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Other Resolutions

Passed

P HJ7

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

P HJ13

Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Designates November, in 2006 and in each succeeding year, as Lung Cancer Awareness Month in Virginia to correspond with National Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Patron - Tata

P HJ36

Angelman Syndrome Awareness Week. Designates the third week of May, in 2006 and in each succeeding year, as Angelman Syndrome Awareness Week in Virginia.
Patron - Morgan

P HJ67

Designating the week preceding the first Sunday in April, in 2006 and in each succeeding year, as Sleep Awareness Week in Virginia.
Patron - Amundson

P HJ124

Resolution; animal nuisance. Encourages the Virginia Association of Counties (VACO) and the Virginia Municipal League (VML) to advise and advocate to their respective members to adopt a nuisance animal ordinance.
Patron - Orrock

P HJ184

Cold War Victory Day. Designates May 1, in 2006 and in each succeeding year, as Cold War Victory Day in Virginia.
Patron - Scott, J.M.

P HJ212

Resolution; Opening day of the 2007 Session of the General Assembly at Historic Triangle in Hampton Roads. Directs the Joint Rules Committee to develop the plans for an event to be held in the Historic Triangle in Hampton Roads.involving members of the General Assembly on the opening day of the 2007 Session of the General Assembly.
Patron - Rapp

P HJ229

Mentoring Month and Thank Your Mentor Day in Virginia. Designates January as Mentoring Month in Virginia and January 25th as Thank Your Mentor Day in Virginia.
Patron - Miller

P HJ250

Commemorating 400 years of the right to trial by jury in Virginia and the New World.
Patron - Griffith

P HJ383

Proclaim Winston Spencer Churchill an honorary citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia, posthumously. Honoring The Right Honorable Winston Spencer Churchill on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his address to the General Assembly on March 8, 1946, by proclaiming him an honorary citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia, posthumously.
Patron - Callahan

P HR6

Uninsured attorneys. Encourages the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia State Bar to consider the problem of uninsured attorneys. The Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia State Bar shall further consider some form of mandatory insurance for attorneys or an uninsured attorneys fund for client/victim compensation for malpractice committed by uninsured attorneys in the Commonwealth.
Patron - Joannou

P HR12

Resolution; Constitution Day in Virginia. Reaffirms the General Assembly's commitment to Constitution Day on September 17 each year.
Patron - Scott, E.T.

P HR13

Recognizing Czechoslovakian-Americans and their descendants. Recognizes the contributions and heritage of Czechoslovakian-Americans and their descendants in Virginia as an integral part of the early history and culture of the Commonwealth.
Patron - Ingram

P SJ12

Responsible Dog Ownership Week. Designates the last full week of September, in 2006 and each succeeding year, as "Responsible Dog Ownership Week in Virginia" to promote public awareness of the responsibilities of dog ownership.
Patron - Houck

P SJ70

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

P SJ85

Civilian Conservation Corps Day. Designates March 31, in 2006 and in each succeeding year, as Civilian Conservation Corps Member Appreciation Day in Virginia.
Patron - Obenshain

P SJ170

Resolution; Freedom of Information Day. Designates March 16, of 2006 and each succeeding year, as Freedom of Information Day in Virginia.
Patron - Houck

Failed

F HJ28

Memorializing Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to set terms of service for federal circuit and district court judges. Memorializes Congress to propose an amendment to set eight-year terms for federal circuit and district court judges who now have lifetime tenure and to submit the amendment to the states for ratification.
Patron - Lingamfelter

F HJ30

Memorializing Congress to reauthorize Section 5 and other special provisions of the Voting Rights Act. Calls on Congress to reauthorize remedial provisions in the Act due to expire in 2007, including the Section 5 review process, federal monitor and observer provisions, and bilingual voting materials requirements.
Patron - Jones, D.C.

F HJ51

Czech Capital of Virginia. Recognize New Bohemia as the Czech Capital of Virginia.
Patron - Ingram

F HJ72

Innocents Day. Designates December 28, in 2006 and in each succeeding year, as "Innocents Day" in Virginia.
Patron - Scott, E.T.

F HJ73

Constitution Day. Designates September 17, in 2006 and in each succeeding year, as Constitution Day in Virginia.
Patron - Scott, E.T.

F HJ105

Pocahontas Day. Designates March 17th, in 2006 and in each succeeding year, as Pocahontas Day in Virginia.
Patron - Morgan

F HJ106

Four American Revolutionary War flags. Encourages the return of the four American Revolutionary War flags captured by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton in 1779 and 1780 to their rightful homes in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Connecticut.
Patron - Morgan

F HJ121

United States Constitution; balanced budget amendment. Urges the Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment that would require a balanced federal budget.
Patron - Cline

F HJ123

Encouraging the review and development of guidelines to ensure religious freedom in public and higher education. Encourages the State Council of Higher Education to consider establishing guidelines to ensure religious freedom at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.
Patron - Cline

F HJ160

ZIP Codes in Henrico County. Urges the Postmaster General of the United States to designate certain addresses in Henrico County as "Henrico, Virginia" and establish ZIP codes in Henrico County that are distinct from ZIP codes in other localities.
Patron - McEachin

F HJ211

Resolution; Office of Commonwealth Preparedness and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. Encourages the Office of Commonwealth Preparedness and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management to further educate the citizens of the Commonwealth on effective disaster preparedness for natural and man-made disasters.
Patron - Waddell

F HJ228

Virginia Historic Preservation Day. Designate January 31, 2006, as Virginia Historic Preservation Day.
Patron - Barlow

F HR19

Memorializing the President of the United States to disapprove the sale of terminal operations at United States ports to Dubai Ports World.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HR20

Fair Tax. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to enact the national retail sales tax plan known as FairTax.
Patron - Welch

F SJ34

Resolution; Kinship care. Recognizes the need to address issues relating to the care of children by extended family, and to collaborate with national and local organizations in addressing these issues.
Patron - Miller

F SJ57

Memorializing Congress; Camden County, NC, landfill. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to take all action necessary and expedient to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of North Carolina by preventing contamination of the waters of the United States and degradation of the National Wildlife Refuge by the proposed landfill to be located in Camden County, North Carolina.
Patron - Quayle

F SJ97

Encourage FDA to approve Plan B contraception. Encourages the United States Food and Drug Administration to approve the use of Plan B emergency contraception as over-the-counter medication.
Patron - Lucas

F SJ152

Officially recognizing the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe. Extends official state recognition to the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe.
Patron - Lucas

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