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2011 SESSION

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Howell, W.J. (Chair), Putney, Landes, Cox, M.K., Kilgore, Ware, R.L., Janis, Bell, Robert B., Sherwood, Abbitt, Joannou, Johnson, Armstrong, Plum, Alexander

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• HB 1514 Virginia Disability Commission; clarifies that Commission shall serve as primary forum in State.
• HB 1540 Legislative Services, Division of; clarifies duties.
• HB 1566 House and Senate voting records; publication on legislative electronic information system.
• HB 1602 Virginia War of 1812 Heritage Trail; established.
• HB 1804 House of Delegates; digital recordings of meetings of standing committees and subcommittees.
• HB 1871 Length of school term; minimum number of required days or hours.
• HB 1989 General Assembly members; leaves of absence from employment.
• HB 2007 Intergovernmental Cooperation, Virginia Commission on; powers and duties.
• HB 2014 Students; Disability Commission to study continued access to assistive technology devices.
• HB 2301 Conflict of Interests Acts, State & Local Government & General Assembly; disclosure of income.
• HB 2303 Health Care, Joint Commission on; extends sunset provision.
• HB 2345 National Guard; eligibility for service.
• HB 2416 Accountability and Performance Review Commission; established.
• HB 2474 National Guard; eligibility for service.
• HB 2503 Governor's Transportation Regulatory Review Commission; created.
• HJ 510 Sovereign immunity; JLARC to study costs incurred by localities resulting from claims, etc.
• HJ 512 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month; designating as November 2011, and each succeeding year.
• HJ 556 Family life education; subcommittee to study fiscal impact of changing from an opt-out program, etc.
• HJ 557 Alternative currency; subcommittee to study whether should adopt if breakdown of Federal Reserve.
• HJ 558 U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights; subcommittee to study compliance of federal government, etc.
• HJ 561 Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day; designating as January 11, 2011, and each succeeding year.
• HJ 565 Amendments convention; expresses sense of General Assembly that Congress call convention.
• HJ 566 Oral chemotherapy drugs; Joint Commission on Health Care to study access thereto.
• HJ 569 Uniform statewide grading policy; joint subcommittee to study feasibility & efficacy thereof.
• HJ 570 Costs and benefits of providing financial and other incentives to localities; JLARC to study.
• HJ 574 Medical doctors; joint subcommittee to study current & impending severe shortage thereof in State.
• HJ 577 Internet; urging Congress to recognize importance of unfettered access and limit regulation by FCC.
• HJ 578 Federal Trade Commission; urging Congress to refrain from granting expanded rulemaking authority.
• HJ 579 Prescription medications; Joint Commission on Health Care to study impacts of cost sharing, etc.
• HJ 580 Assisted living services; JLARC to study State's third-party payments.
• HJ 586 Producer licensing examination candidates; Bureau of Insurance within SCC to collect information.
• HJ 594 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; efficacy of establishing additional registries.
• HJ 596 Corrections Officer Day; designating as March 16, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 603 U.S. Route 1 Corridor; joint subcommittee to study creation of Corridor.
• HJ 605 National Offshore Wind Technology Center; General Assembly to support establishing in Hampton Roads.
• HJ 608 Commemorating Veterans Day.
• HJ 609 Continuing care retirement communities; SCC to study management & need for resident representation.
• HJ 616 TANF cash assistance; JLARC to study costs and benefits of drug testing recipients.
• HJ 617 Auditor of Public Accounts; joint committee to study method of selecting.
• HJ 618 Health insurance; small business acting collectively to obtain, report.
• HJ 619 Tolling of certain highways; Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability, et al., to study.
• HJ 620 Public schools; Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission to study post-Labor Day school opening.
• HJ 621 Cell phone; Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to study disincentives for use in motor vehicles.
• HJ 622 Histiocytosis Awareness Month; designating as September 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 623 Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month; designating September 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 624 Shellfish industry and state regulators; USFDA, et al., to work to improve shellfish safety.
• HJ 625 School divisions, local; DOE to study nature and effectiveness of antibullying policies.
• HJ 626 Defendants; VSCC to study disposition of those unrestorably incompetent.
• HJ 633 Employment First initiative; Secretary of Health & Human Resources to develop & implement in State.
• HJ 635 PPACA; Joint Commission on Health Care to study implementation of insurance provisions thereof.
• HJ 636 Engineering curriculum; Department of Education to development in public schools, report.
• HJ 637 Veterans; Department of Veterans Services to study certification and licensing opportunities.
• HJ 639 Community-based services for intellectual & developmental disabilities; JLARC to study system.
• HJ 641 Full-day kindergarten program; subcommittee to study efficacy & appropriateness of requiring.
• HJ 642 VAT; urging Virginia delegation of Congress to oppose legislation that would levy on certain goods.
• HJ 643 Lyme Disease Awareness Month; designating as May 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 644 United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated; extends official state recognition.
• HJ 645 Local governments; procurement and sharing of technology applications, report.
• HJ 646 Year-round schools; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study efficacy thereof.
• HJ 648 Uniform Statewide Building Code; DHCD, et al., to study feasibility of amendments, etc.
• HJ 649 Virginia Retirement System; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
• HJ 650 Adults; JCHC to study State's procedures for receiving, etc., reports of abuse, neglect, etc.
• HJ 669 Plug-in electric vehicles; Governor to appoint an interagency task force to study use thereof.
• HJ 677 Virginia State Police workforce; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study pay equity.
• HJ 678 Motor Vehicles, Virginia Department of; JLARC to study implementation of "legal presence".
• HJ 681 Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
• HJ 682 Substance abuse treatment; JCHC to study involuntary admission of persons in need in State.
• HJ 683 Osteoporosis Awareness Day; designating as May 10, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 694 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum; recognizing its outstanding program.
• HJ 719 Patient Safety Day; recognizing as February 2, 2011.
• HJ 732 Speaker of the House of Delegates; confirming appointments.
• HJ 733 FERPA and HIPAA, federal; urges Congress to restore in loco parentis, etc.
• HJ 734 Pope John Paul II's Pilgrimage Day; designating as June 2, 2011, & each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ 735 Manufacturing jobs; Manufacturing Development Commission directed to develop plan for repatriating.
• HJ 852 Federal budget; General Assembly to make application to U.S. Congress to call a convention, etc.
• HJ 863 Commemorating the life of Dr. James Leonard Farmer, Jr., and the 50th anniversary of Freedom Ride.
• HJ 984 Joint Rules Committee; confirming appointments.
• HR 46 State sovereignty; Congress urged to honor Tenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
• HR 50 Partnership for Air Mobility Innovation in the 21st Century; establishes.
• HR 62 House Ethics Advisory Panel; confirming nomination.
• HR 64 Clerk of House of Delegates; posting recorded votes to the legislative information system.
• HR 72 Greenhouse gas emissions; urging Congress of United States to address proposed regulations of EPA.
• HR 73 Federal ethanol policy; U.S. Congress urged to address issues of liability, etc.
• SB 893 Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation; created.
• SB 988 Health Care, Joint Commission on; extends sunset provision.
• SB 1054 Civics Education, Commission on; continuation of Commission until July 1, 2012.
• SB 1069 Virginia Code Commission; changes appointment authority.
• SB 1085 Cigarette tax; Tax Commissioner shall convene a working group to review current policies, report.
• SB 1269 Autism Advisory Council; created, report.
• SB 1336 Aerospace Advisory Council; membership.
• SJ 291 Family History Month; designating as October, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• SJ 292 Public transportation; DRPT to evaluate level of study for improved services in Route 1 corridor.
• SJ 294 Eating disorders; Joint Commission on Health Care to study those diagnosed within State, etc.
• SJ 297 Transit-related issues; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study those in State.
• SJ 308 Engineering curriculum; Department of Education to development in public schools, report.
• SJ 315 E-ZPass Program; subcommittee to study policies & procedures of other states participating therein.
• SJ 320 Virginia school children; joint subcommittee to study academic achievement.
• SJ 322 Eating Disorder Awareness Week; designating as last full week in February 2011.
• SJ 328 Motor fuel tax; Center for Transportation Innovation & Research to study replacing with alternative.
• SJ 329 Economic development incentive grants; JLARC to study effectiveness in State.
• SJ 330 Subaqueous bottomland; VIMS and VMRC to jointly study ways to better utilize those on seaside.
• SJ 331 Light Rail Safety Day; designating as April 29, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• SJ 334 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; Secretary of Natural Resources to study.
• SJ 335 Land conservation; JLARC to study long-term dedicated funding sources.
• SJ 341 Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
• SJ 345 Independent contractors; JLARC to study misclassification of employees.
• SJ 348 Sex offender registry; Virginia State Crime Commission to study requirements.
• SJ 349 Death deeds; Virginia Bar Association to study merits of legislation authorizing transfer.
• SJ 350 Joint Subcommittee to Study Strategies and Models for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment.
• SJ 354 State employee compensation; JLARC to study salary structure and pay.
• SJ 355 Zero-based budgeting; requesting Governor to consider, report.
• SJ 358 Cancer Prevention Day; designating as February 4, 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• SJ 364 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; confirming appointment.
• SJ 397 Person-centered practice; SHHR & human services agencies to adopt & implement in providing services.
• SJ 419 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Wilson Reagan.
• SJ 455 Contributions of Turkish-American community of Virginia.
• SJ 460 Commemorating the life of Dr. James Leonard Farmer, Jr., and the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Ride.
• SJ 478 Senate Committee on Rules; confirming appointment.