Sen. John Watkins (R-Midlothian)

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Party
Republican
District
10: Powhatan County (All), Chesterfield County (Part), Richmond City (Part) [map]
Took Office
January 1998
Left Office
January 2016
Website
senatorjohnwatkins.com
Copatroning Habits
56% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 63% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 55% of them are Republicans.
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These are all of the video clips of John Watkins’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 372 video clips in all.

Bills

  • SB422: Hybrid retirement program; local deferred compensation and cash match plans.
  • SB531: Contract passenger carriers; eliminates certain requirements.
  • SB606: Secondary highway system; withdrawal of county from system.
  • SB678: Real property tax; notice of assessments.
  • SB746: Absentee ballots; extends deadline for mailing to voters.
  • SB747: Absentee voting; application for ballot.
  • SB748: Insurance plans; provisions regulating hypothecation of assets.
  • SB752: State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act;prohibited conduct for Governor's Secretaries.
  • SB801: Clean energy; financing programs, development of underwriting guidelines.
  • SB811: Chemical storage in the Commonwealth; protection of human health and the environment.
  • SB812: Lobbyist disclosure; definition of executive action, procurement transactions.
  • SB813: Virginia Retirement System; technical amendments to the programs administered by System.
  • SB814: Electronic identity management; standards, liability.
  • SB815: Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High-Speed Rail Compact; chairmanship.
  • SB840: Congressional and state legislative districts.
  • SB1006: Virginia Marine Resources Commission; submerged lands, permit fees.
  • SB1007: Port of Virginia Economic & Infrastructure Development Grant Fund & Program; grants.
  • SB1012: Income tax, state; subtraction, sale of land for open-space use.
  • SB1019: Land preservation; tax credit.
  • SB1025: Transportation network companies.
  • SB1031: Real property tax exemption; certain leasehold interests.
  • SB1162: Hybrid retirement program; disclosure of services, etc., associated with voluntary contributions.
  • SB1164: Corrections, State Board of; transfers certain powers and duties to Department of Corrections.
  • SB1287: Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain establishments.
  • SB1288: General registrars; Russell County not required to have full-time assistant registrar in office.
  • SB1306: Battlefield property; authority to acquire.
  • SB1328: Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created.
  • SB1365: Carbon dioxide emissions; DEQ to develop state plan to regulate emissions.
  • SB1370: Richmond City Public Schools Learning Excellence by Aligning Public Schools Commission.
  • SB1455: Commonwealth of Virginia Veterans Bond Act of 2015; created.
  • SB1465: U.S. savings bonds; establishes a procedure for the escheat of unclaimed bonds.
  • SJ235: Virginia Housing Trust Fund; revenue sources, report.
  • SJ307: Commending Robert P. Schultze.
  • SJ319: Commending the Virginia Cardinals baseball team.
  • SJ321: Commending the Trinity Episcopal School football team.
  • SJ323: Commending Dominion Resources, Inc.
  • SJ339: Commending John Henry Middleton, Jr.
  • SJ346: Virginia Hospital Week; designating as May 10 through May 16, 2015.
  • SJ347: Commending Sheldon M. Retchin, M.D.
  • SJ372: Commending John J. Accordino, Ph.D.
  • SB44: Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local; disclosure of gifts by Governor and Attorney General.
  • SB45: Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; established and operated by new division within SCC.
  • SB46: Motion picture production; increases percentage of company's qualifying expenses for tax credit.
  • SB47: Southern States Energy Board; change in membership, alternate appointments.
  • SB85: Central station dispatchers; exempt from training requirement if station has certification.
  • SB86: Annuity contracts; interest on proceeds.
  • SB87: VRS; technical amendments to programs administered by System.
  • SB88: Risk management by insurance companies; Own Risk and Solvency Assessments.
  • SB116: Deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages; correcting errors, affidavit.
  • SB117: Methadone clinics; location near schools and day care centers, exemptions for existing facilities.
  • SB118: Mortgage loan originators; transitional licensing.
  • SB119: State Corporation Commission; availability of records.
  • SB120: Benefits consortium; exemption and exclusions.
  • SB297: Medicaid enrollees; work search requirements for newly eligible.
  • SB298: Rail and Public Transportation, Department of; funding.
  • SB323: Dams; risk management plan for owners.
  • SB422: Hybrid retirement program; local deferred compensation and cash match plans.
  • SB430: Farm brewery licenses, limited; Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control may grant to certain breweries.
  • SB431: Voluntary remediation program; removes cap on registration fees.
  • SB464: Human Resource Management, Department of; state health plan.
  • SB466: Dams, certain; liability of owners.
  • SB531: Contract passenger carriers; eliminates certain requirements.
  • SB606: Secondary highway system; withdrawal of county from system.
  • SJ17: Commending M. Coleman Walsh, Jr.
  • SJ18: Celebrating the life of James Barksdale Timberlake.
  • SJ19: Celebrating the life of Nicholas Martin Bliley.
  • SJ20: Celebrating the life of Vernon M. Poe.
  • SJ21: Celebrating the life of United States Army Specialist Kyle Pascal Stoeckli.
  • SJ69: Master Rail Plan; develop to serve principal facilities of Port of Virginia.
  • SJ111: Celebrating the life of the Honorable William E. Maxey, Jr.
  • SJ126: Commending N. Jerry Simonoff.
  • SJ154: Celebrating the life of Carrie Monroe Roarty.
  • SJ189: Commending the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects.
  • SJ5007: Commending Boy Scouts of America Troop 840.
  • SJ5036: Commending Bryan D. Carr.
  • SJ5044: Commending Richard E. Tucker.
  • SJ5052: Celebrating the life of William Frank Mezger.
  • SR21: State Corporation Commission; nominating a person to be elected.
  • SR22: Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission; nominating a person to be elected.
  • SB494: Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond.
  • SB496: Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report.
  • SB717: Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities.
  • SB775: Unemployment compensation; noncharging of overpayments, penalty for fraudulent claims.
  • SB776: Virginia New Hire Reporting Center; employer to submit information concerning newly hired employee.
  • SB777: Insurance; notice of lapse in coverage for certain life and accident and sickness policies.
  • SB778: State Corporation Commission; pro bono legal services.
  • SB779: Limited liability companies; assignment of interest.
  • SB780: Accident and sickness insurance, individual; open enrollment program.
  • SB919: Uranium; 3% state severance tax on receipts of any severed from earth in State, proceeds.
  • SB921: Health insurance reform; revises State's laws.
  • SB922: Health insurance; SCC, et al., to perform plan management functions, review of premium rates.
  • SB923: Open Education Curriculum Board; repeals Board.
  • SB924: Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report.
  • SB994: Mortgage loan originators; conforms Virginia statutory law to federal regulations.
  • SB995: VRS; technical changes regarding retirement plans.
  • SB1034: Banks; derivative transactions.
  • SB1035: Unemployment compensation; collection of overpayments.
  • SB1057: Own Risk and Solvency Assessments; insurers required to maintain risk management framework.
  • SB1089: Health insurance; program for local government employees and other political subdivisions of State.
  • SB1236: Personal property tax; advertising signs.
  • SB1304: Alcoholic beverage control; creates annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license, etc.
  • SB1353: Uranium; establishes process for DMME to issue permits for mining of uranium ore, report.
  • SJ313: Commending Earl Hamner, Jr.
  • SJ314: Commending Dominion Resources, Inc.
  • SJ346: Celebrating the life of Roscoe Lee Timberlake.
  • SJ348: Celebrating the life of Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr.
  • SJ349: Commending the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
  • SJ379: Commending William L. Dudley, Jr.
  • SJ385: Commending Flora of Virginia.
  • SR47: Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission; nomination for election of member.
  • SB45: Open Education Curriculum Board; alters function from a policy board to an advisory board.
  • SB46: On-road clean screen program; vehicle emissions inspection.
  • SB47: Certificates of insurance; unfair insurance trade practices.
  • SB48: Residential rental properties; establishes criteria by which an assessor determines market value.
  • SB49: Income tax, corporate; requires retail companies to use single-sales factor apportionment formula.
  • SB50: Corporations and limited liability companies; conversions, dissolution, and procedures.
  • SB51: Uniform Commercial Code; secured transactions.
  • SB52: Environmental laboratory certification program; exempts certain laboratories.
  • SB53: Commonwealth Health Research Board; certain employees shall be entitled to state employee benefits.
  • SB54: Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement, postpones scheduled increase.
  • SB73: Residential rental apartments; appeal of real property assessments, fair market value.
  • SB74: Roll-your-own cigarette machines; person who operates at a retail establishment is a manufacturer.
  • SB75: Mortgage loan originators; exempts from licensing employees of bona fide nonprofit organizations.
  • SB76: Owner financing for real property; licensing.
  • SB77: Nutrient credit certification; regulations, Nutrient Trading Act is established, penalty.
  • SB78: Income tax, corporate; taxes paid in another state.
  • SB79: Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for State businesses.
  • SB121: Bank-owned real estate; repeals provision that limits period that banks may hold.
  • SB122: Derelict and blighted buildings; authorizes locality to serve as receiver to repair.
  • SB123: Environmental covenants; compliance with Uniform Environmental Covenants Act, etc.
  • SB124: Mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers; criminal background checks.
  • SB125: Line of Duty Act; political subdivision, etc., irrevocable election to self-fund benefits.
  • SB126: Forestry, Department of; use of methyl bromide gas fumigation.
  • SB491: Senate Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries in City of Richmond.
  • SB492: Renewable energy; expands definition.
  • SB493: Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency programs.
  • SB494: Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond.
  • SB495: Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution of funds on monthly basis to public safety answering point.
  • SB496: Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report.
  • SB497: Virginia Retirement System; local government and school board employees, contributions.
  • SB498: Retirement System; hybrid retirement program created, optional defined retirement plan created, etc.
  • SB499: Health plan, state; makes changes to appeals process for complaints.
  • SB500: Interstate highway, etc.; fines and fees for violations of laws.
  • SB501: Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program; under authority of Criminal Justice Services Board.
  • SB631: Motor fuels tax; required to be indexed starting January 1 of year preceeding affected year.
  • SB632: Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution of funds.
  • SJ15: Electronic identity credentials; JCOTS to study and determine possible liability concerns therewith.
  • SJ16: Unemployment Compensation Act; Commission on Unemployment Compensation to study federal Act.
  • SJ36: Commending Captain Cathy Ann Harrison.
  • SJ105: Commending the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station.
  • SJ106: Commending Tucker Pavilion.
  • SJ169: Commending Leland M. Nye.
  • SR10: State Corporation Commission; nomination for election of member.
  • SB238: Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; certain requirements for CMRS resellers.
  • SB647: Energy mandates; SCC and JLARC to prepare an assessment of economic impact on customers.
  • SB783: Zoning; cluster development subject to land use ordinance of locality.
  • SB784: Affordable housing; assessments of real property.
  • SB785: Real property tax assessment; partial exemption for certain improvements.
  • SB786: Mortgage loan originator for residential mortgage loan; allows for exception under definition.
  • SB787: Wireless E-911 Services Board; changes name to E-911 Services Board.
  • SB788: Wireless E-911 Fund; amends procedure by which Wireless E-911 Services Board distributes funds.
  • SB789: E-Verify program; requires Virginia Employment Commission to use.
  • SB790: Unemployment compensation bills; impact statement.
  • SB791: Extended unemployment benefits; clarifies expiration of provisions that expanded certain criteria.
  • SB792: Airport shuttle service; same treatment of carriers in Henrico County as for those in Norfolk.
  • SB793: Mercury switches; extends sunset provision that requires removal in certain motor vehicles.
  • SB1000: Alcoholic beverage control; definition of chaptalization and cider.
  • SB1001: Corrections, State Board of; powers and duties.
  • SB1002: Vehicle emissions inspection program; provides for an on-road clean screen program.
  • SB1003: Service of notices from DMV; fee for renewal of driver's license, exchange of license plates.
  • SB1004: Transportation agency efficiencies & cost recoveries; exempts VDOT, etc., paying remote access fee.
  • SB1005: Transportation Commissioner; changes title to Commissioner of Highways, report.
  • SB1006: Income tax, corporate; market-based sourcing.
  • SB1007: Permit fees for solid waste facilities; establishes same fee structure for sanitary landfills, etc.
  • SB1008: Retirement System; creates an optional defined contribution retirement plan for state employees.
  • SB1009: Mortgage loan originators; prohibits SCC from issuing provisional licenses on or after July 1, 2011.
  • SB1010: Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement, postpones scheduled increase.
  • SB1113: Unemployment compensation; eliminates requirement that certain benefits be reduced by 50 percent.
  • SB1114: DGS; review of proposed use and occupancy of real property by state agencies.
  • SB1115: Retirement System; optional defined contribution retirement program for state & local employees.
  • SB1484: Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; use of nongeneral fund.
  • SJ398: Celebrating the life of Emyl Jenkins.
  • SJ404: Terrorist attacks; remembering Virginians lost and injured on September 11, 2001.
  • SJ408: Commending David G. Dickson.
  • SJ409: Commending Thurston Spring Service Inc.
  • SJ428: Celebrating the life of William Baxter Perkinson, Sr.
  • SJ493: Celebrating the life of FitzGerald Bemiss.
  • SB231: Charter; County of Chesterfield.
  • SB232: Retirement System; purchasing service at normal cost rate when person deemed member on July 1, 2010.
  • SB233: Income tax, corporate and individual; credit for land conservation.
  • SB234: Hazardous waste permit fees; Waste Management Board authorized to collect fees.
  • SB235: Nonhazardous solid waste permit fees; Waste Management Board shall periodically review anual fees.
  • SB237: Alcoholic beverages; portion of wine liter tax collected to be deposited in Wine Promotion Fund.
  • SB238: Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; certain requirements for CMRS resellers.
  • SB239: Unemployment benefits; eligibility criteria.
  • SB240: Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System & Registry; mortgage lenders & brokers required to register.
  • SB241: Open Education Curriculum Board; established.
  • SB242: Intellectual property created by state employees; adds new reporting requirements.
  • SB243: Fishing license; exempts active duty military personnel who are residents.
  • SB244: Dam Safety Act; Soil & Water Conservation Board to adopt regulations concerning low traffic roadway.
  • SB245: Stormwater management regulations; extends effective date that establishes local program criteria.
  • SB246: Noise ordinance; authorizes governing body to adopt civil penalties.
  • SB247: Carbon dioxide; regulation of geologic storage.
  • SB248: Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
  • SB472: Major business facility job tax credit; reduces number of qualified full-time jobs required.
  • SB473: Center for Rural Virginia Board of Trustees; membership.
  • SB474: Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; issuance of temporary licenses, etc.
  • SB475: Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for awarding grants and loans.
  • SB476: Cigarette tax; penalties for unstamped cigarettes.
  • SB477: Group health insurance policies; policies sold to small employer to include mammogram coverage, etc.
  • SB478: Tobacco products tax; moist snuff tax shall be computed based on net weight listed by manufacturer.
  • SB479: DMV; authorized to use National Change of Address System to update customer records.
  • SB645: Electric transmission lines; prohibits SCC approving agreements for underground installation.
  • SB646: Tow trucks; certain requirements for connection between vehicles.
  • SB647: Energy mandates; SCC and JLARC to prepare an assessment of economic impact on customers.
  • SJ113: Commending William F. Mezger.
  • SJ120: Celebrating the life of William Samuel Carnes.
  • SJ121: Commending the Lonesome Dove Equestrian Center.
  • SJ244: Celebrating the life of Sergeant Brandon T. Islip, USA.
  • SB361: Stream mitigation banks; Henrico County to establish and operate.
  • SB363: Automatic sprinkler systems; tax credit for initial installation.
  • SB364: Bad checks; attorneys for State to establish programs that allow persons to avoid prosecution.
  • SB366: Alcoholic beverage control; creates new nonresident winery distributor license.
  • SB369: Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
  • SB519: Zoning appeals, board of; petitioner to be awarded reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
  • SB767: Richmond Metropolitan Authority; revises composition of Board of Directors.
  • SB768: Conditional zoning; replaces cash proffer system with system of impact fees.
  • SB938: CRESPA; settlement agent registration; shifts duty to register settlement agents.
  • SB939: Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
  • SB940: Board for Architects, Professional Engineer, Land Surveyor, etc.; licensure of landscape architects.
  • SB941: SSG Jason R. Arnette (U.S.A.) Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 360 bridge over Goodes Bridge Rd.
  • SB942: Charter; County of Chesterfield.
  • SB1162: Certificate of public need; plan of correction for failure to meet conditions.
  • SB1163: Wireless E-911 Services Board; adds Director of Dept. of Emergency Management as a member.
  • SB1164: Wireless E-911 Fund; operating expense & administrative cost of Div. of Public Safety Communication.
  • SB1165: Enterprise zone economic incentive grants; eligibility therefor.
  • SB1166: Firearms; increases fee paid to dealers for criminal history record information checks.
  • SB1167: Transportation surcharge; special license plates bearing reserved numbers or letters.
  • SB1168: DMV records; contract with Postal Service to obtain updated addresses for Department's records.
  • SB1169: Consumer Protection Act; foreclosure rescues.
  • SB1170: Mortgage Lender and Broker Act; SCC to request Attorney Gen. to investigate violations thereunder.
  • SB1171: Mortgage loan originators; definition, establishes licensure and registry.
  • SB1172: Mortgage Lender and Broker Act; eliminates provision that lenders, etc., are required to conduct.
  • SB1173: Open Education Resource Center Grant Fund; established, development of two-year pilot project.
  • SB1174: Patent and copyright policies; requires Secretary of Administration to establish policies regarding.
  • SB1175: Property owned by locality; Cumberland County may levy and collect service charge.
  • SB1176: Transient occupancy tax; consultation with lodging industry.
  • SB1177: Regional Industrial Facilities Act; expands scope of act statewide.
  • SB1178: Independent cities; eliminates presumption that all are independent by deleting word in statutes.
  • SB1411: Health insurance, basic; increasing availability thereof in State.
  • SB1419: Daily rental property tax; definition.
  • SB1448: Indigent Health Care Trust Fund; repealed.
  • SB1524: Zoning ordinances; broadens administrator's authority to determine vested rights.
  • SB1534: Central Virginia Regional Transportation Authority; created.
  • SJ303: Year of Astronomy; designating as year 2009.
  • SJ335: Constitutional amendment; removes requirement that cities be established as entity independent.
  • SJ364: Commending the Midlothian High School girls.
  • SJ365: Commending the Powhatan High School baseball team.
  • SJ394: Commending the crew of John Adams.
  • SJ395: Commemorating the life of Thomas Jefferson on the occasion of the 265th anniversary of his birth.
  • SJ478: Celebrating the life of William Edward Lavery.
  • SR28: Nominating a person to be elected to circuit court judgeship.
  • SB356: Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers.
  • SB357: Children's teaching hospital; Board of Education to supervise programs for school-age children.
  • SB358: Virginia Commonwealth University; management agreement with State.
  • SB359: Unemployment compensation; provides benefits based on service in employ of an Indian tribe.
  • SB360: Business Trust Act; reorganizes provisions.
  • SB361: Stream mitigation banks; Henrico County to establish and operate.
  • SB362: Carbon monoxide detectors; prohibits removal or tampering by tenant installed by landlord.
  • SB363: Automatic sprinkler systems; tax credit for initial installation.
  • SB364: Bad checks; attorneys for State to establish programs that allow persons to avoid prosecution.
  • SB365: Turkeys; localities to prohibit hunting with rifle.
  • SB366: Alcoholic beverage control; creates new nonresident winery distributor license.
  • SB367: Forest wardens, special; retirement credits.
  • SB368: Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement officer, penalty.
  • SB369: Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
  • SB370: Comprehensive highway access management standards; Commissioner to promulgate in phases.
  • SB371: Statewide Rail Plan; Transportation Board to establish.
  • SB519: Zoning appeals, Board of; petitioner to be awarded reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
  • SB520: Interoperability Executive Committee; established, report.
  • SB689: Biodiesel and green diesel fuel; definition thereof.
  • SB690: Water Quality Improvement Fund; reimbursment to localities for costs of nutrient removal upgrades.
  • SB691: Towing; regulations for those seeking tow truck authorization documents and provisional changes.
  • SB767: Richmond Metropolitan Authority; revises composition of Board of Directors.
  • SB768: Conditional zoning; replaces cash proffer system with system of impact fees.
  • SJ154: Celebrating the lives of those lost in the Virginia Tech tragedy.
  • SJ155: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Order Sons of Italy in America.
  • SJ187: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jason R. Arnette.
  • SJ188: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Michael D. Moody, Jr.
  • SJ220: Celebrating the life of Keon S. Chi.
  • SJ221: Celebrating the life of Sergeant John Carl Osmolski.
  • SJ229: Commending Peter Zaino.
  • SJ6024: Commending the James River High School baseball team.
  • SJ6025: Celebrating the life of Hisham Mohammed Sadiq Younus Al-Noaimy.
  • SB80: Voter registration; copy of application to be maintained at DMV and registration records.
  • SB594: Fertilizers; regulation thereof.
  • SB643: Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; includes certain provisions.
  • SB772: Business, professional and occupational and license (BPOL) tax; motor fuels tax exemption.
  • SB866: State Corporation Commission; property title records.
  • SB867: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include Energy Star qualified products.
  • SB868: Localities; gifts, etc. of personal property may be delivered to another government entity in State.
  • SB869: Development rights; county and adjacent city may enter voluntarily into an agreement.
  • SB870: Income tax, corporate; extends sunset provision for machinery & equipment used in recycling process.
  • SB871: Photo-monitoring systems; certain counties and cities may establish to enforce traffic light signal.
  • SB1056: Special Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund; increases discretionary expenditures.
  • SB1057: Enterprise zones; decreases percentage real property investment grants may be awarded.
  • SB1058: Real estate tax; exempts historic landmarks used for commercial or industrial property.
  • SB1059: Secondary highway system; allocation of construction funds.
  • SB1060: Child restraint devices; raises booster seat age, prohibits certain in front seat.
  • SB1061: Fertilizers; regulation thereof.
  • SB1062: Alcoholic beverage control; creates new nonresident winery distributor license.
  • SB1289: Wine and beer; delivery thereof, permits.
  • SB1398: All-terrain vehicles and similar vehicles; local regulation for operating near dwellings.
  • SJ394: Energy Conservation Awareness Week.
  • SJ417: Commending Denny Hamlin.
  • SJ434: Celebrating the life of Bernard Lawrence Savage.
  • SJ493: Commending Frederick P. Parker.
  • SJ518: Celebrating the life of John A. Van de Walle.
  • SB77: Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; time of disaster, declared state of emergency.
  • SB78: Stock Corporation Act; mergers to form holding companies.
  • SB79: Unemployment Compensation, Commission on; repeals sunset provision.
  • SB80: Voter registration; copy of application to be maintained at DMV and registration records.
  • SB81: Charter; City of Richmond.
  • SB82: Solid waste containers; requirements for containers carrying nonhazardous waste on State waters.
  • SB83: Trapping; exempts trappers using body grip traps that are completely submerged.
  • SB84: Menhaden; limits on amount harvested annually.
  • SB85: Retail Sales & Use Tax; gratuities or service charges on meals excluded when calculating.
  • SB86: Transient occupancy tax; imposition for occupancy of any room or space, etc.
  • SB87: Outdoor advertising; vegetation control permit.
  • SB88: Mercury switches in motor vehicles; requires removal prior to their demolition.
  • SB89: Recording devices in motor vehicles; notification required by manufacturer.
  • SB90: Recording devices in motor vehicles; access denial not to affect insurance renewability.
  • SB91: Income tax, corporate and state; production of electricity from renewable resources tax credit.
  • SB92: Museum of Fine Arts; exempts museum from assessment and levy of service charge.
  • SB93: Land Conservation Incentives Act; tax credit.
  • SB373: Development rights; localities provide for transfer thereof from parcel located in locality.
  • SB374: Single-family dwellings; deletes certain optional provisions regarding clustering thereof.
  • SB592: Open-end management investment company; board of directors to classify unissued shares into classes.
  • SB593: Reinsurance intermediaries and managing general agents; licensure.
  • SB594: Fertilizers; regulation therof.
  • SB595: Retail Sales and Use Tax; refund for exempted entities.
  • SB597: License tax, local; separate rate for fuel distributors.
  • SB643: Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; includes certain provisions.
  • SB644: Water Quality Improvement Fund; disbursement of grant moneys.
  • SB645: Airport fees and charges; limits authority to impose off-site fees.
  • SJ37: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Italian American Cultural Society of Virginia.
  • SJ203: Commending Audrey Hatcher.
  • SJ204: Celebrating the life of Jeremiah Jonathan Jewett.
  • SJ205: Celebrating the life of Anne Kincaid.
  • SJ238: Celebrating the life of William Thomas Rice.
  • SJ242: Celebrating the life of United States Marine Sergeant Sean H. Miles.
  • SJ291: Recognizing the exceptional service and career of Captain William Clark.
  • SJ5041: Commending the Goochland High School baseball team.
  • SJ5042: Commending the Monacan High School baseball team.