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2014 SESSION

14100726D
HOUSE BILL NO. 11
Offered January 8, 2014
Prefiled November 18, 2013
A BILL to require approved textbooks to refer to the Sea of Japan as the East Sea.
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Patrons-- Hugo, Keam, McQuinn, Yancey, Albo, Anderson, Bulova, Comstock, Cox, Greason, Howell, W.J., LeMunyon, Lingamfelter, Marshall, R.G., Miller, O'Quinn, Ramadan, Rust, Sickles and Watts
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  § 1. That all textbooks approved by the Board of Education pursuant to § 22.1-238 of the Code of Virginia, when referring to the Sea of Japan, shall note that it is also referred to as the East Sea.