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2008 SESSION
Delegate Shannon R. Valentine (D) - House District 23
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 522
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-1023
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- 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 152 Governmental employees; permission to form associations.
- HB 164 Buildings, state-owned and occupied; use of compact fluorescent light bulbs, report.
- HB 229 Veterans services; Dept. to establish guidelines for eligibility for domiciled veterans, etc.
- HB 239 Real estate tax; classification of certain energy-efficient buildings.
- HB 242 Standards of Learning; physical education requirements.
- HB 246 Nutrition and physical activity best practices database; Department of Education to develop.
- HB 271 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.
- HB 308 License plates, special; eliminates fee to family of persons who have died in military service.
- HB 319 Fishing permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- HB 335 Stalking; enhanced penalties.
- 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 532 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- HB 606 Juvenile defendants; electronic recording of interrogations.
- 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 836 Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created, report.
- HB 1067 School employees; school board to develop policies to address complaints of sexual abuse thereby.
- HB 1218 School buses; prohibits use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving.
- 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 1230 Greenhouse gas emissions; mandatory reporting.
- HB 1233 Reckless driving; suspension of license on conviction of minor.
- HB 1270 Pedestrians and drivers; sets out responsibilities at marked and unmarked crosswalks.
- HB 1326 Retail Sales and Use Tax: exemptions for textbooks extended to students at institutions of learning.
- HB 1335 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- 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 139 Commending Dr. William Ferguson Reid.
- HJ 153 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; study competitive bidding on projects thereunder.
- HJ 220 Philippine Independence Day; designating as June 12, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- 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 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 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 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 402 Commending the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership on the occasion of its 15th anniversary.
- HJ 444 Commending Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
- HJ 449 Commending the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.
- 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 479 Commending James E. Copp.
- HJ 502 Commending Irvine Byrd Hill.
- HJ 531 Commending Sharon Ann Crouch Steidel.
- HJ 554 Commending R. Michael Mohler.
- HJ 581 Commending the Amherst County High School football team.
- HJ 582 Commending Thomas Wayne Fore, Sr.
- HJ 594 Commending Our Military Kids, Inc.
- 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 38 Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created, report.
- SB 87 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
- SB 329 Line of Duty Act; definition, and funding for Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- 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 580 War Memorial Foundation; increase in membership.
- SB 654 Jerry Falwell Parkway; designating as portion of Route 460 between City of Lynchburg & Campbell Co.
- SB 784 ABC Board; sell magazines in government stores that educate public about Virginia wine industry.
- SJ 5 Constitutional amendment; establishing Redistricting Commission (first reference).
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.