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2008 SESSION
Delegate Kenneth R. Melvin (D) - House District 80
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 502
- 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 479 Stroke Triage Plan; Board of Health to develop and maintain as component of EMS Plan.
- HB 480 Conditional release; voluntary admission to state hospital.
- HB 556 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
- HB 594 Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created.
- HB 760 Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled.
- 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 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 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 139 Commending Dr. William Ferguson Reid.
- HJ 220 Philippine Independence Day; designating as June 12, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 222 Celebrating the life of John T. Fisher, Jr.
- 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 226 Commending the Jewish families of Berkley, Virginia.
- HJ 229 Commending the Richmond Crusade for Voters.
- HJ 230 Commending Robert F. Horan, Jr.
- HJ 247 International education; recognizing importance in higher educational institutions.
- HJ 275 Commending Theodore V. Morrison, Jr.
- HJ 279 Commending the valuable work of Virginia’s health safety net and its many private sector supporters.
- HJ 280 Commending Thomas R. Smigiel, 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 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 342 Commending the Norfolk Botanical Garden on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
- HJ 344 Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jonathan Kilian Dozier.
- 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 360 Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- HJ 370 Commending the Virginia Law Foundation.
- 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 382 Commending Diana F. Cantor.
- HJ 395 Celebrating the life of Mitchell Van Yahres.
- HJ 418 Commending Tidewater Community College on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
- HJ 438 Commending Vandeventer Black LLP on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
- HJ 444 Commending Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
- 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 520 Commending Richard A. Justice.
- HJ 531 Commending Sharon Ann Crouch Steidel.
- HJ 552 Commending the Norfolk 17.
- HJ 554 Commending R. Michael Mohler.
- HJ 594 Commending Our Military Kids, Inc.
- HJ 597 Celebrating the life of Mary Walton McCandlish Livingston.
- HR 4 Personal rapid transit pilot program; Secretary of Transportation to consider City of Portsmouth.
- 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.
- SB 344 Stroke Triage Plan; Board of Health to develop and maintain as component of EMS Plan.
- SB 345 Conditional release; voluntary admission to a state hospital.
- SJ 161 Celebrating the life of George W. Quarles Jr.
- SJ 180 Celebrating the life of Jarrod Brent Shivers.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.