VA HJR248 | 2008 | Regular Session

Virginia House Joint Resolution 248 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 12 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-12 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ248ER)

Summary

Study; Development and enhancement of the biosciences and biotechnology. Creates a joint subcommittee to study and advance the development and enhancement of the biosciences and biotechnology in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall, among other things, (i) review and implement appropriate and efficacious recommendations of state and national research investigations in the disciplines of bioscience and biotechnology, including the Governor’s Commission on Biotechnology; (ii) examine, continue, and enlarge the work begun by the Governor’s Commission on Biotechnology, including, but not limited to, determining how Virginia’s research universities, federal and state laboratories, biotechnology incubators, research parks, private industry, and other major resources can be leveraged to help make Virginia a more attractive location for the development and enhancement of the biosciences and biotechnology industry; (iii) determine how these resources may increase the development of the biotechnology industry through technology transfer and commercialization of new ideas and discoveries; (iv) assess how strategic initiatives in bioscience and biotechnology may generate economic development and investment in Virginia, particularly in rural and urban regions of the Commonwealth; (v) examine Virginia’s workforce development status, including education, supply, and training needs relative to supporting viable bioscience research and biotechnology industry in the Commonwealth; (vi) evaluate the capacity of bioscience and biotechnology to protect and preserve Virginia’s natural resources; and (vii) develop and recommend a strategic and visionary plan that implements certain of the recommendations deemed feasible and appropriate, establishes Virginia as a national and global leader in bioscience and biotechnology research and application by 2018, and enables the Commonwealth to maintain its national and global leadership thereafter. During the course of its study, the joint subcommittee shall ensure the participation and contribution of representatives of Virginia's public research institutions of higher education, the Center for Innovative Technology, the private biotechnology industry, and the Secretary of Technology. The joint subcommittee shall also ensure the involvement of representatives of agricultural and tobacco interests, federal laboratories in Virginia involved in research and technology transfer in life sciences, and the not-for-profit life science and research institutions and laboratories in the Commonwealth.

Title

Biosciences and biotechnology; joint subcommittee to study and advance development and enhancement.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-12		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ248ER)
2008-03-06		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
2008-03-06		House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 087324736-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
2008-03-05		House: Passed by for the day
2008-03-05		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-03-04		Senate: Agreed to by Senate with substitute by voice vote
2008-03-04		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HJ248S1
2008-03-04		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 087324736-S1
2008-03-04		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-03-04		Senate: Read third time
2008-03-04		Senate: Reading waived (38-Y 0-N)
2008-03-03		Senate: Committee substitute printed 087324736-S1
2008-03-03		Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute by voice vote
2008-02-11		Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
2008-02-11		Senate: Reading waived
2008-02-08		House: Communicated to Senate
2008-02-08		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		House: Agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HJ248H2
2008-02-08		House: No action taken on committee substitute 084234736-H1
2008-02-08		House: Substitute by Delegate May agreed to 086012620-H2
2008-02-08		House: Floor substitute printed 086012620-H2 (May)
2008-02-08		House: Taken up
2008-02-06		House: Committee substitute printed 084234736-H1
2008-02-05		House: Reported from Rules with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2008-01-18		House: Referred to Committee on Rules
2008-01-18		House: Presented and ordered printed 089859736