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HJR168Intro

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Study; payday lending industry; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the payday lending industry in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) examine the effectiveness of payday lending ...
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2008-02-12
House: Left in Rules
HJR170Intro

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Study; Shortage of classroom teachers in Virginia. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the shortage of classroom teachers in Virginia. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall consider, among other things, (i) factors affecting tea...
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2008-02-12
House: Left in Rules
HJR171Intro

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Study; endocrine disruptor compounds; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to examine the effects of endocrine disruptor compounds (EDCs), the pollutant identified as responsible for "intersex fish." The Department will...
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2008-02-12
House: Left in Rules
HJR172Intro

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Study; accessibility to vision care services and products by Virginia consumers; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the impact of current law impeding accessibility to vision care services and products by Virgi...
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2008-02-12
House: Left in Rules
HJR173Intro

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Study; access to credit; report. Establishes a 13-member joint subcommittee to study access to credit in the Commonwealth.
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2008-02-12
House: Left in Rules
HJR174Intro

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Study; directing the Joint Commission on Health Care to study considering competence of licensed health care professionals as a condition of license renewal; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study considering competence of lice...
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2008-02-12
House: Left in Rules
HJR175Intro

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Study; fiscal autonomy for elected school boards; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study implications of granting fiscal autonomy to elected school boards in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the Joint Le...
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2008-02-12
House: Left in Rules
HJR176Intro

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Study; JCOTS to study open education resources; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study opportunities to implement open education resources in the Commonwealth's K-12 public schools. In conducting its study, the Joint ...
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2008-02-12
House: Left in Rules
HJR179Intro

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Chronic truancy and dropout preventions; Board of Education to study need for and ways of improving.
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2008-02-12
House: Left in Rules
HJR22Intro

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Study; the costs of development; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the identifiable costs of new residential and commercial development in Virginia and the manner in which those costs are currently borne or would likely be borne. Th...
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2008-02-05
House: Incorporated by Rules (HJ178-Athey) by voice vote
HJR64Intro

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Study; DC Metro extension to Woodbridge and Potomac Mills. Requests that the Secretary of Transportation study the extension of Metro from the Springfield station south on I-95 to Woodbridge and Potomac Mills.
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2008-02-05
House: Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote
HJR87Intro

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Study; real estate tax relief program; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study for one year the treatment of income and asset qualifications for real estate tax relief.
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2008-02-05
House: Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote
HJR99Intro

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Study; Year-Round Colleges and Universities; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the merits of operating colleges and universities in Virginia year-round. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall (i) determine the benefits...
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2008-02-05
House: Incorporated by Rules (HJ91-Hamilton) by voice vote
HJR100Intro

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Study; Department of Conservation and Recreation to study the privatization of hospitality-related services and functions; report. Provides for the Department of Conservation and Recreation to study the privatization of hospitality-related services a...
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2008-02-05
House: Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote
HJR102Intro

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Study; providing an income tax credit to employers that provide health insurance for their employees in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study providing an income tax credit to employers that pro...
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2008-02-05
House: Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote
HJR110Intro

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Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study autism education and training available to law-enforcement and judicial personnel. Report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the autism education and trai...
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2008-02-05
House: Incorporated by Rules (HJ105-Valentine) by voice vote
HJR112Intro

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Beverage container recycling; study. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to include in its 2007 authorized two-year study
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2008-02-05
House: Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote
HJR115Intro

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Continuing study; shortage of science and engineering graduates; report. Continues the joint subcommittee to study science and technology education in business, law, and policy graduate programs in state institutions of higher education established ...
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2008-02-05
House: Incorporated by Rules (HJ90-Cosgrove) by voice vote
HJR117Intro

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Study; Craney Island Dredged Materials Management Area; report. Requests the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the impact of increased elevations at the Craney Island Dredged Materials Management Area. The Commission will study ...
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2008-02-05
House: Tabled in Rules by voice vote
HJR160Intro

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Study; juvenile justice system; report. Provides for a two-year study of the juvenile justice system and how to make it more effective at protecting society and rehabilitating juveniles. This resolution was incorporated into
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2008-02-05
House: Incorporated by Rules (HJ113-Moran) by voice vote
HJR169Intro

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Study; policies to reduce the negative impacts of plastic bags on the environment; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to convene stakeholders meetings to discuss and report on potential legislative actions that would mitigate t...
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2008-02-05
House: Stricken from docket by Rules by voice vote
HR10Intro

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House of Delegates. Amends Rule 18(a) relating to the ability to Report without Recommendation by the Committee on Rules.
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2008-02-04
House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (42-Y 56-N)
HJR82Intro

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Recognizing the need to establish a searchable budget database website. Recognizes the need for the staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance to establish a searchable budget database website detailing where,...
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2008-01-30
House: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB1360-Cline) by voice vote
HR2Intro

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Directing the staff of the House Committee on Appropriations to establish a searchable budget database website. Directs that staff of the House Committee on Appropriations establish a searchable budget database website detailing where, for what purp...
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2008-01-30
House: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB1360-Cline) by voice vote
HJR245Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); school boards. Amends Section 7 of Article VIII to state that the General Assembly may provide by general law or special act that responsibility for supervision of schools may be exercised by a local gover...
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2008-01-25
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR3Intro

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Constitutional amendment (second resolution); property exempt from taxation. Authorizes the General Assembly to enact legislation that will allow localities by ordinance to exempt from real property taxes, or defer real property taxes on, up to 20 p...
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2008-01-25
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HJ4-Albo) by voice vote
HJR56Intro

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Constitutional amendment (second resolution); property exempt from taxation. Authorizes the General Assembly to enact legislation that will allow localities by ordinance to exempt from real property taxes, or defer real property taxes on, up to 20 p...
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2008-01-25
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HJ4-Albo) by voice vote
HJR121Intro

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Constitutional amendment (second resolution); property exempt from taxation. Authorizes the General Assembly to enact legislation that will allow localities by ordinance to exempt from real property taxes, or defer real property taxes on, up to 20 p...
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2008-01-25
House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HJ4-Albo) by voice vote
HR9Intro

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Rules of the House of Delegates changes. Amends and readopts Rule 84 of the Rules of the House of Delegates and adds Rule 85, pertaining to the General Assembly Building and the State Capitol. As amended, Rule 84 provides that only law-enforcement o...
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2008-01-23
House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (18-Y 77-N)
HJR180Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Extends the Governor's term to six years, continues the prohibition on successive terms, and provides six-year terms for the lieutenant governor and attorney general since the t...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR181Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 11-mem...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR182Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies who have completed service of their sentence in...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR18Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax exemption for certain veterans. Directs the General Assembly to exempt from taxation real property that is the principal residence of a veteran (or widow or widower of a veteran) if the veter...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR19Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); assessments of real property and tax rates. Provides that assessments of real property shall not increase annually by more than one percent plus the percentage increase, if any, in the rate of inflation. ...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR20Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restriction on entities that may impose taxes. Prohibits any entity from imposing taxes other than the Commonwealth, counties, cities, towns, or regional governments. The resolution grandfathers any such...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR21Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restriction on entities that may impose taxes. Prohibits any entity from imposing taxes other than the Commonwealth, counties, cities, towns, or regional governments. The amendment applies to such taxes ...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR28Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw Congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Starting in 2010 and ever...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR29Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance ...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR36Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Board of Education. Provides for the appointment of the members of the Board of Education as follows: four members, including a member designated as president, appointed by the Governor; three members appo...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR37Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits the Governor to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two four-year terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits election to a third term. T...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR38Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax exemption for certain veterans. Directs the General Assembly to exempt from taxation real property that is the principal residence of a veteran (or widow or widower of a veteran) if the veter...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR48Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, and Highway Maintena...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR67Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); payment of sales or use taxes in advance of collections. Prohibits any law that requires a person to pay to the Commonwealth any funds in anticipation of the collection of sales or use taxes by that perso...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR70Intro

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Constitutional amendments (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes a 13-member Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw Congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Provides procedu...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR120Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw Congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 13-me...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR122Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real estate tax partial exemption. Requires localities to compute real estate taxes based on no more than a five percent increase in the assessed value on the primary residence of an owner after he has oc...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR123Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); due process of law; obligation of contracts; taking of private property; prohibited discrimination; jury trial in civil cases. Defines the term "public uses" and specifies permitted public uses ...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HJR124Intro

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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); English as the official language of the Commonwealth. Provides that English is the official language of Virginia, that the provision is self-executing, and that the General Assembly may pass laws to imple...
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2008-01-18
House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
HR4Intro

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Encouraging Secretary of Transportation to consider Portsmouth; personal rapid transit. Encourages the Secretary of Transportation, in conducting his study under
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2008-01-17
House: Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote
HJR219PassElection of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.
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2008-01-16
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ219ER)
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