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2008 SESSION
Delegate Dwight Clinton Jones (D) - House District 70
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 702
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
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- 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 556 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
- 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 1071 Birth control; adds definition.
- HB 1118 Real estate tax; exemptions and deferrals for certain residential or farm property.
- HB 1228 Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options.
- HB 1250 Personal flotation devices; requirements for children.
- HB 1251 Institutions of higher education; notification of mental health treatment.
- HB 1403 Family life education; instruction on use of Food & Drug Administration contraception methods.
- 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 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 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 277 Celebrating the life of James Tolleison Morriss V.
- 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 380 Commending the United States Army Reserve on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
- HJ 382 Commending Diana F. Cantor.
- HJ 393 Commending James W. Dunn.
- HJ 395 Celebrating the life of Mitchell Van Yahres.
- 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 502 Commending Irvine Byrd Hill.
- 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.
- HR 21 Celebrating the life of John Ashby Bowden, Jr.
- HR 22 Celebrating the life of James Paul Shaw.
- SB 160 Handbills, etc.; distribution in highway rights-of-way in certain localities.
- SB 361 Stream mitigation banks; Henrico County to establish and operate.
- SB 440 Inmates; emergency psychiatric treatment.
- SB 674 Health insurance credits; all retired employees of local school divisions to receive.
- SJ 134 Commending Ebenezer Baptist Church on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.