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2008 SESSION
Delegate Dave W. Marsden (D) - House District 41
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 420
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district37@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 10889
- Burke, Virginia 22009
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 11 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (voter referendum).
- 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 151 Name change; proof that applicant is citizen of United States.
- HB 152 Governmental employees; permission to form associations.
- HB 164 Buildings, state-owned and occupied; use of compact fluorescent light bulbs, report.
- HB 271 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.
- HB 309 Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee without providing a reason.
- HB 360 Nonpoint source pollution reduction; Governor and General Assembly to provide funding therefor.
- HB 389 Highway systems; allocation of maintenance funds.
- HB 462 Locksmiths; regulatory scheme for licensing by Criminal Justice Services Board.
- HB 466 Zoning ordinance; administrator or locality may record a memorandum of lis pendens to enforce.
- HB 467 Voting equipment; authorizes wireless communications after polls are closed to transmit results.
- HB 470 Loitering; prohibited in right-of-way of certain highways with posted signs.
- HB 471 Highway construction, primary system; funds allocation.
- 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 496 Crimes by Gangs Act; definition of predicate criminal act .
- HB 532 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- HB 556 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
- HB 594 Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 617 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; creates dedicated source of funding via percentage of recordation tax.
- 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 732 Income tax, corporate and state; energy-efficient equipment tax credit.
- HB 744 Income tax, state; deduction for energy-efficient equipment.
- HB 794 Retail Sales and Use Tax; Energy Star sales tax holiday.
- HB 795 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include WaterSense qualified products.
- HB 815 Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
- HB 820 Inmates; officer of correctional facility to inquire of alien status.
- HB 977 Statistical information; VDOT to collect and report.
- HB 1043 Polygraph; no sexual offense victim shall be requested to submit for investigation to proceed.
- HB 1047 Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment.
- HB 1048 Education; computation of composite index.
- 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 1066 Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement.
- HB 1107 Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
- 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 1270 Pedestrians and drivers; sets out responsibilities at marked and unmarked crosswalks.
- HB 1311 Credit reports; authorizes consumer to freeze access thereto.
- 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 43 Higher educational institutions, online; Council of Higher Education to study establishment thereof.
- HJ 98 Bus rapid transit corridors; joint subcommittee to study establishment thereof in Northern VA.
- 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 153 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; study competitive bidding on projects thereunder.
- HJ 171 Endocrine disrupting compounds; Department of Environmental Quality to study effects on environment.
- HJ 230 Commending Robert F. Horan, Jr.
- HJ 251 Celebrating the life of Oliver White Hill, 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 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 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 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 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 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 75 Community services board; requires employee that prepared report to attend hearing.
- SB 77 Eminent domain; offer of repurchase to former owner.
- SB 84 License plates, special; issuance to U.S. Air Force retirees.
- SB 86 Involuntary commitment hearings; third-year law students may represent petitioner.
- SB 101 Emergency custody order; renewal.
- 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 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 275 Inmates; emergency psychiatric treatment.
- SB 276 Psychiatric inpatient treatment of minors; timing of petition and hearing.
- 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 446 Clean energy future; electric energy sold to be generated from renewable generation energy sources.
- 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 628 Incarceration; waiving interest during period thereof.
- SB 630 Child support; accrual of interest on debts due.
- SB 632 Trees; conservation of during land development process for air quality improvement.
- SB 634 Public defenders; permits county or city offices to supplement compensation thereof.
- SB 637 Child abuse; animal control officers required to report.
- SB 638 Protective orders; notification of service.
- 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 644 Pedestrians and drivers; sets out responsibilities at marked and unmarked crosswalks.
- SB 646 Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing reason.
- SB 648 Motor oil, used; annual survey of individual practices.
- SB 649 Motor vehicle safety belt systems; repeals language that makes nonuse secondary offense.
- 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 27 Commending the Westfield High School football team.
- 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.
- SJ 252 Commending Elaine McConnell.
- SJ 254 Commending Catherine A. Belter.