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2009 SESSION
Senator John S. Edwards (D) - Senate District 21
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 309
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-7521
- email: district21@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 1179
- Roanoke, Virginia 24006-1179
- (540) 985-8690
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- HB 1727 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; created, report.
- HB 2192 Virginia War Memorial; term killed in action to include any deployed active duty military personnel.
- HB 2199 Veterans Services Foundation; Board of Trustees may be removed by appointing authority.
- HB 2224 Braille; certification of instructors.
- HB 2279 Benefit claims assistance; requires Commissioner Dept. of Veterans Services to ensure assistance.
- HB 2345 Animal laws; correct error in 2008 recodification of Title 3.1 to allow town to adopt by reference.
- HB 2346 Pensions paid to widows and maiden or widowed daughters of Confederate veterans; repealed.
- HB 2348 Fiduciaries distributing intangible personal property to file informative tax returns; repealed.
- HB 2349 Richmond Metropolitan Authority; created.
- HB 2350 Transportation of troops by railroad; repeals obsolete section.
- HB 2385 Discrimination; prohibited in public employment based on race, color, religion, etc.
- HB 2433 Eastern Virginia Medical School; alters manner in which Board of Visitors is appointed.
- HB 2628 Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement.
- HB 2639 Freedom of Information Act; exempts certain records of Department of Veterans Services, etc.
- HJ 745 Celebrating the life of Frederick Wayne Hutchins, Jr.
- HJ 841 Commending Joe Cotter.
- HJ 892 Celebrating the life of Thomas Vander Woude.
- HJ 974 Commending Robert S. Bowers, Jr.
- HJ 975 Commending the Bradley Free Clinic on the occasion of its 35th anniversary.
- HJ 994 Commending Equality Virginia on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
- HJ 997 Celebrating the life of Barbara Moxley Spencer.
- HJ 1047 Commending the Glenvar High School wrestling team.
- SB 988 Voting equipment; locality that acquired DREs prior to 7-1-07 may temporarily conduct election.
- SB 1075 Optometrists; those licensed may sell contact lenses & allowed to dispense ophthalmic devices.
- SB 1135 Parole Board; ensure each person eligible for parole receives a timely and thorough review.
- SB 1240 Two-Year College Transfer Grant; increases annual amount thereof.
- SB 1244 Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; qualifying project definition.
- SB 1314 Purchases of Services From People with Severe Disabilities, Board for; established.
- SB 1325 Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit; changes administration of and eligibility for an allocation.
- SB 1334 Certificate of Public Need; increases maximum amount for fees for an application therefor.
- SB 1436 Crime victims; no law-enforcement officer shall inquire into immigration status of victim of crime.
- SB 1501 Mental Retardation Medicaid Waiver, etc.; elimination of waiting lists.
- SJ 302 Celebrating the life of Leigh Buckner Hanes, Jr.
- SJ 373 American Cancer Society Day; designating as February 5, 2009, and each succeeding year.
- SJ 389 Celebrating the life of William E. Fears.
- SJ 391 Celebrating the life of Leslie Funk Herdegen Rohrer.
- SJ 398 Celebrating the life of Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr.
- SJ 403 Celebrating the life of Ashley McIntosh.
- SJ 427 Celebrating the life of Alvin P. Anderson.
- SJ 437 Commending Bruce Smith.
- SJ 440 Commending the Tuskegee Airmen.
- SJ 448 Commending the Virginia Economic Bridge on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
- SJ 455 Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force in 2008.
- SJ 465 Commending Bruce M. Farrell.
- SJ 466 Celebrating the life of Captain, USN Ret., Frederick W. Silverthorne.
- SJ 468 Celebrating the life of Dorothy Buck Boucher.
- SJ 478 Celebrating the life of William Edward Lavery.