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2008 SESSION
Delegate Vivian E. Watts (D) - House District 39
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 514
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-1039
- email: DelVWatts@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- 8717 Mary Lee Lane
- Annandale, Virginia 22003
- (703) 978-2989
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 11 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (voter referendum).
- HB 28 Titling vehicles; gives applicants the option of providing license number in lieu of Soc. Sec. no.
- HB 31 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 61 Special license plates for immediate family members of persons who have died in military service to
- HB 92 Standards of Quality; requires that average teacher salary not be less than annual national salary.
- HB 100 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; includes deputy sheriffs under coverage.
- HB 152 Governmental employees; permission to form associations.
- HB 164 Buildings, state-owned and occupied; use of compact fluorescent light bulbs, report.
- HB 175 Credit reports; authorizes military personnel and their spouses to freeze access thereto.
- HB 229 Veterans services; Dept. to establish guidelines for eligibility for domiciled veterans, etc.
- HB 271 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.
- HB 310 Absentee voting; persons with a disability or illness may vote absentee.
- HB 319 Fishing permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- HB 335 Stalking; enhanced penalties.
- HB 339 Advisory Redistricting Commission; created, report.
- HB 389 Highway systems; allocation of maintenance funds.
- HB 474 Virginia War Memorial; State Treasurer to advance loan for construction of an educational wing.
- HB 475 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.
- HB 490 Transportation funding; increases motor fuels tax and repeals certain abusive driver fees.
- HB 501 Medical malpractice; definition of professional services.
- HB 532 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- HB 556 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
- HB 572 Smoke Free Air Act; smoking in public places.
- HB 592 Criminal history record information; required for transfer of firearms.
- HB 594 Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 606 Juvenile defendants; electronic recording of interrogations.
- HB 656 Animal protection and fighting; broadens penalty.
- HB 675 Discrimination; Fairfax County to prohibit in executive form of government.
- HB 677 Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; public hearing.
- HB 741 Involuntary mental health treatment; prohibition from purchasing, etc. firearms.
- HB 750 Parental rights; appeal when terminated.
- HB 809 Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel.
- HB 815 Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
- HB 819 Nursing facilities; those in continuing care retirement communities to participate in program.
- HB 953 Abuse or neglect proceedings; videotaped statement.
- HB 1058 Higher educational institutions; release of educational records.
- HB 1061 Zoning ordinances; may prescribe an appeal period of less than 30 days.
- HB 1062 Absentee ballot and voting; adds women who are pregnant at time of applying to list of eligible.
- HB 1063 Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in restaurants in Northern Virginia.
- HB 1064 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.
- HB 1066 Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement.
- HB 1069 Absentee voting and ballot applications; persons performing volunteer service may vote absentee .
- HB 1071 Birth control; adds definition.
- HB 1104 Veterans services; changes references under powers and duties to Secretary of Public Safety.
- HB 1107 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
- HB 1109 Veterans; tuition waiver for certain.
- HB 1218 School buses; prohibits use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving.
- HB 1228 Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options.
- HB 1233 Reckless driving; suspension of license on conviction of minor.
- HB 1250 Personal flotation devices; requirements for children.
- HB 1290 Restorative justice programs; established.
- HB 1307 Credit reports; fee exemption for security freezes for military personnel
- HB 1311 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 1376 Crimes Against Minors and Sex Offender Registry; use of data by SAVIN.
- HB 1403 Family life education; instruction on use of Food & Drug Administration contraception methods.
- HB 1432 Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in restaurants in certain cities.
- HB 1436 Line of Duty Act; funding for Line of Duty Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- HB 1437 Trees; conservation during land development process for air quality improvement.
- HB 1476 Voting equipment; wireless communications at polling places, exceptions.
- HB 1493 Nondiscrimination; prohibits discrimination in state government employment based on race, etc.
- HB 1501 Firefighters; task force to develop training standards, report.
- HB 1507 Trooper Charles Mark Cosslett Memorial Highway; designating as portion of Fairfax County Parkway.
- HB 1530 Foster children; placement of siblings together.
- HB 1547 21st Century Capital Improvement Program; created, report.
- HJ 4 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (second reference).
- HJ 18 Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
- HJ 38 Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
- HJ 43 Higher educational institutions, online; Council of Higher Education to study establishment thereof.
- HJ 105 Autism services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 106 Fluorescent light bulbs; Recycling Markets Development Council to study costs and benefits of recy.
- HJ 108 Affordable housing; Departments of Housing and Community Development, and Taxation to study.
- HJ 120 Constitutional amendment; establishing Redistricting Commission (first reference).
- HJ 139 Commending Dr. William Ferguson Reid.
- HJ 145 Commending the Westfield High School football team.
- HJ 146 Commending the Chantilly High School cheerleading squad.
- HJ 171 Endocrine disrupting compounds; Department of Environmental Quality to study effects on environment.
- HJ 225 Commending The Lincoln Society of Virginia.
- HJ 251 Celebrating the life of Oliver White Hill, Sr.
- HJ 275 Commending Theodore V. Morrison, Jr.
- HJ 279 Commending the valuable work of Virginia’s health safety net and its many private sector supporters.
- HJ 286 Celebrating the life of Jo Ann Davis.
- HJ 287 Celebrating the life of Eve Marie Wilson.
- HJ 295 Commending the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.
- HJ 298 Commending William H. Leighty.
- HJ 307 Celebrating the life of William A. Strauss.
- HJ 329 Commending NASA on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HJ 336 Commending Barter Theatre on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
- HJ 341 Commending the State of Israel on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.
- HJ 344 Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jonathan Kilian Dozier.
- HJ 346 Celebrating the life of Myron Boyd Jones.
- HJ 347 Celebrating the life of Jerry Laymon Falwell.
- HJ 350 Celebrating the life of Jane Maury Denton.
- HJ 355 Commending the Fairfax County school winners of the Governor's Award for Educational Execllence.
- HJ 360 Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- HJ 363 Celebrating the life of Richard G. Darman.
- HJ 370 Commending the Virginia Law Foundation.
- HJ 376 Celebrating the life of Erin Peterson.
- HJ 377 Celebrating the life of Reema Samaha.
- HJ 380 Commending the United States Army Reserve on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
- HJ 382 Commending Diana F. Cantor.
- HJ 395 Celebrating the life of Mitchell Van Yahres.
- HJ 399 Commending Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
- HJ 400 Celebrating the life of Joseph A. Johnson.
- HJ 404 Commending Inova Fair Oaks Hospital on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
- HJ 444 Commending Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
- HJ 445 Commending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Langley High, and Oakton High.
- HJ 450 Commending the Honorable George Mason III.
- HJ 466 Commending the rescue squads, police departments, fire departments, sheriff's offices, and agencies.
- HJ 471 Celebrating the life of Maxine Shelly Turner.
- HJ 502 Commending Irvine Byrd Hill.
- HJ 531 Commending Sharon Ann Crouch Steidel.
- HJ 554 Commending R. Michael Mohler.
- HJ 594 Commending Our Military Kids, Inc.
- HJ 597 Celebrating the life of Mary Walton McCandlish Livingston.
- HR 13 Commending Mary Elizabeth McElroy Weil.
- HR 14 Commending Carmela Bills Putney.
- HR 15 Commending Lois Vivian Johnson.
- HR 21 Celebrating the life of John Ashby Bowden, Jr.
- HR 22 Celebrating the life of James Paul Shaw.
- SB 75 Community services board; requires employee that prepared report to attend hearing.
- SB 76 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; changes to process and procedures.
- SB 79 Independent examiner; records to be reviewed.
- SB 80 Involuntary commitment; electronic examination by independent examiner.
- SB 81 Emergency custody; who may accept custody.
- SB 83 Political candidate contribution tax credit; increases maximum amount.
- SB 84 License plates, special; issuance to U.S. Air Force retirees.
- SB 85 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
- SB 87 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
- SB 101 Emergency custody order; renewal.
- SB 103 Independent examiner's report; admissibility of written certification.
- SB 104 Outpatient treatment; community services board et al., to report any material noncompliance.
- SB 106 Involuntary commitment; criteria for determining outpatient treatment.
- SB 129 Emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment; criteria.
- SB 170 Custody and visitation orders; modification based on active military duty.
- SB 188 Military Parents Equal Protection Act; created.
- SB 189 Highway construction; increases cost of project using state or local employees.
- SB 237 Localities; allowed to make donations to nonprofit association furnishing services to community.
- SB 274 Involuntary commitment order; detainee may petition court to transfer to outpatient treatment.
- SB 275 Inmates; emergency psychiatric treatment.
- SB 276 Psychiatric inpatient treatment of minors; timing of petition and hearing.
- SB 297 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.
- SB 300 Dangerous weapons; governing body has authority to restrict in governmental facilities.
- SB 304 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to develop various mental health programs.
- SB 314 Veterans Services Foundation; established to provide funding for veteran services and programs.
- SB 325 Credit reports; authorizes armed services members and spouses to freeze.
- SB 329 Line of Duty Act; definition, and funding for Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- SB 443 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
- SB 444 Motor fuels tax; funding for transportation-related alternatives.
- SB 447 Green Buildings Act; Department of General Services determines when project qualifies for exemption.
- SB 448 Trees; conservation thereof during development process for air quality improvement in localities.
- SB 500 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- SB 627 Climate Change, Commission on; created, report.
- SB 632 Trees; conservation of during land development process for air quality improvement.
- SB 637 Child abuse; animal control officers required to report.
- SB 639 Crime victims and witnesses; immigration status.
- SB 640 Family life education; adds mental health education & awareness to list of topics to be covered.
- SB 642 TANF; eligibility for food stamps when convicted of drug-related felonies.
- SB 646 Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing reason.
- SB 714 Petroleum products franchises; rights of dealers upon sale or assignment of franchise agreement.
- SJ 8 Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
- SJ 10 Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
- SJ 27 Commending the Westfield High School football team.
- SJ 71 High voltage transmission lines; SCC to require electric utility applying for approval to construct.
- SJ 94 Climate Change, Commission on; need to provide leadership & assist General Assembly & Governor.
- SJ 96 Private landowners; Board of Forestry to study provision of ecological services incentives.
- SJ 97 Celebrating the life of Marion Gibbs Galland.
- SJ 149 Celebrating the life of Julia Campbell.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.