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2008 SESSION
Delegate Jeion A. Ward (D) - House District 92
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 508
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-1092
- email: DelJWard@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 7310
- Hampton, Virginia 23666
- (757) 827-5921
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 31 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 92 Standards of Quality; requires that average teacher salary not be less than annual national salary.
- HB 229 Veterans services; Dept. to establish guidelines for eligibility for domiciled veterans, etc.
- 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 532 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- 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 805 Advance Health Care Directive Registry; created.
- HB 815 Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
- HB 956 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; physical evidence recovery kit examinations reimbursements.
- HB 1047 Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment.
- HB 1062 Absentee ballot and voting; adds women who are pregnant at time of applying to list of eligible.
- HB 1069 Absentee voting and ballot applications; persons performing volunteer service may vote absentee .
- HB 1227 Breast and cervical cancer; coverage of treatment.
- HB 1228 Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options.
- HB 1229 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include WaterSense qualified products.
- HB 1250 Personal flotation devices; requirements for children.
- 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 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 139 Commending Dr. William Ferguson Reid.
- HJ 220 Philippine Independence Day; designating as June 12, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 223 Celebrating the life of Collins H. Howlett III.
- HJ 224 Memorial resolution; Dr. Francis Merrill Foster, Sr
- HJ 225 Commending The Lincoln Society of Virginia.
- HJ 229 Commending the Richmond Crusade for Voters.
- HJ 251 Celebrating the life of Oliver White Hill, Sr.
- HJ 252 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Darrel Rollins.
- HJ 253 Celebrating the life of M. Ralph Page.
- HJ 254 Celebrating the life of Walter A. Bowry, Jr.
- HJ 255 Celebrating the life of Rhoda Brown Sisisky.
- HJ 256 Celebrating the life of Dr. Isabel Wood Rogers.
- HJ 257 Celebrating the lfe of Robert W. Speight, Sr.
- HJ 275 Commending Theodore V. Morrison, Jr.
- 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 322 Celebrating the life of George C. Austin.
- 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 358 Commending the Chesapeake Bay Foundation on the 20th anniversary of Clean the Bay Day.
- HJ 360 Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- HJ 363 Celebrating the life of Richard G. Darman.
- 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 395 Celebrating the life of Mitchell Van Yahres.
- HJ 406 Commending Mount Calvary Baptist Church on the occasion of its 115th anniversary.
- HJ 444 Commending Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
- HJ 450 Commending the Honorable George Mason III.
- HJ 451 Commending the Knights of Columbus on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
- HJ 454 Celebrating the life of Sergeant Bruce E. Horner.
- HJ 455 Celebrating the life of Roy F. Pritchard, Jr.
- HJ 457 Celebrating the life of Eunique Whitaker.
- HJ 466 Commending the rescue squads, police departments, fire departments, sheriff's offices, and agencies.
- HJ 484 Commending the Virginia Port Authority.
- 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 22 Celebrating the life of James Paul Shaw.
- SB 580 War Memorial Foundation; increase in membership.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.
- SJ 244 Celebrating the life of Laura Anne Yacobi Bateman.
- SJ 261 Commending the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and its alumni.