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2008 SESSION
Delegate Rosalyn R. Dance (D) - House District 63
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 813
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district16@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 2584
- Petersburg, Virginia 23804
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 5 Gas chambers; prohibits use thereof for euthanizing companion animals.
- HB 11 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (voter referendum).
- HB 31 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 229 Veterans services; Dept. to establish guidelines for eligibility for domiciled veterans, etc.
- HB 289 Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish.
- HB 309 Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee without providing a reason.
- HB 319 Fishing permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- 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 606 Juvenile defendants; electronic recording of interrogations.
- HB 656 Animal protection and fighting; broadens penalty.
- HB 697 Libraries; localities may adopt an ordinance prohibiting firearms, etc. on premises.
- HB 711 Retail Sales and Use Tax; extends sunset provision for audio and video works.
- HB 760 Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled.
- HB 809 Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel.
- HB 815 Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
- HB 925 Employment Commission; employment stabilization.
- HB 974 Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN); establishing precise time protective orders expire.
- HB 1071 Birth control; adds definition.
- HB 1210 Vacant building registration; enhances penalties for failure to register.
- HB 1227 Breast and cervical cancer; coverage of treatment.
- HB 1228 Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options.
- HB 1250 Personal flotation devices; requirements for children.
- HB 1274 Real estate tax; exemptions for elderly and handicapped persons in certain cities and counties.
- HB 1276 Absentee voting; adds persons age 65 and older to list of persons eligible.
- HB 1311 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- HB 1312 Workforce development; Governor's responsibilities.
- HB 1330 Aerospace Engine Manufacturing Performance Grant Program; created.
- HB 1335 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- HB 1393 Motion picture production companies; expands tax incentives.
- 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 1529 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee; clarifies awarding of scholarship.
- 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 211 Commending the Thomas Dale High School boys' volleyball team.
- HJ 215 Jails, local and regional; joint subcommittee to study mental health services.
- 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 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 295 Commending the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.
- HJ 298 Commending William H. Leighty.
- 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 363 Celebrating the life of Richard G. Darman.
- HJ 364 Commending Peter Zaino.
- HJ 376 Celebrating the life of Erin Peterson.
- HJ 377 Celebrating the life of Reema Samaha.
- HJ 379 Commending Roseann Runte.
- HJ 380 Commending the United States Army Reserve on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
- HJ 393 Commending James W. Dunn.
- HJ 395 Celebrating the life of Mitchell Van Yahres.
- HJ 400 Celebrating the life of Joseph A. Johnson.
- 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 466 Commending the rescue squads, police departments, fire departments, sheriff's offices, and agencies.
- HJ 478 Commending nine hospitals in the Commonwealth that have achieved recognition as Magnet Healthcare.
- HJ 531 Commending Sharon Ann Crouch Steidel.
- 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.
- SB 511 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- SB 580 War Memorial Foundation; increase in membership.
- SB 667 Motion picture production companies; expands tax incentives.
- SB 674 Health insurance credits; all retired employees of local school divisions to receive.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.