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1996 SESSION
Senator Janet D. Howell (D) - Senate District 32
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 329
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district32@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 2608
- Reston, Virginia 20195-0608
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- HB 27 Sales tax exemption; machinery, equipment and computer items.
- HB 48 Administrative Process Act; park authorities.
- HB 68 Transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.
- HB 106 Learner's permits; accompanying driver to be 21 or family member.
- HB 140 Dangerous weapons; penalty for possession in certain facilities.
- HB 182 Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act.
- HB 184 Sales tax exemption; Vienna Youth, Inc., and Vienna Little League.
- HB 185 Failing to stop for a police officer.
- HB 186 Definition of 'crime' for purposes of criminal injuries compensation.
- HB 187 Income tax; exempts income of poll workers.
- HB 206 Implementation of the National Voter Registration Act.
- HB 232 Filling county board vacancy in Arlington County.
- HB 233 School board vacancies in Arlington County.
- HB 234 Hate crimes.
- HB 243 Sales tax exemption; Community Residences, Inc.
- HB 268 Sales tax exemption; research and development.
- HB 269 Sales tax exemption; property purchased by contractors.
- HB 292 Federal retirees missing deadline for filing.
- HB 293 BPOL tax uniform ordinance.
- HB 302 Concealed weapons permits.
- HB 314 Fair campaign practices commissions in Fairfax County.
- HB 331 Early Childhood and Child Day Care Programs, Commission on.
- HB 349 Purple Heart Trail.
- HB 350 Special license plates; Purple Heart recipients.
- HB 371 Distribution of recordation tax to localities.
- HB 381 Parking by commercial buses in Arlington County.
- HB 382 Public Procurement Act; purchase of utility marking services.
- HB 440 Condominium Act; public offering statement.
- HB 441 Lists of registered voters and those who voted.
- HB 454 Concealed handgun permit.
- HB 533 Parental responsibility for juvenile supervision.
- HB 534 Juvenile offender demographics.
- HB 603 Alcoholic beverage control; use of false identification.
- HB 618 Alcoholic beverage control; wine and beer franchise acts.
- HB 621 Professional regulation; Board of Psychology.
- HB 668 Income tax, state; subtraction for Bosnia military service pay.
- HB 689 Pedestrians.
- HB 743 Recyclable materials; penalty to scavenge or remove.
- HB 758 Failing to stop for a police officer.
- HB 805 Community development authorities; procurement exemption.
- HB 806 Service districts.
- HB 810 Tax credit for qualified equity and subordinated debt investments.
- HB 823 Records of convictions from other states.
- HB 852 Future Services Contract Act.
- HB 865 Limitation on certain wine and beer licensees.
- HB 867 Service of process by private server.
- HB 879 Testimony of husband and wife in criminal cases.
- HB 884 University of Virginia Medical Center.
- HB 911 Podiatry; definition.
- HB 916 Secretary of Finance; agencies to pay by electronic transfer.
- HB 931 Pickup trucks; transportation of persons under 16 in open beds.
- HB 1069 Public assistance; aid to families with dependent children.
- HB 1097 Technology training for teachers, administrators and librarians.
- HB 1098 Powers of Department of Conservation and Recreation.
- HB 1099 Possession of infectious substances with intent to injure.
- HB 1123 Wetlands mitigation banking.
- HB 1140 Income tax, state; political party voluntary contribution.
- HB 1143 Value engineering.
- HB 1150 Local cigarette tax; statewide for localities.
- HB 1163 Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact.
- HB 1225 Multi-county transportation improvement districts.
- HB 1233 Health insurance; denial of benefits for contraceptives prohibited.
- HB 1279 Licensure and regulation of massage therapists.
- HB 1299 Deputy sheriffs' procedural guarantees.
- HB 1308 Fire Marshal.
- HB 1322 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; cable service.
- HB 1357 Mopeds.
- 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 1412 Appeals of Water Control & Air Pollution Control Boards action.
- HB 1416 Sale of tobacco products to minors; identification, fine.
- HB 1433 Erosion and sediment control.
- HB 1434 Motor vehicle dealer processing fees.
- HB 1460 BPOL tax; excludes research and development revenues.
- HB 1467 Courtroom interpreters.
- HB 1472 Health insurance; access to ob/gyn services.
- HB 1489 Public service companies; manner of laying pipes.
- HB 1493 Law-Enforcement Officers' Procedural Guarantees Act.
- HB 1496 Civil liability for furnishing weapons to minors.
- HB 1497 BPOL tax; software manufacturers' exemption.
- HB 1498 Capital Company Act; created to promote business expansion.
- HB 1507 Real Estate Board; correspondence instruction.
- HB 1514 Possessing weapons in certain local government facilities.
- HB 1519 Income tax, state; credit for caregivers.
- HB 1525 School drop out prevention programs.
- HB 1537 Virginia-Israel Partnership Council; created.
- HJ 13 Dulles Airport; Fairfax & Loudoun Counties to preserve.
- HJ 60 Commending Virginia Tech football team.
- HJ 61 Commending Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District.
- HJ 97 Commending University of Virginia football team.
- HJ 98 Commemorating 75th anniversary of admission of women to Virginia Tech.
- HJ 100 Study; encouraging organ donation.
- 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 173 Study; agencies within Secretariat of Natural Resources.
- HJ 196 Study; Commission on the Future of Public Education.
- HJ 199 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters; overseas employee.
- HJ 207 Study; alternative investments in Retirement System.
- HJ 220 Study; Indoor Clean Air Act.
- HJ 223 Study; options for financing major league baseball stadium.
- HJ 224 Study; wireless telecommunications providers.
- HJ 225 Study; educational technology infrastructure.
- HJ 230 Study; employee assistance program professionals.
- HJ 237 Study; structure of technology governance.
- HJ 241 Study; school drop out prevention.
- HJ 249 Study; education reform.
- HJ 254 Study; non sworn law-enforcement personnel in sheriffs' offices.
- HJ 259 On the death of Lt. Ronald Joseph Mobayed.
- HJ 262 On the death of Edmund D. Campbell.
- HJ 268 Commending McLean High School of Fairfax County.
- HJ 272 Commending Fairfax Hospital.
- HJ 282 Commending Elizabeth V. Lodal.
- HJ 297 On the death of Martha H. Pruett.
- HJ 300 On the death of Marion Virginia Engle Hazel.
- HJ 312 Commending Times Community Newspapers of Fairfax County.
- HJ 315 Commending Arlington County Civic Federation.
- HJ 319 Commending Maurice 'Mo' Vaughn.
- HJ 328 SAVE Month and SAVE Today for Tomorrow Day.
- HJ 332 Commending Edwin Williams Lynch.
- HJ 349 Commending McLean High School football team.
- HJ 358 Commending George W. Johnson.
- HJ 363 Commending Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
- SB 94 Serious juvenile offenders.
- SB 95 Family court.
- SB 100 Dangerous weapons; penalty for possession in certain facilities.
- SB 110 Federal retirees missing deadline for filing.
- SB 177 Distribution of recordation tax to localities.
- SB 179 Certified stormwater management developments and property.
- SB 184 Safety belts.
- SB 203 Personal property tax; classification.
- SB 204 Special license plates; Purple Heart recipients.
- SB 212 Human rights commissions in Arlington County.
- SB 236 Transition from city to town status; restriction on annexation.
- SB 237 Transition of city to town status.
- SB 243 Special license plates; supporters of Virginia state parks.
- SB 248 Public utilities; special rates, alternative forms of regulation.
- SB 264 Alcoholic beverage control; wine and beer franchise acts.
- SB 269 Condominium Act.
- SB 309 Economic growth sharing agreements.
- SB 323 Jury service; applicable to persons with disabilities.
- SB 324 Truancy.
- SB 326 Freedom of Information Act; index of certain computer databases.
- SB 380 Concealed weapons permits.
- SB 382 Smoking prohibited in public areas.
- SB 386 Law-Enforcement Officers and Employees Privacy Act; created.
- SB 399 Defamation of former employees.
- SB 426 State mental hospitals; disposal of unclaimed personal property.
- SB 438 Elections; voter registrars.
- SB 445 Medicaid; fraudulently issued benefits, civil action to recover costs.
- SB 446 Nursing home patients.
- SB 450 Certificate of transplant surgeon; evidence.
- SB 459 Childhood sexual abuse.
- SB 484 Retirement System; election of optional benefits.
- SB 487 Real estate brokers and salespersons; licensure.
- SB 488 Use of candidate's name in name of political committee.
- SB 492 Medical assistance services; social workers, professional counselors.
- SB 532 Public assistance; day-care.
- SB 533 Transportation of children with disabilities.
- SB 541 Baseball Stadium Authority.
- SB 543 Notice of zoning amendments.
- SB 548 Health insurance; designation of ob/gyn as primary care physicians.
- SB 580 Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact.
- SB 606 Income tax, state; contribution to Open Space Rec. and Cons. Fund.
- SB 618 Investment of public funds.
- SB 619 Income tax, state; earned-income credit.
- SB 620 Creation of university corporations by George Mason University.
- SB 621 Child protective services.
- SJ 23 Commending Maggi Sullivan.
- SJ 24 Study; DMV to examine registration, etc., of motor carriers.
- SJ 33 Commending John Handley High School girls' tennis team.
- SJ 35 Study; Western Transp. Corridor Study Policy Advisory Committee.
- SJ 37 Congress maintain oversight of public welfare funds.
- SJ 38 On the death of Virginius Dabney.
- SJ 40 On the death of D. Jerlene Harding.
- SJ 41 Commending Virginia State Association of Parliamentarians.
- SJ 44 Commending Dana B. Hamel.
- SJ 46 Study; accessibility of polling places.
- SJ 59 Study; length of school term.
- SJ 82 Commending Judge Preston Caperton Shannon.
- SJ 99 Study; restorative justice.
- SJ 101 Study; options for financing major league baseball stadium.
- SJ 103 Commending Inova Health System.
- SJ 106 Commending Virginia Girls State.
- SJ 107 Study; implementation of plans from study of women-owned businesses.
- SJ 108 Women's Business Advocate position.
- SJ 111 Study; results of Commission on Transportation for 21st Century.
- SJ 112 Study; vocational high schools.
- SJ 119 Study; grants to historical organizations.
- SJ 121 Study; results of Commission on Transportation for 21st Century.
- SJ 122 Study; Dulles Airport access.
- SJ 123 Study; Comprehensive Services Act.
- SJ 125 On the death of Barbara Jordan.
- SJ 130 Commending N. Bruce Miller.
- SJ 133 On the death of Lewis W. Hurst.
- SJ 134 Commending Jack Hodge.
- SJ 135 Commending Charles H. Bowens II.
- SJ 136 Commending Jason Rotz.
- SJ 137 Commending Lee Ellsworth Lowery.
- SJ 141 Commending George C. Crawley.
- SJ 142 Commending Barbara L. Rivers.
- SJ 143 Commending Lawrence G. Reuter.
- SJ 151 Commending Saint Gertrude High School basketball team.
- SJ 152 Commending Frank Beamer.
- SJ 156 Commending the Winchester Star.
- SJ 159 Acts of bigotry and hatred.
- SJ 160 On the death of Bishop Thomas E. Talley.
- SJ 161 Commending Tim Sullivan, Jared Legg, and Rafael Vargas.
- SJ 164 Commending Junius H. Williams, Portsmouth's First Citizen for 1995.
- SJ 173 On the death of Patrick Henry Callaway.
- SJ 174 On the death of George Nicholas Psimas.
- SJ 175 Commending Mary Waters.
- SJ 177 Commending Georgia B. Graves.
- SR 19 Commending A. Lonnie Brand, Jr.