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2008 SESSION
Senator J. Chapman Petersen (D) - Senate District 34
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 323
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-7534
- email: district34@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 1066
- Fairfax, Virginia 22038
- (703) 349-3361
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- HB 466 Zoning ordinance; administrator or locality may record a memorandum of lis pendens to enforce.
- HB 471 Highway construction, primary system; funds allocation.
- HB 490 Transportation funding; increases motor fuels tax and repeals certain abusive driver fees.
- HB 675 Discrimination; Fairfax County to prohibit in executive form of government.
- HB 1046 Nursing homes; Board of Health to establish staffing levels.
- HB 1047 Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment.
- HB 1048 Education; computation of composite index.
- HB 1066 Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement.
- HB 1071 Birth control; adds definition.
- HB 1109 Veterans; tuition waiver for certain.
- HB 1389 Campaign contributions; requires PACs to report contributions for election of particular candidate.
- HB 1493 Nondiscrimination; prohibits discrimination in state government employment based on race, etc.
- HJ 98 Bus rapid transit corridors; joint subcommittee to study establishment thereof in Northern VA.
- HJ 106 Fluorescent light bulbs; Recycling Markets Development Council to study costs and benefits of recy.
- HJ 120 Constitutional amendment; establishing Redistricting Commission (first reference).
- HJ 145 Commending the Westfield High School football team.
- HJ 153 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; study competitive bidding on projects thereunder.
- HJ 171 Endocrine disrupting compounds; Department of Environmental Quality to study effects on environment.
- HJ 230 Commending Robert F. Horan, Jr.
- HJ 275 Commending Theodore V. Morrison, Jr.
- HJ 286 Celebrating the life of Jo Ann Davis.
- HJ 287 Celebrating the life of Eve Marie Wilson.
- HJ 307 Celebrating the life of William A. Strauss.
- HJ 317 Celebrating the life of Vincent James Olson.
- HJ 318 Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jonathan M. Forde.
- HJ 319 Commending the Vienna Police Department on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.
- HJ 320 Commending First Baptist Church of Vienna on the occasion of its 140th 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 355 Commending the Fairfax County school winners of the Governor's Award for Educational Execllence.
- HJ 363 Celebrating the life of Richard G. Darman.
- HJ 370 Commending the Virginia Law Foundation.
- 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 444 Commending Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
- HJ 445 Commending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Langley High, and Oakton High.
- 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.
- HJ 546 Celebrating the life of Whitney Harwood Menning Adams.
- HJ 560 Commending Jake Mayes.
- HJ 594 Commending Our Military Kids, Inc.
- SB 1 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
- SB 4 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those paid, imposed on certain drivers, refund fees.
- SB 6 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those paid, imposed on certain drivers, refund fees.
- SB 9 Constitutional amendment; exempts certain homeowners from taxation (voter referendum).
- SB 25 Payday Loan Act; repealing Act referring thereto.
- SB 38 Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created, report.
- SB 42 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
- SB 76 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; changes to process and procedures.
- SB 85 Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
- SB 87 Retirement System; investments related to Sudan.
- SB 101 Emergency custody order; renewal.
- SB 189 Highway construction; increases cost of project using state or local employees.
- SB 235 Innovative Technology Authority; powers of board of directors.
- SB 236 Innovative Technology Authority; board of directors.
- SB 269 Law-enforcement employees; extends coverage under overtime compensation.
- SB 276 Psychiatric inpatient treatment of minors; timing of petition and hearing.
- SB 351 Grand larceny; threshold amount.
- SB 355 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; changes process and procedures.
- SB 493 Foster & adoption workers; Department of Social Services to establish minimum training requirments.
- SB 524 Hunting on Sunday; allows hunting thereon.
- SB 585 Planning and Budget, Director of Department; required to have searchable budget database website.
- SB 627 Climate Change, Commission on; created, report.
- SB 632 Trees; conservation of during land development process for air quality improvement.
- SB 634 Public defenders; permits county or city offices to supplement compensation thereof.
- SB 645 Health insurance; mandated coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
- SB 646 Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing reason.
- SB 647 Freedom of Information Act; exemption for certain publicly owned museum records.
- 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.
- SJ 27 Commending the Westfield High School football team.
- SJ 94 Climate Change, Commission on; need to provide leadership & assist General Assembly & Governor.
- SJ 96 Private landowners; Board of Forestry to study provision of ecological services incentives.
- SJ 106 Celebrating the life of John Tennesson Ticer.
- SJ 118 Memorial resolution; Dr. Francis Merrill Foster, Sr.
- SJ 122 Rapid transit network, regional; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of creating.
- SJ 126 Innovative Technology, Center for; innovation index, report.
- SJ 143 Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- SJ 144 Commending the Virginia Tech football team.
- SJ 149 Celebrating the life of Julia Campbell.
- SJ 153 Celebrating the life of E. Joseph West.
- SJ 158 Commending Virginia Citizens for Water Quality, community watershed organizations, and Roundtables.
- 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 266 Celebrating the life of Harold Hidmore Purcell.
- SJ 268 Celebrating the life of James Telford Edmunds.