| SJR113 | Intro
Sine Die | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Elmon T. Gray.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10
Senate: Failed to pass in Senate |
| SJR233 | Intro
Sine Die | Amending Rule 16 of House Joint Resolution No. 5, relating to the first conference on revenue bills.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10
House: Failed to pass in House |
| SJR1 | Intro
Sine Die | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Elmon Taylor Gray, former member of the Senate of Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10
Senate: Failed to pass in Senate |
| SJR130 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-10
To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SR17 | Intro
Sine Die | Religious freedom. Memorializes the Secretary of State of the United States of America to support those suffering religious persecution and discrimination in countries that do not recognize religious freedom.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-05
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SR13 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| SJR91 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Constitution; amendment. Makes application to the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that requires a balanced federal budget and prohibits unfunded federal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
To Senate Privileges and Elections Committee |
| SR6 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| SR7 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| SR14 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating a person to be elected to general district court judgeship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| SJR96 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; joint subcommittee to study Virginia's withdrawal from ICPRB; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study Virginia's withdrawal from the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin and its effects upon the viability of the Potomac a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR90 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC to study excess capacity at secure juvenile facilities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission to study excess capacity at secure juvenile facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR85 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC to study phase-out of the corporate income tax; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and make recommendations as to how best to phase out the corporate income tax over a period of eight years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR71 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Virginia Housing Commission; foreclosure procedures; report. Directs the Virginia Housing Commission to study the foreclosure procedures of the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR69 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; mandatory retirement of judges; report. Directs the State Crime Commission to study mandatory retirement of judges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR68 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC to study Virginia Department of Transportation; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and report on the efficiency of the Virginia Department of Transportation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR65 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC; automation indexing of vital records; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the feasibility of vital records automation indexing. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) examine alternatives availab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR57 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC; property tax relief for low-income property owners; report. Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study issues relating to property tax relief for low-income property owners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR131 | Intro
Sine Die | Designating Abraham Lincoln Day in Virginia. Designates February 12, in 2012 and in each succeeding year, as Abraham Lincoln Day in Virginia. This resolution is a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR53 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; financial exploitation of elderly and incapacitated adults; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study ways to prevent, deter, and punish financial exploitation of elderly and incapacitated adults, including determining whet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR48 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC; determination eligibility for disability claims under the Virginia Retirement System; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the system for determining eligibility for disability claims under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR45 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC; property tax relief for low-income property owners; report. Requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study issues relating to property tax relief for low-income property owners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR14 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficiency and effectiveness of the Composite Index of Local Abilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR99 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirming Governor's appointments of certain persons. Confirms appointments to various positions made by Governor McDonnell and communicated to the General Assembly August 1, 2011.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) |
| SJR125 | Intro
Sine Die | Confirming Governor's appointments of certain persons. Confirms appointments to various positions made by Governor McDonnell and communicated to the General Assembly January 10, 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) |
| SJR87 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC; tax burden on the manufacturing sector; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study measures to eliminate the disparity in the share of state tax burden borne by the Commonwealth's manufacturing sector. Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR86 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; impact of a state income tax credit for local machinery and tools taxes paid by manufacturers; report. Requests the Department of Taxation to study the impact of a state income tax credit for local machinery and tools taxes paid by manufacture...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR75 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Atlantic menhaden management plan requirements; report. Requests the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to study strategies for implementing new requirements under the amended Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The At...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR89 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing the African American members elected to the Virginia General Assembly during Reconstruction. Recognizes and celebrates the outstanding service of the African American men elected to the Virginia General Assembly during Reconstruction, on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
Senate: Incorporated by Rules |
| SJR73 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognition of the Appalachian Cherokee Nation. Recognizes the existence of Appalachian Cherokee Nation within the Commonwealth and grants the Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated, representation on the Virginia Council on Indians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR52 | Intro
Sine Die | High capacity transit. Requests the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make high capacity transit a priority for funding by the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR19 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; feasibility for community colleges to offer selected baccalaureate degrees; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education to study the feasibility for community colleges to offer select...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR67 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (second resolution); taking or damaging of private property; public use. Revises the prohibition on the enactment by the General Assembly of laws whereby private property may be taken or damaged. An existing provision authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-31
Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections |
| SJR117 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (second resolution); taking or damaging of private property; public use. Revises the prohibition on the enactment by the General Assembly of laws whereby private property may be taken or damaged. An existing provision authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-31
Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections |
| SJR88 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); the right to a secret ballot. Adds a provision to the Bill of Rights to preserve and protect the right to a secret ballot in elections for office, votes on ballot measures, and votes to designate or author...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-24
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR74 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax exemption for certain surviving spouses of disabled veterans. Expands the real property tax exemption for the primary residence of a surviving spouse of a disabled veteran, to include the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-24
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR70 | Intro
Sine Die | 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-mem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-24
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR35 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of civil rights. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed service of their sentences...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-24
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR44 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); maximum lawful rate of interest. Caps the maximum lawful rate of interest on any contract for the loan or forbearance of any money, if the money is for use primarily for personal, family, or household purp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-17
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR25 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to work. Provides that any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be denied the right ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-17
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR17 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); charter schools. Grants the Board of Education authority to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-17
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR6 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-17
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR5 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); contributions to defined benefit retirement plans maintained for employees. Requires that contributions to defined benefit retirement plans that are maintained for state employees and employees of particip...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-17
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR2 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-17
Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
