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2008 SESSION
Delegate Margaret G. Vanderhye (D) - House District 34
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 708
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-1034
Mailing address:
- 801 Ridge Drive
- McLean, Virginia 22101
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 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 233 Dishwashing detergents; bans use of phosphorus therein for household dishwashing machines.
- HB 271 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.
- HB 341 Dishwashing detergents; bans use of phosphorus therein for household dishwashing machines.
- HB 466 Zoning ordinance; administrator or locality may record a memorandum of lis pendens to enforce.
- HB 532 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- HB 594 Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 627 PPTA; private entity to pay costs for independent audit of all traffic and cost estimates.
- 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 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 1061 Zoning ordinances; may prescribe an appeal period of less than 30 days.
- HB 1063 Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in restaurants in Northern Virginia.
- HB 1066 Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement.
- HB 1071 Birth control; adds definition.
- HB 1118 Real estate tax; exemptions and deferrals for certain residential or farm property.
- HB 1250 Personal flotation devices; requirements for children.
- 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 1443 Energy generators; streamlined permitting process for those qualified.
- HB 1493 Nondiscrimination; prohibits discrimination in state government employment based on race, etc.
- 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 109 Coal-fired generation facilities; JLARC to study risk of further investment.
- HJ 139 Commending Dr. William Ferguson Reid.
- HJ 171 Endocrine disrupting compounds; Department of Environmental Quality to study effects on environment.
- 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 229 Commending the Richmond Crusade for Voters.
- HJ 230 Commending Robert F. Horan, Jr.
- HJ 237 Innovative Technology, Center for; innovation index, report.
- 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 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 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 381 Celebrating the life of Kathy Rae Frahm.
- 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 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 450 Commending the Honorable George Mason III.
- HJ 466 Commending the rescue squads, police departments, fire departments, sheriff's offices, and agencies.
- HJ 470 Commending Command Sergeant Major Robert W. Huffman.
- HJ 471 Celebrating the life of Maxine Shelly Turner.
- HJ 484 Commending the Virginia Port Authority.
- HJ 531 Commending Sharon Ann Crouch Steidel.
- HJ 546 Celebrating the life of Whitney Harwood Menning Adams.
- HJ 554 Commending R. Michael Mohler.
- 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 261 Law Officers' Retirement System; adds conservation officers as member.
- SB 300 Dangerous weapons; governing body has authority to restrict in governmental facilities.
- 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 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.
- SB 721 Foods in public schools; Board & Department of Health update regulations for nutrition.
- SJ 147 Commending TWIG Junior Auxiliary of Inova Alexandria Hospital on its 75th anniversary.
- SJ 149 Celebrating the life of Julia Campbell.
- SJ 181 Celebrating the life of Private First Class David H. Sharrett II.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.