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2016 SESSION
Delegate John J. Bell (D) - House District 87
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 423
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district13@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 4489
- Broadlands, Virginia 20148
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 5 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- HB 7 Sick leave; certain private employers to provide employees with paid benefits.
- HB 179 Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibits discrimination in employment.
- HB 181 Northern Virginia Transportation Commission; increases membership.
- HB 191 Composite index of local ability-to-pay; use value of real estate in certain localities.
- HB 233 Fire or rescue volunteers; mental health treatment; funding by locality.
- HB 300 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination, definition of sexual orientation, etc.
- HB 391 Motor vehicle title loan offices; distance from military base.
- HB 392 Family and Children's Trust Fund; revenue matching for special license plates for supporters.
- HB 400 Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority established.
- HB 407 Interstate 66; designation of HOV lanes.
- HB 416 Voter registration; automatic voter registration.
- HB 422 Firearms dealers; local regulation of dealers in proximity of schools.
- HB 423 Firearms; possession in school zone, penalty.
- HB 477 Veterans care centers; issuance of bonds for certain projects.
- HB 539 Income tax, corporate; lowers rate of taxation.
- HB 540 Income tax, state; increases deduction for personal exemptions.
- HB 599 Transfer of firearms; criminal history record information check, penalties.
- HB 715 Interstate 66; requirements that VDOT must satisfy prior to change in HOV-2 designation.
- HB 834 Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board and Fund; established, report.
- HB 908 Electrical transmission lines; SCC to consider impact on historic resources.
- HB 911 Dulles Greenway Authority; created.
- HB 929 Cybersecurity; promotion of industry in the Commonwealth.
- HB 936 Students, certain, with limited English proficiency; Board shall make provision in its regulations.
- HB 959 Women's Right to Vote, Commission for Commemoration of Centennial of; established.
- HB 961 Higher educational institutions; alternative tuition or fee structures to students, report.
- HB 971 Small businesses; implementation of certification programs, report.
- HB 1123 Restrooms; retail establishment with toilet facility to allow customer access.
- HB 1225 Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.
- HB 1271 Practical design standards for projects.
- HB 1319 Military status or decorations; false representation with intent to obtain services, penalty.
- HB 1378 Electrical transmission lines; construction near hospital helipads.
- HB 1391 Protective orders; possession of firearms, penalty.
- HJ 4 Celebrating the life of Emily Elizabeth Selke.
- HJ 5 Celebrating the life of Yvonne Marie Ciarlo Selke.
- HJ 8 Celebrating the life of George Albert Williams.
- HJ 71 Commending Temple Emanuel.
- HJ 89 Celebrating the life of Ernestine K. Middleton.
- HJ 108 Medicaid; JLARC to study electronic sources of data, etc.
- HJ 118 Celebrating the life of Alphonzo LaSalle Holland, Sr.
- HJ 158 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas W. Moss, Jr.
- HJ 209 Commending the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
- HJ 259 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Franklin P. Hall.
- HJ 302 Celebrating the life of William J. Wilde.
- HJ 304 Commending Michael Burnett.
- HJ 315 Commending Marc Edwards.
- HJ 317 Commending the Honorable Mamye E. BaCote.
- HJ 319 Commending the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue.
- HJ 320 Commending Melissa S. Peacor.
- HJ 322 Commending Chris Mamalis.
- HJ 351 Commending the Honorable James Martin Scott.
- HJ 361 Commending the Virginia members of Team USA at the 2015 Pan American Maccabi Games.
- HJ 363 Commending the Great Falls Grange.
- HJ 364 Commending Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.
- HJ 366 Commending McLean Orchestra.
- HJ 367 Commending McLean Little League.
- HJ 368 Commending 100WomenStrong.
- HJ 391 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frederick Hillary Creekmore, Sr.
- HJ 409 Commending Sergeant First Class Charles Martland, USA.
- HJ 423 Celebrating the life of Horace Julian Bond.
- HJ 431 Celebrating the life of David V. Burds.
- HJ 451 Commending Chris Perkins.
- HJ 457 Celebrating the life of Sheila Sachs Strauss.
- HJ 458 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Antonin Gregory Scalia.
- HJ 485 Commending Virginia Capitol Connections.
- HJ 510 Commending the Old Stone Church Foundation and its United Methodist Church Affiliates.
- HR 95 Commending the United States Colored Troops Descendants.
- HR 123 Commending Loudoun County Public Schools.
- HR 146 Commending the Loudoun County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management.
- HR 149 Commending the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic.
- HR 168 Commending Leadership Loudoun.
- HR 206 Commending the Honorable Thomas Davis Rust.
- HR 207 Commending Memory Porter.
- SB 221 Discrimination between employees on the basis of sex; payment of wages.
- SB 222 Voter registration; automatic voter registration.
- SB 229 U. S. of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia; purchase of flags by public bodies.
- SJ 10 Celebrating the life of Richard Langley Settle, Jr.
- SJ 33 Commending the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- SJ 39 Commending the Henrico High School boys' basketball team.
- SJ 40 Recognition of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia.
- SJ 55 Celebrating the life of Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Bernard Wisniewski, Jr., USA, Ret.
- SJ 56 Celebrating the life of George Burke.
- SJ 72 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas W. Moss, Jr.
- SJ 98 Commending Richmond International Raceway.
- SJ 99 Commending Frank Beamer.
- SJ 101 Purple Heart State; designating as the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- SJ 102 Purple Heart Day; designating as August 7, 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 116 Commending Colonel Wesley L. Fox, USMC, Ret.
- SJ 137 Commending Brian O'Connor.
- SJ 139 Commending the 30th anniversary of elementary school counseling in Virginia.
- SJ 146 Commending Kristen C. Umstattd.
- SJ 159 Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Leedstown Resolutions.
- SJ 160 Celebrating the life of Peggy Ann Tyree-Wells.
- SJ 196 Celebrating the life of Officer Ashley Marie Guindon.
- SJ 199 Celebrating the life of Crystal Sheree Hamilton.
- SJ 202 Commending the Virginia State University men's basketball team.
- SJ 213 Commending Carl Lum.