Recent Mentions on Blogs

Charlottesville Tomorrow Blog: Danville and Lynchburg Chamber presidents advocate for 29 bypass

April 25, 2008
The presidents of the Danville and Lynchburg Chambers of Commerce have called on Charlottesville?s business community for help in building demand for a bypass of US Route 29. They were invited to address the North Charlottesville Business Council  on April 23, 2008 to give their view of the draft Places29 Master Plan, which includes converting key intersections along 29 to grade-separated interchanges as a way of speeding up through-traffic. ?We?ve been dealing with the conflict between being a...

Charlottesville Tomorrow Blog: Danville and Lynchburg Chamber presidents advocate for 29 bypass

April 25, 2008
The presidents of the Danville and Lynchburg Chambers of Commerce have called on Charlottesville?s business community for help in building demand for a bypass of US Route 29. They were invited to address the North Charlottesville Business Council  on April 23, 2008 to give their view of the draft Places29 Master Plan, which includes converting key intersections along 29 to grade-separated interchanges as a way of speeding up through-traffic. ?We?ve been dealing with the conflict between being a...

Charlottesville Tomorrow Blog: Council defers decision on Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange

April 22, 2008
The Charlottesville City School Board is expected to vote Thursday night on a resolution to donate the land to the project. Some Board members have expressed concern about the safety of the road, which will intersect with Melbourne Road near Charlottesville High School. One member of the School Board, Colette Blount, spoke out against the Meadowcreek Parkway in general, during a City Council public hearing on the Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange.  Council declined to endorse the alternative sel...

Charlottesville Tomorrow Blog: Council defers decision on Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange

April 22, 2008
The Charlottesville City School Board is expected to vote Thursday night on a resolution to donate the land to the project. Some Board members have expressed concern about the safety of the road, which will intersect with Melbourne Road near Charlottesville High School. One member of the School Board, Colette Blount, spoke out against the Meadowcreek Parkway in general, during a City Council public hearing on the Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange.  Council declined to endorse the alternative sel...

Raising Kaine The Voice of Progressive Virginia : Marshall-Newman File for Divorce?

March 12, 2008
State Senator Steve Newman (R- Jerry Falwell) and a group of "pro-family activists" have endorsed Jim Gilmore for Senate over fellow Republican Bob Marshall. For those who don't remember, Bob Marshall and Steve Newman cosponsored the Marshall-Newman Amendment that was on the ballot in 2006. ...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Lynchburg News and Advance: Western Va. lawmakers criticize Kaine?s transportation plan

May 12, 2008
Sen. Steve Newman, R-Lynchburg By Ray Reed Rural areas wouldn?t benefit a whole lot from the almost $1 billion of new taxes for transportation that Gov.

Lynchburg News and Advance: Bedford supervisor wants move to annual reassessments

April 27, 2008
Bedford supervisor wants move to annual reassessments... to see if there is a better way to manage the collection of real estate taxes,? Neudorfer said in an April 8 letter to Sen. Steve Newman, R-Lynchburg.

Lynchburg News and Advance: Lynchburg lawyer appointed for judgeship

April 24, 2008
Sen. Steve Newman, R-Lynchburg, said Cook ?is a remarkable individual who will make a fair justice.? ?I think Central Virginia will be served well for ...

• SB654
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0044)
  
  : Jerry Falwell Parkway; designating as portion of Route 460 between City of Lynchburg & Campbell Co.
• SB655
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice
  
  : Contractors; employees having direct contact with students on school property.
• SB656
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Continued to 2009 in Local Government (13-Y 1-N)
  
  : Annexation; extends current annexation moratorium to 2018.
• SB657
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0157)
  
  : Health care providers; those responding to disaster immune from liability.
• SB664
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1-Houck) (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
• SB675
  Introduced: January 14, 2008
  Status: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Credit unions; added to institutions that may be qualified public depositories.
• SB765
  Introduced: January 18, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535)
  
  : Water safety enforcement; provide enhanced enforcement effort on Smith Mountain Lake in summer.
• SJ108
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ108ER)
  
  : Children's Miracle Network Day; designating as October 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• SJ226
  Introduced: February 25, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ226ER)
  
  : Commending the William Campbell High School softball team.
• SJ242
  Introduced: February 27, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ242ER)
  
  : Commending Leland D. Melvin.

• SB525
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Health maintenance organization; may license insurance company, etc. plan that organizes & operates.
• SB528
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  
  : Boating; requires safety course and sets maximum speed limit for Smith Mountain Lake.
• SB1241
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)
  
  : Boating safety education; must complete to operate motorboat or personal watercraft, civil penalty.
• SB1298
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0389)
  
  : Criminal history record information; agency not required to collect when information is available.
• SB1300
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0927)
  
  : Sewage sludge; locality may adopt an ordinance that requires special use permit for routine storage.
• SB1301
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Vetoed by Governor
  
  : Water Quality Improvement Fund; Combined Sewer Overflow funding for Cities of Lynchburg & Richmond.
• SB1302
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Rereferred to Finance
  
  : Enterprise zone grants; allows businesses to apply for additional appropriations.
• SB1303
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579)
  
  : Health maintenance organizations; conversions.
• SB1304
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Assigned Courts sub: Eminent Domain
  
  : Eminent domain; definition of public uses.
• SB1305
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)
  
  : Physical therapists; allows patients to seek treatment therefrom.
• SB1306
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612)
  
  : Electric power and energy; purchase by Virginia Tech and municipal corporation.
• SB1307
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0166)
  
  : Senatorial districts; makes technical adjustment in Amherst County.
• SB1308
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Courthouse security; training of officers providing.
• SB1322
  Introduced: January 11, 2007
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Combined Sewer Overflow Fund; created.
• SB1339
  Introduced: January 15, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0929)
  
  : Land application of sewage sludge; regulation and management thereof.
• SB1346
  Introduced: January 16, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)
  
  : School boards; contractor to provide certification that employees have not been convicted of felony.
• SJ390
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ390ER)
  
  : Health care providers; joint subcommittee to study feasibility of offering liability protection.
• SJ392
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ392ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of John C. Lester, Jr.
• SJ414
  Introduced: January 12, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ414ER)
  
  : Commending the Amherst High School football team.
• SJ448
  Introduced: January 22, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ448ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Dorothy Quarles Stamps.
• SJ542
  Introduced: February 19, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ542ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Roy O. Stevens.

• SB521
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0231)
  
  : Personal property, tangible; establishes separate class for certain aircraft.
• SB522
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)
  
  : License taxes, local; localities to select date to apply therefor.
• SB523
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0232)
  
  : Tractor-semitrailer combinations; exemption for certain from length limit.
• SB524
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)
  
  : Drug-free school zones; includes licensed child day centers.
• SB525
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Health maintenance organization; may license insurance company, etc. plan that organizes & operates.
• SB526
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828)
  
  : Constitutional amendment; marriage may exist only between a man and woman.
• SB528
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 10-N)
  
  : Boating; requires safety course and sets maximum speed limit for Smith Mountain Lake.
• SB529
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753)
  
  : Credit unions; charges on loans.
• SB530
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)
  
  : Credit union; notification to Commissioner of Financial Institutions of participation.
• SB531
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755)
  
  : Credit unions; minors' accounts.
• SB610
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0580)
  
  : Physicians; extends sunset provision to purchase medical malpractice insurance.
• SJ90
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ90ER)
  
  : Physicians and Hospitals, Joint Subcommittee Studying Risk Management Plans for; continued.
• SJ91
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules
  
  : Incarcerated persons; joint subcommittee to study increasing access to higher education therefor.
• SJ92
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0947)
  
  : Constitutional amendment (second resolution); marriage.
• SJ5026
  Introduced: May 23, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ5026ER)
  
  : Commending the Liberty University debate team.
• SR35
  Introduced: March 10, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate (SR35ER)
  
  : Commending E. C. Glass boys' track team.
• SR36
  Introduced: March 10, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate (SR36ER)
  
  : Commending Heritage High School boys' track team.