VA HB1464 | 2013 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-01-15 - Tabled in Rules by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

State holidays and other special days; April 13 to honor coal miners in Virginia. Designates the thirteenth day of April of each year as a day of recognition for coal miners in Virginia to acknowledge the contributions of and pay tribute to the hardworking women and men who work, and sometimes die, in the coal mines of the Commonwealth. April 13, 1750, is the date that Dr. Thomas Walker is credited with discovering and using coal in what was Virginia and now is Kentucky.

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Title

Coal miners; designating April 13 of each year as day of recognition.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2013-01-15HouseTabled in Rules by voice vote
2012-12-28HouseReferred to Committee on Rules
2012-12-28HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101794D

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Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
223323(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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