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- HB 777 Civics Education, Commission on; extends sunset provision.
- HB 781 Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Commission, created.
- HB 840 Capitol Police, Division of; powers and duties.
- HB 1391 Bicentennial of American War of 1812 Commission and Fund; created, report.
- HB 1441 Legislative Services, Division of; responsible for annual report to all standing committee chairmen.
- HB 1500 Aerospace Advisory Council, Directors of NASA Langley and NASA Wallops, etc.; appointments.
- HB 1529 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee; clarifies awarding of scholarship.
- HJ 5 Right Choices for Youth Month in Virginia; designating as October 2008, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 26 Dyslexia Awareness Month; designating as October 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 27 Valentines, Virginia Day; designating as February 14, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 41 Adoption Awareness Month; recognizing as November 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 51 Unemployment compensation benefits; Commission on Unemployment Compensation to study.
- HJ 72 Seaports; joint subcommittee to study public-private partnership.
- HJ 75 Businesses, private; joint subcommittee to study local incentives provided for economic development.
- HJ 76 Recognizing the Town of Independence as the Official Home of the Grand Privy Race in Virginia.
- HJ 79 Physicians, etc.; barring from prescribing an alternative brand of medicine for financial incentive.
- HJ 89 Southeastern Public Service Authority; Auditor of Public Accounts to collect, receive, etc. data.
- HJ 90 Science, etc. Education in State at Elementary, etc. Levels, Joint Subcom. studying; continued.
- HJ 91 Higher educational institutions; joint subcommittee to study ways State may work closer therewith.
- HJ 105 Autism services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 113 Juvenile justice system; Crime Commission to continue its study.
- HJ 119 Small business; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study impact of eVirginia thereon.
- HJ 130 Ronald Reagan Day; designating as February 6, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 131 Plumbing Industry Week; designating as April 27 through May 3, 2008.
- HJ 132 Brain Injury Awareness Month; designating as March 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 155 Emergency responses; Hampton Roads Planning District Commission to study automatic aide.
- HJ 159 U.S. Route 460 Communications Committee; extends mandate, report.
- HJ 177 Multistate corporations; joint subcommittee to study benefits of adopting a single sales factor.
- HJ 178 Development and land use tools; joint subcommittee to study.
- HJ 184 Wild Spanish mustangs; recognizing historic value and importance of last known herd living.
- HJ 194 Hampton Roads; joint subcommittee to study transportation network.
- HJ 195 Development rights; joint subcommittee to study transfer thereof.
- HJ 196 Insurance agents; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to collect certain demographic & other information.
- HJ 220 Philippine Independence Day; designating as June 12, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 231 Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; public participation when proposing regulations.
- HJ 248 Biosciences and biotechnology; joint subcommittee to study and advance development and enhancement.
- HJ 362 Ms. Wheelchair Virginia Day.
- SB 306 Civics Education, Commission on; extends sunset provision.
- SB 383 Bicentennial of American War of 1812 Commission and Fund; created, report.
- SB 464 Energy and Climate Change, Commission on; established, report.
- SB 525 Uranium Mining Commission; established, report.
- SB 575 Electric Utility Restructuring, Commission on; renamed Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
- SB 653 Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Commission, created.
- SB 747 State Police Staffing, Special Commission on; established.
- SB 749 Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission; technical assistance shall be provided by DGS.
- SB 787 Bioscience and Biotechnology, Commission on; created, report.
- SJ 17 Service Fee Directory; comprehensive information system to replace or revise.
- SJ 24 Dyslexia Awareness Month; designating as October 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 25 65 percent Solution; General Assembly recognize problems with and implications thereof.
- SJ 28 Children; Commission to study use of enhanced punishment for crimes committed in presence thereof.
- SJ 31 Parole; Department of Corrections to report on pilot study use of risk assessment instrument.
- SJ 32 Energy-efficient office & public buildings; Commission on Energy & Climate Change to study options.
- SJ 41 Virginia Commonwealth University Day; designating as July 1, 2008.
- SJ 42 Mental health system; Joint Commission on Health Care to review recommendations and legislation.
- SJ 46 Mental Health Needs & Treatment of Minority Young Adults; Joint Commission on Health Care Studying.
- SJ 47 Medicine; JLARC to conduct review of effectiveness of Board of Medicine in regulating practice.
- SJ 49 Parkinsons Disease Awareness Month; designating as April 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 55 Teachers; joint subcommittee to study shortage in State.
- SJ 56 Vacant residential units; Housing Commission to study problem in densely populated urban areas.
- SJ 57 Local government; joint subcommittee to study organization thereof.
- SJ 61 Public schools; joint subcommittee to study ways to promote reading proficiency & comprehension.
- SJ 64 Plumbing Industry Week; designating as April 27 through May 3, 2008.
- SJ 65 Southeastern Public Service Authority; Auditor of Public Accounts to collect, receive, etc. data.
- SJ 66 School boards; JLARC to study implications of granting fiscal autonomy to those elected.
- SJ 68 School facilities; joint subcommittee to study state assistance to localities for financing, etc.
- SJ 70 Development and land use tools; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 74 Foster care families; Department of Social Services to study options for increasing number in State.
- SJ 75 Comprehensive Services Program for At-Risk Youth & Families Program; Joint Subcommittee Studying.
- SJ 76 Open-Space Land & Farmlands, Long-Term Funding for Purchase of Development Rights; Study.
- SJ 77 Substance abuse; joint subcommittee to study strategies and models for prevention and treatment.
- SJ 80 Affordable housing; Housing Commission to study incentives for targeted development, etc.
- SJ 81 Homeowners; Dept of Tax. to study implications of income tax credit based upon property taxes.
- SJ 89 Unclaimed Property Act; Department of Treasury to study reporting requirements established by State.
- SJ 90 Restorative justice; Crime Commission to study.
- SJ 92 Transportation entities; joint subcommittee to study functions and authorities of entities.
- SJ 99 Circuit Court Clerks' Offices, Joint Subcommittee Studying Operations of; continued.
- SJ 101 Multistate corporations; joint subcommittee to study benefits of adopting a single sales factor.
- SJ 102 Family caregivers; Joint Commission on Health Care to study support services therefor.
- SJ 108 Children's Miracle Network Day; designating as October 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 119 Stop and yield sign posts; DOT to study costs and befefits of applying retroreflective material.
- SJ 120 Comprehensive immigration policy; memorializing Congress of the United States to develop.
- SJ 122 Rapid transit network, regional; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of creating.
- SJ 126 Innovative Technology, Center for; innovation index, report.
- SJ 128 Health care professionals, licensed; Joint Commission on Health Care to study competence.
- SJ 129 Information Technologies Agency; JLARC to study quality, etc. of services to state agencies.
- SJ 130 International education; recognizing importance in higher educational institutions.
- SJ 133 Radioactive waste, low level; Department of Health to study long-term options for disposal thereof.
- SJ 171 Battle of Craney Island Day.
- SJ 225 Vietnam Anti-Trafficking Day; designating as December 2, 2008 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SR 3 Senate Ethics Advisory Panel; confirming nominations.
- SR 9 Commending the Republic of Korea and the Korean-American community in Virginia.