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1997 SESSION
Delegate Kenneth R. Melvin (D) - House District 80
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 813
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- Richmond, Virginia 23219
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- HB 1233 Health insurance; coverage for contraceptives.
- HB 1561 Export Loan Guarantee Fund created.
- HB 1787 Community College Incentive Scholarship Program and Fund.
- HB 1804 Lag pay for state employees; abolished.
- HB 1909 Voluntary contribution to the Department for the Aging.
- HB 1911 Hate crimes.
- HB 1929 Claims; Pond, Glen D.
- HB 2026 Abandoned Waste Site Remediation Foundation and Fund.
- HB 2058 Commitment of convicted felons.
- HB 2068 First time offender reduction for prescription fraud.
- HB 2071 Protective orders.
- HB 2162 Joint use of utility poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way.
- HB 2184 Abandoned vehicles; disposition.
- HB 2198 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission.
- HB 2202 Report of federal grant eligibility.
- HB 2245 Water permit fees.
- HB 2246 Toxics; reduction in state waters.
- HB 2250 Proceedings of Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission confidentiality.
- HB 2279 Lobbyists' disclosure reports and campaign finance reports.
- HB 2282 Civil remedies; chiropractors as expert witness.
- HB 2290 Legislative immunity from arrest.
- HB 2317 Exemplary damages for persons injured by intoxicated drivers.
- HB 2325 Application for certain federal education funds and grants.
- HB 2330 Water Quality Improvement Act of 1997.
- HB 2335 Disposition of assets by nonprofit health care entities.
- HB 2336 Concealed weapons; fingerprinting.
- HB 2367 Income tax; worker retraining tax credit.
- HB 2396 Campaign fundraising activities; legislative sessions.
- HB 2418 Arbitrary refusal of motor vehicle insurance claim.
- HB 2424 Small Business Growth Fund.
- HB 2473 Additional campaign finance disclosure reports to be filed.
- HB 2481 Programs to promote educational opportunities.
- HB 2484 Arts Foundation.
- HB 2503 Criminal history records information; fees.
- HB 2510 Income tax; tax credit for caregivers.
- HB 2548 HOV lanes.
- HB 2559 Unemployment compensation; weekly benefit amount.
- HB 2566 Pupil-teacher ratios.
- HB 2594 Teacher license fees.
- HB 2604 Outdoor advertising.
- HB 2689 Minorities in Teaching Program.
- HB 2692 Earned-income credit.
- HB 2714 Anti-Drug Switching Patient Protection Act; created.
- HB 2723 Academic Achievement and Development Pilot Program.
- HB 2732 Retirement System; early retirement for correctional officers.
- HB 2733 Health care; records.
- HB 2735 Requirements for high school graduation.
- HB 2741 Hampton Roads Sports Facility Authority.
- HB 2784 Health insurance; long-term care prepaid health plans.
- HB 2785 Study; health maintenance organizations, etc.
- HB 2786 Health insurance; essential and standard benefits.
- HB 2806 Programs for impaired practitioners.
- HB 2870 Health maintenance organizations; continuing care facilities.
- HB 2883 AFDC; eligibility.
- HB 2884 Local parking ordinances in cities.
- HB 2885 Window-tinting restrictions; exemptions.
- HB 2887 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
- HB 2909 Secretary of the Commonwealth; reports.
- HJ 443 Study; methods for providing substance abuse treatment services.
- HJ 448 On the death of Arthur M. 'Artie' Levin.
- HJ 455 Commending John R. 'Jack' Dewan.
- HJ 472 Postage stamp honoring Lieutenant General Puller.
- HJ 479 On the death of Dr. Gerald N. Weitzman.
- HJ 482 Commending B. Odell Benton.
- HJ 483 Commending C. Gordon Ellsworth.
- HJ 484 Commending Mike Thornberry.
- HJ 497 Study; Federal Grants Study Commission.
- HJ 500 Study; Commission on Educational Infrastructure continued.
- HJ 501 On the death of Robert E. Harris.
- HJ 504 Commending Howard D. Mast and Cleo F. Mast.
- HJ 506 Commemorating Va. Housing Develop. Authority on its 25th anniv.
- HJ 517 Constitutional amendment; disabled and unfit judges.
- HJ 518 Study; 911 telephone exchange.
- HJ 525 Study; implementation of Fordice.
- HJ 539 Study; operations of seaports.
- HJ 543 Public support for the arts.
- HJ 551 Health care strategic plan.
- HJ 567 Study; voter registration process.
- HJ 575 Study; educational needs of underserved gifted students.
- HJ 588 Designating PTA Appreciation Day in Virginia.
- HJ 598 Study; obstetrical and gynecological services.
- HJ 611 Study; health maintenance organizations.
- HJ 614 Study; programs on payment for pharmacists' cognitive services.
- HJ 623 Health care; pharmacy services.
- HJ 630 Study; interchange of certain drugs.
- HJ 631 Study; employee participation in point-of-service health plans.
- HJ 655 Study; long-term care and aging issues.
- HJ 663 Study; Commission on Family Violence Prevention continued.
- HJ 664 Study; training in family violence issues.
- HJ 667 Encouraging prevention & intervention in state programs & services.
- HJ 673 Commending Tom Dolan.
- HJ 685 Commending McKinley Lenard Price.
- HJ 686 Commemorating 125th anniversary of VPI and State University.
- HJ 687 Commending Virginia Tech football team.
- HJ 696 Commending Frances A. Williams.
- HJ 705 Commending Virginia National Guard.
- HJ 707 On the death of Blossom M. Kramer.
- HJ 709 On the death of Ruth Brown Blair.
- HJ 710 On the death of Robert T. Greene, Sr.
- HJ 711 Commending Royal L. Bolling, Sr.
- HJ 713 Commending Dr. Harrison B. Wilson.
- HJ 715 Commending William T. Leffler, Jr.
- HJ 717 Commending James Loftin.
- HJ 732 On the death of Claude W. Woodward.
- HJ 733 On the death of James E. Knight.
- HJ 738 On the death of Thomas A. Newby.
- HJ 742 Commending Jean H. Shackelford.
- HJ 747 On the death of Dr. Stephen J. Wright, Jr.
- HJ 749 Commending Ralph W. Shelman.
- HR 41 Commending Charles R. Quarles on his retirement.
- SB 786 Sales tax exemption; Health Care Foundation.
- SB 835 Definition of death.
- SB 878 Independent examination of forensic DNA evidence.
- SB 881 Payment of court appointed counsel.
- SB 910 Charter; City of Franklin.
- SB 934 Computation of Virginia taxable income; standard deduction.
- SB 935 Computation of Virginia taxable income; personal exemptions.
- SB 937 Administrative Process Act; judicial review for public assistance.
- SB 939 Sexual battery.
- SB 941 Civil immunity for teachers rendering health-related assistance.
- SB 1034 Trauma triage plan; Board of Health to establish regulations.
- SB 1078 Health insurance for state employees.
- SB 1079 Discrimination prohibited in employment and housing.
- SB 1102 Health insurance; long-term care prepaid health plans.
- SB 1112 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
- SB 1136 Registration of family day homes.
- SB 1137 Licensed child day center staff-to-child ratios.
- SB 1160 Assistive Technology Device Warranties Act.
- SB 1172 Medical assistance services.
- SJ 230 Environmental rights.
- SJ 232 Commending Dr. Harrison B. Wilson.
- SJ 234 Encouraging private sector support for the Va. Health Care Foundation.
- SJ 246 Commemorating 50th anniversary of Model General Assembly.
- SJ 263 Commending Junius H. Williams, Jr.
- SJ 264 Commending C. Fred Bateman.
- SJ 266 Study; crime victims' compensation.
- SJ 272 Study; batterer intervention program standards.
- SJ 276 Disability Commission members.
- SJ 277 Advanced studies diploma.
- SJ 278 Study; batterer intervention program.
- SJ 283 Tuition rates for in-state students.
- SJ 297 Study; employee participation in point-of-service health plans.
- SJ 298 Study; health care to indigent and uninsured populations.
- SJ 314 Memorializing Congress; approval of new drugs.
- SJ 316 Study; long-term care and aging issues.
- SJ 317 Study; health care policy boards.
- SJ 336 Commemorating Southeastern Virginia Areawide Model Program, Inc.
- SJ 343 Waivers for PACE program.
- SJ 364 Study; long-term care insurance.
- SJ 391 Commending George Chancellor Rawlings, Jr.
- SJ 396 On the death of Noman M. Cole, Jr.
- SJ 402 On the death of Pamela C. Harriman.
- SJ 408 On the death of Ian M. Shipley, Jr.