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1998 SESSION
Senator Janet D. Howell (D) - Senate District 32
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 327
- 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 1 Religious freedom preserved.
- HB 22 Sales tax exemption; programs in DHUD Section 8.
- HB 56 Possessing dangerous weapon in recreation or community center.
- HB 95 Parking in streets and highways in towns in Fairfax County.
- HB 117 Sales tax exemption; Oceanwatch.
- HB 118 Sales tax exemption; KISS Institute for Practical Robotics.
- HB 204 Sales tax exemption; commercial awards and textile embroidery.
- HB 205 Weapons in Fairfax County facilities.
- HB 218 Local offices of consumer affairs.
- HB 274 Property tax exemption; Jewish Foundation for Group Homes, Inc.
- HB 275 Computer trespass.
- HB 276 Computer programs not compliant with Year 2000.
- HB 277 Tort Claims Act; immunity from computer error for 'Year 2000'.
- HB 278 Sales tax exemption; certain electronic communication services.
- HB 279 Information technology.
- HB 303 Elementary school guidance counselors.
- HB 310 Selection of crime victims based upon race, sexual orientation, etc.
- HB 311 Hate crimes and offenses.
- HB 368 Board of zoning appeals.
- HB 478 Family life education.
- HB 479 Elementary school guidance counselors.
- HB 505 Income tax; deduction for fast toll system payment.
- HB 506 Property owners and condominium associations.
- HB 569 Standards of Quality; administrative and support staffing.
- HB 571 Compensation for Victims of Crime Act.
- HB 573 Victim participation in plea agreements.
- HB 583 Protective orders; family abuse or stalking.
- HB 588 Campaign finance reports; electronic filings, Internet access.
- HB 600 Victim impact testimony.
- HB 613 Criminal procedure; compensating victims.
- HB 639 Motor vehicle insurance; accident and conviction surcharges.
- HB 664 Drug assessment of certain offenders.
- HB 668 Religious Freedom Protection Act; created.
- HB 701 Magistrates; residence.
- HB 702 Unlawful purchase or possession of alcohol.
- HB 737 School bus drivers; cellular telephone use.
- HB 764 Housing; spot blight abatement.
- HB 808 Number of deputies.
- HB 826 Purple Heart Trail.
- HB 828 Peddlers; regulation.
- HB 848 Earned-income tax credit.
- HB 863 Right to Farm.
- HB 936 Traffic light violations; enforcement.
- HB 941 Assistive Technology Device Warranties Act; created.
- HB 948 Compensation of court-appointed counsel.
- HB 1010 Cooperation with a law-enforcement officer.
- HB 1014 Restricted driver's licenses.
- HB 1060 School Nurse Incentive Grants Program and Fund; created.
- HB 1061 School Nurse Incentive Grants Program and Fund; created.
- HB 1077 Cemetery Board; created.
- HB 1078 Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; cremation.
- HB 1079 Open video systems.
- HB 1101 Prescription dispensing record disclosure.
- HB 1128 Sheriffs; monthly report to Compensation Board.
- HB 1129 Home incarceration.
- HB 1130 Public School Construction Grants Fund.
- HB 1141 Land records management.
- HB 1204 Residential Property Disclosure Act.
- HB 1208 Highway beautification.
- HB 1259 Medicaid; family planning.
- HB 1265 Consumer Real Estate Settlement Protection Act.
- HB 1287 Teachers to study gifted education.
- HB 1288 Study; Gifted Education Pilot Program.
- HB 1289 Gifted education programs.
- HB 1293 Criminal history records check; community services boards, etc.
- HB 1294 Council on Coordinating Prevention.
- HB 1308 Technology Training Act; created.
- HB 1311 Health professions; selling eyeglasses.
- HB 1354 Small claims courts.
- HB 1358 Sale of alcoholic beverages by persons under 18 years of age.
- HB 1359 Qualified equity and subordinated debt investments tax credit.
- HB 1360 Law-enforcement personnel training; Alzheimer's disease.
- HB 1364 Department of General Services; value engineering.
- HB 1365 Local grievance procedure; definition of grievance.
- HB 1385 Possession of weapons on school property.
- HJ 27 On the death of Edith Pratt Masterson.
- HJ 36 Internet; services free from fees, taxes, etc.
- HJ 37 World Congress on Information Technology Week.
- HJ 38 Study; Uniform Commercial Code Revised Article 2B.
- HJ 47 Commending Sir Joseph John Thomson, O.M.
- HJ 66 Georgetown Pike.
- HJ 88 Study; retirement of correctional officers.
- HJ 95 On the death of William B. Spong, Jr.
- HJ 132 Commending James I. Robertson, Jr.
- HJ 133 Commending Northern VA Soil and Water Conservation District.
- HJ 134 Study; highway & bridge connections between Maryland & Virginia.
- HJ 158 Study; Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) program.
- HJ 176 Study; guidelines for technology connectivity.
- HJ 183 Study; hypothyroidism.
- HJ 184 Study; visitor's center in Dulles Corridor.
- HJ 189 Naming of buildings, etc.
- HJ 190 Study; capital representation for indigent defendants.
- HJ 218 Study; disclosure of autopsy and medical examination records.
- HJ 236 Study; water resources.
- HJ 249 Study; minority teachers.
- HJ 250 Add-on endorsement in gifted education for school personnel.
- HJ 251 Study; educational needs of underserved gifted students.
- HJ 253 Support work of U.S. Innovation Partnership.
- HJ 254 Substance abuse prevention and treatment.
- HJ 255 Study; habitual drunk driving offenses.
- HJ 257 Study; air pollution generated by out-of-state sources.
- HJ 268 Study; health care coverage for anorexia or bulimia.
- HJ 276 Study; Tyson's Corner area transportation.
- HJ 279 Study; child support.
- HJ 280 Study; child sexual assault victims.
- HJ 289 On the death of George H. Heilig, Jr.
- HJ 298 On the death of John N. Sturdivant.
- HJ 334 Commending Stenwood Elementary School.
- HJ 335 Commending League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area.
- HJ 336 Commending Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.
- HJ 357 Commending Israel on occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HJ 358 Commending; SAVE Today for Tomorrow Day & Med. Soc. of Va. Alliance.
- HJ 365 Commending B. Philip Bigler.
- HJ 377 Commending Hadassah.
- HJ 386 Commending Barter Theatre.
- HJ 397 Celebrating the life of Lillian E. Brown.
- HJ 402 Commending Falls Church-McLean Children's Center.
- HJ 414 Commending Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department.
- HJ 430 John Glenn/NASA Langley Month.
- HJ 434 Commending Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington.
- HJ 435 Commending Dulles Area Transportation Association.
- HJ 444 Commending Judge William L. Winston.
- HJ 453 On the death of Katherine S. Philpott.
- HJ 463 Commending Nancy Davenport-Ennis.
- SB 35 Insurance companies; retaliatory tax credit.
- SB 50 Stalking.
- SB 69 Tax credit for vehicles emissions testing equipment.
- SB 93 Sales tax exemption; Black Data Processing Associates of Richmond.
- SB 130 Possessing dangerous weapon in recreation or community center.
- SB 152 Electronic filing of information.
- SB 153 Trade and commerce; digital signatures.
- SB 154 Absentee ballot applications.
- SB 155 Freedom of Information Act; notice, electronic communication meetings.
- SB 156 Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings.
- SB 165 Excellence in public schools.
- SB 175 Sales tax on food products for home consumption.
- SB 206 Family life education.
- SB 219 Income tax; deduction for first $15,000 of military basic pay.
- SB 272 Employment references; employer liability.
- SB 291 Criminal background checks.
- SB 305 Peeping or spying into a restroom.
- SB 306 Community services boards; employee background checks.
- SB 317 Drug assessment of certain offenders.
- SB 324 Statute of limitations of prosecutions.
- SB 345 General Assembly; judicial nominations.
- SB 350 Public assistance; Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW).
- SB 359 Elections; absentee voting.
- SB 360 Voter registration cards.
- SB 370 Exclusion of victims of crime.
- SB 373 Officers of election; hours of service.
- SB 375 Income tax credit for tolls.
- SB 383 Workforce Training Council; created.
- SB 384 Workforce training at community colleges.
- SB 386 Income tax; tax credit for caregivers.
- SB 387 Concealed handgun permit reciprocity.
- SB 388 Foster care; adoption, termination of parental rights.
- SB 394 Public guardians and conservators.
- SB 404 Juvenile courts; termination of parental rights.
- SB 409 Special license plates; supporters of the Nat. Air & Space Museum.
- SB 416 Board of Social Services; members.
- SB 417 Child care.
- SB 418 Child Day-Care Council; abolished.
- SB 419 Child welfare agencies.
- SB 420 Definition of family day homes.
- SB 425 Opening of the school year.
- SB 428 Retirement System; prior service credit for birth/adoption of a child.
- SB 429 Emergency Medical Services Orders.
- SB 481 Child support; retroactivity.
- SB 484 License reinstatement fee; neurotrauma fund.
- SB 496 Distribution of sales tax revenue.
- SB 513 Enterprise zones; designation.
- SB 558 Reading Incentive Grants Program and Fund; created.
- SB 566 Bonds for Northern Virginia Transportation District Program.
- SB 567 Transportation Contract Revenue Bond Act.
- SB 570 Vested rights.
- SB 571 Rate of tangible personal property tax on passenger vehicles.
- SB 578 Open video systems.
- SB 581 Highway beautification.
- SB 584 Health care coverage; infant hearing screenings.
- SB 585 Hearing Impairment Identification and Monitoring System.
- SB 591 Hearing Impairment Identification and Monitoring System.
- SB 592 Child care; family day homes.
- SB 593 Licensed child day center staff-to-child ratios.
- SB 594 Licensed child day center personnel qualifications.
- SB 595 Study; child care, abolishes Child Day-Care Council.
- SB 596 Child care; supervision of aides.
- SB 599 Occupational therapists.
- SB 608 Mental health; involuntary temporary detention.
- SB 610 Codes of student conduct.
- SB 614 Community policing programs.
- SB 615 Cultural diversity training for law-enforcement officers.
- SB 616 Regional Cooperation Act.
- SB 632 Prescription dispensing record disclosure.
- SB 638 Family income tax credit.
- SB 689 Statewide human services information and referral system.
- SB 692 Exclusion of victims.
- SB 695 Lottery revenues; return to localities.
- SB 700 Cemetery Board; created.
- SJ 35 Employer Support of National Guard and Reserve Week.
- SJ 36 Study; electronic contracting and procurement.
- SJ 37 Study; technology assets.
- SJ 54 Commending Academy of Family Physicians.
- SJ 56 Commending James W. Holley III.
- SJ 57 Commending William E. Russell.
- SJ 60 Commending John R. Newhart.
- SJ 79 Study; innovations to improve registration and election processes.
- SJ 80 Commending James Farmer.
- SJ 81 Commending Stonewall Jackson High School golf team.
- SJ 83 Commending Sherando High School girls' cross country team.
- SJ 96 Commending Central High School boys' cross country team.
- SJ 116 Community policing programs.
- SJ 129 On the death of Henry Howell.
- SJ 135 On the death of Dr. Pheobe H. Knipling.
- SJ 136 On the death of James Boyd Hunter, III.
- SJ 139 On the death of Harold M. Marsh, Sr.
- SJ 140 Commemorating anniversary of death of George Washington.
- SJ 142 Commending John Handley High School girls' tennis team.
- SJ 143 Commending Strasburg High School wrestling team.
- SJ 150 Commending Sidney A. Bailey.
- SJ 166 Commending GMU's Health Educ. & Phys. Fitness Prog. of Older Adults.
- SJ 169 Commending Health Care Foundation.
- SJ 176 Study; gender discrimination in college sports.
- SJ 177 Study; smart growth area initiatives.
- SJ 178 Commending Julia A. Connally.
- SJ 179 Constitutional amendment; property exempt from taxation.
- SJ 186 Study; mass transit for Dulles Toll Road/Dulles Greenway Corridor.
- SJ 190 Study; access to juvenile court proceedings.
- SJ 196 Study; maternity care in out-of-hospital settings, professional.
- SJ 197 Commending Susan Clarke Schaar.
- SJ 200 Study; habitual offenders, sanctions.
- SJ 201 Commending James A. Wilding.
- SJ 204 On the death of Abbot J. Lambert.
- SJ 208 On the death of Lewis 'Jackrabbit' Smith.
- SJ 209 Commending Jean Johnson.
- SJ 210 Commending Oliver Hill.
- SJ 211 Commending Ellen M. Bozman.
- SJ 213 Amending Rule 10 of HJR 12 of 1998 Regular Session.
- SJ 219 Commending Washington Gas on occasion of its 150th anniversary.
- SJ 221 On the death of John Paul Monahan III.
- SJ 227 Commemorating life and legacy of George Washington.
- SJ 228 Technology Month.
- SJ 231 Commending Richard J. Ernst.
- SJ 239 Directing Crime Commission to study prostitution.
- SJ 240 Crime Commission to study drug law enforcement and interdiction.
- SJ 244 Commending Horace S. Savage, Jr.
- SJ 253 On the death of Bonnie S. DiGiosia.
- SJ 254 Commending Thomas O. Beane.
- SR 4 Senate Rules; judicial nominations.
- SR 21 Read Across America Day, March 2, 1998.
- SR 32 Commending Dr. Hugo Armstrong Owens, Sr.