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1996 SESSION
Delegate James F. Almand (D) - House District 47
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 444
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 786-6893
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- HB 3 Concealed weapons permits.
- HB 106 Learner's permits; accompanying driver to be 21 or family member.
- HB 140 Dangerous weapons; penalty for possession in certain facilities.
- HB 153 Family abuse; mandatory arrest.
- HB 155 Family abuse; protective orders.
- HB 168 Computer trespass.
- HB 174 Concealed weapons permits; exceptions.
- HB 175 Weapons; where prohibited.
- HB 206 Implementation of the National Voter Registration Act.
- HB 243 Sales tax exemption; Community Residences, Inc.
- HB 251 Serious juvenile offenders.
- HB 269 Sales tax exemption; property purchased by contractors.
- HB 291 Child abuse and neglect; protective services.
- HB 292 Federal retirees missing deadline for filing.
- HB 293 BPOL tax uniform ordinance.
- HB 314 Fair campaign practices commissions in Fairfax County.
- HB 336 Public Procurement Act; design-build for pub. bodies other than State.
- HB 349 Purple Heart Trail.
- HB 350 Special license plates; Purple Heart recipients.
- HB 371 Distribution of recordation tax to localities.
- HB 380 Towing and immobilizing vehicle for unsettled parking violations.
- HB 381 Parking by commercial buses in Arlington County.
- HB 382 Public Procurement Act; purchase of utility marking services.
- HB 417 Extended Service Contract Act.
- HB 428 Photo-enforcement of traffic light signals.
- HB 440 Condominium Act; public offering statement.
- HB 441 Lists of registered voters and those who voted.
- HB 451 Speeding in residential districts.
- HB 454 Concealed handgun permit.
- HB 455 Contracts printed in certain size type.
- HB 464 Infringement of trademarks; penalties.
- HB 472 Special license plates; disabled veterans.
- HB 482 Labor; public employee organizations; conditions of employment.
- HB 484 Ignition interlock (DUI).
- HB 487 Constitutional amendment; rights of victims of crime.
- HB 493 Semiconductor Memory or Logic Wafer Man. Perf. Grant Program.
- HB 504 Right to bail; creation of a rebuttable presumption.
- HB 511 Technology needs of Department of Taxation.
- HB 515 George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge; tolls.
- HB 535 Highway construction funds.
- HB 554 Crime Victim-Witness Fund.
- HB 557 Victim-witness assistance programs.
- HB 562 Certificates of satisfaction.
- HB 586 Condemnation against an electric utility.
- HB 587 Condemnation by electric authorities.
- HB 590 Department of General Services; surplus materials, disposal.
- HB 603 Alcoholic beverage control; use of false identification.
- HB 618 Alcoholic beverage control; wine and beer franchise acts.
- HB 624 Decedents' estates; payment of debts.
- HB 625 Housing and Community Development Board; members.
- HB 652 Crime victim compensation.
- HB 658 Fees for counsel appointed for minors.
- HB 659 Criminal judgment order.
- HB 666 Special license plates; Virginians for the Arts.
- HB 668 Income tax, state; subtraction for Bosnia military service pay.
- HB 669 Handicapped parking; fines for illegal use.
- HB 689 Pedestrians.
- HB 690 Transportation of children with disabilities.
- HB 721 Court orders of publication of notice.
- HB 743 Recyclable materials; penalty to scavenge or remove.
- HB 774 Retirement System; portability of service credit.
- HB 775 Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motorist coverage.
- HB 785 Minors; mental health commitments.
- HB 786 Habitual offenders; appeals.
- HB 787 Habitual offenders; show cause proceedings.
- HB 788 District court fees.
- HB 802 Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports.
- HB 803 Federal retirees missing deadline for opting out of Harper settlement.
- HB 812 Practice of Optometry.
- HB 846 Fines for nuisances.
- HB 852 Future Services Contract Act.
- HB 854 Child support; shared custody.
- HB 855 Bail.
- HB 867 Service of process by private server.
- HB 870 Retirement System; early retirement for correctional officers.
- HB 879 Testimony of husband and wife in criminal cases.
- HB 881 Housing; development of economically mixed project.
- HB 883 Blight removal and maintenance.
- HB 886 Consumer Services Advisory Board; created.
- HB 889 Court jurisdiction and orders affecting juveniles.
- HB 892 Local real property tax credits on certain properties.
- HB 896 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies.
- HB 905 Serious or Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program.
- HB 930 Fair Housing Law; illegal preferences.
- HB 931 Pickup trucks; transportation of persons under 16 in open beds.
- HB 1005 Revenue bonds for institutions of higher education.
- HB 1006 Higher Education and Related Educational Facilities Bond Act of 1996.
- HB 1038 Revenue bonds for institutions of higher education.
- HB 1078 Escheats law.
- HB 1097 Technology training for teachers, administrators and librarians.
- HB 1099 Possession of infectious substances with intent to injure.
- HB 1104 Concealed weapons permits.
- HB 1115 Malicious bodily injury/assault to law-enf. officers or firefighters.
- HB 1140 Income tax, state; political party voluntary contribution.
- HB 1150 Local cigarette tax; statewide for localities.
- HB 1151 Sale of handguns without trigger locks prohibited.
- HB 1152 Furnishing certain weapons or ammunition to minors; penalty.
- HB 1163 Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact.
- HB 1164 Special license plates; firefighters and ride-sharing vehicles.
- HB 1186 Judicial authorization for mental or physical health treatment.
- HB 1225 Multi-county transportation improvement districts.
- HB 1226 Affordable dwelling unit ordinances.
- HB 1231 Tobacco product vending machines.
- HB 1235 Furnishing handgun to minor.
- HB 1291 Smoking prohibited in public schools.
- HB 1298 Property damage; accrual of right of action.
- HB 1322 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; cable service.
- HB 1325 Virginia-Israel Advisory Board; created.
- HB 1330 Requirements for licensure of teachers.
- HB 1331 Minorities in Teaching Program; created.
- HB 1364 Motor fuel sales tax in certain transportation districts.
- HB 1365 Smoking prohibited in child day care facilities.
- HB 1383 When court may allow another to qualify on estate.
- HB 1389 Obscene items enumerated.
- HB 1390 Appointment of special police officers & conservators of the peace.
- HB 1398 Social services records.
- HB 1416 Sale of tobacco products to minors; identification, fine.
- HB 1430 Child custody, visitation and support.
- HB 1431 Jury commissioners; fees, appointments.
- HB 1461 Income tax, state; earned-income credit.
- HB 1464 Law enforcement; family abuse policies.
- HB 1466 Professional regulation; substance abuse counselors.
- HB 1467 Courtroom interpreters.
- HB 1468 Sexual acts between consenting adults.
- HB 1493 Law-Enforcement Officers' Procedural Guarantees Act.
- HB 1496 Civil liability for furnishing weapons to minors.
- HB 1502 Baseball Stadium Authority.
- HB 1503 Tax credits for rent reductions.
- HB 1504 Housing Development Authority; bonds or notes.
- HB 1507 Real Estate Board; correspondence instruction.
- HB 1512 Interstate ozone reduction agreements.
- HB 1513 Water and sewer connection fees.
- HB 1515 Regional Competitiveness Act; created.
- HB 1516 Economic growth sharing agreements.
- HB 1537 Virginia-Israel Partnership Council; created.
- HB 1544 Smoking prohibited in certain restrooms.
- HB 1554 Workers' compensation; definition of injury.
- HJ 31 Study; DNA evidence.
- HJ 60 Commending Virginia Tech football team.
- HJ 61 Commending Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District.
- HJ 64 Study; Agent Orange task force.
- HJ 67 Constitutional amendment; rights of victims of crime.
- HJ 97 Commending University of Virginia football team.
- HJ 113 Study; retirement benefits for correctional & parole officers.
- HJ 114 Study; charitable solicitations.
- HJ 115 Study; non-security staffing needs in correctional institutions.
- HJ 128 Study; projection of Virginia's prison population.
- HJ 130 Study; 'Megan's Law'.
- HJ 131 Study; juvenile sentencing.
- HJ 138 Community land trusts.
- HJ 161 Study; preserving affordable housing.
- HJ 194 Technology development and entrepreneuship.
- HJ 199 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters; overseas employee.
- HJ 209 Congress maintain federal oversight of public welfare funds.
- HJ 220 Study; Indoor Clean Air Act.
- HJ 221 Study; environmental future.
- HJ 223 Study; options for financing major league baseball stadium.
- HJ 226 Study; Regional Transportation Authority.
- HJ 228 Recognizing American Sign Language coursework.
- HJ 230 Study; employee assistance program professionals.
- HJ 239 Constitutional amendment; local debt.
- HJ 243 Building code officials; training on expansive soils.
- HJ 244 Building Code; notice of opportunity to appeal decisions.
- HJ 249 Study; education reform.
- HJ 258 On the death of S. Page Higginbotham.
- HJ 272 Commending Fairfax Hospital.
- HJ 281 Commending City of Newport News.
- HJ 294 On the death of Judge John D. Gray.
- HJ 297 On the death of Martha H. Pruett.
- HJ 300 On the death of Marion Virginia Engle Hazel.
- HJ 304 On the death of Donald J. Gonzales.
- HJ 306 On the death of Donald Archer Holden.
- HJ 315 Commending Arlington County Civic Federation.
- HJ 317 Commending Ruritan on its 68th anniversary.
- HJ 319 Commending Maurice 'Mo' Vaughn.
- HJ 328 SAVE Month and SAVE Today for Tomorrow Day.
- HJ 332 Commending Edwin Williams Lynch.
- HJ 354 National Infant Immunization Week.
- HJ 355 Retired Teachers Day in Virginia.
- HJ 358 Commending George W. Johnson.
- HJ 363 Commending Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
- HJ 364 Commending Virginia's Olympic torch bearers.
- HR 14 Commending George Albert Williams, Jr.
- HR 15 Commending Margaret Louise Hawkins Leynes.
- HR 16 Commending Barbara Jean Hurt Hanback.
- HR 17 Commending Sharon Alice Boggess Woodson.
- SB 96 Juvenile records; expungement.
- SB 107 Possessing weapons in certain local government facilities.
- SB 113 Family abuse; protective orders.
- SB 177 Distribution of recordation tax to localities.
- SB 219 Electronic filings with circuit courts.
- SB 242 Insurance; unfair settlement practices standards for hospital stay.
- SB 253 Semiconductor Memory or Logic Wafer Man. Perf. Grant Program.
- SB 264 Alcoholic beverage control; wine and beer franchise acts.
- SB 285 Coal and Energy Commission; members.
- SB 330 Practice of optometry.
- SB 331 Community criminal justice services boards.
- SB 332 Home incarceration.
- SB 333 Home incarceration.
- SB 334 Language of perjury indictments.
- SB 380 Concealed weapons permits.
- SB 381 Smoking prohibited in nursing homes.
- SB 382 Smoking prohibited in public areas.
- SB 408 Guardians and conservators.
- SB 440 Retirement System; portability of service credit.
- SB 459 Childhood sexual abuse.
- SB 477 Jury sentencing; instructions.
- SB 478 Juvenile record information.
- SB 606 Income tax, state; contribution to Open Space Rec. and Cons. Fund.
- SB 617 Law enforcement; family abuse policies.
- SJ 27 Study; Commission on Family Violence Prevention, continued.
- SJ 38 On the death of Virginius Dabney.
- SJ 82 Commending Judge Preston Caperton Shannon.
- SJ 86 Study; abuse, enforcement, etc., of handicapped parking.
- SJ 106 Commending Virginia Girls State.
- SJ 119 Study; grants to historical organizations.
- SJ 130 Commending N. Bruce Miller.
- SJ 133 On the death of Lewis W. Hurst.
- SJ 134 Commending Jack Hodge.
- SJ 150 Commending Saint Gertrude High School.
- SJ 151 Commending Saint Gertrude High School basketball team.
- SJ 152 Commending Frank Beamer.
- SJ 156 Commending the Winchester Star.
- SJ 175 Commending Mary Waters.