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- HB 1720 Virginia Bicentennial of American War of 1812 Commission; extending time Commission may be funded.
- HB 1893 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; may be used to cover costs of required fees.
- HB 1952 Health Care, Joint Commission on; repeals provision sunsetting the Commission on July 1, 2012.
- HB 2088 Rail and Public Transportation, Dept. of, etc.; develop process to evaluate safety issues, etc.
- HB 2199 Veterans Services Foundation; Board of Trustees may be removed by appointing authority.
- HB 2285 Auditor of Public Accounts; duties, standard vendor accounting information to include certain info.
- HB 2423 Broadband Advisory Council; established.
- HB 2433 Eastern Virginia Medical School; alters manner in which Board of Visitors is appointed.
- HB 2546 Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; America's 400th Anniversary Commemoration, report.
- HB 2594 Vietnam Human Rights Day.
- HB 2671 Cabin Capital of Virginia; designating Page County thereas.
- HB 2674 Mental Retardation Waiver and IFDDS Waiver; Governor to plan to eliminate urgent care waiting lists.
- HJ 635 Women's Heart Day; designating as May 17, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 644 Kaine, Timothy M.; portrait to be painted, framed and placed in Capitol.
- HJ 651 Project Lead the Way (PLTW) program; school divisions to launch in division's high schools.
- HJ 652 K-8 Mathematics Specialists; school divisions to hire to improve performance of students.
- HJ 653 PRODUCED in Virginia program; UVA School of Engineering & CVCC recognized for establishing.
- HJ 674 Older Virginians Mental Health Month; designating as September, 2009 and each year thereafter.
- HJ 678 Classroom teachers; SCHEV Community College System to study shortage thereof.
- HJ 680 Native Americans of Virginia; General Assembly to support establishment of commemorative commission.
- HJ 681 Corporate income tax system; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 683 Retailers for Life Month; designating as April 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 684 Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week; designating as February 7-14, 2009, and each year.
- HJ 685 Commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.
- HJ 711 Transportation Network of Hampton Roads, Joint Subcommittee studying; continued.
- HJ 715 Disability History and Awareness Month; designating as October 2009, & each year therafter.
- HJ 722 Lyndhurst Station; recognized for its distinctive and historic place in State history.
- HJ 730 Large animal veterinarians; Va.-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Med. to study shortage of.
- HJ 754 Virginia Caregivers Week; designating as November 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 755 Will F. Jenkins Day; designating as June 27, 2009.
- HJ 756 VAMPO; General Assembly recognizes need and encourages Secretary of Transportation to support, etc.
- HJ 771 Patient Advocate Day; designating as April 4, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 783 Virginia's Rail Heritage Region; established to promote and encourage rail tourism.
- HJ 788 Day of Remembrance; designating April 21, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 791 Rules, and Speaker of House of Delegates, Joint Committee on; confirming appointments
- HJ 792 Assisted Living Awareness Day; designating September 15, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 793 Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month; designating March 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 823 Adolescent Well Health visit; recognizing importance thereof for health and well-being.
- HJ 1042 Retirement System; confirming appointment by Joint Rules Committee for member to Board of Trustees.
- SB 980 Manufacturing Development Commission; repeals July 1, 2009, sunset date.
- SB 981 Manufacturing Development Commission; increases size to 14 members by adding a representative.
- SB 1016 P-16 Education Council; established as an advisory council within executive branch.
- SB 1036 Rappahannock River Basin Commission; membership.
- SB 1060 Health Care, Joint Commission on; shall expire on July 1, 2012.
- SB 1249 Eastern Virginia Medical School; alters manner in which Board of Visitors is appointed.
- SB 1401 Budget Bill(s); Chairman of House Appropriations Committee, etc. to issue reports concurrently.
- SB 1453 Civics Education, Commission on; established.
- SB 1485 Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Commission; provides that 5 ex officio members shall vote.
- SJ 274 Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week; designating as third week of September 2009.
- SJ 276 Medicine, Board of; JLARC to review effectiveness thereof in regulating practice of medicine.
- SJ 277 Tort claims brought against entities; JLARC to study costs incurred by State or its localities.
- SJ 292 Cancer research; joint subcommittee to study benefits to State of appropriating additional funds.
- SJ 303 Year of Astronomy; designating as year 2009.
- SJ 305 Steamboat Era Day; designating as Sept. 14, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 313 Public schools; JLARC to study ways to promote and ensure early reading proficiency.
- SJ 314 Virginia's Rail Heritage Region; established to promote and encourage rail tourism.
- SJ 316 Surgeon General, State; Joint Commission on Health Care to study feasibility, etc. of establishing.
- SJ 318 Strategies & Models for Subtance Abuse Prevention & Treatment; Joint Subcommittee Studying.
- SJ 319 Home energy consumption; Housing Commission to study.
- SJ 321 Disability History and Awareness Month, designating as October 2009, and each succeeding year.
- SJ 322 Waterfowl; joint subcommittee to study hunting in urban and suburban areas.
- SJ 324 Multistate service corporations; joint committee of Senate and House Committees on Finance to study.
- SJ 325 Chronic diseases; Joint Commission on Health Care to study opportunities for early identification.
- SJ 328 Voting equipment; joint subcommittee to study postelection audits.
- SJ 329 George Mason University; GMU, Loudoun County and Town of Leesburg to study permanent campus.
- SJ 330 State Employee Total Compensation, Review of; joint subcommittee study findings prepared by JLARC.
- SJ 337 Federal grants; Department of Planning and Budget, etc., to advise State agencies thereof.
- SJ 338 Public schools; state assistance for construction and renovation, report.
- SJ 339 Individuals with life-threatening conditions; Joint Commission on Health Care to study.
- SJ 341 Public officials; joint subcommittee to study conduct of state legislative and executive branches.
- SJ 342 Commemorating the Centennial of the NAACP.
- SJ 343 Commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.
- SJ 345 Recycling receptacles; state and local governmental entities to increase usage thereof.
- SJ 346 Local government; joint subcommittee to study organization thereof.
- SJ 353 Local government; distribution of state and local taxes therefor.
- SJ 356 Teenage driving; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 357 Rapid transit service network; continues mandate of study.
- SJ 358 Hospital emergency rooms; Crime Commission to study issues of public safety.
- SJ 359 Operations of Circuit Court Clerks' Offices, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
- SJ 360 Judicial personnel; joint committee of Senate and House Committee for Courts of Justice to study.
- SJ 362 Restorative justice; Crime Commission shall investigate legal and practical issues surrounding.
- SJ 363 False Identification cards; Crime Commission to study issues regarding apprehension and prosecution.
- SJ 373 American Cancer Society Day; designating as February 5, 2009, and each succeeding year.
- SJ 379 Hurricane Camille; designating as August 20, 2009, and day of remembrance of the 40th anniversary.
- SJ 392 National School Breakfast Week; designating as week of first Sunday in March 2009, and each year.
- SJ 397 Saltwater anglers; Marine Resources Commission to examine creation of comprehensive registry.
- SJ 401 Law Day; designating as May 1, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 411 Oysters; sterile non-native; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support responsible cultivation.
- SJ 412 Human trafficking; notes General Assembly's concern regarding and repudiation thereof in State.
- SJ 431 Lawyer Professionalism Day; designating as April 13, 2009.
- SR 20 Senate; encourages timely communication and reports from any conference on budget bills.
- SR 21 Senate Ethics Advisory Panel; confirming nominations.