to study feasibility of creating.
- HJ 690 Fort Monroe; joint subcommittee to study future thereof.
- HJ 691 Urban Partnership; joint subcommittee to study an agreement between various counties, etc.
- HJ 692 Open-Space & Farmlands, Joint Sub. Studying Funding Sources for Purchase of Development Rights.
- HJ 693 Legislative efficiency; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and recommend.
- HJ 694 Biosolids; panel of experts to study impact of land application thereof.
- HJ 695 Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; joint subcommittee to study enhanced development of cargo, etc.
- HJ 696 Residential dwelling units;Housing Commission to study overcrowding and its impact on neighborhoods.
- HJ 697 Family day homes; Bureau of Insurance of SCC to study availability of liability insurance.
- HJ 698 Power plants; Dept. of Health to study public health effects of using trona to mitigate emissions.
- HJ 699 Prescription drugs; Joint Commission on Health Care to study accuracy of discard dates.
- HJ 700 Habitual drunkard; Joint Commission on Health Care to study interdiction laws.
- HJ 701 Health care providers; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of offering liability protection.
- HJ 702 Public schools; joint subcommittee to study appropriateness and efficacy of open education content.
- HJ 703 Redistricting process; joint subcommittee to study.
- HJ 704 Long-term care; joint subcommittee to study prepaid program for citizens.
- HJ 705 Affordable workforce housing; Housing Commission to study availability thereof.
- HJ 706 High school dropout and graduation rates; Board of Education to study.
- HJ 707 Law-enforcement officers; joint subcommittee to study establishment of protocols for those killed.
- HJ 708 Eminent domain; JLARC to study current state of law regarding exercise thereof.
- HJ 709 State park along South Mayo and North Mayo Rivers; DCR to study feasibility in Henry County.
- HJ 710 Adult group homes; JLARC to study financial oversight therefor in state.
- HJ 711 Workforce housing; Housing Commission to study initiatives for employers to provide employees.
- HJ 712 Driver education programs; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of privatizing in public schools.
- HJ 713 Insulin & human growth hormones; DMAS to confer on costs thereof to Medicaid program, report.
- HJ 725 Dale Earnhardt Day.
- HJ 726 Healthy Virginians/Healthy Students Week.
- HJ 727 Childhood obesity; local school divisions encouraged to continue efforts to address.
- HJ 728 Discrimination & injustice; General Assembly to acknowledge & express regret for State's role in.
- HJ 729 Virginia Preschool Initiative; JLARC to study.
- HJ 730 Yorktown Campaign of 1781; recognizing Gloucester County's important role therein.
- HJ 743 Fire and rescue squad volunteers; joint subcommittee to study incentives to recruit, etc.
- HJ 744 American values; General Assembly to appreciate and celebrate.
- HJ 757 General Assembly; television coverage of legislative sessions.
- HJ 773 Hampton Roads: America's First Region; recognizing as brand for Southeast Virginia.
- HJ 774 Mental health services for children; DMHMRSAS responsible for planning and delivery thereof.
- HJ 775 Lunar New Year & other Asian observances; importance to Asian & Pacific American communities.
- HJ 776 Undocumented immigrants; joint subcommittee to study impact thereof of those who reside in State.
- HR 43 Marriage; House Comm. on Cts. of Justice to study effect of no-fault divorce on formation, etc.
- HR 44 Interstate Route 95; Maryland and District of Columbia urged to construct.
- HR 45 Video &audio transmission of daily sessions of House of Delegates; procedures to be adopted.
- HR 47 Video & audio transmission; procedures for Internet broadcasting to be adopted.
- HR 56 Designating the third Saturday of June, in 2007 and in each succeeding year, as 'Juneteenth' Freedom
- SB 779 Apple; designating as official state fruit.
- SB 809 Abraham Lincoln, Commission on Bicentennial of; created, report.
- SB 949 Incarceration and Reentry, Commission on; created, report.
- SB 987 Secure Commonwealth Panel; adds Executive Secretary of Supreme Court of Virginia to membership.
- SB 1375 Virginia Covered Bridge Festival in Patrick County; designating as official state festival.
- SB 1386 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; analysis of state agency budget submissions.
- SB 1427 Senate; sale of surplus laptop computers to current members.
- SJ 308 Health insurance; joint subcommittee to study costs for state and local early retirees.
- SJ 324 Alson H. Smith Teachers' Day.
- SJ 326 Consumption of goods and services; joint subcommittee to study viability of fair tax thereon.
- SJ 327 Prisoner Reentry to Society, Joint Subcommittee Studying Program for; continued.
- SJ 329 High school dropout and graduation rates; Board of Education to study.
- SJ 332 Discrimination & injustice; General Assembly to acknowledge & express regret for State's role in.
- SJ 333 Commending Native Americans and African Americans on their contributions to the Commonweath.
- SJ 334 Financial Aid Awareness Month.
- SJ 335 Net lottery profits; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study distribution thereof.
- SJ 343 Designating the third week in September as Civics Education Week.
- SJ 347 Farm-to-School Program; Farm-to-School Task Force to develop plan for implementing, report.
- SJ 361 Waste minimization, reuse, and recycling; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- SJ 365 Innovative housing policies and programs; Housing Commission to study granting authority to local.
- SJ 366 Affordable housing; Housing Commission to study state incentives for targeted development, etc.
- SJ 372 Health insurance; joint subcommittee to study experience pool for educators, etc.
- SJ 374 Childhood obesity; school divisions encouraged to strengthen their commitment to prevention.
- SJ 375 Humane Treatment for Companion Animals Education Week; designating as first week in February 2007.
- SJ 377 Adoption; Department of Taxation to study current financial incentives in other states to support.
- SJ 378 Driver training programs; joint subcommittee to study revision of curriculum therefor.
- SJ 380 Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; JCOTS to study enhanced development of cargo, etc.
- SJ 382 Supreme Court of Virginia; Crime Commission to study efficiency of summons form published thereby.
- SJ 385 Fuel-efficient vehicles and transportation funding; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 390 Health care providers; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of offering liability protection.
- SJ 394 Energy Conservation Awareness Week.
- SJ 395 Substance abuse; JLARC to study impact of issue related thereto on state & local fiscal expenditure.
- SJ 401 Open-space & Farmlands; Joint Sub. Studying Funding Sources for Purchase of Development Rights.
- SJ 404 Eminent domain; JLARC to conduct comprehensive study of use thereof by governmental entities.
- SJ 418 Judicial circuits; joint Senate & House Committees for Courts of Justice to study redistricting.
- SJ 419 Gang prevention activities; joint subcommittee to study availability and efficacy thereof.
- SJ 420 Hampton Roads: America's First Region; recognizing as brand for Southeast Virginia.
- SJ 445 Marshall Plan; recognizing 60th anniversary thereof.
- SJ 446 Korean American Day; designating as January 13, 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.