Recent Mentions on Blogs

Raising Kaine The Voice of Progressive Virginia : "Green Globes" Rises from the Dead

April 23, 2008
This is pathetic: Mere hours after Earth Day, House Republicans defeated an amendment from Gov. Tim Kaine that would have strengthened Virginia's environmental standards for new state buildings (Raising Kaine covered the details of the amendment last week). In the video below, Del. David Toscano explains how the LEED rating system is a "much more stringent and rigorous" approach than the watered-down standards favored by Republicans. The amendment was defeated on a near party-line vote. Here ...

assemblyaccess.wordpress.com: Republicans stand by rules gimmick

February 4, 2008
as they did last month). You can watch Del. Brink explain his rules change below: Former Senators Brandon Bell (R-Roanoke County) and Marty Williams (R-Newport News) have also weighed in on the matter. Del. Kris Amundson spoke on the floor yesterday, reminding her fellow Delegates that they serve the people, not the other way around. Apparently, Republicans weren?t listening - immediately afterward, they booed a group of high school students visiting from Charlottesville. ...

blogfromonhigh.blogspot.com: The People Win One

January 19, 2008
On that House bill that would have required that you go through a background check before you could buy a used .22 rifle at a gun show, the people of Virginia have spoken, and your legislators have listened: Gun Show Measure Falters in Va. House By Anita Kumar, Washington Post Staff Writer Richmond, Jan. 18 -- A Virginia House committee on Friday defeated an effort to close a major loophole in the state's gun laws, angering families of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre and Gov. Timothy M. K...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Alexandria Gazette Packet: Judicial Vacancies Filled

May 1, 2008
Unlike the questions posed to Dawkins, most of the questions presented to Haddock were standard fare: Del. Clay Athey (R-18) asked how he gained the support ...

Northern Virginia Daily: Higher taxes urged

April 26, 2008
... at a time when prices are already over $3.50 per gallon, said Del. Clifford L. "Clay" Athey, R-Front Royal. "I'd go the other direction," said Athey.

The Winchester Star: The Winchester Star

April 24, 2008
Del. Clifford L. "Clay" Athey Jr., R-Front Royal, said in a telephone interview from Richmond on Wednesday evening that the bond will fund renovations for ...

The Winchester Star: The Winchester Star

April 22, 2008
The two local incumbents who ran unopposed for their House seats ? Del. Beverly J. Sherwood (29th District) and Del. Clifford L. "Clay" Athey Jr. (18th ...

• HB1282
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Medical Malpractice Settlement Offer and Recovery Act; established.
• HB1283
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Finance
  
  : Land preservation tax credit; elimination of verification of conservation value.
• HB1284
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Continued to 2009 in Finance
  
  : Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions for non-profit schools accredited by certain entity.
• HB1285
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
  
  : Protective orders; transport of firearms by certain law-enforcement officers. 
• HB1286
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Incorporated by Transportation (HB111-Scott, E.T.)
  
  : Highway systems; eliminates three-tier aspect of revenue-sharing program.
• HB1287
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Commerce and Labor
  
  : Electric energy conservation; SCC to conduct meeting to establish goals.
• HB1288
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Continued to 2009 in Transportation
  
  : Bridge and safety funding; prioritization by Transportation Board.
• HB1289
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB5-Orrock)
  
  : Gas chambers; prohibits use thereof for animal euthanasia.
• HB1290
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Restorative justice programs; established.
• HB1291
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Transportation
  
  : Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed certain drivers.
• HB1292
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
  
  : Concealed weapons; possession in vehicles.
• HB1293
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
• HB1294
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)
  
  : Good Samaritan statute; immunity extends to those providing care at location for screening, etc.
• HB1295
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Supreme Court; direct appeals.
• HB1468
  Introduced: January 15, 2008
  Status: Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions
  
  : Laboratory results; exception to releasing records directly to patient.
• HB1486
  Introduced: January 17, 2008
  Status: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  
  : Dealer permits; local ordinances pertaining to real estate taxes for euthanizing companion animals.
• HB1524
  Introduced: January 18, 2008
  Status: Stricken from docket by Transportation
  
  : License and registration fees, additional; method of collection in certain localities.
• HB1546
  Introduced: January 18, 2008
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Transportation
  
  : Weight limit; town ordinance thereof on certain roads.
• HJ178
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ178ER)
  
  : Development and land use tools; joint subcommittee to study.
• HJ548
  Introduced: March 03, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate
  
  : Celebrating the life of Richard Allen Young.
• HR8
  Introduced: January 15, 2008
  Status: Left in Rules
  
  : Electric transmission lines; SCC to require compliance with conservation & energy requirements.

• HB1107
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Education
  
  : Higher educational institutions; articulation agreements.
• HB1116
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor
  
  : Railroads; increases maximum fine for blocking roads.
• HB2396
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)
  
  : Goose Creek; designating portion in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties as Scenic River.
• HB2397
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
  
  : Condemnation cases; establishing public use.
• HB2398
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from SCC (HB2398H1)
  
  : Electrical transmission lines; General Assembly and SCC must approve alternative plan.
• HB2399
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Assigned C & L sub: Utilities/Employment (Byron)
  
  : Electrical transmission lines; General Assembly and SCC must approve alternative plan.
• HB2400
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651)
  
  : Charter; Town of Stephens City.  
• HB2401
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Committee substitute printed 070264220-H1
  
  : Electric Utility Conservation Programs; created, report.
• HB2402
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Left in Commerce and Labor
  
  : Electrical transmission lines; State Corporation Commission to consider all effect of proposed line.
• HB2403
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
  
  : Expert witness certifications; plaintiff in medical malpractice actions must provide.
• HB2404
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Letter sent to Crime Commission
  
  : Sexual offenses; if convicted of offense, prohibited to reside in proximity to children.
• HB2405
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2405)
  
  : Concealed handguns; person to inform law-enforcement officer of his possession thereof.
• HB2406
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
  
  : Concealed weapons; creates new exemption to general prohibition against carrying.
• HB2407
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education (Rust)
  
  : Community College Transfer Grant program; created.
• HB2408
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)
  
  : Higher educational institutions; articulation agreements.
• HB2409
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0830)
  
  : Motor vehicle dealers; warranty obligations.
• HB2410
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198)
  
  : Amber Alert Programs; amends definition of an abducted child to include secondary school students.
• HB2411
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB2411)
  
  : Highway revenue-sharing funds; Transportation Board make an equivalent matching allocation.
• HB2412
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture (Orrock)
  
  : Animals; euthanizing by use of gas chambers prohibited.
• HB2413
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408)
  
  : Concealed handgun; retired law-enforcement officers in favorable review to carry.
• HB2414
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB2414)
  
  : Uniform Statewide Building Code; asbestos inspections.
• HB2415
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)
  
  : Expert witness certifications; service of process.
• HB2416
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
  
  : Physicians; exceptions to immunity for laboratory tests ordered.
• HB2776
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0878)
  
  : Sex offender treatment offices; prohibited in certain residential areas.
• HB2777
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
  
  : Comprehensive plan; includes urban development areas.
• HB3195
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  
  : Companion animals; requires certain permits for dealers thereof.
• HB3196
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Failed to pass in House
  
  : Urban development areas; localities to amend comprehensive plan to include.
• HB3197
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Failed to pass in House
  
  : Urban transportation service districts; created.
• HB3198
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from VDOT (HB3198)
  
  : Subdivision streets; certain requirements for taking thereof into state secondary highway system.
• HB3199
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0895)
  
  : Written appraisal report; costs in condemnation action.
• HJ120
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor
  
  : Workers' Compensation Commission; JLARC to study procedure by which deputy commissioners are appt.
• HJ978
  Introduced: February 19, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ978ER)
  
  : Commending Sergeant Arthur Leo Woods IV.
• HR92
  Introduced: February 24, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR92ER)
  
  : Commending Robert J. Traister, Sr.

• HB1102
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Incorporated by Education (HB1136-Cline)
  
  : Community College Transfer Grant program.
• HB1103
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453)
  
  : Consumer Protection Act; choice of remedies, action for damages.
• HB1104
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing fund program.
• HB1105
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
  
  : Concealed weapons; person to inform law-enforcement officer of possession.
• HB1106
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: House sustained Governor's veto
  
  : Concealed weapons; possession on owner's property and in private vehicles.
• HB1107
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Education
  
  : Higher educational institutions; articulation agreements.
• HB1108
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0869)
  
  : Support orders; changes the effective date thereof.
• HB1109
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790)
  
  : Background checks; school boards must require for public school contract employees.
• HB1110
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684)
  
  : Physicians; immunity thereof for failing to review or act on any laboratory tests, etc., exception.
• HB1111
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Health, Welfare and Institutions
  
  : Physical therapy; prohibits anyone not licensed from advertising services thereas.
• HB1112
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Health, Welfare and Institutions
  
  : Physical therapy; removes referral and supervision requirements thereof.
• HB1113
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Finance
  
  : Income tax, state; veterinarian pro bono tax credit.
• HB1114
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Finance
  
  : Income tax, state; animal adoption tax credit.
• HB1115
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0351)
  
  : Persons presumed dead; provides for the appointment of curator & eliminates surety bond req.
• HB1116
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor
  
  : Railroads; increases maximum fine for blocking roads.
• HB1117
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Traffic offenses; optional additional penalty for certain violations.
• HB1118
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454)
  
  : Contractors, Board of; educational requirements as condition for licensure.
• HB1119
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0870)
  
  : Private roads; designating as highways for law-enforcement purposes in Warren County.
• HB1412
  Introduced: January 16, 2006
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Marriage; minor to get consent from parent or guardian.
• HB1506
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0882)
  
  : Proffered cash payments; locality may accept conditions if has had population growth of 5% or more.
• HB5094
  Introduced: September 21, 2006
  Status: Assigned CC & T sub: Ad Hoc - HB5093 and HB5094
  
  : Urban development; every county to amend its comprehensive plan to incorporate proposed areas.
• HJ118
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Rules
  
  : Community College System; joint subcommittee to study financing long-term facility needs.
• HJ119
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ119ER)
  
  : Gateway to Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park; designating as Town of Middletown.
• HJ120
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor
  
  : Workers' Compensation Commission; JLARC to study procedure by which deputy commissioners are appt.
• HJ183
  Introduced: January 17, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ183ER)
  
  : Physicians and Hospitals, Joint Subcommittee Studying Risk Management Plans for; continued.