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2008 SESSION
Delegate John A. Cosgrove (R) - House District 78
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 416
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district14@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 15483
- Chesapeake, Virginia 23328
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 4 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 11 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (voter referendum).
- HB 12 Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
- HB 14 Higher educational institutions; aliens unlawfully present not eligible for admission thereto.
- HB 16 Credit reports; authorizes an individual to freeze access thereto.
- HB 31 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 35 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 47 Illegal aliens; adds presumption, subject to rebuttal, against admitting to bail any alien charged.
- HB 51 Immigration laws; immunity to State agencies and employees, etc. for authorized enforcement.
- HB 56 Retail Sales and Use Tax exemption; certain energy-efficient products.
- HB 57 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and computer-related peripheral equipment.
- HB 121 Mental health treatment for minors; parental notification required.
- HB 123 Higher educational institutions; enrollment of aliens.
- HB 126 House Appropriations Committee; staff to report on total new state government positions created.
- HB 171 Resources Authority; authorized to finance energy conservation and energy efficiency projects.
- HB 219 Retail Sales and Use Tax; Energy Star products tax holiday.
- HB 256 Involuntary outpatient commitment; five day review of compliance.
- HB 258 Voluntary commitment; acknowledgement as sexually violent predator.
- HB 267 Involuntary admission; court determines petitioner is indigent, court shall appoint counsel.
- HB 322 Campaign fundraising; broadens prohibition during legislative sessions.
- HB 368 Inmates; officer of correctional facility to inquire of alien status.
- HB 370 Concealed handgun permit applications; access to personal information.
- HB 378 Golden Age Card Program; Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish.
- HB 395 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; established, report.
- HB 409 Website address; unauthorized use of person's name.
- HB 439 Aliens, certain; eligibility for state and local public benefits.
- HB 442 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and computer-related peripheral equipment.
- 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 499 Involuntary commitment; establishes new standard for outpatient commitment.
- HB 524 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel.
- HB 550 Consent law, implied; applicability.
- HB 603 Health insurance carriers; hospital disclosure of contractual arrangements.
- HB 623 Immigration laws; Governor to enter into memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs.
- HB 632 Resources Authority; provisions of broadband services.
- HB 633 Personal Information Privacy Act; prohibits dissemination of another's social security number.
- HB 634 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; disclosure of personal information.
- HB 751 Involuntary commitment hearings; accessibility of results by colleges and universities.
- HB 752 Higher educational institutions; mental health record release authorization when enrolling.
- HB 758 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and related equipment.
- HB 762 Illegal aliens; presumption against admission to bail for those charged with criminal offense.
- HB 763 Central Criminal Records Exchange; required to notify U.S. Bureau of Immigration & Customs.
- HB 764 Correctional facilities; inquiries to U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- HB 779 Illegal aliens; presumption of no bail for those charged with certain crimes.
- HB 782 Mental health records; disclosure, etc.
- HB 798 Absentee ballot applications; may receive by electronic transmission.
- HB 809 Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel.
- HB 820 Inmates; officer of correctional facility to inquire of alien status.
- HB 891 Driver's license; discretionary arrest for third offense of driving on suspended license.
- HB 893 Juvenile detention facility employee; assault and battery against, penalty.
- HB 897 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 923 School Construction Revolving Fund; created, report.
- HB 928 Illegal immigration; adopts several measures aimed at curbing in State, report.
- HB 929 Illegal aliens; presumption against admission to bail for those charged with criminal offense.
- HB 931 Methamphetamine; manufacturing, selling, giving, and distributing thereof, penalty.
- HB 933 Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof.
- HB 938 Involuntary commitment hearings; petitioner right to appeal.
- HB 953 Abuse or neglect proceedings; videotaped statement.
- HB 955 Public-Private Education Facilities & Infrastructure Act of 2002; definition of qualifying projects.
- HB 982 Concealed handgun permit applications; access to personal information.
- HB 996 Felony, violent; presumption of no bail upon conviction.
- HB 1000 Community College Education, Foundation for; contribution to be deposited for State residents.
- HB 1004 Advance directives; mental health directives follows same procedures as for medical.
- HB 1005 Higher educational institutions; notification to parent of mental health treatment for student.
- HB 1007 Fusion Intelligence Center; confidentiality and immunity from service of process.
- HB 1010 Illegal aliens; ineligibility for in-state tuition and educational benefits.
- HB 1041 Sexually violent predators; revises provisions relating to civil commitment & conditional release.
- HB 1238 Realignment Commission; created, report.
- HB 1242 School employees; prohibits employment if subject of a founded case of child abuse and neglect.
- HB 1248 Illegal alien; concealing or transporting, penalty.
- HB 1285 Protective orders; transport of firearms by certain law-enforcement officers.
- HB 1288 Bridge and safety funding; prioritization by Transportation Board.
- HB 1294 Good Samaritan statute; immunity extends to those providing care at location for screening, etc.
- HB 1295 Supreme Court; direct appeals.
- HB 1311 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 1318 Taxpayer Surplus Relief Fund; established to provide tax relief.
- HB 1359 Planning and Budget, Department of; submissions of agency budget estimates to General Assembly.
- HB 1391 Bicentennial of American War of 1812 Commission and Fund; created, report.
- HB 1547 21st Century Capital Improvement Program; created, report.
- HJ 125 Illegal immigration; memorializing Congress to pursue solutions.
- HJ 130 Ronald Reagan Day; designating as February 6, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 139 Commending Dr. William Ferguson Reid.
- HJ 194 Hampton Roads; joint subcommittee to study transportation network.
- HJ 247 International education; recognizing importance in higher educational institutions.
- HJ 275 Commending Theodore V. Morrison, Jr.
- HJ 286 Celebrating the life of Jo Ann Davis.
- HJ 295 Commending the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.
- HJ 298 Commending William H. Leighty.
- 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 347 Celebrating the life of Jerry Laymon Falwell.
- HJ 350 Celebrating the life of Jane Maury Denton.
- HJ 359 Commending Nick Manning.
- HJ 363 Celebrating the life of Richard G. Darman.
- 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 413 Commending Angela G. Lawson.
- HJ 414 Commending Leah Paige Truitt.
- HJ 418 Commending Tidewater Community College on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
- HJ 426 Commending the Richmond Council of the U.S. Navy League on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HJ 434 Commending Saint Gregory the Great School.
- HJ 438 Commending Vandeventer Black LLP on the occasion of its 125th 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 448 Commending Hokies United.
- HJ 450 Commending the Honorable George Mason III.
- HJ 451 Commending the Knights of Columbus on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
- HJ 453 Celebrating the life of Sergeant William R. Howdeshell.
- HJ 466 Commending the rescue squads, police departments, fire departments, sheriff's offices, and agencies.
- HJ 470 Commending Command Sergeant Major Robert W. Huffman.
- HJ 484 Commending the Virginia Port Authority.
- HJ 502 Commending Irvine Byrd Hill.
- HJ 531 Commending Sharon Ann Crouch Steidel.
- HJ 574 Commending the Clean the Bay Day’s 20th anniversary.
- HJ 613 Commending the agencies and vendors involved in moving the Commonwealth's computing center.
- 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 580 War Memorial Foundation; increase in membership.
- SJ 161 Celebrating the life of George W. Quarles Jr.
- SJ 180 Celebrating the life of Jarrod Brent Shivers.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.
- SJ 243 Celebrating the life of Bishop John Gimenez.