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- HB 1283 Commission on Federal Oversight; report.
- HB 1391 Interstate Health Care Compact; established.
- HB 1466 Capitol Police; security for Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General-elect, etc.
- HB 1472 "Our Great Virginia"; designating as the official state song.
- HB 1543 Tobacco Funds Expenditure Review Commission; created, report.
- HB 1631 Manufacturing Development Commission; duties.
- HB 1755 Freedom Flag; designating as official flag of remembrance of 9/11/01, in Virginia.
- HB 1837 Virginia National Guard anthem; designating The National Guard March as official anthem.
- HB 1865 Local fiscal impact bills; first day introduction.
- HB 1954 Sexual and Domestic Violence, Advisory Committee on; established.
- HB 1998 State and federal programs; VRS shall convene a work group to review, etc.
- HB 2026 Health Insurance Reform Commission; power and duties, upon request assess proposed mandated DLS.
- HB 2076 General Assembly; consideration of the conference committee report on the biennial budget.
- HB 2106 Virginia Indian Recognition, Joint Commission on; established, report, sunset provision.
- HB 2202 General Assembly; general appropriation bills.
- HB 2203 "Virginia, the Home of My Heart"; designating as the official state song.
- HB 2281 Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote.
- HB 2298 Capitol Square; payment of restitution for any damage to Square or any building, etc.
- HJ 497 U.S. Constitution; application for a convention of the states.
- HJ 498 United States Constitution; modification of process for amendment.
- HJ 499 United States Constitution; amendment concerning federal budget.
- HJ 501 Study; JLARC; reorganization of law-enforcement agencies; report.
- HJ 504 Teachers; Department of Education to study implementing program to track turnover.
- HJ 505 Reforming Virginia's state and local tax structure; report.
- HJ 506 Long-term impact of biosolids and industrial waste; Va. Institute of Marine Science & DMME to study.
- HJ 507 National Day of the Cowboy; designating as fourth Saturday in July 2015, and each year thereafter.
- HJ 509 Ronald Reagan Day; designating as February 6, 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 513 Arrest and summonses mandates; Virginia State Crime Commission to report.
- HJ 514 Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; DOE to study effect of local use value assessment.
- HJ 516 Study; long-term impact of biosolids and industrial waste; report.
- HJ 521 Virginia's Rail Heritage Region; designating certain areas in the Commonwealth.
- HJ 527 Virginia Caregivers Month; designating as November 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 528 Militarization of police; JLARC to study.
- HJ 529 Speaker of the House; authorized to employ legal counsel to represent the General Assembly.
- HJ 532 Virginia's workers' compensation system; JLARC to study.
- HJ 533 Gum Disease Awareness Month; designating as February 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 537 Drug trafficking; interstate cooperation.
- HJ 541 Grand jury system; Virginia State Crime Commission, report.
- HJ 542 Burial sites of enslaved persons; Department of Historic Resources to study related issues.
- HJ 545 Constitutional convention; congress to call for an amendment to U.S. Constitution.
- HJ 546 Bostic v. Rainey; gender-specific references, report.
- HJ 553 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty.
- HJ 555 Higher education; endorsement of SCHEV's statewide strategic plan, report.
- HJ 557 Veterans Services, Department of; JLARC to review.
- HJ 558 Teachers, qualified; Department of Education and SCHEV, report.
- HJ 563 Individual income tax revenues; JLARC to update its 2004 study.
- HJ 566 Lewis & Clark Eastern Legacy Trail; designating as portion of Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail.
- HJ 581 Highways; JLARC to study alternative taxes and fees for funding in the Commonwealth.
- HJ 582 Electronic government records; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of authenticating records.
- HJ 583 Local government charter, model; joint subcommittee established to study creation of charter.
- HJ 585 Driver's license; suspension for unpaid court fines and costs.
- HJ 586 Public elementary schools; voluntary mental health screenings for students.
- HJ 587 Stormwater regulations; impact on high water table area, report.
- HJ 588 Childhood obesity; joint subcommittee to study obesity in public schools.
- HJ 590 Tangible personal property tax relief; reimbursement payments to localities.
- HJ 592 Common interest communities; Virginia Housing Commission to study administration and governance.
- HJ 593 Losing Loved Ones in a Tragic Accident Month; designating as August 2015, and each year thereafter.
- HJ 594 Insurance underwriting; Bureau of Insurance to study use of credit history.
- HJ 595 Virginia's water resource planning and management; JLARC to study.
- HJ 596 Unserved and underserved populations; JCHC to study resources for health care.
- HJ 598 Driver's license; suspension for unpaid court fines and costs.
- HJ 599 Highway construction allocations; JLARC to study.
- HJ 600 Sexual Assault Awareness Month; designating as April 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 601 JLARC; to study equity of funding.
- HJ 603 Higher educational institutions; prevention of sexual violence on campus.
- HJ 606 Maternal Mental Health Month; designating as May 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 607 National Atomic Veterans Day; designating as July 16, 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 608 Environmental Protection Agency emissions guidelines; opposition.
- HJ 610 Early childhood development programs; JLARC to study.
- HJ 618 Conservators of the peace, special; training.
- HJ 619 Metrorail extension; DRPT to study.
- HJ 622 Drug offenders, certain; diversion programs.
- HJ 623 Water resource and planning management; JLARC to study Virginia's resources.
- HJ 625 Education resources; DOE, et al; to study allocations.
- HJ 630 Opioid; mandating health insurance coverage for abuse deterrent formulations.
- HJ 635 Communications sales and use tax; Department of Taxation to study performance of tax.
- HJ 636 Law-enforcement officers; DCJS to study the sufficiency of funding for training.
- HJ 637 Medicaid; JLARC to study the Commonwealth's program.
- HJ 638 Kinship Caregivers of Children Month; designating as September 2015, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 641 Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution; designating as January 30, 2016.
- HJ 642 Recurrent flooding from outfall ditches; VDOT to conduct a one-year study.
- HJ 644 Internet; benefit of sharing wireless access with local law-enforcement agencies.
- HJ 647 Virginia Housing Commission; affordable housing for people reentering society.
- HJ 648 Discriminatory practices; Virginia Housing Commission to study.
- HJ 649 Village Concept; General Assembly to recognize as effective alternative to institution-based care.
- HJ 655 Virginia Cyber Protection Teams; Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, to study.
- HJ 659 Israel, State of; encouraging support for the State.
- HJ 666 Clean Water Act; opposition to definition of "waters of the United States."
- HJ 692 Farm-to-School Week; designating as first full week in October 2015, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 693 Tax Withholding and Employer Contribution Awareness Month; designating as March 2016.
- HJ 702 Day to Serve; designating as each day from September 11 to October 10, 2015.
- HJ 709 Law Day 2015; commending.
- HJ 715 Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
- HJ 719 NASA's Wallops Flight Facility; NASA to conduct an environmental impact study.
- HJ 797 Day of Honor for the Marquis de Lafayette; designating as March 14, 2015, and each year thereafter.
- HJ 804 Speaker of the House of Delegates; confirming appointments.
- HJ 808 Memorializing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize clinical
- HR 192 Speaker of the House; authorized to employ legal counsel to represent the House of Delegates.
- HR 202 Federal felons; restoration of gun ownership rights.
- HR 242 Epilepsy; USFDA to authorize clinical trials for use of cannabidiol oil, etc., for treatment.
- SB 707 Capitol Square; payment of restitution for any damage to Square or any building, etc.
- SB 815 Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High-Speed Rail Compact; chairmanship.
- SB 894 Community Integration Advisory Commission; expands membership, extends sunset provision.
- SB 1048 Capitol Police; security for Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General-elect.
- SB 1136 Administrative Rules, Joint Commission on; powers and duties, effect of administrative rules.
- SB 1140 Local fiscal impact bills; first day introduction.
- SB 1352 General Assembly; consideration of the conference committee report on the biennial budget.
- SB 1362 "Sweet Virginia Breeze" and "Our Great Virginia"; designating as the official state songs.
- SJ 218 Teachers; Department of Education to study implementing program to track turnover.
- SJ 220 Appalachian Cherokee Nation Tribe; General Assembly to extend state recognition.
- SJ 226 Commemorating the 240th anniversary of George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights in 2016.
- SJ 228 Higher education; endorsement of SCHEV's statewide strategic plan, report.
- SJ 235 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; revenue sources, report.
- SJ 236 Auxiliary grant program; Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to study.
- SJ 237 Virginia Homeless Solutions Program; DHCD to study $500 asset cap.
- SJ 242 High-growth companies; VEDP Authority and DHCD to study program supporting.
- SJ 243 Veterans Services, Department of; JLARC to review.
- SJ 245 Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
- SJ 268 Medicaid; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- SJ 271 Biosolids and industrial residuals; SNR, et al., to review & evaluate impact on human health, etc.
- SJ 272 Virginia's water resource planning and management; JLARC to study.
- SJ 273 Clean Power Plan; DEQ to compare projected health benefits with those of existing regulations.
- SJ 274 Virginia's manufacturing sector; JLARC to update 2006 study.
- SJ 280 Law-enforcement agencies; JLARC to study consolidation of certain state agencies.
- SJ 288 Study; Department of Education; effect of local use value assessment of certain real estate.
- SJ 292 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly of Virginia to extend state recognition.
- SJ 296 Senate Committee on Rules; confirming appointments.
- SJ 299 Virginia Housing Commission; affordable housing for people reentering society.