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2015 SESSION
Senator Janet D. Howell (D) - Senate District 32
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 321
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district32@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 2608
- Reston, Virginia 20195-0608
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 1289 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- HB 1454 Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination, sexual orientation or gender identity.
- HB 1525 NVTA; Department of Taxation's costs in administering certain taxes.
- HB 1590 Cigarettes and other tobacco products; increases state tax rate.
- HB 1592 High school graduation requirements; verified units of credit, alternative assessments.
- HB 1600 Gender-specific terms; revises certain references.
- HB 1665 Financing of clean energy programs; development of optional underwriting guidelines.
- HB 1671 Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty.
- HB 1807 Cigarettes; possession with intent to distribute contraband, fraudulent purchase.
- HB 1808 Missing persons; search and rescue.
- HB 1809 Private police departments.
- HB 2060 Travel expenses; approval required by the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.
- HB 2157 Absentee voting; emergency voting.
- HJ 493 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage.
- HJ 504 Teachers; Department of Education to study implementing program to track turnover.
- HJ 517 Commending Japanese American veterans of World War II.
- HJ 540 Commending Ted Edlich.
- HJ 573 Commending the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce.
- HJ 639 Commending Simon S. Lee.
- HJ 643 Celebrating the life of Edna H. McEachin.
- HJ 654 Commending Francis X. O'Leary.
- HJ 675 Commending the Honorable Dennis J. Smith.
- HJ 676 Commending the Honorable Charles J. Maxfield.
- HJ 677 Celebrating the life of the Honorable R. Terrence Ney.
- HJ 683 Celebrating the life of Edward Leong.
- HJ 710 Celebrating the life of Warren Ira Cikins.
- HJ 733 Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- HJ 734 Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps.
- HJ 740 Celebrating the life of the Honorable James Brady Murray.
- HJ 750 Celebrating the life of James Clement Van Pelt, Sr.
- HJ 781 Commending the Virginia Public Safety Foundation.
- HJ 787 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Herbert E. Harris II.
- HJ 790 Commending Larry Butler.
- HJ 791 Commending Maid Bright.
- HJ 792 Commending His Hidden Treasures.
- HJ 793 Commending Maximus, Inc.
- HJ 801 Commending the Arlington County Police Department.
- HJ 802 Commending the Arlington County Fire Department.
- HJ 809 Commending Patrick Henry Elementary School.
- HJ 810 Commending Hoffman-Boston Elementary School.
- HJ 829 Commending Joan Trumpauer Mulholland.
- HJ 853 Commending the National Association of Social Workers Virginia Chapter.
- HJ 854 Commending Joanna Wise Barnes.
- HJ 855 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
- HJ 863 Celebrating the life of William Broderick Prendergast.
- HJ 867 Commending the Honorable Donald P. McDonough.
- HJ 868 Commending the Fairfax Young Democrats.
- HJ 872 Commending Gerald W. Hyland.
- HJ 880 Commending the Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling.
- HJ 889 Celebrating the life of Sara Jean Dobie Collins.
- HJ 890 Commending Drew Model Elementary School.
- HJ 897 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Julia Taylor Cannon.
- HJ 910 Commending Northern Virginia Community College.
- HJ 912 Commending Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church.
- HJ 914 Commending the National Federation of the Blind.
- HJ 916 Commending Kwame Alexander.
- HJ 935 Commending the Virginia Council for Private Education.
- HJ 941 Commending the United States Navy Reserve.
- HJ 959 Celebrating the life of Betty Van Yahres.
- SB 681 Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour.
- SB 682 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- SB 719 Elections; absentee voting by persons age 65 or older.
- SB 765 Redistricting; certain population data to be used.
- SB 772 Payment of wages; discrimination between employees on basis of sex.
- SB 782 The use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; Board of Education regulations.
- SB 785 Public employment; prohibits discrimination based on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
- SB 866 Health insurance; school board allowed to elect to have employees & retirees to receive state plan.
- SB 910 Elections; absentee voting by persons age 65 or older.
- SB 957 Child support; court may order for disabled child over the age of 18 (Conner's Law).
- SB 981 Higher educational institutions; memorandum of understanding and policies.
- SB 988 Sexual orientation change efforts prohibited.
- SB 1005 Income tax, state; refund payments.
- SB 1184 Missing persons; search and rescue.
- SB 1230 ABC Board; regulation of distribution and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
- SB 1263 Civil admission process; alternative transportation.
- SB 1264 Involuntary admission and incapacity information; access by law-enforcement.
- SB 1265 Acute psychiatric bed registry; frequency of updating.
- SB 1300 Northern Virginia Training Center; prohibition of closure.
- SB 1360 Commonwealth's Attorneys Training Fund.
- SJ 223 Commending Sandra Levin.
- SJ 243 Veterans Services, Department of; JLARC to review.
- SJ 304 Commending Faye O. Prichard.
- SJ 306 Commending Virginia Organizing.
- SJ 327 Celebrating the life of the Honorable James Brady Murray.
- SJ 329 Commending the Herndon Woman's Club.
- SJ 337 Commending Robert G.Templin.
- SJ 340 Celebrating the life of E. Cabell Brand.
- SJ 341 Celebrating the life of the Honorable George W. Harris, Jr.
- SJ 357 Commending Culpepper Garden.
- SJ 358 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; designating as March 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 364 Commending Ted Edlich.
- SJ 365 Commending Mary Hughes Hynes.
- SJ 366 Commending Walter Tejada.
- SJ 367 Commending Abby Raphael.
- SJ 371 Commending Laura Puleo.
- SJ 375 Commending the Arlington Street People's Assistance Network, Inc.
- SJ 376 Commending Swanson Middle School.
- SR 91 Celebrating the life of Dr. William Cleveland Bosher, Jr.
- SR 94 Commending the George Mason University Green Machine.
- SR 95 Commending John McE. Garrett.
- SR 126 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Joseph Benedict Benedetti.
- SR 127 Commending Michael R. Frey.
- SR 133 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Dudley J. Emick, Jr.