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2008 SESSION
Delegate Robert W. Mathieson (D) - House District 21
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 717
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-1021
Mailing address:
- P. O. Box 8021
- Virginia Beach, Virginia 23450
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 152 Governmental employees; permission to form associations.
- HB 271 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.
- HB 474 Virginia War Memorial; State Treasurer to advance loan for construction of an educational wing.
- HB 477 Veterans Services Foundation; established as body politic and to fund veteran services and programs.
- HB 594 Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 656 Animal protection and fighting; broadens penalty.
- HB 815 Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
- 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 1104 Veterans services; changes references under powers and duties to Secretary of Public Safety.
- HB 1109 Veterans; tuition waiver for certain.
- HB 1118 Real estate tax; exemptions and deferrals for certain residential or farm property.
- HB 1189 Alicia's Law; funding for child exploitation law enforcement efforts.
- 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 1270 Pedestrians and drivers; sets out responsibilities at marked and unmarked crosswalks.
- HB 1373 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for Native Americans.
- HB 1375 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed certain drivers.
- HB 1376 Crimes Against Minors and Sex Offender Registry; use of data by SAVIN.
- 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 1510 Gang-related criminal information; Department of State Police to include in Crime in Va. report.
- HB 1547 21st Century Capital Improvement Program; created, report.
- HJ 4 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (second reference).
- HJ 55 Commending Dr. Marcella F. Fierro.
- HJ 105 Autism services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 139 Commending Dr. William Ferguson Reid.
- HJ 220 Philippine Independence Day; designating as June 12, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 225 Commending The Lincoln Society of Virginia.
- HJ 226 Commending the Jewish families of Berkley, Virginia.
- HJ 230 Commending Robert F. Horan, Jr.
- HJ 233 Celebrating the life of Jack Carper.
- HJ 247 International education; recognizing importance in higher educational institutions.
- 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 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 344 Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jonathan Kilian Dozier.
- HJ 346 Celebrating the life of Myron Boyd Jones.
- HJ 350 Celebrating the life of Jane Maury Denton.
- 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 379 Commending Roseann Runte.
- HJ 380 Commending the United States Army Reserve on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
- HJ 381 Celebrating the life of Kathy Rae Frahm.
- 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 404 Commending Inova Fair Oaks Hospital on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
- HJ 418 Commending Tidewater Community College on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
- HJ 421 Celebrating the life of Samuel H. Rosenblatt.
- HJ 428 Commending Trantwood Elementary School.
- HJ 429 Commending the Frank W. Cox High School boys' volleyball team.
- HJ 430 Commending the Frank W. Cox High School athletic program.
- HJ 431 Commending the Frank W. Cox High School field hockey team.
- HJ 432 Commending the Frank W. Cox High School golf team.
- HJ 433 Commending Eugenia West Ferrell.
- HJ 434 Commending Saint Gregory the Great School.
- HJ 435 Commending Nancy Davenport.
- 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 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 471 Celebrating the life of Maxine Shelly Turner.
- HJ 480 Celebrating the life of Chief Warrant Officer Jackie L. McFarlane, Jr.
- HJ 481 Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Christopher S. Kiernan.
- 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 39 Traffic accident reports; increases amount of damage threshold to be reported by law enforcement.
- SB 269 Law-enforcement employees; extends coverage under overtime compensation.
- SB 329 Line of Duty Act; definition, and funding for Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- SB 355 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; changes process and procedures.
- SB 500 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.
- SJ 243 Celebrating the life of Bishop John Gimenez.