Senator John Edwards (D-Roanoke)

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Party
Democratic
District
21: Giles County (All), Roanoke City (All), Montgomery County (Part), Roanoke County (Part) [map]
Took Office
January 1996
Next Election
November 2015
Committees
Commerce and Labor, Courts of Justice, Privileges and Elections
Copatroning Habits
50% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 53% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 50% of them are Democrats.
Partisanship
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Bills Passed
32.5% in 2013
Top Recent Contributors
Donor Sector Total
Wine, David &Mary Ann Uncoded $8,200
Dabney, Karen K Uncoded $5,000
Virginia Bankers Association Commercial banks & bank holding companies $4,000
Dominion Energy production & distribution $3,500
Anthem Health Plans Of Virginia Accident & health insurance $3,000
Allen Allen Allen & Allen Attorneys & law firms $2,500
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association Hospitals $2,500
Mid-Atlantic Regional Council Of Carpenters Construction unions $2,500
Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association Telecommunications $2,250
Virginia Optometric Association Optometrists & ophthalmologists $2,000

Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.

Recent Mentions on Blogs

John Edwards Plotting Political Comeback | Weasel Zippers

May 17, 2013
Perhaps, then, it should be no surprise to learn that disgraced former presidential candidate and North Carolina senator John Edwards is plotting his own comeback. The wealthy lawyer has reactivated his law license and ...

John Edwards reactivates license to practice law | MyFOX8.com

May 17, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Former Sen. John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law with the North Carolina State Bar. Edwards has stayed out of the public spotlight since last May when jurors acquitted him on a single ...

John Edwards enters speaking circuit and reactivates his law ...

May 17, 2013
Former presidential contender John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit. The two-time presidential candidate and former North Carolina senator is scheduled to appear ...

John Edwards Back In Business | Alan Colmes' Liberaland

May 16, 2013
The two-time presidential candidate, former North Carolina senator and 2004 Democratic vice-presidential nominee is scheduled to appear June 6 at a private retreat in Orlando, Fla., for lawyer clients of the marketing firm ...

John Edwards to Address PMP Client Retreat - Washington Free ...

May 16, 2013
Disgraced former Democratic senator John Edwards will address personal injury lawyers at the annual PMP Marketing client retreat in Orlando, Fla., in a rare public appearance for the former vice presidential nominee.

Recent Mentions in the Media

Gretawire (blog): He is back! Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards!

May 16, 2013
We have already seen the return of Elliot Spitzer (TV), Anthony Weiner has surfaced as a possible candidate for Mayor?and South Carolina has a new Congressman ? Mark Sanford ? so you knew that former US Senator John Edwards would be back on the ...

Washington Post: John Edwards reactivates law license; to speak at lawyers' event a year after ...

May 16, 2013
The Week MagazineJohn Edwards reactivates law license; to speak at lawyers' event a year after ...RALEIGH, N.C. ? Former presidential contender John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit. The two-time presidential candidate and former North Carolina senator is scheduled to appear June 6 at a ...John Edwards re-emerges, begins public comebackWashington TimesJohn Edwards to hit the speaking circuitThe Hill (blog)John Edwards hits the speaking circuit: Can he repair his image?The Week MagazineNew York Post -The Atlantic Wire -Huffington Postall 14 news articles »

Huffington Post: Marine Corps Recruit Letter Claims Boot Camp Instructors Hurl Anti-Gay Slurs ...

May 25, 2013
Tennessee's GOP State Senator Stacey Campfield <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/stacey-campfield-tennessee-senator-dont-say-gay-bill_n_1233697.html" target="_hplink">told HuffPost Gay Voices in January</a>: "Most people realize that ...

myfox8.com: John Edwards reactivates license to practice law

May 17, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. ? Former Sen. John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law with the North Carolina State Bar. Edwards has stayed out of the public spotlight since last May when jurors acquitted him on a single charge of campaign finance fraud.and more »

Huffington Post: Linda Harvey Backs Companies That Fire Openly Gay Employees To Uphold ...

May 25, 2013
Tennessee's GOP State Senator Stacey Campfield <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/stacey-campfield-tennessee-senator-dont-say-gay-bill_n_1233697.html" target="_hplink">told HuffPost Gay Voices in January</a>: "Most people realize that ...and more »

These are all of the video clips of John Edwards’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 215 video clips in all.

Index

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Bills

  • SB96: Unlawful photographs or video; Class 6 felony for a person to publish on Internet, penalty.
  • SB97: Barrier crimes; clarifies individual crimes included in background check and barrier crime statutes.
  • SB108: Power of attorney; embezzlement by agent, penalty.
  • SB582: Net energy metering; SCC shall approve utility's proposed standby charge methodology.
  • SB756: Perpetuities waiver; exclusions from statutory rule, nondonative transfers.
  • SB757: No-contest clauses; limitations on penalty clause.
  • SB758: Uniform Trust Code; interested trustees subject to ascertainable standard.
  • SB759: Guardianship and conservatorship; makes various changes to laws.
  • SB760: Wills & trusts; allows testator/settlor to petition court during his lifetime to determine validity.
  • SB761: Fiduciary attorney-client privilege; common law privilege to be extended to seeking advice.
  • SB762: Mandatory judicial retirement; increases age under Judicial Retirement System from 70 to 73 years.
  • SB763: Unlawful photographs or video; Class 6 felony for a person to publish on Internet, penalty.
  • SB848: Students; increases additional grant to those attending State 2-year colleges for engineering, etc.
  • SB849: Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties.
  • SB866: Health insurance; mandated coverage for enteral formulas necessitated by short bowel syndrome.
  • SB867: Health insurance; coverage for certain foods for individuals diagnosed as having phenylketonuria.
  • SB868: Criminal history background record checks; barrier crimes.
  • SB944: Administrative Process Act; issues on review, duty of court.
  • SB1023: Solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation facility; SCC to conduct pilot program, etc.
  • SB1025: Net energy metering; standby charges.
  • SB1027: Voting; handling of overvoted ballots, counting device to receive and count certain ballots.
  • SB1036: Income tax, corporate; add back of certain intangible expenses to income.
  • SB1043: Administrative Process Act; emergency regulations.
  • SB1046: Divorce cases; conduct an ore tenus hearing.
  • SB1048: Conservators of the peace, special; any State museum to apply for appointment by circuit court.
  • SB1049: Candidates; petition signatures, qualification to have name appear on ballot.
  • SB1066: Uniform Commercial Code; funds transfers.
  • SB1087: University of Virginia; changes composition of Board of Visitors.
  • SB1259: Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program, eligible energy.
  • SB1290: Higher educational institutions; full or partial tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty.
  • SB1299: Criminal history record information checks, etc.; dissemination of information.
  • SB1308: Real property tax; localities to tax campers and other recreational vehicles.
  • SB1372: Firearm shows; VSP to be available to perform background checks for non-dealer sales, etc.
  • SJ258: Celebrating the life of Audrey Louise McCray Wheaton.
  • SJ259: Celebrating the life of Harry Cecil Curtis, Jr.
  • SJ283: Celebrating the life of Lucian Yates Grove.
  • SJ291: Celebrating the life of John Robert Slaughter, Sr.
  • SJ311: Criminal history background checks and barrier crimes; joint subcommittee to study related laws.
  • SJ369: Celebrating the life of the Honorable William B. Hopkins, Sr.
  • SJ456: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Clifton Alexander Woodrum III.
  • SB94: Rules of Evidence; amendments or additions to Rule shall be adopted by Supreme Court of Va., etc.
  • SB95: Mandatory judicial retirement; increases age from 70 to 73.
  • SB96: Unlawful photographs or video; Class 6 felony for a person to publish on Internet, penalty.
  • SB97: Barrier crimes; clarifies individual crimes included in background check and barrier crime statutes.
  • SB98: Open-end loan plans; caps finance charges.
  • SB99: Line of Duty Act; expands definition of a deceased person.
  • SB100: Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program; created.
  • SB101: Bicycles; Town Council of Blacksburg to permit operation in either direction on one-way streets.
  • SB102: Water and waste authorities; liens.
  • SB103: Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Roanoke County to impose.
  • SB104: Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Reduced Tuition Program; created.
  • SB105: Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes president of Jefferson College of Health Sciences.
  • SB106: Physician assistants; use of fluoroscopy.
  • SB107: Freedom of Information Act; criminal investigative records.
  • SB108: Power of attorney; embezzlement by agent, penalty.
  • SB109: Land trusts; beneficiaries shall name a successor trustee.
  • SB110: Irrevocable trusts; trustee's power to appoint assets into second trust.
  • SB544: Mammograms; information on breast density.
  • SB545: Charter; Town of Glen Lyn.
  • SB546: Industrial development authorities; allows Roanoke County and City of Norfolk to expand board.
  • SB582: Net energy metering; SCC shall approve utility's proposed standby charge methodology.
  • SB583: Circuit court hearing; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction.
  • SB613: Candidate petitions for primaries and general elections; requirements for petition circulators.
  • SB614: Local sales tax distribution; correction of erroneous payments.
  • SJ133: Celebrating the life of Deriek Wayne Crouse.
  • SJ140: Celebrating the life of Daniel B. Fleming, Jr.
  • SJ244: Celebrating the life of Randolph Cooper Kendall, Jr.
  • SJ245: Commending Harold J. Haughton, Sr.
  • SJ246: Commending the Petersburg High School Crimson Wave boys basketball team.
  • SJ247: Celebrating the life of Stafford Alvin Flowers.
  • SJ248: Celebrating the life of Dr. Samuel Alfred Madden, Sr.
  • SJ249: Commending the Reverend Dr. Andrew J. White, Sr.
  • SJ5005: Celebrating the life of Robert Nelson Fishburn.
  • SJ5006: Celebrating the life of Richard Lee Lawrence.
  • SB155: Medical services; State's lien for payment.
  • SB156: Uniform Arbitration Act; vacating arbitration award.
  • SB205: Juveniles; right in certain violent felony cases to appeal to circuit court.
  • SB435: TransDominion Express Commission; established.
  • SB609: Carbon monoxide detectors; locality to enact ordinance requiring installation in certain places.
  • SB711: Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of criminal investigative records.
  • SB819: Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program; established.
  • SB820: Mental health courts; any district court or circuit court may establish.
  • SB821: Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report.
  • SB822: Circuit courts; juvenile's right to appeal transfer of case.
  • SB823: Workers' compensation; presumption that certain injuries are work related.
  • SB824: Tuition, in-state; waiver of one-year residency requirement for veterans.
  • SB825: Open-end loan plans; caps finance charges.
  • SB826: Publication of unlawful photographs; penalty.
  • SB827: Electronic notary; notary to notarize document if signer is not present if identity is established.
  • SB828: Health professions; reciprocity exemption from licensing.
  • SB1064: Erosion & sediment control plans; may charge fee to cover costs associated with certain review, etc.
  • SB1065: Charter; Town of Narrows.
  • SB1066: Judicial retirement; mandatory retirement.
  • SB1067: Unauthorized practice of law; increases statute of limitations on prosecutions.
  • SB1068: Circuit court clerks; collection of fees.
  • SB1069: Virginia Code Commission; changes appointment authority.
  • SB1070: Small businesses; clarifies process review of existing regulations.
  • SB1071: Irrevocable trusts; trustee's power to appoint assets into second trust.
  • SB1072: Inter vivos QTIP trusts; if established by donor spouse not to be included in estate.
  • SB1240: Courts; establishes new boundaries for judicial circuits and districts.
  • SB1241: Medical services; State's lien for payment.
  • SB1242: Transportation; creates additional revenue by increasing motor vehicle sales & use and rental taxes.
  • SB1243: Barrier crimes; listing of crimes.
  • SB1418: State training centers & hospitals; same requirements for closure shall apply.
  • SB1423: Wills & trusts; formula clauses referring to federal estate & generation-skipping transfer tax laws.
  • SB1466: Liens; water and waste authorities required to notify property owner of those that may be placed.
  • SB1467: Freedom of Information Act; criminal investigative records.
  • SB1468: Rail Transportation Development Authority; established, abolishes Rail Advisory Board.
  • SJ367: Celebrating the life of Gordon Churchill Willis, Sr.
  • SJ368: Commending the Northside High School softball team.
  • SJ397: Person-centered practice; SHHR & human services agencies to adopt & implement in providing services.
  • SJ403: Commending Major General Jerrold P. Allen, USAF (Ret.).
  • SB154: Inflationary effects; increasing various costs, fees, etc., penalties.
  • SB155: Medical services; State's lien for payment.
  • SB156: Uniform Arbitration Act; vacating arbitration award.
  • SB157: Preliminary removal orders; required to specify frequency, location, and duration of visitation.
  • SB158: Mental health courts; definition, district and circuit courts may establish in any jurisdiction.
  • SB159: Uniform Power of Attorney Act; established within Code of Virginia.
  • SB160: Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report.
  • SB161: Divorce proceedings; service requirements and waiver of notice of further proceedings.
  • SB162: Capital cases; sentencing proceeding.
  • SB163: Health savings accounts; exemption from creditors' claims.
  • SB164: Transportation; source of revenue by increase of motor vehicle sales and use tax.
  • SB165: Roanoke Higher Education Authority; replaces President of Hampton University with that of JMU.
  • SB166: Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
  • SB167: Open-end loan plans; caps finance charges and fees that may be charged on extension of credit.
  • SB205: Juveniles; right in certain violent felony cases to appeal to circuit court.
  • SB206: Judges; increases mandatory retirement age.
  • SB207: Threat assessment teams; exempts certain records established at higher educational institutions.
  • SB432: Freedom of Information Act; record exemption for the Statewide Agencies Radio System (STARS).
  • SB433: New River Valley Emergency Communications Regional Authority; created.
  • SB434: VPI&SU; authorizes rector and board of visitors to lease titled real estate.
  • SB435: TransDominion Express Commission; established.
  • SB436: Emergency protective and removal orders; party shall file in circuit court any petition therefor.
  • SB546: Railroad rights-of-way; passage permitted for access to lands used for recreational purposes, etc.
  • SB608: Higher educational institutions; annual review of crisis and emergency management plan.
  • SB609: Carbon monoxide detectors; locality to enact ordinance requiring installation in certain places.
  • SB610: Workers' Compensation Commission; filing materials by electronic transmission.
  • SB611: Workers' Compensation Commission; notices, orders, etc., by electronic communications.
  • SB710: Utility Transfers Act; SCC to approve acquiring or disposal of control of public utility.
  • SB711: Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of criminal investigative records.
  • SJ28: Celebrating the life of David Kenneth Lisk.
  • SJ29: Commending the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads, Inc., on the 75th anniversary.
  • SJ30: Tort claims; JLARC to study costs incurred by State or its localities.
  • SJ41: Commending the Northside High School football team.
  • SJ104: Celebrating the life of Samuel Wallace Cundiff.
  • SJ105: Celebrating the life of William Glynn Loope.
  • SJ223: Commending Head Coach Frank Beamer and the Virginia Tech football team.
  • SJ224: Celebrating the life of Margie Fisher.
  • SJ270: Celebrating the life of Joseph V. Gorman, Jr.
  • SB16: Crisis intervention team pilot programs; established for persons with mental illness, report.
  • SB17: Medical services; State's lien for payment.
  • SB18: Mental health courts; establishment of pilot program, report.
  • SB19: Judges; increases mandatory retirement age.
  • SB120: Blacksburg, Town of; authority to bring civil action for failure to provide adequate crowd control.
  • SB122: Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
  • SB394: Parental rights; appeal when terminated.
  • SB692: Insurance agents; revises definition of limited burial insurance authorities.
  • SB738: Adult abuse; financial institution employees to report suspected financial abuse of elder persons.
  • SB848: Elections; clarifications and revisions to registration and election processes.
  • SB849: Vacant building registration; Towns of Blacksburg and Vienna may require owner to register.
  • SB853: Carbon monoxide detectors; Board of Housing & Community Development to establish requirements.
  • SB854: Mental health courts; Office of Ex. Secretary of Supreme Court to establish for nonviolent offender.
  • SB855: Uniform Power of Attorney Act; created.
  • SB856: Judges; increases mandatory retirement age.
  • SB857: Charter; Town of Blacksburg.
  • SB858: Transient occupancy tax; Giles County may impose at rate not to exceed 5% to promote tourism.
  • SB859: Divorce; equitable distribution.
  • SB860: Income tax credit, earned; employers to provide notice to employees that may be eligible.
  • SB861: Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report.
  • SB862: License plates, special; issuance to members and supporters of Friends of Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc.
  • SB863: TransDominion Express Commission; created.
  • SB864: Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
  • SB865: Coal combustion by-products; use, reuse, or reclamation in a flood plain.
  • SB866: Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
  • SB867: Elections; creates exceptions to prohibited activities at polls.
  • SB868: Retail Sales & Use Tax; expands definition of public facility for purpose of using certain revenues.
  • SB1012: Foster care; placement of a child pursuant to agreement between parents & local board.
  • SB1013: Crash prevention courses; to be delivered via Internet or other electronic means if approved by DMV.
  • SB1014: Freedom of Information Act; exemption for name, address, etc., of complainants relating to zoning.
  • SB1015: Child support enforcement order; eliminates requirement obligor & obligee maintain marital domicile.
  • SB1016: P-16 Education Council; established as an advisory council within executive branch.
  • SB1017: Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes Ferrum College from & corrects name.
  • SB1155: Absentee voting; electoral board shall make printed ballots available.
  • SB1156: Higher educational institutions, certain; management agreements with State.
  • SB1290: District courts; appeal may be taken to circuit court & heard de novo.
  • SB1291: Deed of trust or mortgage; limitation on enforcement.
  • SB1292: Setoff Debt Collection Act; allows local governments to collect past due local taxes..
  • SB1293: Persons under a disability; approval of compromises on behalf thereof in suits or actions.
  • SB1294: Crisis intervention team programs; established, report.
  • SB1413: Adult abuse; financial institution employees to report suspected financial abuse of elder persons.
  • SB1439: Protective orders; removes provision to contain identifying information.
  • SB1486: Domestic insurers; SCC delay application of provision applicable to investment of those petitioning.
  • SB1512: Veterans Services, Department of; required to provide burial vaults at no cost to eligible veterans.
  • SJ277: Tort claims brought against entities; JLARC to study costs incurred by State or its localities.
  • SJ291: Celebrating the life of E.C. Warren II.
  • SJ314: Virginia's Rail Heritage Region; established to promote and encourage rail tourism.
  • SJ405: Commending the Virginia Tech football team as the Atlantic Coast Conference Champions.
  • SJ5002: Celebrating the life of David Vernon Layman.
  • SB13: Health insurance; mandated coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
  • SB14: Income tax credit, earned; employers to provide notice to employees.
  • SB15: Income tax credit, earned; Department of Social Services to provide notice to all applicants.
  • SB16: Crisis intervention team pilot programs; established for persons with mental illness, report.
  • SB17: Medical services; State's lien for payment.
  • SB18: Mental health courts; establishment of pilot program, report.
  • SB19: Judges; increases mandatory retirement age.
  • SB20: Carbon monoxide alarms; locality to require installation in certain buildings.
  • SB117: Income tax and sales and use tax; credit and exemption for telecommunications service providers.
  • SB118: Notarial certificates; removes requirement that wording appear on same page as signature.
  • SB119: VPI & SU; board of visitors to convey certain property to Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.
  • SB120: Blacksburg, Town of; authority to bring civil action for failure to provide adequate crowd control.
  • SB121: TransDominion Express Commission; created.
  • SB122: Rail Transportation Development Authority; created.
  • SB123: Evidence; destruction of trial exhibits.
  • SB124: Public schools; Superintendent to develop guidelines eliminating trans fatty foods served.
  • SB125: Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
  • SB126: Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Tuition Grant Program; created.
  • SB127: Higher educational institutions; retirement plan for teachers and administrative faculty.
  • SB128: Higher educational institutions; optional retirement plan for certain employees.
  • SB139: Community services board; requires employee that prepared report to attend hearing.
  • SB140: Independent examinations; training of persons conducting.
  • SB141: State hospitals; discharge plans upon release.
  • SB142: Involuntary commitment hearings; recordings.
  • SB143: Temporary detention order; extends time period.
  • SB144: Emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment; criteria.
  • SB150: Wilderness Road: Virginia's Heritage Migration Route; designating certain highway segments thereas.
  • SB211: Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; increases annual assessment for physicians.
  • SB212: Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act; right to confront witnesses.
  • SB213: Pleadings; naming represented person or fiduciary as party to an action.
  • SB214: Special justices; required to complete minimum training program.
  • SB215: Charter; Town of Narrows.
  • SB216: Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
  • SB217: Involuntary commitment; independent examination.
  • SB218: Health Professions, Department of; investigative procedures.
  • SB219: Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes Virginia Intermont College from Board of Trustees.
  • SB220: Outpatient treatment order; community services board to monitor person's compliance with order.
  • SB313: Child support; exemption for parents who are imprisoned for life.
  • SB314: Veterans Services Foundation; established to provide funding for veteran services and programs.
  • SB315: Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report.
  • SB394: Parental rights; appeal when terminated.
  • SB395: Death sentence; execution dates
  • SB396: Health insurance carriers; hospital disclosure of contractual arrangements.
  • SB397: Methamphetamine precursors; electronic log to be maintained by sellers of products.
  • SB580: War Memorial Foundation; increase in membership.
  • SB666: Utility Transfers Act; person shall not acquire or dispose of control of public utility, etc.
  • SB688: Motor vehicle insurance; provide reductions to certain persons who complete DMV approved course.
  • SB692: Insurance agents; revises definition of limited burial insurance authorities.
  • SB693: Physician assistants; agreement with supervising physician detailing activities delegated thereto.
  • SB717: Coal combustion byproduct; use, reuse, or reclamation in a floodplain
  • SB738: Adult protective services; reporting of suspected financial abuse of elderly & dependent persons.
  • SB6015: Revenues of the Commonwealth; transportation funding.
  • SJ33: Celebrating the life of Margie M. Jumper.
  • SJ34: Commending the William Fleming High School boys' basketball team.
  • SJ35: Celebrating the life of F. Rodney Fitzpatrick.
  • SJ36: Celebrating the life of Thomas B. Mason.
  • SJ37: Celebrating the life of William Andrew Dickinson.
  • SJ38: Celebrating the life of Jack B. Coulter.
  • SJ39: Celebrating the life of Byron Adna Hicks.
  • SJ139: Commending Joey Goodrich.
  • SJ140: Commending Gordon Churchill Willis, Sr.
  • SJ144: Commending the Virginia Tech football team.
  • SJ5002: Celebrating the life of David Vernon Layman.
  • SB205: Early childhood education; school divisions to provide programs for four and five-year-olds.
  • SB206: Childhood obesity; Board of Education & Health Department establish standards to prevent thereof.
  • SB209: Criminal exhibits; destruction or donation of those used for evidence.
  • SB974: Childhood obesity; Sup. of Public Instruction & Health Commissioner to work together to combat.
  • SB975: Retirement System; allows certain employees to transfer to VRS.
  • SB976: Optional retirement plan; annual contribution for employees of higher educ. to be same as VRS member
  • SB977: Judges; increases mandatory retirement age therefor.
  • SB978: Methamphetamine precursors; electronic log.
  • SB979: Workers' compensation; panel of physicians to be provided to injured employees.
  • SB980: Physician assistants; extends therpeutic activities they may perform under supervision.
  • SB981: Involuntary commitment; county police department to provide transportation.
  • SB982: Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Reduced Tuition Program; created.
  • SB983: Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
  • SB984: Alcoholic beverage control; creates an internet wine retailer license.
  • SB985: Administrative support remedies; availability to individuals not receiving public assistance.
  • SB1050: Water and sewer charges; adds Town of Blacksburg to localities that may attach lien on real estate.
  • SB1051: Real estate tax; localities to tax certain energy-efficient buildings.
  • SB1052: Emergency custody order; authorizes sheriffs and sheriffs' deputies to execute orders.
  • SB1053: Uniform Statewide Building Code; locality to require building permits in historic zoning districts.
  • SB1054: Low-income housing credit; consolidation of Code sections.
  • SB1055: Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credit; moves to Title 58.1 & cross-reference to Title 63.2.
  • SB1197: Public schools; regulations of foods containing trans fatty acids.
  • SB1198: Medical Services; State's lien for payment.
  • SB1290: Interstate Compact for Juveniles; provides accountability, etc., to track juveniles across borders.
  • SB1359: Crisis intervention pilot programs; Criminal Justice Services to establish program.
  • SB1388: Mental health courts; Office of Executive Secretary of Supreme Court to establish pilot program.
  • SB1389: TransDominion Express Commission; created.
  • SJ432: Celebrating the life of Ralph Keister Bowles.
  • SJ460: Commending the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.
  • SJ476: Commending the City of Roanoke on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
  • SJ495: Commending Roanoke Area Ministries and RAM House.
  • SR38: Rules of the Senate; proposed amendment.
  • SB204: Character education; opportuities for voluntary participation in community service activities.
  • SB205: Early childhood education; school divisions to provide programs for four and five-year-olds.
  • SB206: Childhood obesity; Board of Education & Health Department establish standards to prevent thereof.
  • SB207: Nursing homes; guidelines for staffing..
  • SB208: Children's Services Ombudsman, Office of; created.
  • SB209: Criminal exhibits; destruction or donation of those used for evidence.
  • SB210: Mental health courts; Office of Executive Secretary of Supreme Court to establish.
  • SB211: Crisis intervention pilot prog.; to respond to crisis situations involving mental illness, report.
  • SB212: Motor vehicles; use of warning lights, etc. while operating in emergency situations.
  • SB213: O. Winston Link Trail; established to highlight and celebrate railroad heritage.
  • SB214: Health professions; reinstatedment hearing for mandatory suspension or revocation of license.
  • SB215: TransDominion Express Authority Act; created.
  • SB357: Constitutional amendment; exempts certain property from taxation (first reference).
  • SB358: Real estate tax; exemption in redevelopment or conservation areas, etc.
  • SB359: Southwest Va. Veterans Cemetery; Dept. of Veterans Services authorized to accept donated property.
  • SB360: Mentally ill defendants; may be hospitalized if unable to care for himself.
  • SB361: Workers' compensation; coverage for first responders during state of emergency.
  • SB463: Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Montgomery County to impose.
  • SB464: Charter; City of Roanoke.
  • SB465: Freedom of Information Act; political subdivisions to conduct electronic communication meetings.
  • SB632: Neurological birth-related injury cases; review of certain cases.
  • SB633: Courthouse security fee.
  • SB704: Family day homes; those not covered by liability insurance.
  • SJ70: Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum, Inc.; designating as official transit museum of State.
  • SJ87: Constitutional amendment; localities to be partially exempt from real property tax.
  • SJ143: Celebrating the life of John Dresden Copenhaver.
  • SJ144: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Harry Y. Gamble.
  • SJ145: Celebrating the life of F. Wiley Hubbell.
  • SJ149: Celebrating the life of Reverend Dr. J. Eugene Young.
  • SJ166: Humane treatment of animals; report.
  • SJ225: Commending the Harrison Museum of African American Culture on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
  • SJ5005: Commending Giles County on the occasion of its bicentennial.
  • SJ5006: Commending the Giles High School football team.
  • SJ5018: Celebrating the life of Frank W. Rogers, Jr.
  • SJ5072: Celebrating the life of Derrick McFarland.