| SR11 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-14
Senate: Left in Courts of Justice |
| SR15 | Intro
Sine Die | Amending Senate Rule 18(c).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-13
Senate: Left in Rules |
| SR16 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating Persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-13
Senate: Left in Courts of Justice |
| SR17 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating a person to be elected to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-13
Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor |
| SR18 | Intro
Sine Die | Nominating persons to be elected to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-13
Senate: Left in Courts of Justice |
| SJR25 | Intro
Sine Die | Resolution; "65 percent Solution." Recognizes the problems with and implications of the "65 Percent Solution," a proposal to urge states to amend their laws to require that at least 65 percent of the operating budget for public sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-11
Senate: Failed to pass in Senate |
| SJR28 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; enhanced punishment for crimes committed in the presence of children; report. Requests the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study the use of and need for enhanced punishment for crimes committed in the presence of children. In condu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR47 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; JLARC to study Board of Medicine; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct a follow-up review of the effectiveness of the Board of Medicine in regulating the practice of medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR57 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; organization of Virginia local government. Creates a 15-member joint subcommittee to study the organization of Virginia local government, to review previous studies on this topic, and to make recommendations as appropriate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR74 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; increasing the number of foster families in the Commonwealth; report. Requests the Department of Social Services to study ways of increasing the number of foster families in the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR80 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Virginia Housing Commission; incentives used by other states for targeted affordable housing development for the workforce; report. Directs the Virginia Housing Commission to study incentives used by other states and jurisdictions for targete...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR89 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Department of Treasury; Virginia Unclaimed Property Act; report. Requests the Department of Treasury to study the reporting requirements established by the Virginia Unclaimed Property Act. In reviewing the Act, the Department shall study the f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR90 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; restorative justice; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study restorative justice and specifically, victim-offender reconciliation programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR130 | Intro
Sine Die | Resolution; International education. Recognizes the importance of international education in higher education in Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-03-03
House: Left in Rules |
| SJR58 | Intro
Sine Die | Memorializing Congress to support participation of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the World Health Organization. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to support the Republic of China (Taiwan) in its efforts to be permitted full and mean...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-13
Senate: Left in Rules |
| SJR131 | Intro
Sine Die | Memorializing Congress regarding birthright citizenship. Urges the United States Congress to call for a constitutional convention to amend the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution to clarify specifically that a person born to a parent who is a U...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-13
Senate: Left in Rules |
| SJR26 | Intro
Sine Die | Attorney General of Virginia; illegal immigration; report. Requests the Attorney General to pursue all remedies through litigation to recover moneys owing from the United States government to the Commonwealth for reimbursement of costs incurred by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-08
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR62 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; unforeseen circumstances that prevent a local governing body from convening a quorum for conducting business; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study methods to alleviate the instances when unforeseen circumstances prevent a local go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-08
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR69 | Intro
Sine Die | Humane Treatment for Companion Animals Education Week. Designates the first full week in February, in 2008 and in each succeeding year, as Humane Treatment for Companion Animals Education Week in Virginia and encourages the Department of Education t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-08
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR71 | Intro
Sine Die | Resolution; high voltage transmission lines. States that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the State Corporation Commission require any electric utility applying for approval to construct a high voltage transmission line comply with and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-08
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR82 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-08
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR93 | Intro
Sine Die | Illegal immigration; memorializing Congress to act. Requests Congress to provide federal agencies with the necessary resources for the enforcement of existing federal immigration laws or, if Congress chooses not to provide those resources, to enact ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-08
Senate: Incorporated by Rules (SJ120-Colgan) by voice vote |
| SJR94 | Intro
Sine Die | Resolution; importance of Commission on Climate Change. Recognizes the need for the Commission on Climate Change to provide leadership and assist the General Assembly and the Governor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-08
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR6 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-07
Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (8-Y 8-N) |
| SJR45 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; juvenile transfers; report. Requests the Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice to study the process of determining whether a juvenile should be tried as an adult.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-01
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR50 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-01
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR83 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; mass transit options for Northern Virginia; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study mass transit options and potential improvements for Northern Virginia. This resolution has been incorporated into
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-01
Senate: Incorporated by Rules (SJ122-Colgan) by voice vote |
| SJR98 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Department of Social Services to study foster care code of ethics; report. Requests the Department of Social Services to study and develop a statewide foster care code of ethics and responsibility agreement. In conducting its study, the Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-01
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote |
| SJR100 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; nuclear power; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study nuclear power within the Commonwealth. The joint subcommittee shall (i) address all aspects of the production of nuclear power, including the mining of uranium the impact of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-02-01
Senate: Incorporated by Rules (SJ133-McEachin) by voice vote |
| SJR79 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; Dedicated revenue stream for teacher salaries. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of creating a dedicated revenue stream for teacher salaries. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall examine the salary lev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-25
Senate: Incorporated by Rules (SJ55-Locke) by voice vote |
| SJR96 | Intro
Sine Die | Study; ecological services incentives to forest landowner; report. Requests the Board of Forestry to study the provision of ecological services incentives to private landowners to help them hold and preserve their forestland and receive compensation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-25
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules (16-Y 0-N) |
| SJR107 | Intro
Sine Die | Uranium Mining. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the mining of uranium in the Commonwealth. The joint subcommittee must review the findings of the study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences that has been authorized and funded in t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-25
Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules (16-Y 0-N) |
| SJR5 | 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-me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-22
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
| SJR10 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax exemption for certain veterans. Authorizes 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 ve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-22
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
| SJR48 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution). Authorizes the General Assembly by general law to classify separately real estate devoted to historical uses and to permit localities to provide tax relief for such real estate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-22
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
| SJR59 | 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 five-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-22
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
| SJR60 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); assessment of property for tax purposes. Provides that tax assessments made by any county, city, or town of real property used by its owners solely for single family residential purposes may, by ordinance...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-22
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
| SJR73 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property exempt from taxation. Directs the General Assembly to enact legislation that will permit localities to provide for a partial exemption from, or deferral of, local real property taxes on a taxpaye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-22
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
| SJR88 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taking of private property for public uses. Establishes limitations on takings of private property. Except for property taken for public service companies or railroads, property may not be taken if the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-22
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
| SJR91 | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-22
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
| SJR7 | 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 nonviolent felonies who have completed service of their ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| SJR8 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax exemption for certain veterans. Authorizes 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 ve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2008-01-15
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
