Bill Text: VA SB200 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Public school textbooks; when referring to Sea of Japan, note that is also referred to as East Sea.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-26 - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N) [SB200 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-SB200-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 200 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 10, 2012 A BILL to require approved textbooks to refer to the Sea of Japan as the East Sea. ---------- Patrons-- Marsden; Delegate: Kory ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  §1. That all textbooks approved by the Board of Education pursuant to § 22.1-238 of the Code of Virginia, when referring to the Sea of Japan, shall note that it is also referred to as the East Sea.