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- HB 3 Legislation; prefiling.
- HB 545 Integrated research & academic campuses; Research & Tech. Adv. Comm. continue its exam. of establmt.
- HB 547 Higher educ. inst. & industry; development of policies and strategies to eliminate barriers between.
- HB 692 Health Care, Joint Commission on; cooperation of other agencies.
- HB 817 Disability Commission; created, report.
- HB 1167 Vacancies in elected office; filling.
- HB 1213 Rural Virginia, Center for; created.
- HB 1227 Rappahannock River Basin Comm.; created as indep. loc. entity w/o political sub. status, membership.
- HB 1228 Frontier Culture Museum; deemed an edu. institution, reduces membership of Bd of Trustees, report.
- HB 1231 Collegial bodies; changes and conformity of provisions.
- HB 1291 Woodlawn Road; Dept. of Transp. to assert property rights of State in Fairfax County & Ft. Belvoir.
- HB 1475 Vietnamese-American Heritage Flag; recognition.
- HJ 1 General Assembly; schedule for conduct of business for 2004 Regular Session.
- HJ 2 General Assembly; schedule for conduct of business until first day of 2005 Session.
- HJ 6 Public Records Act; j.s. to study, including electronic records & effect on state depository system.
- HJ 13 Governor, two-term; js to study appropriate bal. of power between leg. & exec. branches to support.
- HJ 34 Retirement System; study & review of benefits of public safety officers injured in line of duty.
- HJ 71 English proficiency, ltd.; Sec. of Health & Human Res. to develop plan for increasing awareness of.
- HJ 72 Nutrient management plan; JLARC to study effectiveness of implementation, performance & enforcement.
- HJ 79 Mistaken identification in criminal cases; Crime Commission to study.
- HJ 82 Cultural instit., nonstate agency; Dept of Tax. to collect sales tax data pertain. to econo. impact.
- HJ 103 Aging population; JLARC to study impact thereof on demand for state agency services.
- HJ 105 School infrastructure for K-12; joint subcom. to study level of assistance to local. nec. for devel.
- HJ 108 LEED Green Bldg. Rating Sys.; Department of General Services encouraged to use in practices.
- HJ 109 LEED Green Bldg. Rat. Sys.; Board of Visitors of higher education to use in practices.
- HJ 110 LEED Green Bldg. Rat. Sys.; local school boards & governing bodies to use in practices.
- HJ 114 Child Day Care Centers, Standards for Licensed; JLARC to study potential impact on providers, etc.
- HJ 117 School boards; encouraged to use performance-based contracts to evaluate division superintendents.
- HJ 118 Pharmacy, School of; established in Buchanan County.
- HJ 120 Nanotechnology research & econo. developmt. opportunities; Jt. Comm. on Tech. & Science to identify.
- HJ 122 Campus safety; Crime Commission to study at public and private institutions of higher education.
- HJ 123 Principals and assistant principals; Bd. of Education to review its regulations for licensure route.
- HJ 124 Educational Leadership, Commission to Review, Study and Reform; continued.
- HJ 125 Career & technical education; Bd. of Education, et al., to develop atempl. for st/wide arti. agrmnt.
- HJ 126 Career and technical education; recognizing leadership and contributions of local councils.
- HJ 132 Entrepreneurial Education Region; posting of appropriate markers at entrances thereto.
- HJ 133 Pre-hospital emergency medical services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 134 Health records; Joint Commission on Health Care to study use and disclosure thereof.
- HJ 142 Norfolk and Portsmouth Cities; joint subcommittee to study consolidation.
- HJ 152 Housing-related issues; Housing Study Commission to study certain.
- HJ 153 Underground utility distribution lines; State Corporation Comm. to study placement thereof.
- HJ 154 Health Literacy Month; designating as October, 2004 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 162 Smart driver's licenses and identification cards; joint subcommittee to study issuance.
- HJ 163 Reston community; request. various bds. & depts. to implement transportation plan therein.
- HJ 164 Infant screening program for metabolic disorders; Joint Commission on Health Care to collect data.
- HJ 168 Great Virginia Teach-In; designating as March 27-28, 2004.
- HJ 170 Growth and Economic Development, Commission on; continued.
- HJ 172 Income tax; JLARC to collect data & info. from states replacing revenues w/sales & use tax revenues.
- HJ 174 Voting equipment; joint subcom. to study certif. process, performance, and deployment thereof.
- HJ 176 Retail Sales and Use Tax, remote; joint subcommittee to study impact of collection on economy.
- HJ 179 Pledge of Allegiance; encouraging Supreme Court to uphold publ. school policy on recitation.
- HJ 180 Celebrate Adoption Day in Virginia.
- HJ 183 Trauma centers in hospitals; JLARC to study use and financing thereof.
- HJ 185 Route 460 Communications Committee; continued.
- HJ 186 Conflicts of interests and lobbyist disclosure filings; joint subcommittee to study.
- HJ 187 Marriage; urging Congress to propose constitut. amdment. to protect fundamental institution thereof.
- HJ 192 No Child Left Behind Act; memorializing Congress to include a mechanism for automatic waiver.
- HJ 193 Social services system; JLARC to study operation and performance thereof.
- HJ 194 Constitution of U.S.; General Assembly to call for convention to amend & rescind past resolutions.
- HJ 195 Community health workers; JMU tp study status, impact, and utilization thereof.
- HJ 196 Criminal code; State Crime Commission to develop plan for revisions to Title 18.2.
- HJ 197 Higher education institution; Council of Higher Education to consider establ. in South Central Va.
- HJ 205 Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority; Board of Nursing to collect information thereon.
- HJ 225 Commonwealth's Attorneys; Crime Commission to conduct study of operations of offices.
- HJ 226 Natural aquatic resources; Institute of Marine Science to study.
- HJ 228 Adjusted Gross Revenue insurance for farmers.
- HJ 247 State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2003; urging Congress to enact.
- HJ 248 Woodlawn Road; mem. Congress to restore public access thereto through Ft. Belvoir in Fairfax County.
- HJ 259 Virginia Historical Society; designating as Official State Historical Society.
- HJ 260 School divisions; urging to provide health and physical education activities for students.
- HJ 261 Growth and Manufacturing Renewal, Manufacturing Association's Strategy for; G.A. to support.
- HJ 278 National Guard and Reserve; to be recognized and supported by conducting awareness programs.
- HJ 284 Commending the Virginia Pep Band.
- HJ 285 Religious faith; urging Congress to continue to preserve State's sovereignty in related matters.
- HJ 286 Federal burial allowance for veterans; urging Congress to increase.
- HJ 287 Naval District Washington West Area (Dahlgren) Base; General Assembly to support.
- HJ 288 Supreme Court of Virginia; encouraged to amend Rules of Court on electronic filing.
- HJ 291 Interstate Route 81; Transp. Bd. & Dept. to review ways to address congestion & safety problems.
- HJ 292 Designating Election Day as Take Your Kids to Vote Day in Virginia.
- HJ 518 Retirement System Board of Trustees; confirming appointments.
- HJ 519 General Assembly; amending budget bill conferees deadline date.
- HJ 522 Extension of session and budget conferees deadline.
- SB 267 Rivanna River Basin Commission; created.
- SB 290 Living wage provisions; no local governing body may establish without approval of Gen. Assembly.
- SB 381 Disability Commission; created, report.
- SB 406 Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee; membership.
- SB 407 Rural Virginia, Center for; created.
- SB 434 Administrative Rules, Joint Commission on; continued, staffing.
- SB 566 Legislative appointments; definition of nonlegislative citizen member.
- SB 656 Health Care, Joint Commission on; staffing authority.
- SB 664 Unemployment compensation; introduction of legislation affecting State revenue.
- SB 689 Senate; prohibits use of television or other electronic signals generated thereby for poli. or comm.
- SB 691 Legislative appointments; definition of nonlegislative citizen member.
- SJ 1 Public Records Act; joint sub. to study, electronic records & effect on state deposit system.
- SJ 19 Community health workers; JMU to study status, impact, and utilization thereof.
- SJ 22 Kinship care program; JLARC to study need for and efficacy of establishing.
- SJ 24 Oral health care; joint subcommittee to study access to and costs thereof.
- SJ 25 Minority young adults; Joint Commission on Health Care to study mental health needs.
- SJ 27 Redistricting process; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 28 Educational technology funding; joint subcommittee to review feasibility of implem. thereof.
- SJ 29 Veterans care centers; Dept. of Veterans Services to study need for and cost of additional.
- SJ 37 Companion animals; St. Veterinarian to study means to address issue of overpop. & euthanasia.
- SJ 38 Firearms hunting ordinances; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to study.
- SJ 39 Route 1 corridor in Fairfax & Prince William Counties; recognizing need for various transit options.
- SJ 40 North American Free Trade Agreement & World Trade Organization; U.S. to withdraw.
- SJ 41 General registrars; joint subcommittee to study apptmt., responsibilities, and oversight thereof.
- SJ 42 Tax bills; certain prohibited from being amended during 2004 Session.
- SJ 43 Lead-Poisoning Prevention, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
- SJ 45 Registered nurses; Sec. of Health & Human Res. to estab. task force to examine issues.
- SJ 46 Blood-lead testing issues; Div. of Consol. Lab. Serv. & Sec. Health to estab. task force concerning.
- SJ 48 Workforce, Joint Commission on Management of; reestablished.
- SJ 49 Pharmacy, School of; established in Buchanan County.
- SJ 50 Public-Private Long Term Care Insurance Partnership Programs; Dept. of Med. Assist. Serv. to study.
- SJ 53 Retail Sales & Use Tax, remote; joint subcommittee to study impact of collection on economy.
- SJ 55 Jacob Salter Field; Fairfax County School Bd. & Bd. of Superv. encouraged to name certain field.
- SJ 56 Public school divisions; JLARC to study outsourcing opport. for noninstructional services
- SJ 57 Horse industry; Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services to study ways to enhance development.
- SJ 58 Health care & prescription drugs; Joint Commi. on Health Care to study improv. serv. & costs.
- SJ 63 Pub. school teachers and administrators; Board of Education to study granting state employee status.
- SJ 64 Manufacturing; joint subcommittee to study needs and future thereof.
- SJ 65 Colonial Founders Day; designating as May 14, 2004 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 69 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Congress to undertake new comtmt. for funding.
- SJ 71 African-American students; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mem. Comm. to cons. needs.
- SJ 73 Brown v. Board of Education years; designating as 2004 and 2005.
- SJ 74 Higher education; joint subcommittee to study public funding thereof.
- SJ 75 Private landowners; Board Forestry to study provision of incentives to hold & preserve forestland.
- SJ 77 No Child Left Behind Act; memorializing Congress to include a mechanism for auto. waiver.
- SJ 78 Transportation maintenance and construction program and funding; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 79 State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2003; urging Congress to enact.
- SJ 80 Child Day Care Centers, Standards for Licensed; JLARC to study potential impact on providers, etc.
- SJ 81 Offenders with mental illness or substance abuse disorders; proj. designed to divert from jail.
- SJ 82 Tax code and policy issues; Senate and House Committees on Finance to continue study thereof.
- SJ 86 Higher education; Council of Higher Education consider estab. 4-yr degree instit. in S. Central Va.
- SJ 87 Higher educational institutions; joint subcommittee to study future thereof.
- SJ 88 Mental illness & substance abuse initiative; Depts. of Corr. & Juv. Just. to incl. eval. component.
- SJ 89 Churches; joint subcommittee to study issues attendant to incorporation thereof.
- SJ 90 Higher educational institutions; joint subcom. to study admin. & financial relationships between.
- SJ 91 Marriage; urging Congress to propose consti. amdment. to protect fundamental institution thereof.
- SJ 95 Blighted or deteriorated properties; Housing Study Comm. to study impact on older urban communities.
- SJ 96 Confederate History and Heritage Month; designating as April, 2004, & each succeeding yr. after.
- SJ 97 Woodlawn Road; mem. Congress to restore public access thereto through Ft. Belvoir in Fairfax County.
- SJ 111 Economic development; joint subcommittee to study measures to improve and enhance in SWVa.
- SJ 114 French and Indian War.
- SJ 115 National Guard and Reserve; to be recognized and supported by conducting awareness programs.
- SJ 117 Greek Independence Day; designating as March 25, 2004, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 120 National Courtesy Week; designating as second week in February & each succeeding yr. thereafter.
- SJ 122 Medicaid-eligible persons w/ limited English prof.; reimburs. translation & interpretation services.
- SJ 130 Supreme Court of Virginia; encouraged to amend Rules of Court on electronic filing.
- SJ 131 Sexual assault; Dept. of Health to study st/wide response to victims & prevention thereof.
- SJ 257 General Assembly; amending budget bill conferees deadline date and extension of session.
- SJ 258 General Assembly; schedule for conduct of business for 2004 Special Session.
- SR 1 Senate; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.
- SR 2 Rules of Senate; establishing, previous provisions superseded.
- SR 17 General Assembly; schedule for conduct of business for 2004 Special Session.