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- HB 105 Congressional and state legislative districts; written descriptions of boundaries not required.
- HB 108 Legal holidays; Election Day, removes Lee-Jackson Day as state holiday.
- HB 310 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends sunset provision.
- HB 347 Commonwealth's medical cannabis program; SHHR to convene work group to review & make recommendation.
- HB 462 Certified sexual assault nurse examiners; Secretary of HHR to study shortage.
- HB 553 Workplace harassment; policies for legislative branch.
- HB 630 Registered lobbyists; sexual harassment training.
- HB 659 People with developmental disabilities; DOC to create workgoup to review guidelines to assist.
- HB 854 Affordable housing; VHDA, et al., to study ways to develop.
- HB 857 Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly.
- HB 914 Segregation in transportation; repeals certain Acts.
- HB 1010 Criminal fiscal impact statement; bills resulting in a net increase of period of imprisonment.
- HB 1056 Wellness and Opportunity, Commission on; established, report.
- HB 1325 Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts.
- HB 1406 Historical Statues in the United States Capitol, Commission for; removal of Robert E. Lee statue.
- HB 1424 American Revolutionary 250 Commission; established, membership, report, sunset provision.
- HB 1519 Slavery & Subsequent De Jure & De Facto Racial & Economic Discrimination, Com. to Study; created.
- HB 1521 Central State Colony, etc.; repeals various Chapters relating to establishment.
- HB 1626 Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction.
- HB 1638 Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.
- HB 1639 Rural lands; DEQ shall convene work group to discuss issue of disposal of debris on lands.
- HB 1699 Temporary detention; DBHDS shall study who may evaluate.
- HB 1719 Prescribed pediatric extended care centers; plan for licensure.
- HJ 6 Celebrating the life of Sergeant First Class Dae Han Park, USA.
- HJ 7 Celebrating the life of Master Sergeant Sae Jin Park-Schneider, USA.
- HJ 10 Gun Violence Awareness Day; designating as June 1, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 21 Women's Equality Day; designating as August 26, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 25 Coal dust blown from moving trains; report.
- HJ 29 VDOC; various joint subcommittees to study staffing levels, etc.
- HJ 42 Honor and Sacrifice Flag; emblem for honoring fallen public safety personnel.
- HJ 47 Coastal areas; study on economic consequences of weather-related events.
- HJ 50 Radiologic Technology Week; designating week of November 8 in 2020 and each year thereafter.
- HJ 51 Early childhood mental health consultation program; DBHDS, DOE, and DSS to study developing.
- HJ 52 Prescription drugs; SHHR to convene work group to address cost to Virginians, etc.
- HJ 64 Ransomware attack preparedness; Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) to study.
- HJ 70 Commemorating the life and legacy of Secretariat.
- HJ 72 Oliver White Hill, Sr., Day; designating as May 1, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 85 Transgender Day of Remembrance; designating as November 20, 2020, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 88 Virginia's Mental Health Region; designating as Roanoke and New River Valleys.
- HJ 91 Civil rights and dignity of all Virginians; affirming the Commonwealth's commitment to diversity.
- HJ 92 Drinking water program; Off. of Drinking Water/Dept. of Health to study infrastructure & oversight.
- HJ 99 General Assembly; 2020 Session schedule.
- HJ 100 General Assembly; 2021 Session prefiling schedule.
- HJ 102 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, appropriations.
- HJ 104 National Prosthodontics Awareness Week; designating as April 19-25, 2020, etc.
- HJ 108 Year of the Eye Exam; designating 2020 as The Year of the Eye Exam.
- HJ 111 Maternal Health Awareness Month; designating July, 2020, and annually thereafter.
- HJ 126 Joint Assembly; General Assembly shall meet in Hall of House of Delegates on Wed., January 8, 2020.
- HJ 130 Marijuana; JLARC to study legalization, regulation, etc.
- HJ 133 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Awareness Month; designating as October in 2020, etc.
- HJ 134 Hangul Day; designating as October 9, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 136 Global warming; caused by human activity has resulted in a climate and ecological emergency.
- HJ 140 Winter Honey Month; designating as February in 2020 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 144 James River bateaumen; recognizing their contributions to Virginia History.
- HJ 145 Navy Week; recognizing as the week of March 30 - April 5, 2020, in Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia.
- HJ 148 Indian American Heritage Month; designating as August, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 162 Commending the Division of Capitol Police.
- HJ 200 Driver's license; six-month suspension upon drug offense conviction.
- HJ 207 Commending Fairfax County.
- HJ 231 Commending the Virginia Department of State Police.
- HJ 232 Commending the Richmond Police Department.
- HJ 254 Commending the Division of Capitol Police.
- HJ 272 Commending Walmart Supercenter Store 2805.
- HJ 337 General Assembly; amending Rule 12 of HJR 99, 2020, relating to deadline for revenue bills.
- HJ 370 Commending the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- HJ 392 Commending John E. Potter.
- HJ 397 Commending Brian Benson.
- HJ 398 Commending Stephen Rau.
- HJ 399 Commending Daniel Zakula.
- HJ 401 Commending Gary Fuller.
- HJ 445 Commending the Loudoun County Bar Association.
- HJ 508 General Assembly; amending Rule 22 of HJR 99, 2020, relating to sine die of 2020 Session, etc.
- HJ 510 General Assembly; 2021 Regular Session schedule.
- SB 41 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Va. Council on; membership.
- SB 47 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Va. Council on the; membership.
- SB 108 Virginia State Justice Commission; purpose, membership.
- SB 128 DOE; pilot program, placement transition of certain students.
- SB 130 Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; extends sunset provision.
- SB 150 Criminal fiscal impact statement; bills resulting in a net increase of period of imprisonment.
- SB 177 Autism Advisory Council; extends sunset provision.
- SB 188 Legislation; negative local fiscal impact on local government.
- SB 213 Personal Maintenance Allowance; DMAS to establish work group to evaluate current amount.
- SB 256 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends sunset provision.
- SB 344 Senate Committee on Finance; name changed to Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, etc.
- SB 361 Coastal areas; study on economic consequences of weather-related events.
- SB 364 Commonwealth Care Health Benefits Program; association health plans for individual market.
- SB 400 Virginia Data Commission; established, report.
- SB 407 American Revolutionary 250 Commission; established, membership, report, sunset provision.
- SB 486 Food waste; to study VDACS sources, scale, and prevention of food waste.
- SB 586 Auditor of Public Accounts; duties, Commonwealth Data Point.
- SB 587 MEI Project Approval Commission; changes to membership and operation.
- SB 599 Early childhood care and education; development of unified public-private system.
- SB 612 Historical Statues in the United States Capitol, Commission for; removal of Robert E. Lee statue.
- SB 636 Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts.
- SB 655 Physical injuries or death caused to a person; consideration of bills.
- SB 679 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; established, report, sunset provision.
- SB 709 ABC Authority; work group to study tied house provisions, report.
- SB 714 Virginia Revolutionary 250 Commission; established, report.
- SB 716 People with developmental disabilities; Sec. of PSHS, et al., to create and implement policies.
- SB 722 Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.
- SB 734 Residential psychiatric placement and services; SOE, et al., to establish work group.
- SB 768 Temporary detention; DBHDS shall study who may evaluate.
- SB 779 Sixth grade science curriculum; DOE & DEQ to update.
- SB 848 Northern Virginia Transportation Commission; changes report date.
- SB 850 Central State Colony, etc.; repeals various Chapters relating to establishment.
- SB 888 School Construction and Modernization, Commission on; established, report.
- SB 957 Civic Education, Commission on; increases membership, repeals sunset provision and general funding.
- SB 970 MEI Project Approval Commission; increases membership.
- SB 986 Fiscal impact statements; Department of Planning and Budget to prepare.
- SB 996 Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction.
- SB 1034 Behavioral assessments and interventions; Department of Education to review certain guidelines.
- SB 1048 Virginia Horse Center Foundation; DACS to investigate and negotiate public assistance.
- SB 1062 Virginia Higher Education Funding Review Commission; established, duties, report.
- SJ 9 Discretionary parole; State Crime Commission to study reinstatement.
- SJ 13 JLARC; practices, procedures, and accountability of industrial development authorities.
- SJ 15 Teacher licensing process; Department of Education to study.
- SJ 21 Commending Mission BBQ.
- SJ 26 Privatized housing for families living on military bases; urging Congress to improve.
- SJ 27 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, appropriations.
- SJ 28 Composite index of local ability to pay; JLARC to study feasibility of adjusting.
- SJ 30 Economic and workforce development; DOAV to study.
- SJ 31 Honor and Sacrifice Flag; emblem for honoring fallen public safety personnel.
- SJ 32 Electric vehicles; DEQ to study the impact of vehicles, Clean Transportation Plan, report.
- SJ 34 Mandatory minimum sentences; VSCC to study use, etc.
- SJ 35 Barrier crimes and criminal history records checks; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 36 Military-overseas ballots; electronic return of voted ballots, report.
- SJ 38 Coastal areas; study on economic consequences of weather-related events.
- SJ 39 Justice system; Virginia State Crime Commission to study effect of abolishing jury sentencing.
- SJ 41 Firearms; joint subcommittee to study issues related thereto and safety in the Commonwealth.
- SJ 42 Waste Diversion and Recycling Task Force; DEQ to establish.
- SJ 47 Court of Appeals of Virginia; Judicial Council of Virginia to study jurisdiction and organization.
- SJ 49 Social workers; DHP to study need for additional, etc., workers.
- SJ 50 Commonwealth Corridor passenger rail service; DRPT to study feasibility of an east-west service.
- SJ 51 World Prematurity Month and Day; designating as November 2020, and November 17, 2020, respectively.
- SJ 52 Commending the Chesapeake Bay Commission.
- SJ 53 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund; DEQ to study revised priority ranking criteria for grants.
- SJ 56 Offshore oil & gas drilling; recognizing opposition to exploration & drilling off the coast of Va.
- SJ 57 JLARC; costs of education, report.
- SJ 60 Nuclear energy; advancement of nuclear energy research & exploration of economic opportunities.
- SJ 61 Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019; urging the Congress of the United States to support.
- SJ 64 Joint Assembly; General Assembly shall meet in Hall of House of Delegates on Wed., January 8, 2020.
- SJ 66 Cannabis and medical cannabis; joint subcommittee to study development of framework for regulation.
- SJ 67 Marijuana; JLARC to study legalization of growth, sale, and possession.
- SJ 68 Puppy Mill Awareness Month; designating as December in 2020 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 74 Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; commemoration of the American Revolution.
- SJ 77 Public schools; Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety to study firearm safety education.
- SJ 79 Washington, Booker T.; honoring with a statue in the State Capitol.
- SJ 80 National Prosthodontics Awareness Week; designating as April 19-25, 2020, etc.
- SJ 81 Consumer data privacy; Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study.
- SJ 86 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month; designating as September 2020 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 87 Constitutional amendment; immunity of legislators (first reference).
- SJ 89 Senate Committee on Rules; confirms appointment.
- SJ 112 Commending George Mason University Korea.
- SJ 119 Commending the Division of Capitol Police.
- SJ 140 Commending the Richmond Police Department.
- SJ 195 Commending the Virginia State Police.
- SJ 211 Virginia Day; designating as June 29, 2020, and in each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 225 Celebrating the life Matthew Wayne Shepard.
- SJ 226 Commending the Honorable Marie Yovanovitch.
- SJ 253 Commending Cornerstones, Inc.
- SR 3 Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund; recognizing that Fund is performing an essential government service.
- SR 5 Senate; 2020 Session operating resolution.
- SR 7 James Solomon Russell Day; designating as March 28, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SR 34 Commending the Division of Capitol Police.
- SR 44 Uyghurs; human rights crisis.
- SR 47 Senate Ethics Advisory Panel; confirming nominations.
- SR 60 Commending the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- SR 63 Commending Gary Wood.
- SR 69 Commending Belle S. Wheelan, Ph.D.