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2008 SESSION
Senator John S. Edwards (D) - Senate District 21
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 309
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-7521
- email: district21@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 1179
- Roanoke, Virginia 24006-1179
- (540) 985-8690
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- HB 152 Governmental employees; permission to form associations.
- HB 229 Veterans services; Dept. to establish guidelines for eligibility for domiciled veterans, etc.
- HB 271 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.
- HB 319 Fishing permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- 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 477 Veterans Services Foundation; established as body politic and to fund veteran services and programs.
- HB 532 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- HB 850 Foster care; require code of ethics agreement signed by head of every foster home, etc.
- HB 1039 Regional jail authorities; capital costs.
- HB 1331 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; recodifying laws pertaining to agriculture, etc.
- HB 1335 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- HB 1372 Honey houses; repeals inspection thereof.
- HB 1403 Family life education; instruction on use of Food & Drug Administration contraception methods.
- HB 1436 Line of Duty Act; funding for Line of Duty Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- HB 1493 Nondiscrimination; prohibits discrimination in state government employment based on race, etc.
- HJ 1 Commending the William Fleming High School boys' basketball team
- HJ 24 Commending Sweet Union Baptist Church on the occasion of its 97th anniversary
- HJ 25 Commending William Sinkler.
- HJ 230 Commending Robert F. Horan, Jr.
- HJ 264 Celebrating the life of Travis William Rogers.
- HJ 265 Commending Lonnie Forest Craft.
- HJ 275 Commending Theodore V. Morrison, Jr.
- HJ 276 Celebrating the life of Adele A. Zmarzly.
- HJ 279 Commending the valuable work of Virginia’s health safety net and its many private sector supporters.
- HJ 286 Celebrating the life of Jo Ann Davis.
- HJ 321 Celebrating the life of Regina Ann Brewer.
- 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 343 Celebrating the life of Edna Cregger Clark.
- HJ 346 Celebrating the life of Myron Boyd Jones.
- HJ 357 Commending Joey Goodrich.
- HJ 363 Celebrating the life of Richard G. Darman.
- HJ 370 Commending the Virginia Law Foundation.
- HJ 378 Commending Bill Aden.
- HJ 395 Celebrating the life of Mitchell Van Yahres.
- HJ 411 Commending Hill Street Baptist Church on the occasion of its 115th anniversary.
- HJ 419 Celebrating the life of Thomas W. Farrell.
- HJ 420 Celebrating the life of Posey Glenn Oyler.
- HJ 424 Commending the Honorable Julian Hines Raney, Jr.
- HJ 443 Commending Forest G. Jones.
- HJ 444 Commending Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
- HJ 477 Commending Cecil E. McFarland.
- HJ 478 Commending nine hospitals in the Commonwealth that have achieved recognition as Magnet Healthcare.
- HJ 479 Commending James E. Copp.
- HJ 484 Commending the Virginia Port Authority.
- HR 30 Celebrating the life of Inez Butler.
- SB 38 Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created, report.
- SB 76 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; changes to process and procedures.
- SB 148 Two-Year College Transfer Grant; clarification for eligibility.
- SB 244 Magistrates; reforms system by transferring appointment and supervisory responsibilities.
- SB 269 Law-enforcement employees; extends coverage under overtime compensation.
- SB 297 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.
- SB 304 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to develop various mental health programs.
- 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 438 Character education; adds humane education in treatment of companion animals to programs.
- SB 446 Clean energy future; electric energy sold to be generated from renewable generation energy sources.
- SB 459 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions for nonprofit entities exempt from federal income taxes.
- SB 500 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- SB 511 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- SB 521 Veterans services; changes references under powers & duties of Commissioner of Veterans Services.
- SB 667 Motion picture production companies; expands tax incentives.
- SB 677 Criminal jurors; disqualifications.
- SB 721 Foods in public schools; Board & Department of Health update regulations for nutrition.
- SB 760 Veterans services; Department to establish guidelines for eligibility for domiciled veterans, etc.
- SJ 69 Humane Education Week; designating as first full week in February 2008, and each succeeding year.
- SJ 106 Celebrating the life of John Tennesson Ticer.
- SJ 118 Memorial resolution; Dr. Francis Merrill Foster, Sr.
- SJ 143 Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- SJ 149 Celebrating the life of Julia Campbell.
- SJ 153 Celebrating the life of E. Joseph West.
- SJ 213 Celebrating the life of Eve Marie Wilson.
- SJ 242 Commending Leland D. Melvin.
- SJ 244 Celebrating the life of Laura Anne Yacobi Bateman.
- SJ 259 Celebrating the life of Beulah Boothe Owens.
- SJ 266 Celebrating the life of Harold Hidmore Purcell.
- SJ 268 Celebrating the life of James Telford Edmunds.