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P HJ526

Portrait; Governor Warner. Establishes a committee for the purpose of commissioning a portrait of Governor Mark R. Warner for display in the Capitol.
Patron - Griffith

P HJ669

Youth Political Education Day. Designates the Tuesday before Election Day each year as Youth Political Education Day in Virginia.
Patron - Janis

P HJ688

Teenage Dating Abuse. Designates the first week in October in 2005, and in each succeeding year, as Teenage Dating Abuse Awareness Week in Virginia.
Patron - Armstrong

P HJ706

Boy Scouts' right to assembly. Expresses the General Assembly's support of the right of the Boy Scouts of America to assemble and use the facilities of the United States Armed Services within the federal government rules and regulations, as well as the facilities of the Virginia National Guard subject to the approval of its Adjutant General and within federal government rules and regulations for the use of these facilities.
Patron - Fralin

P HJ711

Hydrogen energy. Expresses the General Assembly's support for the Virginia Hydrogen Energy Plan.
Patron - McDonnell

P HJ750

Holocaust museum. Designates the Virginia Holocaust Museum as the official museum in the Commonwealth for the commemoration of the Holocaust.
Patron - O'Bannon

P HJ768

Promote spaying and neutering of companion animals. Encourages local governments to support the spaying and neutering of companion animals by providing incentives to citizens.
Patron - Ward

P HJ770

Child day centers. Expresses the General Assembly's support for the suspension or repeal of the amended regulation, 22 VAC 15-30, Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers.
Patron - Marrs

P HJ789

Heartland Corridor. Expresses the support of the General Assembly for the Heartland Corridor rail project, linking the ports of Hampton Roads to markets in the Midwest.
Patron - Fralin

P HJ850

Stafford County Youth Driver Task Force. Commends the work of the task force and reaffirms the General Assembly's commitment to improving driving conditions for the young people of the Commonwealth.
Patron - Howell, W.J.

P HR40

Confirming a nomination to the House Ethics Advisory Panel. Confirms the nomination of the Honorable William Whitney Sweeney by the Speaker of the House of Delegates to serve on the Panel for a four-year term beginning July 1, 2005, to succeed himself.
Patron - Ingram

P SJ319

Designating February 4, in 2005, and in each succeeding year, as Give Kids A Smile Day in Virginia. Designates February 4, in 2005, and in each succeeding year, as Give Kids A Smile Day in Virginia to recognize and care for the oral health needs of children, and encourage Virginia dental professionals to participate in the observance of "National Give Kids A Smile Day," by providing free oral health care to children, particularly low-income children, and conducting educational activities to heighten public awareness concerning oral health care. This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Access to and Costs of Oral Health Care in Virginia.
Patron - Marsh

P SJ320

Designating February, in 2005, and in each succeeding year, as Children's Dental Health Month in Virginia. Designates February, in 2005, and in each succeeding year, as Children's Dental Health Month in Virginia to recognize and care for the oral health needs of children, raise public awareness of the importance of oral health to total health, and participate in the observance of National Children's Dental Health Month. This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Access to and Costs of Oral Health Care in Virginia.
Patron - Marsh

P SJ332

Rotary Day in Virginia. Designates February 23, 2005, as Rotary Day in Virginia in honor of the centennial of Rotary International.
Patron - O'Brien

P SJ372

Anniversary of the Virginians with Disabilities Act. Commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Virginians with Disabilities Act. This landmark legislation preceded the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by more than five years and was considered by many to be the model for the federal legislation that created the ADA.
Patron - Whipple

Failed

F HJ539

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Designates the month of September, in 2005, and in each succeeding year, as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Virginia.
Patron - Cosgrove

F HJ552

Macedonia. Supports the rights of Macedonians living throughout the Balkans to speak their language, to practice their customs, and to be granted all of the civil and human rights required by international law.
Patron - Frederick

F HJ599

Department of General Services; construction contracts. Encourages the Department of General Services to recognize and incorporate the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System of energy, environmental, and sustainability concepts into state and local practices for the design and procurement of construction projects to the extent such concepts are feasible and reasonable for the particular project.
Patron - Van Yahres

F HJ600

Local school boards and local governing bodies; construction contracts. Encourages local school boards and local governing bodies, in cooperation with the Department of General Services, to recognize and incorporate the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System into state and local practices for the design and procurement of construction projects to the extent such concepts are feasible and reasonable for the particular project.
Patron - Van Yahres

F HJ601

Boards of Visitors at Virginia's public institutions of higher learning; construction projects. Encourages the Boards of Visitors at Virginia's public institutions of higher education, in cooperation with the Department of General Services, to recognize and incorporate the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System into state and local practices for the design and procurement of construction projects.
Patron - Van Yahres

F HJ602

English as official language. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to make English the official language of the United States.
Patron - Parrish

F HJ624

Memorialize; offshore natural gas exploration. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to consider lifting the existing Outer Continental Shelf moratorium on oil and natural gas drilling off the mid-Atlantic coast.
Patron - Saxman

F HJ632

Prescription drugs from Canada. Memorializes the United States Congress to remove current restrictions on the purchasing of prescription drugs from Canada.
Patron - Armstrong

F HJ694

Statistics on passenger rail carriers. Requests that Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express report statistics on their "on-time" reliability to the Department of Transportation and the General Assembly.
Patron - Petersen

F HJ718

Purchasing of prescription drugs from other countries. Memorializes the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve the purchasing of prescription drugs from other countries.
Patron - Hall

F HJ798

Recognition and incorporation of Green Globes environmental assessment tool. Encourages the Commonwealth to recognize and incorporate the Green Globes environmental assessment tool into state and local practices for the design and procurement of building construction projects.
Patron - Sherwood

F HJ813

NASA funding. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to enact and fully fund the proposed vision for the NASA exploration program and expresses the General Assembly's support for NASA's current and proposed programs.
Patron - BaCote

F HJ815

Official Transit Museum. Designates the Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum, Inc., in Roanoke as the Official Transit Museum of the Commonwealth.
Patron - Fralin

F HR28

Memorializing the United States Senate; confirm Supreme Court nominees. Urges the United States Senate during the 109th Congress to expeditiously confirm all nominations to the United States Supreme Court by the President.
Patron - Black

F HR29

Federal excise tax. Urges the Congress of the United States to repeal the federal excise tax on telecommunications.
Patron - Black

F SJ321

Job bank for oral health care professionals. Encourages the Virginia Dental Association to continue the online job bank for oral health care professionals. The job bank is instrumental in helping to address the maldistribution of dentists and providing employment information to oral health care professionals. This resolution was considered by the Joint Subcommittee Studying Access to and Costs of Oral Health Care.
Patron - Marsh

F SJ333

Memorializing the Congress; Help America Vote Act funding. Urges Congress to provide full funding for states under the Help America Vote Act.
Patron - Devolites Davis

F SJ391

Purchasing of prescription drugs from other countries. Urges the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve the purchasing of prescription drugs from other countries.
Patron - Reynolds

F SJ411

F SJ441

Memorializing the Congress; Federal Burial Allowance. Urges Congress to increase the federal burial allowance from $300 to $750.
Patron - Saslaw

F SJ442

Lorton Arts Center. Expresses the General Assembly's support of the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center at the former District of Columbia prison facility on Route 123 in Lorton.
Patron - O'Brien

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