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2010 SESSION
Delegate Donald W. Merricks (R) - House District 16
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 810
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: DelDMerricks@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box K
- Chatham, Virginia 24531
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 9 State Police Volunteer Chaplaincy Program; established.
- HB 10 Individual health insurance coverage; resident of State not required to obtain, etc., policy.
- HB 69 Firearms, ammunition, etc.; those manufactured and retained in State not subject to federal law.
- HB 128 Fishing license, special; DGIF to issue free licenses to disabled active duty military personnel.
- HB 149 Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans.
- HB 174 Veterans Services; eliminates requirement that Wounded Warrior Program cover only combat injuries.
- HB 199 MEI Project Approval Commission; expands scope of incentive packages to be reviewed.
- HB 380 Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for awarding grants and loans.
- HB 419 Veterans Services, Department of; processing of disability claims.
- HB 474 Public utility lines; procedure municipality may obtain to place across a railroad right-of-way.
- HB 477 Electric utilities; limit on increases in base rates.
- HB 505 Concealed handguns; prohibits person carrying onto premises of restaurants from consuming alcohol.
- HB 537 Golden Age Card; Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish.
- HB 539 Group accident and sickness insurance coverage; minimum number of covered persons.
- HB 543 Prisoners; use to maintain medians or other nontraveled portions of state highways.
- HB 544 Hunting license; DGIF to issue at no cost to state residents who are on active military service.
- HB 547 Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System & Registry; requires mortgage lenders and brokers to register.
- HB 549 Driver licenses and permits; requirement for renewal, etc., for person under medical review by DMV.
- HB 555 Enterprise Zone Grant Program; preference for allocating grant funds.
- HB 556 Health insurance, basic; HMOs to offer plans that do not include state-mandated benefits.
- HB 584 Highway rest areas and residency offices; VDOT to reopen.
- HB 624 Major business facility job tax credit; business that creates at least 50 qualified full-time jobs.
- HB 639 Investor-owned electric utilities; regulation of rates by State Corporation Commission.
- HB 652 Eminent domain; restricting access to or from property taken to be considered in assessing damages.
- HB 653 Investor-owned electric utilities; establishes process used by SCC in reviews of rates, etc.
- HB 656 Protective orders; authorizes judicial officer require that respondent be subject to GPS monitoring.
- HB 682 Gang-free zones; expanded to include public buildings and grounds, penalty.
- HB 726 Mandated health insurance benefits; Commission to review for medical efficacy.
- HB 767 Virginia War Memorial; codifies criteria for memorialization of fallen Virginians.
- HB 768 Political contributions; prohibition during procurement process.
- HB 787 Offshore energy resources; production & development permitted 50 miles off Atlantic shoreline.
- HB 803 Income tax, state; green jobs tax credit.
- HB 854 Castle doctrine; right to use physical force against an intruder, immune from civil liability.
- HB 856 Speed limits; increases on highways where it is presently 65 mph to 70 mph.
- HB 861 Motion picture film production; provides income tax credits to any company with qualifying expenses.
- HB 1050 Income tax, state; long-term care insurance tax credit.
- HB 1052 Electric utilities; prevents temporary and interim increase of rates.
- HB 1088 Cooperative Coyote Control Program; reestablished.
- HB 1237 Economic development incentive rates; electric utilities to offer service to certain customers.
- HB 1250 Vested rights; issuance of written order, etc., by zoning administrator regarding use of property.
- HB 1308 Investor-owned public utility; SCC to suspend enforcement of all proposed rates, toll, charges, etc.
- HB 1357 Carbon dioxide; prohibits Air Polution Control Board and DEQ to restrict emission thereof.
- HB 1390 Charter schools, public; review & consideration of application by Board of Education & school board.
- HJ 60 School divisions; JLARC to study those contracting collectively in certain areas of procurement.
- HJ 86 Constitutional amendment; Transportation Trust Fund (first reference).
- HJ 88 Federal budget; Congress to propose amendment to U.S. Constitution for balanced budget requirement.
- HJ 127 Medicaid; JLARC to study program to identify opportunity to reduce waste, etc.
- HJ 136 Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day; designating as March 30, 2010, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 185 Celebrating the life of Sergeant Dale Russel Griffin.
- HJ 189 Commending the Cold War Museum.
- HJ 190 Teen Organ Donation Awareness Day; designating as April 9, 2010, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 195 Lupus Awareness Month; designating as May 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 202 Commending Catherine S. Webb.
- HJ 210 Commending the League of Women Voters of Virginia on the occasion of the 90th anniversary.
- HJ 218 Celebrating the life of John Warren Cooke.
- HJ 229 Commending Captain Richard Phillips.
- HJ 247 Commending MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts.
- HJ 252 Celebrating the life of S. John Davis.
- HJ 276 Commending Karen Halsey.
- HJ 278 Celebrating the life of William McGarvey Dudley.
- HJ 287 Commending John W. Burrow.
- HJ 288 Commending the Life Center of Galax.
- HJ 289 Celebrating the life of Theodore Edward BaCote, Jr.
- HJ 290 Commending John Thomas Casteen III.
- HJ 291 Commending Patrick W. Finnerty.
- HJ 292 Commending the 29th Infantry Division of the Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia National Guard a
- HJ 305 Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force.
- HJ 324 Celebrating the life of Raymond Celester Crittenden, Jr.
- HJ 333 Commending Caressa Cameron.
- HJ 334 Commending Amy Phillips.
- HJ 342 Celebrating the life of Edward L. Brown, Sr.
- HJ 343 Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Brinkley Ingram.
- HJ 347 Celebrating the life of Jeanice Elaine McMillan.
- HJ 355 Celebrating the life of Major General (USA Ret.) Alvin Bryant, M.D.
- HJ 357 Celebrating the life of Morgan Dana Harrington.
- HJ 360 Celebrating the life of Andrew Lucius Turner, Jr.
- HJ 361 Commending Clayton T. Lester.
- HJ 364 Commending Lenard Delon Lackey, Jr.
- HJ 369 Commending John Patrick Haymore.
- HJ 370 Commending Berry H. Sossoman, Jr.
- HJ 375 Celebrating the life of Helen Hudson Shelburne
- HJ 379 Celebrating the life of Ralph William Carroll, Sr.
- HJ 382 Commending Joe Frank.
- HJ 410 Celebrating the life of George Wesley Moshenek.
- HJ 412 Celebrating the life of Lt. Colonel Herman M. Craig, Sr., USA Ret.
- HJ 413 Celebrating the life of Sergeant William John Cahir, USMC.
- HJ 418 Commending Jane Hawker.
- HJ 419 Commending First Baptist Church in Danville on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.
- HJ 420 Commending John C. Hamlin.
- HJ 432 Commending the agencies, companies, organizations, and people who assisted Virginians in the afterma
- HJ 435 Commending pregnancy care centers.
- HJ 439 Commending the Piedmont Virginia Dental Health Foundation.
- HJ 440 Commending Ron Meadows.
- HJ 441 Commending Paulette Dean.
- HJ 442 Commending Ben David Jewelers.
- HJ 456 Commending the Carlisle School golf team.
- HJ 457 Commending the Carlisle School field hockey team.
- HJ 461 Commending Randal E. Arno.
- HJ 463 Commending Ronald B. McCormick, Jr.
- HJ 464 Commending Judith Childress.
- HJ 465 Commending Charles G. Ellis.
- HJ 466 Commending Ronald C. Ball.
- HJ 467 Commending Ruby Batts Archie.
- HJ 468 Commending Don Lawson.
- HJ 472 Commending English Construction Company, Inc., on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
- HJ 476 Celebrating the life of Omer Clyde Stone, Jr.
- HJ 477 Celebrating the life of Millie Hairston Eggleston.
- HJ 479 Celebrating the life of Charles Francis Curtis.
- HJ 480 Celebrating the life of Matthew Lyle Lacy III.
- HR 5 State sovereignty; Congress urged to honor Tenth amendment of U.S. Constitution.
- HR 7 Celebrating the life of Christopher J. Klicka.
- HR 19 U.S. Navy's East Coast aircraft carriers; Governor to take action to ensure remain in Hampton Roads.
- SB 321 Motorcycles; allows law-enforcement officers on official duty to drive two abreast in a single lane.
- SB 622 Dentists and oral surgeons; reimbursement for certain services.
- SJ 6 Celebrating the life of Master Sergeant Jerome David Hatfield.
- SJ 7 Celebrating the life of First Lieutenant Leevi K. Barnard.
- SJ 8 Celebrating the life of Charles Columbus Bassett III.
- SJ 9 Celebrating the life of Ralph William Carroll, Sr.
- SJ 10 Celebrating the life of H. Lewis Compton.
- SJ 18 Celebrating the life of Robert Ward Armstrong.
- SJ 19 Celebrating the life of Dick Thompson.
- SJ 20 Celebrating the life of Theo Bryant Marsh.
- SJ 145 Appalachian Power; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study monopoly services.
- SJ 183 Commending Caressa Cameron, Miss America.
- SJ 196 Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force in 200
- SJ 207 Celebrating the life of George Chancellor Rawlings, Jr.