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2013 SESSION
Senator George L. Barker (D) - Senate District 39
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 315
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district39@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 10527
- Alexandria, Virginia 22310
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- SB 837 License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Washington Nationals baseball team.
- SB 843 Alcohol, open container; no person shall possess in passenger area of motor vehicle, civil penalty.
- SB 875 Provisional driver's license holders; changes from secondary offense to primary use of cell phones.
- SB 960 Public schools; residency of children in kinship care.
- SB 996 Temporary detention orders; increases maximum duration person may be detained from 48 to 72 hours.
- SB 997 Incapacitated persons; photographs, x-rays, etc., may be taken as part of medical evaluation, etc.
- SB 1006 Physician, licensed, etc.; may perform procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination.
- SB 1075 Transportation projects and planning; reimbursement of VDOT by localities, etc.
- SB 1076 Parental rights; procedure for restoring to parent whose rights to his child have been terminated.
- SB 1078 Community Colleges, State Board for; Board shall develop mental health referral policies, etc.
- SB 1150 Elections; minimizing voting lines.
- SB 1151 Virginia Student Achievement Fund; established.
- SB 1153 Public schools; changes in instructional time for kindergarten.
- SB 1155 Electoral boards; appointments shall be on nonpartisan basis.
- SB 1156 Teacher compensation; State goal that public school teacher compensation be nationally competitive.
- SB 1157 Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program; established.
- SB 1158 Standards of Learning; regulations authorizing school divisions to determine date for administering.
- SB 1160 Driving while texting; primary offense, increased penalties.
- SB 1162 Standards of Learning; Board of Education to promulgate regulations.
- SB 1167 Student growth indicators; Board of Education shall develop by October 1, 2014, report.
- SB 1230 Unemployment compensation; establishes short-time compensation program, report, effective date.
- SB 1238 Handheld personal communications devices; texting while driving is punishable as reckless driving.
- SB 1251 Retirement System; law-enforcement officer retirees hired as school board security personnel.
- SB 1274 Tanning facilities; age limit, parental consent.
- SB 1293 Comprehensive plan; transportation component to be consistent with Statewide Transportation Plan.
- SB 1300 Virtual school programs; multidivision online providers, funding.
- SB 1325 Professional counselors, etc.; Board of Counseling to establish specified fees for licensure, etc.
- SB 1352 Protective helmets; ordinance to require every person wear when riding or being carried on bicycle.
- SB 1359 Funeral services; adds to definition of next of kin.
- SB 1367 Health insurance; local government employees eligibile to participate in state employee plan.
- SJ 367 Constitutional amendment; appointment of electoral boards & officers of election (first reference).