VA Legislation | 2013 | Regular Session | Resolutions | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SJR276	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits a Governor elected in 2017 and thereafter to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two four-year terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SJR438	Intro Sine Die	Commending the Providence Presbyterian Church Upward Basketball League. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To Senate Rules Committee
SJR303	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]	2013-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
SR34	Intro Sine Die	Commending South Vietnamese Americans. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To Senate Rules Committee
SJR420	Intro Sine Die	Commending the YMCA of Arlington. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-23 To Senate Rules Committee
HR167	Intro Sine Die	Presidential power. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to examine independently the U.S. Justice Department White Paper asserting a constitutional basis for the Executive Branch's assertion of authority to target and kill United States's ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-22 Tabled in Rules by voice vote
HJR786	Intro Sine Die	Commending Heather Griles. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-22 To House Rules Committee
HJR931	Intro Sine Die	Commending James P. Fisher. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-20 Stricken from House calendar
HJR883	Intro Sine Die	Commending Dr. Emma Violand-Sanchez. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-15 Stricken from House calendar
HJR881	Intro Sine Die	Commending Walter Tejada. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-15 Stricken from House calendar
HJR539	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; executive clemency; restoration of right to vote. Provides that no person convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote unless he has completed service of his sentence, including... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR547	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; restoration of civil rights. Directs the General Assembly to provide by law for the restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed servi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR549	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits a Governor elected in 2017 and thereafter to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two four-year terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR600	Intro Sine Die	Memorializing Congress to enact legislation reinstating the separation of commercial banking and investment banking. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly in support of federal legislation, such as the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2011, tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Commerce and Labor Committee
HJR601	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); free elections, method of voting. Provides that all elections ought to be convenient to the voter and equally provided for throughout the Commonwealth, and that provision shall be made in all elections oth... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR602	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to early childhood education. Requires the Board of Education to develop Learning Readiness Quality Standards for state-supported early learning programs. The General Assembly is mandated to allocate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR603	Intro Sine Die	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 inc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR609	Intro Sine Die	Study; composition of biosolids; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to study the substances contained in biosolids generated from wastewater treatment facilities that are applied to lands for agricultural purposes. Report. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
HJR615	Intro Sine Die	Study; expand application of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; report. Requests the Department of Conservation and Recreation to study the feasibility of applying the provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act to all localities within Virginia'... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR619	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC to study state-supported preschool programs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study all state-supported preschool programs in the Commonwealth. In conducting the study, the Commission shall (i) invento... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR620	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC to study transportation funding in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficiency and sufficiency of funding for transportation programs in the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR646	Intro Sine Die	Study; eliminate food deserts in Virginia; report. Requests the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to explore and recommend strategies to eliminate food deserts, which are areas devoid of access to affordable fruits, vegetables, whole grains, an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR657	Intro Sine Die	Study; Department of Veterans Services; report. Requests the Department of Veterans Services to study the unmet needs of Virginia's veteran population and assess the level of preparedness of state and local governments and other service providers to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR663	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission created. Provides for a seven-member temporary commission to prepare redistricting plans in 2021 and each tenth year thereafter for the House of Delegates, state Senate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR599	Intro Sine Die	Study; Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution and Virginia's ability to regulate commerce; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution and Virginia's ability to regulate commerce. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR664	Intro Sine Die	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR665	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defined marriage ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR666	Intro Sine Die	Study; state renewable energy utility; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of establishing a state renewable energy utility. The joint subcommittee is directed to examine the report of Delaware's Sustainable Energy Task ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR669	Intro Sine Die	Study; mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program; report. Directs the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study the establishment of a mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program for the Commonwealth. The study will (i)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Commerce and Labor Committee
HJR670	Intro Sine Die	Study; two-term Governor; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the appropriate balance of power between the legislative and executive branches to support a two-term Governor. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR672	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; 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 se... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR674	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; 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 se... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR675	Intro Sine Die	Study; mitigation of the impact of tolls on Virginia's disadvantaged citizens; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study how Virginia can mitigate the impact of tolls on Virginia's disadvantaged citizens. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR676	Intro Sine Die	Study; Board of Education to study alternatives to the Standards of Learning assessments; report. Requests the Board of Education to study alternatives to the Standards of Learning assessments by (i) developing alternative student assessments or (ii)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR585	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; 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 se... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR678	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); legislative sessions; term of Governor. Requires the General Assembly, beginning in 2017 and every fourth year thereafter, to adjourn its regular session for a period of 30 days after organizing but before... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR679	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits a Governor elected in 2017 and thereafter to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two four-year terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR683	Intro Sine Die	Study; Workers' Compensation Commission to study expanding occupational disease presumptions to include correctional officers; report. Requests the Workers' Compensation Commission to study the impact of providing correctional officers the benefits o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR685	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC to study the Standards of Quality; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the Standards of Quality, giving particular attention to teacher-student ratios in grades K-12 and academic advanced programs. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR563	Intro Sine Die	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 inc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR564	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); General Assembly powers; limitations. Provides that the General Assembly may suspend or nullify any or all portions of any administrative rule or regulation by joint resolution agreed to by a majority of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR721	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of voting rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of voting rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies (excepting felony drug and election fraud crimes) upon completion of senten... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR535	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; 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 se... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR537	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); powers of General Assembly; limitations. Provides that the General Assembly may suspend or nullify any or all portions of any administrative rule or regulation by joint resolution agreed to by a majority o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR542	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limits on taxes and revenues; Revenue Stabilization Fund; taxpayer refunds. Provides for the refund of surplus revenues, above the amount required to be deposited to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, to the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR571	Intro Sine Die	Study; JCHC to study of the feasibility of developing a program of trained primary care personnel to extend the reach of primary care services and reduce health care costs in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to st... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
HJR573	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax exemption for nonprofit medical clinics serving the indigent. Exempts from taxation property owned by nonprofit medical clinics organized to provide health care services without charge to the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HJR576	Intro Sine Die	Study; joint subcommittee to study "persons with disabilities" street signs; report. Establishes an eight-member joint subcommittee to conduct a one-year study of the desirability and feasibility of installation of street signs alerting motorists to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-05 To House Rules Committee
SJR316	Intro Sine Die	Study; JLARC to study death penalty costs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the direct and indirect monetary costs of the death penalty. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-04 Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote
SJR319	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]	2013-02-04 Rejected by Senate (16-Y 24-N)