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The Shad Plank: Musical chairs on the Crime Commission

May 6, 2008
The Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday reshuffled the membership of the Virginia State Crime Comission. The odd man out is Republican Sen. Tommy Norment of James City County. Norment, an attorney, has served on the commission for a number of years. He was replaced by a senior Democrat, Sen. Henry Marsh of Richmond. Marsh became chairman of the Courts of Justice Committee after Democrats took over the Senate this year. Now, the Democratically-controlled committee says it makes sense to have Mar...

Petersburg People?s News (V2) - Petersburg, Virginia: Mark Warner in Petersburg this Wednesday

April 14, 2008
Please join Gov. Mark Warner and Senator Henry Marsh for lunch Wednesday, April 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Longstreet?s Deli, 302 N. Sycamore St. RSVP: Adisa Muse (804.721.5011 or adisamuse@yahoo.com)....

Democratic Central : Creigh Deeds' letter to constituents

March 11, 2008
From Creigh Deeds:At the turn of the New Year we began the legislative session in Richmond with two paramount issues before us: reforming our mental health system and enacting the recommendations of the Virginia Tech review panel, and closing a growing deficit in our state budget. I'm pleased to report that this Thursday the General Assembly is likely to pass the spending blueprint for the next two years, and we have already sent the Governor important legislation crafted in the wake of the trag...

Medical,Health News and Articles : Volunteers From Virginia HIV/AIDS Group Lobby Legislators To Increase HIV Prevention, Education Funds

February 16, 2008
About 60 volunteers from Virginia Organizations Responding to AIDS on Wednesday lobbied state lawmakers to allocate additional funds for increased HIV prevention and education in the state, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. The volunteers asked legislators to support a budget amendment, sponsored by Del. John O?Bannon (R) and Sen. Henry Marsh (D), that would allocate $250,000 in each of the next two fiscal years for HIV programs targeted at people ages 25 and younger. The volunteers also ...

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February 16, 2008
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Recent Mentions in the Media

Daily Press: Norment off state crime commission

May 7, 2008
But instead of re-appointing Norment, the panel opted for a senior Democrat, Sen. Henry Marsh of Richmond. Marsh, an attorney, became chairman of the Courts ...

Richmond Style Weekly: 6th Street Vendors Catch Break, But Must Go by May 12

May 6, 2008
State Sen. Henry Marsh represented the vendors during negotiations earlier in the year. ?I wish they had gotten a little more. At least they got some relief ...

Alexandria Gazette Packet: Judicial Vacancies Filled

May 1, 2008
Clay Athey (R-18) asked how he gained the support of the local delegation, and Sen. Henry Marsh (D-16) asked why he wanted to be a judge. Del.

WWBT: Lawmakers finalize state's two-year $77 billion budget

April 23, 2008
Richmond Senator Henry Marsh says the process lawmakers approved should save the state money. Sen. Marsh says, "By setting up the pooling process, ...

Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition: Gun bills dominate General Assembly

April 23, 2008
A bill presenting a different side of the story came from Sen. Henry Marsh III (D-Richmond), whose dubbed "gun show loophole bill" was defeated 9-6 on Jan.

• SB109
  Introduced: January 03, 2008
  Status: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)
  
  : Criminal history record information; required for transfer of firearms.
• SB177
  Introduced: January 07, 2008
  Status: Continued to 2009 in Finance (16-Y 0-N)
  
  : Assisted outpatient treatment program; established for severely mentally ill.
• SB178
  Introduced: January 07, 2008
  Status: Continued to 2009 in Appropriations
  
  : Judges; increases number in circuit court.
• SB179
  Introduced: January 07, 2008
  Status: Continued to 2009 in Appropriations
  
  : Judges; increases number in various general district courts.
• SB180
  Introduced: January 07, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0142)
  
  : Clerk's office; preservation of papers.
• SB181
  Introduced: January 07, 2008
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Supreme Court; circuit court case management system changes to be approved by Executive Secretary.
• SJ28
  Introduced: January 03, 2008
  Status: Left in Rules
  
  : Children; Commission to study use of enhanced punishment for crimes committed in presence thereof.
• SJ29
  Introduced: January 03, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ29ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Collins H. Howlett III.
• SJ43
  Introduced: January 07, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ43ER)
  
  : Memorial resolution; Yolanda Denise King.
• SJ44
  Introduced: January 07, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ44ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Irene Amos Morgan Kirkaldy
• SJ46
  Introduced: January 07, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ46ER)
  
  : Mental Health Needs & Treatment of Minority Young Adults; Joint Commission on Health Care Studying.
• SJ111
  Introduced: January 11, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ111ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Oliver White Hill, Sr.
• SJ118
  Introduced: January 14, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ118ER)
  
  : Memorial resolution; Dr. Francis Merrill Foster, Sr.
• SJ172
  Introduced: February 07, 2008
  Status: Failed to pass in House
  
  : Judges; election in Supreme Court of Virginia and Court of Appeals.
• SJ199
  Introduced: February 14, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ199ER)
  
  : Commending Charles David Robbins.
• SR4
  Introduced: January 15, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate (SR4ER)
  
  : Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.
• SR5
  Introduced: January 15, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate (SR5ER)
  
  : Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
• SR6
  Introduced: January 15, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate (SR6ER)
  
  : Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.
• SR7
  Introduced: February 08, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate (SR7ER)
  
  : Judge; nomination for election to Supreme Court of Virginia.
• SR8
  Introduced: February 08, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate (SR8ER)
  
  : Judge; nomination for election to Court of Appeals.
• SR11
  Introduced: March 05, 2008
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals.

• SB18
  Introduced: December 12, 2005
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Mental health; mandatory outpatient treatment program in certain jurisdictions.
• SB104
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Credit cards; prohibits issuer from increasing interest rate or imposing fee thereon.
• SB105
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: Committee substitute printed 060486756-S1
  
  : Prisoners; provides for good conduct allowance therefor depending on their performance and conduct.
• SB368
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
  
  : Video games; displaying rating symbols of certain.
• SB713
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Affordable housing; development for low- and moderate-income persons.
• SB808
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Assigned Courts sub: Involuntary Commitment
  
  : Assisted outpatient treatment; establishes program for severely mentally ill.
• SB809
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee on Rules
  
  : Abraham Lincoln, Commission on Bicentennial of; created, report.
• SB810
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee on Rules
  
  : Legislative agencies; those authorized to employ personnel to report annually to General Assembly.
• SB921
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from VCSC (SB921)
  
  : Murder; when committed in presence of a minor is guilty of separate offense.
• SB922
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)
  
  : Judgments; establishes procedure for satisfaction thereof in general district court.
• SB1287
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Committee substitute printed 071738756-S1
  
  : Good conduct allowances and mandatory functional literacy requirement; created.
• SB1401
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  
  : Motor vehicle stops; law-enforcement officer to inform person of reason therefor.
• SJ330
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ330ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Victoria Jackson Gray Adams.
• SJ331
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ331ER)
  
  : Memorial resolution; Celebrating the life of Richard William Foster.
• SJ332
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ332ER)
  
  : Discrimination & injustice; General Assembly to acknowledge & express regret for State's role in.
• SJ333
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee on Rules
  
  : Commending Native Americans and African Americans on their contributions to the Commonweath.
• SJ497
  Introduced: February 09, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ497ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Mildred Lee Copeland Gilliam.
• SJ541
  Introduced: February 19, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ541ER)
  
  : Commending Oliver White Hill, Sr.

• SB15
  Introduced: December 12, 2005
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 4-N)
  
  : Criminal history record information; vendor to perform on transferee before sale of firearm.
• SB16
  Introduced: December 12, 2005
  Status: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (3-Y 12-N)
  
  : Handheld mobile telephones; prohibits use thereof by operators of motor vehicles in motion.
• SB17
  Introduced: December 12, 2005
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 2-N)
  
  : Death penalty; moratorium on prisoner executions.
• SB18
  Introduced: December 12, 2005
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Mental health; mandatory outpatient treatment program in certain jurisdictions.
• SB104
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Credit cards; prohibits issuer from increasing interest rate or imposing fee thereon.
• SB105
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: Committee substitute printed 060486756-S1
  
  : Prisoners; provides for good conduct allowance therefor depending on their performance and conduct.
• SB107
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0165)
  
  : Martin Luther King, Jr. Living History & Public Policy Center; amending governing structure thereof.
• SB113
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305)
  
  : Banks; allows for deduction of customary fees without first having to submit an invoice.
• SB114
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0306)
  
  : Courts; certain matters to be entered on civil order book.
• SB368
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
  
  : Video games; displaying rating symbols of certain.
• SB712
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0529)
  
  : Motorized scooters and skateboards; localities to adopt ordinances regulating noise.
• SB713
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Affordable housing; development for low- and moderate-income persons.
• SJ41
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ41ER)
  
  : Resolution. Celebrating the life of Lieutenant James Edward Weaver.
• SJ42
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ42ER)
  
  : Memorial resolution; Reverend Dr. Henry W. Whittle.
• SJ43
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ43ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Emma Ross Hoffler.
• SJ161
  Introduced: January 19, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ161ER)
  
  : Memorial resolution; celebrating the life of Ford T. Johnson, Sr.
• SJ264
  Introduced: February 23, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ264ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Coretta Scott King.
• SJ289
  Introduced: March 06, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ289ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Melvin D. Davis, Sr.
• SJ290
  Introduced: March 06, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ290ER)
  
  : Commending the United States Military Entrance Processing Command at Fort Lee.
• SJ296
  Introduced: March 06, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ296ER)
  
  : Commending Colonel George B. Mason, Jr., Chief of Police, and the Virginia Capitol Police.