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2008 SESSION
Delegate Robert H. Brink (D) - House District 48
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 711
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: DelRBrink@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 7668
- Arlington, Virginia 22207-0668
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 11 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (voter referendum).
- HB 36 Fair housing law; unlawful discriminatory housing practice.
- HB 42 Electoral College; votes therein shall be allocated by popular vote for President & Vice President.
- HB 43 Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006; review of reports for candidates.
- HB 100 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; includes deputy sheriffs under coverage.
- HB 133 Vehicle registration; refusal to issue or renew because of fees or taxes owed to counties, etc.
- HB 152 Governmental employees; permission to form associations.
- 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 319 Fishing permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- HB 339 Advisory Redistricting Commission; created, report.
- 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 477 Veterans Services Foundation; established as body politic and to fund veteran services and programs.
- HB 479 Stroke Triage Plan; Board of Health to develop and maintain as component of EMS Plan.
- HB 532 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- HB 594 Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 681 Real estate tax; exemptions and deferrals for certain residential or farm property.
- HB 809 Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel.
- HB 855 Pedestrian and bicycle advisory committees, regional; VDOT to establish.
- HB 898 Retail Sales and Use Tax; Exemptions include additional one-half percent authorized for localities.
- HB 901 Employee benefits; provision for funding of employee's principal residence in City of Alexandria.
- HB 1055 Firearms; possession by certain persons who have had parental rights terminated.
- HB 1071 Birth control; adds definition.
- HB 1104 Veterans services; changes references under powers and duties to Secretary of Public Safety.
- HB 1186 Incompetent defendants; dismissal of charges when charged with nonviolent misdemeanor.
- HB 1203 Mental health and substance abuse treatment providers; background checks.
- HB 1228 Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options.
- HB 1229 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include WaterSense qualified products.
- HB 1230 Greenhouse gas emissions; mandatory reporting.
- HB 1270 Pedestrians and drivers; sets out responsibilities at marked and unmarked crosswalks.
- HB 1311 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 1319 Underground transmission lines; pilot program established.
- HB 1335 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- HB 1373 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for Native Americans.
- HB 1374 Restricted permit; issuance thereof for license suspension for nonpayment of fines and costs.
- HB 1375 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed certain drivers.
- HB 1376 Crimes Against Minors and Sex Offender Registry; use of data by SAVIN.
- 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 1474 Citizenship Assistance Initiative Program; established.
- HB 1475 Central Criminal Records Exchange; clarifies orders for mental health treatment forwarded by court.
- 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 1547 21st Century Capital Improvement Program; created, report.
- HJ 4 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (second reference).
- HJ 43 Higher educational institutions, online; Council of Higher Education to study establishment thereof.
- HJ 65 Celebrating the life of William Littleton Winston.
- HJ 105 Autism services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 153 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; study competitive bidding on projects thereunder.
- 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 346 Celebrating the life of Myron Boyd Jones.
- HJ 350 Celebrating the life of Jane Maury Denton.
- 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 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 511 Commending the Organized Women Voters of Arlington on the occasion of its 85th anniversary.
- HJ 512 Commending Doris Jackson.
- HJ 513 Commending Carole Lopez.
- HJ 531 Commending Sharon Ann Crouch Steidel.
- HJ 554 Commending R. Michael Mohler.
- HJ 594 Commending Our Military Kids, Inc.
- HJ 596 Celebrating the life of Stephen H. Snell.
- 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 315 Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report.
- SB 329 Line of Duty Act; definition, and funding for Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- SB 344 Stroke Triage Plan; Board of Health to develop and maintain as component of EMS Plan.
- SB 380 Incompetent defendants; dismissal of charges when charged with nonviolent misdemeanor.
- SB 381 Mental health and substance abuse treatment providers; background checks.
- SB 446 Clean energy future; electric energy sold to be generated from renewable generation energy sources.
- SB 500 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- SB 511 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- SB 644 Pedestrians and drivers; sets out responsibilities at marked and unmarked crosswalks.
- SB 710 Trees; conservation during the land development process for air quality improvement.
- SB 714 Petroleum products franchises; rights of dealers upon sale or assignment of franchise agreement.
- SJ 106 Celebrating the life of John Tennesson Ticer.
- SJ 142 Commending Leadership Arlington.
- SJ 149 Celebrating the life of Julia Campbell.
- SJ 178 Celebrating the life of Martin McLaughlin.
- SJ 179 Celebrating the life of Dennis W. Webb.
- SJ 223 Celebrating the life of Kennan Joseph Garvey.
- SJ 234 Celebrating the life of Richard A. Williamson.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.