Virginia Senate Bill 787 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 5 2008 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-03-03 - House: Left in Rules

Virginia Commission on Bioscience and Biotechnology. Establishes the Virginia Commission on Bioscience and Biotechnology within the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of studying and advancing the development and enhancement of the biosciences and biotechnology in the Commonwealth, and reviewing and implementing appropriate and efficacious recommendations of recent state and national research investigations in these disciplines, including the Governor’s Commission on Biotechnology. The Commission is also charged, among other things, to review, continue, and expand the work of the Governor’s Commission on Biotechnology, and to develop a strategic plan that will foster bioscience and biotechnology research in the Commonwealth and establish Virginia as a national and global leader in the field.

Bioscience and Biotechnology, Commission on; created, report.

Sen. Mark Herring [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-03		House: Left in Rules
2008-02-12		House: Referred to Committee on Rules
2008-02-12		House: Read first time
2008-02-12		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-06		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-06		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2008-02-05		Senate: Printed as engrossed 089870240-E
2008-02-05		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB787E
2008-02-05		Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
2008-02-05		Senate: Reading of amendment waived
2008-02-05		Senate: Read second time
2008-02-04		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-01		Senate: Reported from Rules with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
2008-01-18		Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
2008-01-18		Senate: Presented and ordered printed 089870240

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Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB787