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2012 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
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- HB 14 Persons acting in defense of property; civil immunity provided for an occupant of dwelling, etc.
- HB 15 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening of school year.
- HB 33 Public procurement; state agency agreements with labor organizations.
- HB 49 DUI; raises penalty for aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
- HB 83 Mammograms; information on breast density.
- HB 108 Federal immigration law; enforcement by State and its political subdivisions.
- HB 130 Income tax, state; military retirement pay subtraction.
- HB 131 Income tax, state; tax credit for disabled military veterans.
- HB 183 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; coverage for certain children and pregnant women.
- HB 190 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- HB 194 Driver's licenses, commercial; requires DMV to consider applicants' military experience.
- HB 243 Virginia Investment Partnership Act; definitions.
- HB 245 State agencies; procurement of nonprofessional services.
- HB 248 Income tax, corporate; eliminates tax for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2013.
- HB 253 Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference for veterans, surviving spouses, and children.
- HB 343 Virginia All-Payer Claims Database; created, report.
- HB 384 Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state employment for members of National Guard, etc.
- HB 505 Income tax, state; increases long-term care insurance credit.
- HB 508 Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.
- HB 562 Substance abuse assessment and screening; unemployment benefits.
- HB 564 Electric utilities; ratemaking incentives, landfill gas.
- HB 565 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes computers and related computer equipment.
- HB 575 Salem Highway Construction District Transportation Fund; established.
- HB 644 In-state tuition; eligibility of members of Virginia National Guard residing in state.
- HB 684 Coal mine safety; operator of coal mine to submit map and revisions that show directional changes.
- HB 714 Major business facility job tax credit; extends time credit may be taken over a two-year period.
- HB 719 Hunting and fishing license, special; permanently disabled veteran to apply and receive at no cost.
- HB 735 Community-based continuing care (CBCC) providers; required to be registered with SCC.
- HB 751 Criminal street gang; recruitment of persons by telephone or electronic communication, penalty.
- HB 767 Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program; developed to assist small businesses job creation.
- HB 768 Virginia Jobs Investment Program; created, Dept. of Business Assistance to administer programs.
- HB 842 Business license or land use authorization, local; conditions of issuance.
- HB 922 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- HB 933 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- HB 954 Criminal law; redefinition of triggerman rule, penalty.
- HB 964 Child pornography or grooming video; person 18 years of age or older displaying to a minor, penalty.
- HB 968 Drug trafficking; 3 years shall be mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for subsequent offense.
- HB 970 Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting, penalties.
- HB 973 Sex crimes; penalties for offender who is 18 or older for rape, etc. of child under age 13.
- HB 986 Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.
- HB 1015 Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for State businesses.
- HB 1017 Renewable energy portfolio standard program; eliminates Performance Incentive provision.
- HB 1057 Absentee voting; procedures for military and overseas voters.
- HB 1063 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening of school year.
- HB 1106 Behavior and assistant behavior analysts; licensure by Board of Medicine.
- HB 1121 Veterans Services, Department of; ratio of claims agents to number of veterans in State.
- HB 1162 Human embryos; research prohibited, penalty.
- HB 1263 VDOT Integrated Directional Sign Program; maintenance, etc., of signs and impact of changes.
- HJ 49 Governor's Executive Reorganization Plan; approval by each house of General Assembly.
- HJ 52 Tax structure, State's; joint subcommittee to study reforming.
- HJ 93 Local Government Education Week; designating as first week in April 2012, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 94 School prayer and prayer in public meetings, public voluntary; urges Congress to propose amendment.
- HJ 144 Small Business Day; designating as September 21, 2012, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 145 Preeclampsia Month; designating as May 2012, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 155 Commending the Honorable G. Glenn Oder.
- HJ 198 Commending Alan G. Merten.
- HJ 201 Commending the Honorable William Kyle Barlow.
- HJ 238 Commending Dr. Linwood H. Rose.
- HJ 278 Commending Donna M. Blatecky.
- HJ 314 Commending the work of the Fort Monroe Authority.
- HJ 328 Commending the Smith Mountain Lake Lions Club.
- HJ 390 National Guard Day; designating as third Monday in January 2013, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 393 Celebrating the life of Frank Hundley Fulton.
- HJ 394 Celebrating the life of Andrea Lynch Lohr.
- HJ 396 Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard in 2011.
- HJ 398 Commending Samuel A. Kushner.
- HJ 406 Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Pace McGee.
- HJ 413 Commending the Virginia Biotechnology Association.
- HJ 423 Celebrating the life of Joshua Weissman.
- HJ 431 Celebrating the life of Alfred Landon Harris.
- HJ 436 Commending Trey Edmunds.
- HJ 437 Commending Timothy B. Scearce.
- HJ 438 Commending Kenneth A. Guthrie.
- HJ 439 Commending Sharon Wilson.
- HJ 440 Commending Brenda Hooper Campbell.
- HJ 443 Celebrating the life of John Weldon McCain.
- HJ 473 Commending Becky Wales.
- HJ 484 Celebrating the life of Bernard Henry Ferron.
- HJ 507 Commending the Smith Mountain Lake Association Water Quality Monitoring Program.
- HJ 528 Commending Carole Brown.
- HJ 529 Commending Jack Gates III.
- HR 10 Federal immigration training and enforcement authority; supporting Governor's § 287(g) request.
- HR 45 Celebrating the life of Colonel Van T. Barfoot.
- HR 71 Commending Dr. William M. Kelso.
- HR 74 Commending Ken Sorenson.
- SB 652 Cable television systems and cooperatives; negotiate in good faith to resolve certain issues.
- SJ 112 Celebrating the life of Francis Snead Ferguson.
- SJ 170 Commending Glen Wood.
- SJ 207 Celebrating the life of Andrea Lynch Lohr.