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2013 SESSION

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HB 1464 Coal miners; designating April 13 of each year as day of recognition.

Introduced by: Joseph R. Yost | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

State holidays and other special days; April 13 to honor coal miners in Virginia. Designates the thirteenth day of April of each year as a day of recognition for coal miners in Virginia to acknowledge the contributions of and pay tribute to the hardworking women and men who work, and sometimes die, in the coal mines of the Commonwealth. April 13, 1750, is the date that Dr. Thomas Walker is credited with discovering and using coal in what was Virginia and now is Kentucky.

FULL TEXT

• 12/28/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101794D  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/28/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101794D
• 12/28/12  House: Referred to Committee on Rules
• 01/15/13  House: Tabled in Rules by voice vote