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2012 SESSION
Delegate Scott A. Surovell (D) - House District 44
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 708
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district36@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 289
- Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121
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- HB 7 Bicycles; riders approaching intersection controlled by traffic lights need not to wait two minutes.
- HB 15 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening of school year.
- HB 16 Civil rights; automatically restored to certain persons for eligibilty to register to vote.
- HB 42 Line of Duty Act; expands definition of a deceased person.
- HB 75 Home/electronic incarceration; court may allow person convicted credit for time served.
- HB 86 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening of school year.
- HB 123 Specialty criminal court dockets; court may establish to address specialized needs of defendants.
- HB 124 Plastic bags; imposes a tax of 20 cents on those used by purchasers.
- HB 126 Affidavits; use in no-fault divorce cases.
- HB 134 Court distributions; dollar limits.
- HB 143 Preschool programs; private funding.
- HB 144 Virginia Preschool Initiative Local Grant Program; created.
- HB 157 Party identification on ballots; requirement extends to local elections.
- HB 160 Cigarette and other tobacco products; increases tax rates.
- HB 163 Judicial retirement; increases mandatory retirement age to 73.
- HB 165 Geriatric prisoners; those at 60 may petition Parole Board for conditional release.
- HB 183 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; coverage for certain children and pregnant women.
- HB 198 Voter registration; requires a receipt be given to person completing form at DMV office.
- HB 216 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes certain computer equipment and enabling software.
- HB 223 Writ of actual innocence; juvenile adjudicated delinquent of felony charge may petition court.
- HB 227 Nolle prosequi; expungement of police records and court records two years from date taken.
- HB 246 Legislation; prohibits any committee of General Assembly from reporting new state tax credit, etc.
- HB 254 School calendar; local school boards allowed to set opening of school year.
- HB 262 Transportation Board; adds urban and rural at-large members.
- HB 282 Divorce or annulment; revocation of death benefits.
- HB 327 Historic structures; demolition.
- HB 334 Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for State businesses.
- HB 350 Virginia Retirement System; modifies disability benefits provided to state employees.
- HB 351 Party identification on ballots; gives candidates in local elections option.
- HB 396 Invasive plants; Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations to control.
- HB 402 Health Benefit Exchange Authority; created, report.
- HB 407 Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
- HB 419 Estate tax; reinstated for persons dying on or after July 1, 2012.
- HB 420 Eligibilty for TANF; drug-related felonies.
- HB 421 Standards of Quality; apportionment of state and local share.
- HB 422 Transportation; additional funding by imposing and increasing certain taxes.
- HB 428 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.
- HB 433 Real Estate Appraiser Board; shall develop continuing education curriculum for licensees, report.
- HB 434 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening of school year.
- HB 439 Veterans; disposition and identification of unclaimed cremains.
- HB 446 Coal tax credits; termination of certain credits.
- HB 447 Appropriation bills; House Appropriations and Senate Finance issue reports with budget conference.
- HB 449 Virginia Public Procurement Act; preferences by localities, etc.
- HB 468 Public school funding; Department of Education to adjust local composite index (LCI) calculation.
- HB 482 Circuit court clerks; technology fee.
- HB 600 Transportation Board; changes composition.
- HB 617 Grass; authorizes locality to require by ordinance that owners of certain real estate cut.
- HB 651 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: I SUPPORT ANIMAL RESCUE.
- HB 653 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening of school year.
- HB 654 Smoking; prohibition on grounds of public schools, etc.
- HB 655 Higher educational institutions; graduation rates.
- HB 656 Parental notification; school investigations.
- HB 696 Virtual programs; state funding.
- HB 697 Higher educational institutions; mental health policies.
- HB 698 Budget; conference report to be posted on Internet.
- HB 699 Highway maintenance funds; allocation of funds.
- HB 702 Health insurance; credits provided for retired school division employees.
- HB 705 Health insurance; diagnostic procedures resulting from preventive care or screening.
- HB 706 Pedestrians; requires vehicle drivers to stop at marked crosswalks, etc.
- HB 707 Funeral protests; penalty.
- HB 730 Veterans Services, Board of; voting by ex officio members.
- HB 745 Supreme Court of Virginia; required to develop weighted caseload system to assess caseloads, report.
- HB 790 Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund; renamed Virginia Housing Trust Fund.
- HB 921 Hunting; allows person to hunt wild bird or wild animal on Sundays.
- HB 922 Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
- HB 976 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; DSS to annually review amount of payment made to recipient.
- 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 1155 Income tax, state; taxation of trusts established for disabled individuals.
- HB 1185 The Road to Revolution; expands potential for sites on state heritage trail.
- HB 1270 Hampton, City of; Department of General Services to transfer certain property located within City.
- HB 1273 Chemotherapy; requirements for orally administered cancer drugs.
- HJ 65 Sesquicentennial of Emancipation Proclamation; recognizing African American members.
- HJ 71 Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds.
- HJ 91 National Women's History Museum; Congress to support establishing in Washington, D.C.
- HJ 106 National Women's History Museum; supports creation thereof on National Mall in Washington, D.C.
- HJ 107 Hold Out for Hunger Day; designating as April 14, 2012, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 111 Court of Appeals of Virginia; Judicial Council of Virginia to study jurisdictional capacity.
- HJ 112 Early childhood education; recognizes value to children and sets goal of extending availability.
- HJ 113 ICPRB; joint subcommittee to study State's withdrawal & effects upon source of drinking water, etc.
- 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 230 Wilson, Edith Bolling; General Assembly to recognize Birthplace and Childhood Home in Wythe County.
- HJ 238 Commending Dr. Linwood H. Rose.
- HJ 240 Commending Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
- HJ 278 Commending Donna M. Blatecky.
- HJ 314 Commending the work of the Fort Monroe Authority.
- HJ 380 Commending the Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work
- HJ 390 National Guard Day; designating as third Monday in January 2013, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 394 Celebrating the life of Andrea Lynch Lohr.
- HJ 396 Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard in 2011.
- HJ 413 Commending the Virginia Biotechnology Association.
- HJ 415 Commending the United States Coast Guard for its American War of 1812 Revenue Cutters Service.
- HJ 423 Celebrating the life of Joshua Weissman.
- HJ 479 Commending Dr. Charles P. Poland, Jr.
- HJ 480 Commending Dr. Robert M. Hazen.
- HJ 481 Commending Dr. Giorgio A. Ascoli.
- HJ 513 Commending Grace Edmondson Harris.
- HJ 517 Commending the Augusta Regional Free Clinic.
- HJ 519 Commending Anthony H. Griffin.
- HJ 523 Celebrating the life of Ivan Benton McEachin, Jr.
- HR 11 Celebrating the life of Cathy Belter.
- HR 24 Commending Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
- HR 45 Celebrating the life of Colonel Van T. Barfoot.
- HR 49 Commending Edna Frady.
- HR 50 Commemorating the 130th anniversary of the birth of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- HR 57 Commemorating the arrival of Africans to Virginia.
- HR 70 Commemorating the life and legacy of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.
- HR 71 Commending Dr. William M. Kelso.
- HR 74 Commending Ken Sorenson.
- SB 161 Transportation Board; increases number of membership.
- SB 167 Student discipline; parental notification by school principal or his designee.
- SB 254 Veterans Services, Department of; ratio of claims agents to number of veterans in State.
- SB 297 Veterans Services, Board of; voting by ex officio members.
- SB 309 Marriages, divorces, and annulments; disclosure of records.
- SB 376 Shared work programs; established, report.
- SB 392 Transportation Board; increases number of membership, residence requirement for redistricting.
- SB 433 Veterans; determination of status of unclaimed cremains.
- SJ 8 Celebrating the life of retired Admiral Noel Arthur Meredyth Gayler, USN
- SJ 9 Celebrating the life of Thomas Wilson Chadwick.
- SJ 10 Celebrating the life of Jeffrey Martin Todd.
- SJ 159 Commending the West Potomac High School dance team.
- SJ 205 Commending James C. Rees IV.
- SJ 207 Celebrating the life of Andrea Lynch Lohr.
- SJ 216 Commending Washington Dulles International Airport.