1970 -- Department of Purchases and Supply; Report of the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council (HJR 77, 1968) (HD 7)

1971 -- Reimbursement for services of institutions; report of the Commission for Economy in Governmental Expenditures (SD 2 Special Session)

1971 -- Transfer of property to the U.S. Veterans Administration; report of Commission (SJR 65, 1970) (SD 4 Special Session)

1971 -- Governor's Management Study; creating a commission to assist in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Governor's Management Study Commission (HJR 20) (HD 26, 1972)

1972 -- Accounting Office, Virginia General, creating; its staff, powers and duties; Commission on Economy in Governmental Operations to study and submit recommendations for orderly implementation of Act to General Assembly by January 1, 1973. Adding §§ 30-52 through 30-55 (S 347)

1972 -- Compensation Board; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to study its functions, responsibilities, structure and operations (HJR 60) (SJR 36) (HD 7, 1974)

1972 -- Governor's Management Study; Commission continued to complete its review of recommendations in the report of the Governor's Management Study Commission and how they should be implemented (HJR 144) (HD 16, 1973) (HD 11, 1973)

1972 -- Establishment of an Office of Ombudsman; Virginia Advisory Legislative Counsel to study (HJR 8) (HD 7, 1973)

1972 -- Feasibility of creating a state agency to assist localities in industrial development; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (HJR 35) (HD 12, 1974)

1972 -- Revenue Resources and Economic Commission, continuing; (SJR 8) (SD 15, 1974) (SD 15-A, 1974) (SD 13, 1975) (SD 20, 1976) (SD 9, 1979) (SD 5, 6, 9, 1980)

1973 -- Governmental Management, Commission on, State; created to study ways to bring about greater efficiency and economy in state government (S 694) (SD 17, 1974) (SD 39, 40, 41, 1975) (SD 3, 1975) (SD 21, 1978)

1973 -- Accounting Office, Virginia General; directed to study and evaluate the numerous associations of which the Commonwealth and her agencies are members (HJR 231)

1973 -- Milk Commission; study commission created to study the structure, duties, operations and procedures of the Milk Commission (SJR 81) (SD 16, 1974)

1974 -- Milk Commission; study on Milk Commission continued (SJR 19) (SD 12, 1976)

1974 -- Budgetary estimates; Commission on State Governmental Management and Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and agree on a methodology and format for State departments, etc., in preparation of short and long range plans of specific and general budgetary estimates (HJR 128)

1974 -- Governmental Management, Commission on; dates for second interim and final report extended, study to include "functions of Attorney General, his relationship to executive branch" and executive functions of State Corporation Commission (S 109)

1974 -- Regulations of state administrative agencies; joint report of the Virginia Code Commission and the Virginia Register Committee (HD 30)

1974 -- Human Resources Priorities, Commission on; created to study state and federal laws and regulations related to public welfare and other social services (SJR 88)

1975 -- Evaluation of associations which the Commonwealth and state agencies are members; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission report (HD 25)

1975 -- Operations of the Division of Justice and Crime Prevention and the Council on Criminal Justice; House Committee on Militia and Police to study (HR 47)

1975 -- Operations of the Division of Justice and Crime Prevention and the Council on Criminal Justice; House Committee on Militia and Police and Senate Committee for Courts of Justices to study (HJR 277)

1975 -- Human Resources Priorities, Virginia Commission on; to continue its study (SJR 122) (SD) 6, 1977)

1975 -- Public officials; Committees on General Laws and for Courts of Justice of the House of Delegates and Senate directed to jointly make a study of the laws of the Commonwealth relating to disclosure of financial interests by and conflicts of interest of same (SB 893) (SD 25, 1976)

1975 -- Register of Regulations; joint report of the Virginia Code Commission and the Virginia Register Committee (SD 14)

1975 -- State agency participation in associations, organizations and interstate compact and agreements; Division of State Planning and Community Affairs to submit copy of its report to determine whether additional study is appropriate for legislative oversight (HJR 179)

1975 -- Administrative Process Act; Virginia Code Commission report (HD 26)

1976 -- Governmental Management, Commission on State; number and constitution of membership, final report date changed to October 1, 1976 (S 488) (SD 13, 1977)

1976 -- Personnel and Training, Department of; Secretary of Administration and Finance to conduct a study of the relationships between such Department and state agencies (HJR 64) (HD 12, 1977) (HD 8, 1978)

1977 -- General Services; Recommendations for the Organization of a Department of General Services (HD 11, 1977)

1977 -- Employment activities of persons who become members of or are employed by regulatory boards and commissions; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study (HR 38) (HD 29, 1978)

1977 -- Human resources; Governor to study and evaluate human resources reorganization proposals of Commission on State Governmental Management (HJR 188) (HD 9, 1978)

1977 -- Legislation on state government organization; House Committee on Rules shall create and implement a system of analysis of organizational matters (HR 31)

1977 -- Office space; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study construction, leasing, acquisition, etc., for state use (SJR 118)

1977 -- Statutory grants of power to various boards, councils, commissions, etc.; Governor to review (SJR 96) (SD 11, 1978)

1977 -- "Sunset" legislation; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study (HJR 178) (HD 12, 1978)

1977 -- Liaison Office; Department of Intergovernmental Affairs to study and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a state liaison office in Washington, D.C. (HJR 193) (HD 2, 1978)

1978 -- Camp Pendleton; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study (HJR 14) (HD 3, 1979)

1978 -- Personnel Management; Secretary of Administration and Finance to develop a plan for the delegation of personnel authority (HJR 34) (HD 11, 1979)

1978 -- Data systems; Department of Management Analysis and Systems Development requested to formulate guidelines thereon (SJR 73) (SD 14, 1979)

1978 -- Executive branch agencies; Governor's Task Force to continue study of statutory grants of authority (SJR 58) (SD 13, 1979)

1978 -- Legislative Program Review and Evaluation Act; established, Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct periodic reviews and evaluations of state programs, agencies, etc. (SB 24)

1978 -- Liaison Office; created in Office of Governor, submission of annual reports (HB 143) (HD 13, 1979)

1978 -- Personnel policies; House and Senate Committees on General Laws to study transfer of persons from local public employment to state employment (HJR 69)

1978 -- Personnel regulations; Secretary of Administration and Finance to study (SJR 18) (SD 15, 1979)

1978 -- Police powers; House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study all provisions of law dealing with the granting of police powers (SJR 27)

1978 -- Resource Information System; Joint Subcommittee of certain House and Senate committees created to study development thereof (HJR 175)

1978 -- Security of state property at seat of government; House Committee on Militia and Police to study need for, including size and structure of Capitol Police (HR 9) (HD 16, 1979)

1978 -- State Office Space, Virginia Advisory Legislative Council study on; continued (HJR 19) (HD 24, 1979)

1979 -- Capital projects; joint subcommittee created to study selection process for architects and engineers for capital projects of the state (HJR 275) (HD 36, 1980)

1979 -- Federal funds coming into State; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study (HJR 237) (HD 16, 1980) (HD 6, 1981)

1979 -- Legislation, adoption directly by the people through initiative and referendum; House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to study (SJR 167) (SD 30, 1980) (SD 4, 1981)

1979 -- Procurement laws, State; Secretary of Administration and Finance to form Task Force to study (SJR 148) (SD 18, 1980)

1979 -- Resource Information System Joint Subcommittee; authorized to participate with Resource Information System Task Force to continue proposed study, appropriation (HJR 225) (HD 20, 1980)

1979 -- State agencies; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on General Laws to study regulations, their effect, and procedures by which they are adopted (SB 862)

1979 -- State government; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to evaluate and review functional areas (SJR 133)

1979 -- State Office Space, Virginia Advisory Legislative Council Study on; continued (SJR 183)

1980 -- Initiative and referendum; Senate and House Committees on Privileges and Elections to continue to study merits thereof (SJR 96)

1980 -- Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; preparation of supplementary studies and reports (HB 294)

1980 -- State government; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to review and evaluate functional areas (HJR 8) (SJR 50) (SD 12, 1981)

1981 -- Capitol Police; Committee on Militia and Police to study transferring supervisory authority from Secretary of Public Safety to General Assembly, appropriation (HR 44) (HD 20, 1982)

1981 -- Procurement laws; Joint Subcommittee of Senate and House Committees on General Laws to study (SJR 173)

1981 -- Publications of state agencies; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to evaluate (SJR 166) (SD 23, 1982)

1982 -- Executive Branch of state government; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study organization (HJR 33) (HD 36, 1983) (HD 21, 1984) (HD 22, 1984) (HD 44, 1984)

1982 -- State agencies, offices of in Northern Virginia and Roanoke areas; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission requested to study consolidating those that operate out of single offices throughout State (SJR 29) (SD 8, 1983) (SD 15, 1983)

1982 -- State agencies; Secretary of Administration and Finance to study need for annual or biennial reports therefrom (SJR 27) (SD 12, 1983)

1982 -- State government; schedule for Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study functional areas and the Commonwealth's responsibilities for providing public services and procedures for aiding local governments (HJR 105) (SJR 35)

1982 -- Health, Department of; Joint Subcommittee established to study services and operation of the Department of Health (HJR 11) (HD 43, 1984)

1982 -- State spending; Joint Subcommittee including members of House Appropriations Committee, House and Senate Finance Committees, and Senate Privileges and Elections Committee to study proposed constitutional amendment to limit (HJR 6) (HD 46, 1983)

1982 -- Indian tribes, State; joint subcommittee to study historic dealings and relationships with State (HJR 97) (HD 10, 1983)

1983 -- Division for Children; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the continued operation of the Division for Children (HJR 10) (HD 14, 1984)

1983 -- Executive Branch of state government; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission study continued (HJR 6)

1983 -- Division of Volunteerism; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to evaluate Division of Volunteerism and recommend whether agency should operate after June 30, 1984 (SJR 36) (SD 6, 1984)

1983 -- Department of Highways and Transportation; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission report on the staffing and manpower of the Department (Item 649.2 of Chapter 684, 1982 Acts) (HD 18)

1983 -- Occupational and professional regulatory system; report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (SJR 50, 1980) (SD 29, 1982) (SD 3)

1983 -- Working Capital Funds; Report of Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on (§ 2.1-196.1 of Code) (HD 4)

1984 -- Capital outlay process; Joint Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance Committee to study the Commonwealth's capital outlay process and the feasibility of using lease/purchase agreements as a means of procuring state buildings (HJR 34) (HD 11, 1985); continued (SJR 88, 1985)

1984 -- Executive branch agencies; Governor to study feasibility of further realignments in Executive Branch agencies (HJR 147) (HD 8, 1985)

1984 -- Virginia Housing Development Authority; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to evaluate the programs, operations, and management of the Virginia Housing Development Authority (SJR 7)

1984 -- District of Columbia; House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to conclude study on proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which provides full voting representation for the District of Columbia in Congress (SJR 34)

1985 -- ADP Contracting at the State Corporation Commission; special report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on compliance with the Virginia Public Procurement Act (HD 4)

1985 -- Patent and copyright issues in Virginia State government; special report of Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (HD 31)

1985 -- Cornerstone of the Capitol; Joint Subcommittee established to plan a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Capitol of the Commonwealth of Virginia (HJR 296)

1985 -- Human Rights; Human Rights Study Commission established to review HB 900 of the 1984 General Assembly Session which proposed a comprehensive state human rights act and the creation of a state human rights commission to administer and enforce the act (HJR 338, SJR 140) (HD 30, 1986); continued (HJR 33, 1986)

1985 -- Nomenclature and classification of agencies; report on agency nomenclature and classification of executive branch collegial bodies (Chapters 419 and 447, 1985 Acts of Assembly) (HD 25)

1986 -- Comprehensive Conflict of Interests Act; Joint Subcommittee established to study Comprehensive Conflict of Interests Act (SJR 68)

1986 -- State Coordinator for Mapping, Surveying and Land Information Systems; Joint Subcommittee established to study the feasibility of establishing a State Coordinator for Mapping, Surveying and Land Information Systems in Virginia (SJR 80)

--Also see "Public Employees"

--Legislative process or legislative management - see "General Assembly"

ADVERTISING

AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND FOOD

1974 -- Milk Commission Study Commission to continue study pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 81, 1973 Session (SJR 19) (SD 12, 1976)

1974 -- Agriculture and Commerce, Department of; authorized to study the proliferation of compounds for public exhibition of native and exotic wild animals and the possibility of the need for regulation of such activities (SJR 77) (SD 10, 1975)

1975 -- Animal Welfare Laws of the Commonwealth; Agriculture Committee of the House and Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate to study laws relating to treatment of agriculture animals (HJR 200) (HD 28, 1976)

1977 -- Johnson grass infestation and Japanese beetles; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Agriculture and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study same (HJR 257) (HD 17, 1978) (SD 15, 1982)

1978 -- Agriculture Opportunities Commission; created (SJR 9) (SD 7, 1979) (SD 15, 1980)

1979 -- Agriculture inspection programs; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Finance and on Agriculture and Senate Committees on Finance and Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study methods of funding (SJR 169) (SD 12, 1980)

1980 -- Agriculture marketing practice; House Committee on Agriculture and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study (HJR 42)

1980 -- Agriculture land preservation; Joint Subcommittee of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee and the House Agriculture Committee created (HJR 40) (HD 19, 1981)

1980 -- Horse breeder incentive and recognition programs; Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on Agriculture to study (SJR 58)

1980 -- Horse center, Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Agriculture and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study establishment (HJR 48) (HD 18, 1981)

1981 -- Horse center, State; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Agriculture and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to continue study (HJR 307) (HD 17, 1982) (HD 45, 1984)

1982 -- Horse center; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to study establishment of horse center (SJR 24) (SD 18, 1984)

1984 -- Virginia Horse Center; Joint Subcommittee studying the establishment of a Virginia Horse Center continued (HJR 64)

1985 -- Farmers' market facilities; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to study establishment of wholesale farmers' market facilities (HJR 337)

1985 -- Farm products and equipment; Joint Subcommittee established to study security interests in farm products and equipment and the feasibility of requiring the State Corporation Commission to computerize filings of certain secured transactions relating to farm activities (SJR 123) (SD 24, 1986); continued (SJR 44, 1986)

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

1977 -- Alcoholic beverages and firearms, disposition of; House and Senate Courts of Justice Committees to study laws relating to contraband (HJR 235); continued (HJR 143, 1978)

1980 -- Alcoholic beverage control laws; commission created to study (HJR 117)

1983 -- ABC stores; Joint Subcommittee established to study profitability of the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission and the feasibility of establishing ABC agency stores in rural areas (SJR 48)

ARTS

1978 -- Arts and Humanities, Commission of; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study organization, powers, responsibilities and funding thereof (SJR 16) (SD 22, 1979)

1979 -- Arts and Humanities, Commission of; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue study (HJR 269)

AVIATION

1970 -- Dulles International Airport Development Commission, continued (HJR 90) (HD 18, 1972)

1971 -- Commission created to study the desirability and feasibility of the Commonwealth of Virginia, through the Virginia Airports Authority or some other regional or interstate authority, acquiring and operating the Dulles International Airport and Washington National Airport (SJR 15) (SD 11, 1972)

1972 -- Airports' Acquisition and Development Study Commission, continued and titled; to study the feasibility of the Commonwealth's acquiring and operating Dulles International Airport and Washington National Airport, and the effect on Friendship Airport in Maryland and its possible acquisition or operation (SJR 12) (SD 6, 1973)

1972 -- Aviation Transportation and Airport Study Commission; created to study the air transport, airport and airways needs of Virginia now and for the future and to determine the means of financing the necessary facilities (SJR 52)

1972 -- Dulles International Airport Development Commission; continued to promote the Airport, and act as liaison between the Commonwealth and the federal government to assist in the promotion of the United States International Transportation Exposition (SJR 32) (SD 13, 1974)

1973 -- Washington National and Dulles International Airports, Commission to study the Desirability and Feasibility of the Acquisition of; continues in existence pursuant to terms of Senate Joint Resolution No. 12, 1972 Session (SJR 131) (SD 12, 1974)

1973 -- Aviation Transportation and Airports Study Commission, Virginia directed to incorporate within its study all matters relating to United States Public Law 208, dealing with a balance of revenues between Washington National and Dulles International Airports (SJR 136)

1974 -- Aviation Transportation and Airport Study Commission; continued to complete its studies as directed by the 1972 General Assembly (SJR 57) (SD 25, 1975)

1974 -- Dulles International Airport Development Commission, created by 1968 Session and continued by 1970 and 1972 Sessions; again continued in existence (HJR 22) (HD 12, 1976)

1974 -- Washington National and Dulles International Airports, Commission to study the Desirability and Feasibility of the acquisition of; continued, original study pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 131, 1973 Session (SJR 6) (SD 15, 1976)

1976 -- Dulles International Airport Development Commission; continued (SJR 6) (SD 9, 1978)

1976 -- Washington National and Dulles International Airports, Commission to study the Desirability and Feasibility of the Acquisition of; continued (SJR 2)

1978 -- Dulles International Airport Development Commission; continued (SJR 10) (SD 26, 1980)

1981 -- Washington National and Dulles International Airports; Joint Subcommittee created to study acquisition of (SJR 147)

BANKING AND FINANCE

1970 -- Formula for state aid to public schools; Commission report (HJR 89, 1968) (HD 20)

1972 -- Issuance and sale of securities; Commission created to study (SJR 25) (SD 29, 1974)

1972 -- Industrial Facilities Financing; Commission created to study adequacy of industrial facilities financing legislation (SJR 69) (SD 11, 1974)

1973 -- School Funds; the Finance Committees of the House and Senate and the Appropriations Committee of the House to continue study of financing of public schools, as directed by Senate Joint Resolution No. 29, 1972 Session (SJR 105)

1973 -- Financial institutions; State Corporation Commission to study insurance requirements of financial institutions (SJR 138) (SD 8, 1974)

1974 -- Norfolk Savings and Loan Corporation, Special Committee to study certain aspects of the insolvency of the Norfolk Savings and Loan Corporation; to follow progress of suits, actions and proceedings relating to receivership, etc. (SJR 89)

1974 -- Industrial Facilities Financing Study Commission; continued (SJR 5) (SD 24, 1975)

1975 -- Special Funds, House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance to study the validity of designation certain revenues to special funds; the extent to which the General Assembly should control expenditures and the degree of accountability required for such expenditures (HJR 241)

1977 -- Interest rates, variable; Joint Subcommittee of the House Corporations, Insurance and Banking Committee and Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to study establishment by lending institutions for residential loans (HJR 180) (HD 34, 1978)

1978 -- Residential loans; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to continue study of alternatives to conventional mortgage lending (HJR 22)

1978 -- Public School Finance Study Commission; created to review the bases for allocating state funds to the school divisions of the Commonwealth (SJR 42)

1978 -- Report of the Joint Subcommittee on Banking (HB 1285) to the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee and the House Corporations, Insurance and Banking Committee (HD 33)

1979 -- Bank stock tax structures, State; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on Finance to study (HJR 302)

1979 -- Tax and expenditure limitations at state and local level; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Finance and on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance to study necessity for imposition (HJR 297) (SD 28, 1980)

1980 -- Bank stock tax; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on Finance to continue study (HJR 131)

1980 -- Public School Finance Study Commission; continued (SJR 52)

1980 -- Unclaimed property; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study disposition (HR 21)

1981 -- Banking industry; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study concentration of assets therein (HJR 264)

1984 -- Savings and loan associations; Joint Subcommittee established to study the laws of the Commonwealth dealing with savings and loan associations and to make recommendations for a revision of the Virginia Savings and Loan Act (HJR 30) (HD 20, 1985) Joint Subcommittee continued to review the savings and loan laws, the interest rate laws and interstate banking (HJR 217, 1985); also see (SR 34, 1985) (HD 28, 1986); continued (HJR 41, 1986)

1986 -- Check-holding practices; Bureau of Financial Institutions to study check-holding practices of financial institutions in Virginia (HJR 129) (HD 4, 1987)

BICENTENNIAL

1973 -- Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission; report (HD 8)

1974 -- Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission; report (Chapter 282) Acts of Assembly, 1972) (HD 27)

1986 -- Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission; report (Chapter 698, 1966 Acts of Assembly (SD 8)

CEMETERIES

CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES

1972 -- Sovereign and charitable immunity, Senate and House Courts of Justice Committees to study with a view toward adopting a state tort claims act (SJR 54)

1974 -- Sovereign immunity; Committees for Courts of Justice of the House and Senate to study doctrine with a view to adoption of a State tort claims act (HJR 20) (HD 31, 1975)

1979 -- Mechanic's lien laws; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study (HJR 229) (HD 32, 1980)

1980 -- Tort cases; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committee for Courts of Justice to study adoption of standard of comparative negligence for use therein (HJR 45) (HD 15, 1982)

1984 -- Medical malpractice; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Courts of Justice Committees established to study medical malpractice laws of the Commonwealth (HJR 20) (interim report, HD 21, 1985); Joint Subcommittee continued (HJR 209, 1985) (HD 12, 1986)

1986 -- Crime victims' compensation; Joint Subcommittee report on crime victims' compensation (Item 682, Chapter 619, 1985 Acts), (SD 15)

CODE OF VIRGINIA, GENERAL

1970 -- Revision of Title 33 of the Code of Virginia (Highways); Report of the Virginia Code Commission (HD 3)

1970 -- Revision of Title 40 of the Code of Virginia (Labor and Employment); Report of the Virginia Code Commission (HD 3)

1970 -- Revision of Title 53 of the Code of Virginia (Prisons); Report of the Virginia Code Commission (HD 8)

1970 -- Revision of Title 41 of the Code of Virginia (Land Office); Report of the Virginia Code Commission (HD 9)

1970 -- Revision of Titles 34, 35, 36, 42, and 43 of the Code of Virginia; Report of the Virginia Code Commission (HD 10)

1970 -- Revision of Title 24 of the Code of Virginia (Elections); Report of the Election Laws Study Commission (HJR 73, 1968) (HD 14)

1970 -- Revision of Title 27 of the Code of Virginia (Fire Prevention); Report of the Virginia Code Commission (HD 18)

1971 -- Code Commission directed to make a thorough study of the criminal laws of the State and make recommendations for the review and recodification of all statutes of the State relating to crime and criminal procedure; to study the Code of Virginia for the specific purpose of deleting or amending all provisions which may further discriminate on account of sex; to study the necessity for more than one court of record in a city or county and recommend legislation to effect a combination of courts of record in counties and cities where more than one presently exists (HJR 41) (HD 22, 1972) (HD 10, 1974)

1972 -- Recodification of Title 8, Chapter 9 of Title 8.2 and Title 16.1; Virginia Code Commission to study and recodify (HJR 31) (HD 14, 1977)

1974 -- Recodification of Title 32 of the Code of Virginia (Health); Virginia Code Commission to study (HJR 145) (HD 8, 1979)

1975 -- Index to the Code; Virginia Code Commission to make or arrange for a study of same to the end that such be recognized in a manner which will render it a more effective research tool, Commission may acquire assistance as required (HJR 240)

1975 -- Revision of Title 19.1 (Criminal Procedure); Virginia Code Commission report (HD 20)

1975 -- Revision of Chapter 7 of Title 6 of the Code of Virginia; Virginia Code Commission Report (SD 38)

1979 -- Title 35 (Hotels, Restaurants and Camps); Code Commission to study and recodify (HJR 198) (HD 11, 1981)

1979 -- Title 47 (Notaries and Out-of-State Commissioners); Code Commission to study (HJR 321)

1980 -- Title 53 (Prisons and Other Methods of Correction); Code Commission to study recodification (SJR 42) (SD 19, 1982)

1981 -- Title 58 (Taxation); Code Commission to study recodification (HJR 291) (HD 16, 1984)

1983 -- Revision of Chapters 1 and 2 of Title 13.1 of the Code of Virginia; Code Commission to study and revise (HJR 3) (HD 13, 1985)

1983 -- Consolidation of Chapter 9.2 of Title 29, Chapter 27.3 of Title 3.1 and Article 7 of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia (Animal Welfare Laws); Code Commission to study and consolidate (HJR 43) (HD 40, 1984)

1983 -- Uniform State laws; Report of the Virginia Commissioners to the National Conference on Uniform State Laws (HD 5) (HD 4, 1984)

1984 -- Title 38.1 of the Code of Virginia (Insurance); Virginia Code Commission to revise (HJR 1) (HD 17, 1986)

1984 -- Title 54 of the Code of Virginia (Professions and Occupations); Virginia Code Commission to recodify (HJR 32)

1984 -- Provisions of the appropriations act; Virginia Code Commission to study and recommend proper reconciliation of provisions in the Code of Virginia and the appropriations act which are duplicative or conflicting (HJR 74) (HD 24, 1985)

1985 -- Uniform State laws; report of the Virginia Commissioners to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (HD 2)

1985 -- Title 60.1 of the Code of Virginia (Unemployment Compensation); Virginia Code Commission to revise and recodify (HJR 195) (HD 11, 1986)

1986 -- Uniform State laws; report of the Virginia Commissioners to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (HD 5)

1986 -- Title 29 of the Code of Virginia (Game, Inland Fisheries and Dogs); Virginia Code Commission to revise and recodify (HJR 11) (HD 22, 1987)

COMMERCE

1970 -- Marketing burley and flue-cured tobacco; Commission report (HJR 143, 1968) (HD 19)

1974 -- Richmond Farmer's Market; Committee on Agriculture of the House and Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources of the Senate to study improvement of present market and establishment of a regional market in the metropolitan area (HJR 114) (HD 21, 1975)

1975 -- Richmond Regional Farmer's Market; Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce and Virginia Polytechnic and State University to evaluate the feasibility of additional localized markets (HJR 195) (HD 20, 1976)

1977 -- Franchise laws, application of; Senate Committee on General Laws to study such laws to provide for just and equitable treatment of dealers in pleasure boats, marine motors and accessories (SR 31)

1977 -- Foreign discriminatory economic boycotts; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study enactment of legislation prohibiting same (SJR 110)

1978 -- Foreign discriminatory economic boycotts; expressing appreciation to Virginia Advisory Legislative Council for study thereof (HJR 122)

1979 -- Petroleum marketing practices; House Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study (HJR 242)

1981 -- Commercial shipping into, out of and through State; Joint Subcommittee to study (SJR 135)

1982 -- Mortgage lending; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study question of regulating such (HJR 131)

1982 -- Shipment of goods sold under compulsory delivered-transportation pricing; Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor and House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study carriers regulated by State Corporation Commission (SJR 10)

1982 -- Urban enterprise zones; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Labor and Commerce and on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and on Rehabilitation and Social Services to review and monitor federal legislation and state incentives regarding concept (HJR 17) (HD 28, 1984)

1982 -- Seafood industry; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study economic potential (HJR 59) (HD 2, 1984)

1983 -- Urban enterprise zones; Joint Subcommittee to continue study (SJR 49) (HD 28, 1984)

1986 -- Tourism and economic development; Joint Subcommittee established to study Virginia's effort to develop tourism and economic development and the funding (HJR 13) (HD 21, 1987)

1986 -- Economic development; Joint Subcommittee established to study laws relating to economic development (HJR 132)

COMMUNICATIONS

1973 -- Telephone service, tool free; State Corporation Commission directed to study feasibility of toll-free telephone service within certain metropolitan areas and boundaries of all counties within the Commonwealth (Extended Area Service) (HJR 217) (HD 13, 1975)

1977 -- Unsolicited commercial telephone calls; State Corporation Commission to request telephone companies to conduct reviews where unsolicited commercial telephone calls appear to be a public concern (HJR 287) (HD 30, 1978)

1978 -- Public Telecommunications Council; transferred from Department of General Services to Office of Governor, Fund established; Telecommunications Study Commission created (SB 110) (SD 22, 1980)

1978 -- Telephone companies; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on Finance and House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study whether interstate toll service revenue should be subject to franchise or license tax (HJR 93) (HD 4, 1979)

1978 -- Toll-free telephone service; Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study feasibility of toll-free telephone service within county where call originated (HR 7) (HD 31, 1979)

1979 -- Telephone companies; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Finance and Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committees on Finance and Commerce and Labor to study taxation of public and private companies (HJR 324) (HD 22, 1980)

1979 -- Toll-free telephone service within county wherein call originated; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to continue study (HR 42)

1980 -- Telecommunications Study Commission; continued (SJR 77)

1982 -- Telecommunications; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study effects of changes in telephone industry upon citizens and businesses (HJR 84) (HD 30, 1984)

1982 -- Telecommunications legislation; Subcommittee of House Committee on General Laws to study Freedom of Information Act in relation thereto (HR 11) (HD 19, 1983)

1983 -- Telecommunications; Joint Subcommittee originally created by HJR 84, 1982 Acts continued (HJR 63) (HD 30, 1984), continued (HJR 53, 1984), continued (HJR 240, 1985) (HD 24, 1986)

1984 -- Regulation of radio common carriers; Joint Subcommittee established to study appropriate manner of regulation of radio common carriers, including providers of domestic public cellular radio telecommunications services (HJR 62) (HD 19, 1985)

1985 -- Telecommunications industry; Joint Subcommittee to study how deregulation of the telecommunications industry has affected tax revenues (SJR 135)

1985 -- Small telephone companies; the State Corporation Commission to investigate, implement and report on regulatory procedures and methodologies for small telephone companies (HJR 280) (HD 9, 1986)

1986 -- Telecommunications industry; report of the Joint Subcommittee studying changes in the telecommunications industry on the citizens and businesses in the Commonwealth (HJR 84, 1982) (HJR 63, 1983) (HJR 53, 1984) (HJR 240, 1985) (HD 24)

1986 -- Pay telephones; State Corporation Commission to study feasibility of installing pay telephones in certain areas (SJR 45) (SD 7, 1987)

COMPENSATION

1973 -- Evaluation of salaries and fringe benefits classification plan maintenance; report (HD 11)

1973 -- Fees for Commissioners of Accounts for services; House and Senate Courts of Justice Committee to study (HJR 171)

1973 -- Legislative compensation and compensation for certain state employees; Governor requested to commission a panel to study (HJR 183) (HD 33. 1974)

1974 -- Circuit Courts Clerk's Compensation Study Commission; created to review present laws and policies regarding total compensation of such persons (SJR 81)

1974 -- Personnel salary survey (SJR 13) (SD 27, 1975)

1974 -- Wage differentials and compensation; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study need and criteria for wage differentials for state employees in various geographic areas of the Commonwealth (SJR 29) (SD 13, 1976)

1975 -- Circuit Court Clerk's Compensation Study Commission; to continue its study (SJR 129)

1975 -- Division of Personnel Report on Salary Survey (SJR 13, 1974) (SD 27, 1975) (SD 17, 1976)

1977 -- Employees, certain local and constitutional; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study the pay, hours, fringe benefits, etc., as compared to other local officers (HJR 220) (HD 11, 1978)

1977 -- Salary survey; Department of Personnel and Training report on salary survey pursuant to § 2.1-114.6 (HD 13, 1977) (HD 14, 1978) (HD 23, 1979) (HD 17, 1980)

1978 -- Sheriffs and deputies; Crime Commission to study transfer of responsibility for establishing salaries thereof from Compensation Board to Department of Corrections (HJR 130)

1979 -- Salary survey; report of Department of Personnel and Training (HD 23)

1980 -- Salary survey; report of Department of Personnel and Training (HD 17)

1980 -- Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and Speaker of the House of Delegates; commission created to study compensation thereof (SJR 88) (SD 13, 1981)

1982 -- Clerks of circuit courts; salaries, Auditor of Public Accounts to report on fees, charges, salaries, etc., of such office. Adding § 14.1-143.2; repealing §§ 14.1-52.1, 14.1-143.1, 14.1-166 and 14.1-167 (HB 560)

-- For comparable worth see "Labor and Employment"

-- For pay equity see "Women"

CONSERVATION

1973 -- Wetlands Control Act; Revenue Resources and Economic Study Commission to study effects on the tax base of counties, cities and towns (HJR 218)

1975 -- Coastal Study Commission, Virginia; created to study offshore, interface and onshore effects of possible exploration and development of the outer continental shelf, resolution effective only in event the disposition of the United States v. Maine case is unfavorable to the Commonwealth (SJR 137) (SD 23, 1976) (SD 30, 1978)

1976 -- Coastal Study Commission; to include the coastal zone management program as part of its study which was initiated by SJR 137, 1975 (SJR 39) (SD 19, 1977)

1977 -- Tangier Island; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study certain matters relating thereto (SJR 90) (SD 26, 1978)

1977 -- Coastal Study Commission; to continue its study concerning the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (SJR 122) (SD 30, 1978)

1977 -- Conservation, Recreation and Historic Preservation Activities; Governor to study the organization of same (HJR 210) (HD 7, 1978)

1977 -- Noncoal Orphaned Lands; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study on the reclamation program (HJR 197)

1977 -- Scenic highways and Virginia byways; Commission on Outdoor Recreation to provide suggestions concerning maintenance, care, etc. (HJR 242)

1977 -- Water Consumption, Nonindustrial; House and Senate Committees on General Laws to study methods of reducing (HJR 253)

1977 -- Water Study Commission; created to provide legislative guidance on ways to address the surface and groundwater supply (HJR 236) (HD 16, 1978)

1978 -- Caves, Commission on Conservation of; created; report (HJR 10) (HD 5, 1979)

1978 -- Chesapeake Bay; State joins with Maryland in organizing Joint Legislative Advisory Commission thereon (SJR 101) (SD 32, 1980)

1978 -- Coastal Erosion Abatement Commission; created; reports (SJR 22) (SD 23, 1979) (SD 4, 1980)

1978 -- Coastal Study Commission; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Conservation and Natural Resources and Counties, Cities, and Towns and Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Local Government to study final report thereof (SJR 63)

1978-- Water Conservation and Water Consumption Reduction; Water Control Board to study (HB 471)

1978 -- Water Impoundment Construction; Water Study Commission and Water Control Board to study establishment of a grant program funded by State (HJR 88)

1978 -- Water Study Commission; continued (SJR 1) (SD 21, 1979) (SD 14, 1980)

1978 -- Water Systems in Northern Virginia; Water Control Board to examine possibility of interconnecting to provide additional water to citizens (HJR 97)

1978 -- Wetlands, Tidal Waters and Shoreline Activities; Secretary of Commerce and Resources to study issuance of permits for certain activities (SJR 62) (SD 8, 1979)

1979 -- Tangier Island; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue study (SJR 162)

1979 -- Baylor Grounds; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Chesapeake and Its Tributaries and Conservation and Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study (HJR 261)

1979 -- Cave Commission; created (HB 1800)

1979 -- Oil and gas reclamation; Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to consider need for program to insure reclamation of lands disturbed by exploration of (SD 13, 1980)

1979 -- Mayo River; Commission on Outdoor Recreation to study inclusion in Scenic Rivers System (HJR 219) (HD 3, 1980)

1979 -- (Merrimac) - Monitor Commission; created (SJR 143)

1979 -- False Cape State Park Subcommittee (HJR 322) (SD 3, 1982)

1980 -- Baylor Grounds; Joint Subcommittee to continue study (HJR 182)

1980 -- Chesapeake Bay Commission, created (SB 350)

1980 -- Chesapeake Bay Legislative Advisory Commission; continued (SJR 70)

1980 -- Coastal Erosion Abatement Commission, continued (SJR 1)

1980 -- Roanoke River; Commission on Outdoor Recreation to study inclusion in Scenic Rivers System (SJR 44) (SD 6, 1981)

1980 -- Water Study Commission; continued (SJR 36) (SD 15, 1981)

1981 -- Motor oil, used; Coal and Energy Commission to study recycling (SJR 154) (SD 21, 1982)

1981 -- Rural Virginia; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study needs of, and services to (HJR 21) (HD 9, 1982)

1981 -- Water management plans and programs; Water Control Board to develop and prepare (HB 1607)

1981 -- Water Study Commission; continued (SJR 152) (SD 24, 1982)

1982 -- Motor oil, used; Coal and Energy Commission to continue study of recycling (SJR 30) (SD 13, 1983)

1982 -- Potomac River; Institute of Marine Science and Water Control Board to complete study of embayments (HJR 19)

1983 -- Land exchange alternatives; Joint Subcommittee established to study proposed state-federal land exchange alternatives between the Department of the Interior and the Commonwealth of Virginia involving portions of False Cape State Park and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge (SJR 67) (SD 20, 1984)

1986 -- Tidal shoreline erosion; Joint Subcommittee established to study the Commonwealth's tidal shoreline erosion control policy (HJR 46)

-- See also "Environment" and Waters of the State"

CONSUMER SERVICES

1972 -- Consumer Credit Study Commission; continued to investigate Uniform Consumer Credit Code, and present laws and provisions relating to consumer credit in Commonwealth, etc., to ensure that consumers are protected, and to examine loan ceiling for small loan companies (SJR 28) (SD, 1974)

1973 -- Motor Vehicle mechanics and repair shop; Administrator of Consumer Affairs directed to study advisability of enacting legislation for certification and regulation (SJR 89) (SD 9, 1974)

1974 -- Division of Consumer Counsel of the Office of the Attorney General; report pursuant to § 2.1-133.1(b) of the Code of Virginia (1970) (SD 22)

1974 -- Consumer Credit; Code Commission to study laws relating thereto for purpose of recodifying into a consumer credit code (SJR 41)

1977 -- Products liability, law of; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study (HJR 239)

1979 -- Products liability; Joint Subcommittee for House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice (HJR 239, 1977) (HD 14, 1980)

1981 -- Contractors Transaction Recovery Fund; Joint Subcommittee of Senate and House Committees on General Laws to study (SJR 141)

1981 -- Item pricing; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on General Laws and other citizen members to study removal (HJR 301) (HD 6, 1983)

1982 -- Cemeteries; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on General Laws to study those abandoned and neglected (HJR 139)

1982 --Consumer finance industry; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study feasibility of thrift legislation (HJR 149)

1982 -- Senior citizen discounts; requesting Governor to establish voluntary state-wide program (HJR 87) (HD 33, 1983)

1985 -- Credit and procedures; Tayloe Murphy Institute at the University of Virginia requested to study credit card procedures including computing of interest charges and payment posting periods (SR 34) (SD 4, 1986)

CONTRIBUTIONS

CORPORATIONS

1985 -- Revision of Chapters 1 and 2 in Title 13.1; report of the Virginia Code Commission (HJR 3, 1983) (HD 13)

COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS

1970 -- Zoning procedures in urban areas; report of the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council (SJR 61, 1968) (SD 6, 1970)

1970 -- Rural Affairs Study Commission; continued (S 345, Chapter 447 of 1970 Acts of Assembly) (SD 6, 1972)

1971 -- City-county relations; commission created composed of thirteen persons appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the President of the Senate and the Governor, to consider annexation techniques and statutes, incorporation of certain counties, and the independent city system; prohibiting the granting of certain city charters and the institution of certain annexation proceedings for a period of five years ending January 1, 1976 (S 56)

1971 -- City, town, definition; proposing an amendment to Article VII, Section 1, of the Constitution of Virginia, to include the provisions for cities and towns incorporated "before noon on the first day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-one" (HJR 83)

1972 -- City-county relationship; restrictions on granting charters; prohibits institution of annexation suits by a city against any county; exceptions. Amending Chapter 234, 1971 Acts (H 328 (HD 37, 1974)

1973 -- Commissioners of Accounts, fees; Committees for Courts of Justice of the House and Senate directed to study (HJR 171)

1974 -- City-County Relationships, Commission to study; present membership continued, per diem allowance for members, reporting date extended (Chapter 539 of the 1974 Acts of Assembly) (HD 27, 1975)

1974 -- Counties, cities and town; Virginia Legislative Advisory Council to study laws relating to regulation of counties, cities and towns and to made certain recommendations (HJR 135) (HD 29, 1975) (HD 34, 1976) (HD 17, 1977) (HD 10, 1978)

1974 -- Public facilities; House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns to study furnishing public facilities to accommodate increased growth in counties, cities and town, methods of financing, questions of controlling growth and phased developments, etc. (HR 14) (HD 23, 1975)

1975 -- City-County Relationships, Commission on; continued, (H 1233) (HD 33, 1976)

1975 -- Public facilities in Virginia counties and municipalities; House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns and Senate Committee on Local Government to continue the study of planning, funding and siting of same (HJR 188) (HD 35, 1976)

1975 -- Virginia Area Development Act; House of Delegates Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns to review said Act and the ways it is currently being administered and determine if the legislative intent in enactment is being fulfilled (HR 40) (HD 22, 1976)

1975 -- Virginia Area Development Act; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study the way same is being administered to determine whether the legislative intent in enacting that measure is being fulfilled (HJR 216)

1976 -- City-County Relationships, Commission on; continued (H 531)

1976 -- Commonwealth's Attorneys; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study making positions full time in all jurisdictions, costs involved in same, etc. (HJR 115) (HD 19, 1977)

1976 -- Counties, cities, and towns, regulation of laws relating to; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study (HJR 4)

1977 -- Counties, cities and towns; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study of laws relating to regulation thereof (HJR 176)

1977 -- State Aid to Localities, Commission on; created to modify state formulas used to compute aid to localities (HB 2096) (HD 26, 1978) (HD 40, 1979)

1978 -- Air rights; House Committees on Counties, Cities and Towns and Courts of Justice and Senate Committees on Local Government and Courts of Justice to study air rights over governmental property and their use (HJR 161) (HD 6, 1979)

1978 -- Localities; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Appropriations and Finance and Senate Committees on Finance and Local Government to study revenue needs and resources thereof (HJR 163) (HD 41, 1979)

1978 -- Local governments; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns and Senate Committee on Local Government to study problems encountered in obtaining funds for capital outlay projects, other than schools (SJR 88) (SD 24, 1979)

1978 -- Local government; House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns and Senate Committee on Local Government to study services within large urbanizing counties (HJR 171) (HD 33, 1979)

1978 -- Local Fiscal Impact Study Commission; created (HJR 109) (HD 38, 1979)

1978 -- Tax burdens of central cities and urban counties; Commission on State Aid to Localities and Joint Subcommittee on Annexation to study (HJR 148)

1978 -- Local fiscal reporting; Report of Revenue Resources and Economic Commission on Local Fiscal Reporting (SD 10, 1978)

1979 -- Reston; Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors of Reston Community Association to consult together concerning proposed form of incorporation (HJR 290) (HD 42, 1980)

1979 -- School Board Appointments Study Subcommittee; created (SJR 135)

1980 -- Courthouses and administrative offices; State Archivist to study records-keeping procedures (SJR 94) (SD 9, 1981)

1980 -- Planning procedures of local governments, zoning and subdivision ordinances; House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns to study (HR 24) (HD 45, 1983)

1981 -- Rural affairs; Joint Subcommittee of the Conservation and Natural Resources Committee and the Agriculture Committee of the House of Delegates and the Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate to study (HJR 21)

1982 -- Construction projects, public; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Appropriations and on Counties, Cities and Towns and Senate Committees on Finance and on Local Government to study restriction of public bodies from using own personnel and equipment (HJR 36)

1982 -- Quantico, Town of; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study ownership and jurisdiction of Fuller Road (HJR 89) (HD 27, 1983)

1983 -- Construction projects, public; Joint Subcommittee established by HJR 36 in 1982 continued (HJR 7); continued (HJR 145, 1984); continued (HJR 281, 1985)

1983 -- Responsibilities and financial resources of local governments; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to continue study (HJR 12) (HD 12, 1986)

1983 -- Functioning of annexation laws; Joint Subcommittee established to study (HJR 25)

1983 -- Rural Virginia Development Foundation; establishes a Joint Subcommittee to study feasibility of establishing a Rural Virginia Development Foundation (SJR 10) (SD 12, 1984)

1984 -- Financial emergencies in local governments; Secretary of Finance and Administration to study feasibility of vesting an agency of the Commonwealth with the authority to deal with financial emergencies in local units of government (HJR 65, 1983) (HD 8)

1984 -- Subdivision streets; Joint subcommittee established to study standards for subdivision streets and related matters (HJR 119) (HD 30, 1985)

1984 -- Manufactured housing; Joint Subcommittee established to study manufactured housing and its relationship with policies and regulations of local governments (HJR 146) (HD 22, 1985)

1985 -- Flow control and resource legislation; Joint Subcommittee studying Chapters 732, 762, and 763 of the 1984 Acts of Assembly (SD 18)

1985 -- Community water resources; State Water Commission to study the adequacy of local government powers to protect community water resources (HJR 243)

1986 -- Towns in Virginia; Report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (HJR 105, 1982) (HJR 12, 1983) (HD 2)

1986 -- Local fiscal stress and state aid; report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (HD 4)

1986 -- Water systems; Joint Subcommittee to study abandonment of water lines by the suppliers of potable water and assess the impact on communities of recently constructed or upgraded water supply and wastewater treatment facilities (HJR 7) (HD 13, 1987)

1986 -- Independent city system and problems of annexation; Joint Subcommittee established to study the relationships among counties, cities and towns and the desirability of continuing the independent city system and the problems caused by annexation (HJR 163)

1986 -- County-town relations; Joint Subcommittee established to study county-town relations (SJR 29)

1986 -- Subdivision law; Joint Subcommittee established to study operation of § 15.1-466(1) of the Code of Virginia with respect to residential subdivision facilities (SJR 47) (SD 16, 1987)

1986 -- State Coordinator for Mapping, Surveying and Land Information Systems; Joint Subcommittee established to study the feasibility of establishing a State Coordinator for Mapping, Surveying and Land Information Systems in Virginia (SJR 80)

-- Residential planned developments see "Housing"

COURTS

1972 -- Counsel for persons charged with misdemeanors; Virginia Public Defender Commission created to study (SJR 71) (HD 3, 1975) (HD 2, 1977)

1972 -- Jury system; House Courts of Justice Committee to study jury system and feasibility of abolishing jury sentencing (HJR 27)

1973 -- Court proceedings; continuance for members of General Assembly, etc., includes provisions for commissions, councils, committees or subcommittees created by the General Assembly. Amending § 30-5 (H 1282)

1974 -- Jury verdicts; House and Senate Courts of Justice Committees to study alternative methods of fixing jury verdicts in civil and criminal cases (HJR 125)

1978 -- Juvenile and domestic relations district courts and circuit courts; House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to appoint subcommittee to consider information on a family court (SJR 3)

1979 -- General district courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts, jurisdictional limits; House Committee for Courts of Justice to study (HR 34) (HD 27, 1980)

1979 -- Juvenile courts; Department of Education, Committee on District Courts, Division for Children and Department of Corrections to work with school districts to develop referral forms (SJR 157)

1979 -- Juvenile Court-Public School State Task Force; Secretary of Public Safety and Secretary of Education to implement recommendations (SJR 159) (HD 4, 1980)

1982 -- Photography and television; creating study commission to evaluate use of photography and television during courtroom proceedings (HJR 146)

1983 -- Representation of indigents; Supreme Court of Virginia to establish a committee to study advisability of establishing indigency standards (HJR 76) (HD 13, 1984)

1983 -- Mandatory sentencing; Governor's Task Force on Sentencing requested to study the impact of mandatory minimum sentencing for the commission of a felony (HJR 80)

1983 -- Judicial decisions; Report of Subcommittee studying the impact of judicial decisions on zoning and subdivision ordinances (HR 24, 1980) (HD 45)

1984 -- Court services for general district courts; Committee on District Courts directed to study and assess the need for (HJR 26) (HD 15, 1985)

1985 -- Defense of the indigent; Joint Subcommittee established to study the cost and quality of defense of the indigent (HJR 324) (HD 15, 1986) (SD 11, 1986)

1985 -- Public defender system; Joint Subcommittee established to study the operations of the public defender system (SJR 137) (HD 15, SD 11, 1986); continued (HJR 51,1986)

1986 -- Court records; Joint Subcommittee established to study the need for a retention schedule for criminal and civil case files (HJR 69) (HD 8, 1987)

1986 -- Tort reform; Joint Subcommittee established to study various tort reforms and the means of ensuring continued availability of affordable liability insurance coverage (SJR 22)

-- See also "Criminal Procedure"

CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY

1970 -- Shoplifting; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council report (HJR 56, 1968) (HD 13)

1970 -- Crime in Virginia; Virginia State Crime Commission report (HJR 48, 1968) (HD 28)

1972 -- Bad check losses; Courts of Justice Committees of House and Senate directed to study (SJR 11)

1972 -- Organized Crime; Detection Task Force; Virginia State Crime Commission report (HD 3A)

1972 -- Law enforcement agencies and systems; Division of Justice and Crime Prevention to study (SJR 62)

1972 -- Victims of crime; House Courts of Justice Committee to study problem of compensating victims of crime (HJR 19)

1973 -- Victims of crime; House and Senate Courts of Justice Committees to study feasibility of compensating victims of crime (HJR 203)

1973 -- Use of motor vehicles in crimes; Virginia State Crime Commission to study laws relating to confiscation of motor vehicles used in commission of certain crimes (HJR 219) (HD 37, 1975)

1973 -- Law enforcement system in the Commonwealth; study continued (SJR 90) (SJR 62, 1974) (SD 5, 1975)

1974 -- Establishment of a Forensic Science Academy; Virginia State Crime Commission to study advisability and feasibility of establishing such an Academy (HJR 132) (HD 36, 1975)

1974 -- Comprehensive Criminal Justice Information System Task Force of the Virginia State Crime Commission; to study matters relating to the information in the criminal justice systems and make recommendations as to the development and implementation of an expanded and integrated system (SJR 63) (SD 35, 1975)

1974 -- Defective delinquent offenders and sex crime offenders; Virginia State Crime Commission to conduct a study of and recommend legislation for proper handling (SJR 31) (SD 36)

1974 -- Drunk drivers; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study effectiveness of present state laws, various model legislative proposals, the Alcohol Safety Action Project in Fairfax County, etc. (HR 16)

1975 -- Organized crime; Virginia State Crime Commission report (SD 29)

1976 -- Sexual assault, criminal; State Crime Commission to conduct a study and make recommendations aimed at preventing and reducing the incidence of such crimes and to study the feasibility of providing financial support to police departments for same (SJR 19)

1978 -- Bad checks; House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study laws thereof (SJR 96)

1978 -- Birth and death certificates; Registrar of Vital Statistics to study illegal acquisition and use thereof (HJR 96) (HD 22, 1979)

1978 -- Obscenity and pornography; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study laws thereof (HJR 73)

1978 -- Sexual assault, criminal; Crime Commission to continue study (SJR 34)

1979 -- Sexual assault offenders; Department of Corrections to explore establishing treatment program for incarcerated (SJR 158) (SD 10, 1980)

1982 -- Alcohol and Drug-Related Motor Vehicle Offenses, Commission on; created, including members of House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and Crime Commission (SJR 25)

1982 -- Speeding motorists; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Militia and Police and Senate Committee for Courts of Justice to study apprehension thereof (HJR 68) (HD 30, 1983)

1984 -- Neighborhood watch; Status of Neighborhood Watch in Virginia, report of Secretary of Public Safety (HD 10)

1985 -- Marital rape; Joint Subcommittee established to study all implications of the marital rape exception and its validity (HJR 301) (HD 33, 1986)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

1972 -- Jury sentencing in Virginia: Committee for Courts of Justice of the House of Delegates directed to study the jury system and the feasibility of abolishing jury sentencing (HJR 27)

1972 -- Law enforcement system in the Commonwealth; Division of Justice and Crime Prevention to direct a comprehensive study of all levels of government, to determine the needs and methods of strengthening the capabilities of the system (SJR 62)

1972 -- Planning and delivery of services to youthful offenders and improvement of system of probation and parole of all offenders; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (HJR 133) (HD 16, 1974)

1973 -- Law enforcement and criminal justice system in Virginia (SJR 90, 1973) (SJR 62, 1974) (SJR 62) (SD 5, 1975)

1974 -- Grand Jury System; Virginia State Crime Commission to study as it exists and if advisable, recommend legislation to improve efficiency (SJR 64) (SD 37, 1975)

1974 -- Jury sentences; Committees for Courts of Justice of the House and Senate to study, including the desirability of unanimous verdicts in civil and criminal cases and the fixing of punishment in criminal cases and the desirability of bifurcated trials (HJR 125)

1974 -- Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Systems in Virginia; Division of Justice and Crime Prevention to further study and recommend most effective manner by which solutions can be implemented (SJR 62)

1974 -- Crime Commission; State study unit considering state investigation capabilities (HB 335) (HD 38, 1975)

1975 -- Criminal Cases, Commission on Speedy Trials in; created to study delays in criminal jurisprudence with a view toward fair and rapid disposition of such cases (SJR 124) (SD 28, 1976)

1975 -- Criminal convictions, sentencing; the Virginia State Crime Commission and Virginia Advisory Legislative Council Committee on Services to Youthful Offenders and Committee on Probation and Parole to study the sentencing laws of this Commonwealth and the practices and procedures involved, indeterminate sentencing, sentencing by judge as opposed to a jury (SJR 118)

1975 -- Felony convictions; Virginia State Crime Commission, with the cooperation of Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association and the judiciary, to study the sentencing procedures under Virginia law and make recommendations

1975 -- Public Defender Program; Report of the Virginia Public Defender Commission on Virginia's Pilot Public Defender Program (HD 3, 1975) (HD 2, 1977) (HD 2, 1980)

1978 -- Criminal sentencing; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study problems related thereto (HJR 36) (HD 26, 1980)

1978 -- Grand Jury Study Commission, Statewide; created (HJR 57) (HD 29, 1980)

1980 -- Probation and parole laws; Crime Commission to study (HJR 167)

1980 -- Sentencing guidelines; House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study (HJR 119)

1983 -- Bail bond procedures and licensure of bail bondsmen; Joint Subcommittee established to study (HJR 36) (HD 17, 1984)

1983 -- Mandatory sentencing; Governor's Task Force on Sentencing requested to study the impact of mandatory minimum sentencing for the commission of a felony (HJR 80)

1983 -- Commonwealth right of appeal; Special Subcommittee of House and Senate Courts of Justice Committees to study legislation to implement a proposed Constitutional amendment (HJR 159)

1985 -- Defense of the indigent; Joint Subcommittee established to study the cost and quality of defense of the indigent (HJR 324) (HD 15, SD 11, 1986)

1985 -- Public defender system; Joint Subcommittee established to study the operations of the public defender system (SJR 137) (HD 15, SD 11, 1986)

-- See also "Courts"

DANGEROUS WEAPONS

1977 -- Explosives; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study use of (SJR 145)

1977 -- Firearms and alcoholic beverages, disposition of; House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study laws relating to contraband (HJR 235); continued (HJR 143, 1978)

1978 -- Explosives; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue study on use thereof (SJR 15) (SD 17, 1979)

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

1973 - Divorce and separation, dower and curtesy; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study all aspects of the laws toward needed modifications, additions and deletions (HJR 225) (HD 22, 1974)

1973 -- Child abuse and neglect laws; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study (HJR 228)

1973 -- Support of children by parents; Department of Welfare and Institutions to study laws relating to child support (SJR 125) (SD 23, 1974)

1974 -- Separation and divorce, dower and curtesy; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to continue its study of all maters relating thereto (HJR 25) (HD 24, 1975)

1975 -- Spouses rights and responsibilities; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study same and means of recognizing the contributions of both to marriage and society (HR 35)

1977 -- Paternity actions; civil; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study the need for uniform laws (HR 47)

1981 -- Surrogate parenthood; Departments of Welfare and of Health and Office of Attorney General to study (HJR 292)

1981 -- Support laws; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees for Courts of Justice and on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and Rehabilitation and Social Services and certain other citizen members to study, appropriation (HJR 260)

1981 -- Title 20 (Domestic Relations); Joint Subcommittee of Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice to study certain support and maintenance laws (HJR 304) (HD 21, 1982)

1982 -- Support laws; Joint Subcommittee to continue study (HJR 40)

1983 -- Support laws; Joint Subcommittee to continue study (HJR 74) (HD 24, 1984)

1985 -- Marital rape; Joint Subcommittee established to study all implications of the marital rape exception and its validity (HJR 301) (HD 33, 1986)

1986 -- Model Joint Custody Act; Joint Subcommittee to study the Model Joint Custody Act applicability to the Commonwealth (HJR 31)

DRUGS

1971 -- Commission to Study the Narcotic and Drug Laws of the State; created (HJR 16) (HD 23, 1972)

1972 -- Drug abuse and narcotics; report of the Virginia State Crime Commission (HD 3)

1973 -- Drug addicts; Department of Welfare and Institutions in cooperation with Division of Drug Abuse Control, to continue study for treatment and rehabilitation of addicts accused of violation of the drug laws or convictions of such laws, as directed by HJR 66, 1972 session (HJR 216) (HD 9, 1974)

1973 -- Treatment of alcoholism, Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (SJR 132) (SD 26, 1974)

1974 -- Drug abuse control and alcohol abuse control; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study the feasibility of coordinating these programs in one agency of the State (SJR 58) (SD 20, 1975)

1975 -- Drug and alcohol abuse programs; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study of the feasibility of combining the comprehensive planning and coordination of such programs in one agency of the State (SJR 111)

1975 -- Drugs, prescription, dispensing by local health department; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to conduct a study of policies as they relate to the Medicaid program (SJR 134) (SD 9, 1977)

1976 -- Drug abusers, first offenders; Joint Subcommittee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse to study the desirability for expanding alternative treatment for rehabilitative programs for such persons (SJR 46)

1977 -- Drug and alcohol programming; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to continue study (HR 45)

1978 -- Driving Under Influence of Alcohol or Drugs; Commission, created to study laws (HR 102)

1978 -- Marijuana; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study possible need for revision of criminal penalties thereof (SJR 93) (SD 16, 1979)

1978 -- Alcohol Safety Actions Program; joint subcommittee to study relationship between Highway Safety Division and Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (HJR 136) (HD 27, 1979)

1981 -- Drug users; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees for Courts of Justice and on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committees on Rehabilitation and Social Services and for Courts of Justice to study possible program for rehabilitation of first offenders (HJR 298)

1982 -- Drug users; continuing study of possible program for rehabilitation of first offenders (HJR 101)

1982 -- Alcohol and drug abuse; requesting the Department of Education to study technical assistance and inservice training materials (HJR 99) (HD 25, 1983)

1984 -- Driving under influence of any narcotic or other self-administered drug; Division of Motor Vehicles to develop procedures for detecting and prosecuting persons illegally driving under the influence of drugs (HJR 10) (HD 7, 1986)

1984 -- Drug trafficking; Joint Subcommittee to study drug trafficking including illegal drug trade and drug law enforcement (HJR 144)

EDUCATION

1970 -- State Council of Higher Education, to study educational resources and need for establishing graduate and undergraduate courses in library science (SJR 15) (SD 5, 1972)

1970 -- State student financial aid program; State Council of College Presidents to develop plans and administrative procedures for implementing (HJR 50)

1970 -- Public School education funds; Department of Education to study feasibility of requiring all localities to allocate all public school education funds in their budgets on or before April 15 of each calendar year (HJR 71)

1970 -- Textbooks; Report on Textbooks of the State Department of Education (SJR 51, 1968) (SD 15)

1970 -- Continuing education; Report of the Commission for Economy in Governmental Expenditures (Chapter 19 Title 2.1 of the Code) (SD 16)

1970 -- Consolidation of school divisions; Report of the Virginia School Division Consolidation Study Commission (HD 6)

1970 -- Tuition, fees, and charges at state-supported institutions of higher education; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (HJR 10) (HD 15, 1972)

1970 -- Continuing education; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (SJR 29) (HD 12, 1972)

1971 -- Sex education in public schools; Committee report (SJR 61, 1970) (SD 3 Special Session)

1971 -- Instructional costs in public schools; creating a commission to study state assumption of (SJR 33) (SD 3, 1972)

1971 -- School Division Criteria Study Commission, creation of to study and determine reasonable conditions and criteria for dividing the State into school divisions (SJR 11) (SD 5, 1973)

1971 -- Higher Education; Capital Outlay Coordinating Commission report (HD 6 Special Session)

1971 -- Independent Institutions of Higher Education; State Council of Higher Education to study (SJR 21) (SD 9, 1972)

1972 -- Higher Education, General Assembly Commission on; created to examine system of higher education in State and consider possible improvements in method of financing in institutions, in coordinated planning of programs and establishment of priorities in more unified system (SJR 21) (SD 19, 1974)

1972 -- Affiliated Medical School Program to Increase Health Manpower; report of Commission (Chapter 547, 1968 Acts of Assembly) (HD 10)

1972 -- Public schools, financing; Finance Committees of House of Delegates and of Senate and Appropriations Committee of House of Delegates directed to study (SJR 29)

1972 -- Consortium for Continuing Higher Education in Northern Virginia; State Council of Higher Education report (SJR 67) (SD 7, 1973)

1972 -- Education of para-medical personnel; State Council of Higher Education to recommend curricula (HJR 127) (HD 2, 1974)

1973 -- Veterinary Medical School, Commission created to study need for establishment in Commonwealth; also to study the location and approximate cost (SJR 124)

1973 -- Text books used in public school; Board of Education to study whether or not they treat racial matters fairly and without discrimination (HJR 233)

1973 -- School Division Criteria Study Commission; created by SJR 11, 1971 Session, continued (SJR 76)

1973 -- School bus safety; State Board of Education directed to study, including, but not limited to standards of design, seat construction, safety belts, standard for drivers, etc. (HJR 245)

1973 -- Public school financing; study continued (SJR 105)

1973 -- School Budget Study Commission; created to study late approval, including the possibility of making it mandatory that governing bodies approve school budget on or before April 15 of each year (HJR 264) (HD 11, 1974)

1973 -- Reading abilities of students in public schools throughout the State; State Board of Education to study the needs for statewide reevaluation (HJR 221)

1973 -- Environmental education; State Board of Education directed to develop a plan and program for, including continuing curriculum and teacher training, primary and secondary schools (HJR 198)

1973 -- Education, State Board of; to study and develop a set of criteria, tests and standards to measure a child's level of performance (HJR 269) (HD 10, 1975)

1973 -- Adult Education, public school; House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health directed to study needs and recommended administrative and legislative actions necessary to raise their level of education (HJR 251)

1974 -- Adult Education, public school; study continued (HJR 137)

1974 -- Board of Education, instruction of personal finance in curriculum of public schools (SJR 26) (SD 7, 1975)

1974 -- Conversion to metric in public schools; Board of Education to study (SJR 28) (SD 8, 1975)

1974 -- Higher Education, Commission on; to transmit information and materials accumulated during study to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission so that they may continue study (SJR 14) (SD 17, 1975)

1974 -- Legal responsibilities and relationships State Department of Education to study need for offering a course in public schools to inform your Virginians of their legal responsibilities and relationships (SJR 66) (SD 9, 1975)

1974 -- Optometry, School of; State Council on Higher Education to study need for establishment (SJR 1) (SD 3, 1976)

1974 -- Public school teachers; Department of Education and Board of Education to study establishment of a system of teacher evaluation and competence (HJR 129) (HD 9, 1975)

1974 -- Standards of Quality for public schools; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study (HJR 142) (HD 19, 1976)

1974 -- Teacher aides; State Department of Education to study utilizing teacher aides in public school, reimbursement to school division of salaries (SJR 16) (SD 6, 1975)

1974 -- Deaf and blind; Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education established to study the education of same and all matters properly pertaining thereto (HR 31)

1975 -- Handicapped children residing in state hospitals, state training schools or training centers for the mentally retarded; Departments of Education and Mental Health and Mental Retardation; under direction of the Acting Secretary of Education, to make a comprehensive study of same (SJR 156) (SD 6, 1976)

1975 -- Parking facilities; Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University at Richmond to study and report on needs of sufficient off-street parking (SJR 115)

1975 -- Health Education; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study whether or not adequate health education is being received by students in the schools of the Commonwealth (HJR 244) (SD 18, 1977)

1975 -- School Division Criteria Study Commission; to continue its study (SJR 130) (SD 17, 1977)

1975 -- Teachers, student; House Education Committee to study the responsibilities assumed by such teachers in classrooms and determine the feasibility of authorizing or requiring provisions for liability insurance (HR 42)

1975 -- Telecommunication in the field of Special Education; Department of Education and Virginia Public Telecommunications Council to study the findings of the Center of Excellence, Inc., and, if advisable, develop a pilot program in cooperation with the Center (HJR 238) (HD 7, 1976) (HD 10, 1976)

1975 -- Adult Education Programs; State Department of Education, Department of Community Colleges, and Council of Higher Education report on coordination of adult education programs (HD 35) HD 31, 1976 (HD 21, 1977)

1975 -- Tenure policies in the state-supported institutions of Higher Education; State Council of Higher Education to study and evaluate the criticisms of academic tenure made during recent years, and to recommend needed modifications or improvement in the system (SJR 106) SD 7, 1977)

1976 -- Alcohol and drug abuse education in public schools; Joint Subcommittee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to evaluate such program (SJR 34)

1976 -- Articulation Agreements, Commonwealth; State Council of Higher Education and State Board for Community Colleges to promote the orderly transfer of academic credit between the community colleges and public and private 4-year colleges and universities (HJR 17) (HD 6, 1977)

1976 -- Health education programs; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study (SJR 6)

1976 -- Optometry, Regional College of; State Council of Higher Education to assess the feasibility of establishing same in Virginia (SB 269) (SD 14, 1977)

1977 -- Faculty of state colleges and universities, outside employment of; House Committee on Education to study (HR 42)

1977 -- Grade inflation in institutions of higher learning; State Council of Higher Education to study (HJR 170) (HD 3, 1978)

1977 -- Health care and disease prevention; Department of Health and Department of Education to study education methods for Virginia citizens (HJR 260)

1977 -- Health care and education, preventive; certain state agencies to analyze (HJR 258)

1977 -- Public school laws; Code Commission to study (HJR 216) (HD 21, 1980)

1977 -- School division criteria Study Commission; continued, appropriation (SJR 84) (SD 2, 1979)

1977 -- Health education and elementary teachers; Board of Education to review requirements for endorsement in elementary education (SJR 112)

1978 -- Asian studies curriculum in secondary schools; House Committee on Education to study establishment (HR 114)

1978 -- George Mason University; Council of Higher Education to study establishing a law school therein (SJR 74)

1978 -- High school league; Department of Education to study (HJR 66)

1978 -- Kindergarten programs; House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study certain aspects thereof (HJR 146)

1978 -- Public School Finance Study Commission; created, appropriation (SJR 42)

1978 -- Student cheating in public schools; Superintendent of Public Instruction to study and make recommendations to House Committee on Education (HR 13)

1978 -- Teachers; House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study the appropriateness of a competency examination therefor (HJR 165)

1978 -- Virginia history and government in public schools, teaching of; Department of Education to assess (HJR 60) (HD 5, 1980) (HD 23, 1983)

1979 -- Educational authorities; Secretary of Education to study combining some or all of their administrative functions (HJR 201) (HD 37, 1980)

1979 -- Public schools kindergarten programs; House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to continue study (HJR 236 (HD 10, 1980)

1979 -- Public school teachers and teachers of Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind; Senate Committee on Education and Health and House Committee on Education to study application of laws (SJR 179)

1979 -- "School Board of the City of Richmond v. Parham" ; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Privileges and Elections and on Education and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections and on Education and Health to study effects of decision (HJR 279)

1979 -- School programs for pupils before and after school hours; provisions in Arlington County and Falls Church City Division for Children to study need for such programs (HB 1726) (HD 16, 1981)

1979 -- Special education facilities, local and regional; Secretary of Education and Secretary of Human Resources to study (HJR 264) (HD 12, 1980)

1979 -- Need for graduate instruction and continuing education in engineering in the Richmond area and Northern Virginia (HB 4) (HD 23, 1981)

1979 -- Combining administrative functions of certain educational agencies; Secretary of Education requested to oversee the cooperation and coordination among the State Education Assistance Authority, Virginia Education Loan Authority, Virginia College Building Authority and the Virginia Public School Authority, as well as scholarship programs administered by the State Council of Higher Education (HJR 201)

1979 -- School Board appointments; creating subcommittee to study (SJR 135)

1980 -- Community Education, Joint Subcommittee on; established (HJR 68)

1980 -- Competency test for high school diploma; House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study (HJR 115) (HD 25, 1981)

1980 -- Compulsory school attendance; House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study (HJR 94)

1980 -- Educable mentally retarded; Department of Education to study rates of reimbursement for special class placements (HJR 129) (HD 7, 1981)

1980 -- Engineering; Council of Higher Education to study need for graduate instruction and continuing education therein (HB 419) (HD 23, 1981)

1980 -- Financial assistance programs available to students; Council of Higher Education to study (HJR 7) (HD 24, 1981)

1980 -- Gifted and talented children; House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study status and needs of programs therefor (HJR 164) (HD 26, 1981)

1980 -- Handicapped children; House Committees on Education and on Appropriations and Senate Committees on Finance and on Education and Health to study status, needs and requirements of education therefor (HJR 36)

1980 -- Health and physical education; Senate Committee on Education and Health and House Committee on Education to study eliminating dual endorsement (SJR 43) (SD 17, 1982)

1980 -- Kindergarten through Grade 3; certain institutions of higher learning offering courses to persons seeking NR-3 endorsement to review programs on reading and language arts (HJR 64)

1980 -- Language, speech and hearing therapy; Department of Education to study programs in public schools (HJR 168) (HD 8, 1981)

1980 -- Learning disabled; Council of Higher Education to study collegiate programs therefor (HJR 62)

1980 -- Neighborhood education centers; Department of Education to study (HJR 165)

1980 -- School textbook selection process; House Committee on Education to study (HR 8)

1980 -- Teacher certification; Board of Education to study prescribed test and impose on teacher preparation programs (HJR 180)

1980 -- Teacher training programs; institutions of higher education to review standards for acceptance of students therein (HJR 100) (HD 3, 1982)

1980 -- Vocational-technical and career education, Joint Subcommittee on; created (HJR 97) (HD 21, 1981) (HD 12, 1982)

1981 -- Guidance and counseling, developmental; Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Education and Health and House Committee on Education to study possible availability to all elementary public school children (SJR 132) (SD 26, 1982)

1981 -- Handicapped children; Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Education and Health and House Committee on Education to study impact of minimum competency testing (SJR 150) (SD 28, 1982)

1981 -- Teacher centers for improvement of standards of quality; Department of Education to study establishment thereof (SJR 134) (SD 10, 1982)

1981 -- Health and physical education, elimination of dual endorsement to teach; Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Education and Health and House Committee on Education to continue study (SJR 143) (SD 17, 1982)

1981 -- School programs outside regular school hours; school boards of Arlington County and Falls Church City to provide and study effectiveness and costs of operation (SB 602)

1981 -- Community education; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to continue study (HJR 320)

1981 -- Vocational-technical and career education; Department of Education to study and provide data to Joint Subcommittee Studying Vocational-Technical and Career Education (HJR 225)

1981 -- Textbooks, free; Subcommittee of House Committee on Education to study eligibility criteria for use (HR 43)

1982 -- Gifted and talented children; requesting Department of Education to study establishment of state-operated schools or programs therefor (HJR 46) (HD 22, 1983) (HD 23, 1985)

1982 -- Guidance and counseling, developmental; Special Joint Subcommittee of the Senate Education and Health Committee and the House Education Committee to reconvene to study status and needs of elementary developmental guidance and counseling programs (SJR 66)

1982 -- Guidance and counseling, developmental; Joint Subcommittee to reconvene to consider the status and needs of elementary guidance and counseling programs (SJR 69) (SD 16, 1983) (SD 24, 1984)

1982 -- Alcohol and drug abuse; requesting local school divisions to establish comprehensive policy to manage problems in public schools, Department of Education to report (SJR 64)

1982 -- Financial aid; Council of Higher Education to study structure of student programs to ensure future continuance (SJR 81) (SD 3, 1984)

1982 -- Vocational-technical and career education, Joint Subcommittee on; Continued (HJR 141) (HD 44, 1983)

1982 - Food and Nutrition, Program on created within College of Home Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (SB 274)

1982 -- Senior Citizens Higher Education Act; Council of Higher Education to study impact on educational institutions (HJR 142) (HD 14, 1983)

1982 -- Teachers; Board of Education to study differentiated compensation for outstanding performance (HJR 93) (HD 24, 1983)

1982 -- Driver education programs; House Committees on Education and on Appropriations and Senate Committees on Education and Health and on Finance to study funding and effectiveness (HJR 80) (HD 42, 1983)

1982 -- Alcohol and drug abuse; requesting the Department of Education to study technical assistance and inservice training materials. (HJR 99) (HD 25, 1983)

1982 -- Handicapped children; joint subcommittee to study funding of transportation to and from school (SJR 68) (SD 11, 1983)

1983 -- Driver education programs; Joint Subcommittee Studying the Effectiveness and Funding of Driver Education Programs in the Public School to continue study (HJR 32)

1983 -- Reduced tuition; Joint Subcommittee established to study the issues of determination of eligibility for reduced tuition charges in the Commonwealth's institutions of high education (HJR 60) (HD 42, 1984)

1983 -- Computer-assisted instruction; Joint Subcommittee of members of House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health established to study initiatives to advance computer-assisted instruction (HJR 61) (HD 31, 1984)

1983 -- State Board for Community Colleges; Board to study feasibility of retiring unemployed persons in the Hampton Roads area (HJR 91) (HD 9, 1984)

1983 -- Engineering programs; Joint Subcommittee established to study how Virginia can maintain the high quality engineering programs in its public institutions of higher education (SJR 5) (SD 15, 1984)

1983 -- Teachers; Joint Subcommittee established to study the reemployment of teachers (SJR 8) (SD 17, 1984)

1983 -- Home education; Joint Subcommittee established to study home education and to establish guidelines for home education (SJR 59) (SD 14, 1984)

1984 -- Driver education in public schools; Joint Subcommittee to continue study (HJR 28)

1984 -- Engineering programs; Joint Subcommittee studying continued (SJR 10)

1984 -- Higher education; State Council of Higher Education and public institutions of higher education to develop procedures for the reduction in scope of the system of higher education (HJR 77)

1984 -- Numerical grading scale; Board of Education to study need for statewide standardized numerical grading scale for secondary schools (HJR 78)

1984 -- School vision screening program; Department of Education to study school vision screening program as well as methods available for effective early detection of learning disabilities consistent with the symptoms of dyslexia and dysgraphia (HJR 127) (HD 8, 1986)

1984 -- Guidance and counseling; Board of Education to make certain reports to certain committees of the General Assembly regarding elementary developmental guidance and counseling, including the effectiveness of model programs and the status and needs of these programs in the Commonwealth (SJR 32)

1984 -- Equipment for engineering programs; State Council of Higher Education to develop a formula to fund the acquisition and replacement of equipment for engineering programs (SJR 35)

1985 -- School bus safety; Department of Education to study school bus safety (HJR 228) (HD 10, 1986)

1985 -- Instructional equipment; Joint Subcommittee established to study methods of acquiring and maintaining a technologically current inventory of higher education instructional equipment and their distribution (SJR 90) (SD 21, 1986); continued (SJR 4, 1986)

1985 -- Higher education; State Council of Higher Education to study student achievement in Virginia's public higher education system (SJR 125 (SD 14, 1986)

1986 -- Educational environments in state mental health and mental retardation facilities; report of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (SJR 148, 1985) (SD 7)

1986 -- Standards of Quality; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on the funding of the standards of quality, Part 1: assessing SOQ costs (SJR 35, 1982) (SD 20)

1986 -- Academic library facility needs; State Council of Higher Education to investigate the academic library facility needs in Virginia's public system of higher education (HJR 32) (HD 14, 1987)

1986 -- Needs of accredited, nonprofit colleges and universities; State Council of Higher Education to study facility and instructional equipment needs of accredited, nonprofit Virginia independent colleges and universities (HJR 72)

1986 -- Extended day; Department of Education to study feasibility of revising regulations to facilitate a seven-period extended day for high school students (HJR 96) (HD 27, 1987)

1986 -- Computer-assisted instruction; Department of Education to study initiatives to advance computer-assisted instruction (HJR 118) (HD 28, 1987)

1986 -- Driver education programs; Board of Education to evaluate commercial and public education driver education programs in Virginia (HJR 135)

1986 -- Needs of Virginia's independent colleges and universities; State Council of Higher Education to study the facility and instructional equipment needs of Virginia's independent colleges and universities (SJR 69)

1987 -- Driver Education Programs, Evaluating Public School and Commercial; Report of Board of Education (HJR 135, 1986) (HD 29, 1987)

ELDERLY

1973 -- Elderly Virginians, Commission on the Needs of (HJR 175) (HD 19, 1975)

1975 -- Elderly Virginians, Commission on the Needs of; continued (HJR 173) (HD 32, 1976)

1976 -- Elderly Virginians, Commission on the Needs of; continued (HJR 19)

1977 -- Elderly Virginians, Commission on the Needs of; continued (HJR 280) (HD 32, 1978)

1978 -- Elderly persons; House and Senate Committee on Finance to study viable incentives to families who care for relatives in their home (HJR 184) (HD 29, 1979)

1978 -- Hearing aids; House and Senate Committees on General Laws to study cost of for elderly (SJR 23)

1978 -- Homemaker-home health aide; Departments of Health and of Welfare to study creating position to provide services for elderly who wish to remain at home (HJR 33 ) (HD 10, 1979)

1978 -- Aging, Joint Subcommittee on; created from House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Education and Health (SJR 81) (SD 6, 1979) (SD 23, 1980)

1980 -- Impaired elderly; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study care therefore (HJR 162) (HD 20, 1981)

1981 -- Nursing homes; moratorium on issuance of certain certificates-of-need, requiring report from Commission of Health (HB 1452) (HD 18, 1982)

1981 -- Nursing home pre-admission screening program; Department of Health to prepare to expand (HJR 295) (HD 19, 1982)

1981 -- Impaired elderly, community-based long-term care for; Secretary of Human Resources to study needs and initiate state-level coordination of community and institutional services (HJR 294) (HD 11, 1982)

1982 --Elderly and disabled persons; report date extended on certificates-of-need, Commissioner of Health to include study of programs to prevent institutionalization thereof, amending Chapter 493, 1981 Acts (HB 879) (HD 12, 1983)

1983 -- Senior Citizen Discount Program; Report of the Department for Aging (HJR 87, 1982) (HD 33)

1983 -- Senior Citizens Higher Education Act; Report of the Council of Higher Education (HJR 142, 1982) (HD 14)

1984 -- Frail and impaired elderly; Long-Term Care Council to study the cost effectiveness of maintaining the frail and impaired elderly in their home communities (SJR 30)

1985 -- Alzheimer's disease; Commission established to study the concept of a network of regional dementia centers (HJR 309) (HD 34, 1986); continued (HJR 134, 1986)

1986 -- Long-term care; Joint Subcommittee Monitoring Long-Term Care continued (HJR 37, 1983) (HJR 52, 1984) (HD 33, 1985) (HJR 111)

1986 -- Nursing homes; Secretary of Human Resources to study admission and discharge policies of nursing homes providing services under the state plan for medical assistance (SJR 52) (SD 6, 1987)

- Also see "Health"

ELECTIONS

1971 -- Commission created to study whether any changes should be made in Virginia law to conform to the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and 1970; whether Virginia election laws can be further simplified, perfected and improved; and whether limitations should be placed on campaign expenditures and contributions for candidates for the General Assembly (HJR 52)

1971 -- Voting qualifications; changes age from "twenty-one" to "eighteen". Amending Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia (HJR 5)

1971 -- Voting rights of citizens of the United States who are eighteen years of age or older, ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States (SJR 32)

1972 -- Elections Study Commission; continued to examine the election laws of the State in order that they may be further simplified and improved and to study whether limitations should be placed on campaign expenditures and contributions (HJR 17) (HD 15, 1973)

1973 -- Elections laws; House and Senate Privileges and Elections Committee to study, including advantages and disadvantages of a presidential primary, selection of delegates to conventions, limitations of expenditures in political campaigns, etc. (SJR 137)

1974 -- Election laws; Committees on Privileges and Elections of the House and Senate directed to continue their study pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 137, 1973 Session (HJR 152)

1977 -- Election laws; House and Senate Privileges and Elections Committees to study (SJR 85)

1978 -- Elections, general; Commission created to study consolidation thereof (HJR 8)

1978 -- Registration and voting; House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to study procedures as they affect handicapped and elderly (SJR 39)

1978 -- Registration and voting procedures affecting elderly and handicapped; House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to study (HJR 183)

1979 -- Elections, statewide; House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to study public financing (HJR 230) (HD 38, 1980)

1979 -- General Elections, Commission to Study the Consolidation of Times of; continued (HJR 271)

1979 -- Registration and voting procedures affecting handicapped and elderly; House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to continue study (HJR 228)

1979 -- District of Columbia; House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to study aspects of proposed amendment to U.S. Constitution for representation in Congress (HJR 353) (SJR 182)

1981 -- Contested elections; Joint Subcommittee of Senate and House Committees on Privileges and Elections to study how costs should be assessed (SJR) 120)

1982 -- Columbia, District of; House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections to continue study of U.S. constitutional amendment providing statehood thereof (SJR 19)

1985 -- Election laws; Joint Subcommittee established to study certain revisions in the election laws (SJR 92) (SD 19, 1986); continued (SJR 26, 1986)

EMINENT DOMAIN

1972 -- Virginia Code Commission directed to study and report on charters, special acts and Code sections which confer the power of eminent domain, and which contain certain procedural provisions for condemnation cases (SJR 33)

ENERGY

1973 -- Energy crises in the Commonwealth, Commission; created to study existing and future demands for energy producing fuels, amounts and types available, etc., and the environmental consequences of extracting and utilizing such fuels (SJR 128) (SD 6, 1974)

1974 -- Energy crises; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study severity, its affect on the citizens and means by which the coal industry can expand and develop production of its reserves (HR 17)

1975 -- Energy crises in the Commonwealth, Commission to study; commended for its work and directed to make a final report pursuant to SJR No. 128, 1973 Session (SJR 34) (SD 23, 1975)

1975 -- Coal and Energy Commission, Virginia; created to study all aspects of coal as an energy resource of the Commonwealth and make suggestions and recommendations on exploration, mapping, development and transportation of coal (SJR 109) (SD 24, 1976) (SD 15, 1977) (SD 28, 1978) (SD 28, 1979)

1975 -- Energy Crisis, Commission to Study; renamed Energy Study Commission, work of said Commission to be continued (SJR 97) (SD 12, 1977)

1976 -- Coal and Energy Commission; continued to study the development and utilization of Virginia's coal (SJR 11)

1977 -- Coal and Energy Commission; continued (SJR 108)

1977 -- Energy Study Commission; continued (HJR 296) (HD 21, 1978) (SD 27, 1979)

1978 -- Energy; Subcommittee on Energy of House Committee on General Laws to study interrelationship between state and federal programs (HR 11)

1979 -- Coal and Energy Commission; created, annual reports (SB 829) (SD 28, 1979) (SD 19, 1980) (SD 8, 1981) (SD 21, 1982)

1981 -- Energy conservation; Coal and Energy Commission to study large-scale promotion of insulation use (SJR 155)

1981 -- Energy use in state-owned buildings; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Center for Coal and Energy Research to establish program to monitor (HJR 293)

1981 -- Uranium exploration, mining and milling; Coal and Energy Commission to evaluate environmental effects (HJR 324)

1982 -- Solar facilities; requesting Coal and Energy Commission to study means of encouraging construction (HR 14)

1982 -- Home heating; requesting Housing Study Commission to study safety of alternative forms (HJR 110)

1983 -- Energy costs; Department of General Services to study ways to control energy costs in state facilities (HJR 28)

1983 -- Energy conservation requirements; Board of Housing and Community Development to study existing and potential requirements in the Uniform Statewide Building Code which promote energy conservation (HJR 29)

1983 -- Coal slurry pipelines; Joint Study Committee established to study desirability of allowing the development of coal slurry pipelines and the utilization of Virginia coal (HJR 117)

1984 -- Virginia Coal and Energy Commission; annual report (SD 13)

1985 -- Virginia Coal and Energy Commission; report pursuant to § 9-145.1 of the Code of Virginia (SD 15)

1986 -- Virginia Coal and Energy Commission; report (SD 17)

1986 -- Use of coal; Virginia Coal and Energy Commission to study the use of coal in state facilities (HJR 107)

1986 -- Foreign coal; House Subcommittee to study the purchase of foreign coal by elective utilities in Virginia (HR 21)

1986 -- Gasohol; Virginia Coal and Energy Commission to study the costs and benefits of gasohol as an alternative fuel source (SJR 15)

ENTERTAINMENT

1973 -- Motion Picture Review Board; General Laws Committees on House and Senate to form a subcommittee to study matters relating to the nature and content of films shown in Virginia (HJR 257)

1985 Amusement ride safety; Joint Subcommittee established to study amusement ride safety and the implementation of an inspection program on the state and local levels of government (HJR 331) (HD 23, 1986)

ENVIRONMENT

1970 -- Disposal of solid wastes; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council report (HJR 156, SJR 2, 1968) (HD 23)

1971 -- Environmental pollution, Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to study the desirability of establishing a single state agency to regulate and control (HJR 35) (HD 20, 1972)

1971 -- Disposal of solid wastes, Virginia Advisory Legislative Council; creating a Commission to continue a study begun by the Council in 1968, concerning the disposal of solid wastes and to appropriate funds. (Amended to add emergency clause) (H 157) (SD 3, 1973)

1972 -- Critical environment areas; Report of the Council on the Environment's Land Use Task Force (SB 436, Chapter 690, 1972 Acts ) (SD 3, 1973)

1972 -- Environmental Agencies, Consolidation of; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue study (HJR 50) (HD 9, 1973)

1973 -- Water pollution control; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council Committee on Environmental Management to study all phases of water pollution control, critical needs of localities, construction of facilities, funding of programs, etc. (SJR 99)

1973 -- Solid Wastes, Commission on; created to study all problems incident to the causes, collection and disposal of solid wastes. Adding §§ 9-144 and 9-145 (S 856) (SD 24, 1974) (HD 2, 1975) (SD 29, 1979) (SD 25, 1980)

1973 -- Noise pollution, motor vehicles; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council Committee on Environmental Management directed to study with view toward proposing legislation consistent with the Federal Noise Control Act of 1972, Public Law 92-574 to set and enforce limits (HJR 236)

1973 -- Environmental agencies and environmental problems; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to continue its study concerned with all aspects of governmental management of environmental problems (HJR 265) (HD 9A) (HD 18, 1974)

1973 -- Air pollution from automotive sources; Secretary of Transportation directed to explore and encourage the development of means of transportation to reduce (HJR 254) (HD 24, 1974) (HD 17, 1976)

1974 -- Recycling products; Commission To Study and Advise Upon The Disposal of Solid Wastes to study the establishment of regional centers for recycling paper, glass, metal and other products (HJR 79) (HD 33, 1975)

1974 -- Environmental agencies, consolidation of; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study, pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 35, 1971 Session, particularly in the area of land use planning (HJR 49) (HD 29, 1975)

1974 -- Solid Waste Commission; to study and Advise Upon the Disposal of; to study issues contained in Senate Bill Nos. 30 and 174 and similar legislation introduced in 1974 Session (S 30) (SD 16, 1976)

1976 -- Disposal of solid wastes; Report of the Commission to Study and Advise Upon the Disposal of Solid Wastes (HD 2)

1976 -- Solid Wastes, Commission to Study and Advise Upon the Disposal of; continued (SJR 48) (SD 3A, 1977) (SD 16, 1977)

1976 -- Litter; report of Department of Conservation and Economic Development pursuant to Virginia Litter Control Act (HD 4, 1977)

1977 -- Solid waste disposal; Solid Waste Commission to study (HJR 217) (HD 27, 1978) (SD 29, 1979)

1978 -- Air Pollution Control Study Commission; created, appropriation (SJR 37) (SD 25, 1979) (SD 8, 1980)

1978 -- Oil spill damage and cleanup costs; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study whether liability limits established by federal law are in best interest of Commonwealth (HB 580)

1978 -- Wastewater treatment and disposal system, residential; Joint Subcommittee of certain House and Senate Committees created to study problems thereof (HJR 142) (HD 7, 1979)

1979 -- Air Pollution Control Study Commission; continued (SJR 118)

1979 -- Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems Subcommittee, continued (HJR 207)

1980 -- Back and Poquoson Rivers; Joint Subcommittee of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee and the House Committee on Chesapeake and its Tributaries to study pollution therein (SJR 83)

1980 -- Radioactive wastes low-level; Department of Health and Solid Waste Commission to plan establishment of a disposal facility (HJR 44) (HD 28, 1981)

1980 -- Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems, Joint Subcommittee; continued (HJR 57) (HD 12, 1981)

1981 -- Solid and hazardous waste; Board of Health and Solid Waste Commission to continue development of plan therefor (HJR 275) (HD 13, 1982)

1982 -- Aircraft noise; requesting Housing Study Commission to study building standards or other residential building legislation to limit such (HJR 116)

1982 -- Solid and hazardous waste facilities; Solid Waste Commission to study siting legislation (SJR 15) (SD 7, 1983)

1982 -- Hazardous waste; Commissioner of Health to develop a plan and prepare legislation to fund hazardous waste management program throughout special fees and charges (Item 422, Chapter 684, 1982 Acts) (HD 13, 1983)

1983 -- Toxic Substances Information Act; Joint Subcommittee established to study effectiveness of the Toxic Substances Information Act (SJR 29) (SD 21, 1984)

1983 -- Hazardous waste; Virginia Solid Waste Commission to continue its study to evaluate sitting legislation for hazardous waste disposal facilities in Virginia (SJR 37)

1984 -- Nonpoint source pollution control; Chesapeake Bay Commission to assess the adequacy of staff resources throughout the Commonwealth that deal with nonpoint source pollution control (HJR 137) (HD 38, 1985)

1984 -- Protection of riparian lands; State Water Study Commission to study the Riparian Tax Incentive Program in Oregon for possible application in the Commonwealth (HJR 141) see HD 26, 1985

1984 -- Hazardous waste; Solid Waste Commission to study policy options available to the Commonwealth to encourage alternative to land disposal of hazardous waste (SJR 21) (SD 8, 1985)

1984 -- Phosphate detergents; State Water Control Board, the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service to study costs and benefits of imposing a ban on phosphate detergents (SJR 54) (SD 9, 1985)

1984 -- State Water Study Commission; annual report (HJR 67, 1983) (HD 32)

1985 -- Nonpoint source pollution potential and control on state-owned land; report of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Commission (HR 11, 1984) (HD 7)

1985 -- Flow control and resource legislation; Joint Subcommittee studying Chapters 732, 762 and 763 of the 1984 Acts of Assembly (SD 18)

1985 -- Community water resources; State Water Commission to study the adequacy of local government powers to protect community water resources (HJR 243) (HD 31, 1986)

1985 -- Fugitive coal dust; Air Pollution Control Board to study and determine whether present environmental laws are stringent enough to control problems resulting from fugitive coal dust (HJR 274)

1985 -- Subaqueous minerals and materials; Subaqueous Minerals and Materials Study Commission established to determine if commercial quantities of subaqueous minerals and materials exist and how the extraction can be adequately managed (SJR 104) (SD 18, 1986); continued (SJR 85, 1986)

1985 -- Recycling of metals; Solid Waste Commission to study the financial and environmental impacts of the presence of heavy metal and the potential for hazardous waste in the process and recovery of metals for recycling (SJR 105)

1986 -- Solid Waste Commission; report (SJR 105, 1985) (SD 12)

-- Flow-through sanitation devices, see "Waters of the State"

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

FIRE PROTECTION

1975 -- Fire service training facilities; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study (pursuant to SJR 43, 1974) (HJR 210) (HD 15, 1977)

1977 -- Fire prevention and protection; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study coordination of (SJR 97) (SD 14, 1978)

1977 -- Fire safety measures; Housing Study Commission to study those of the Uniform Statewide Building Code as utilized in state-owned buildings (SJR 127) (HD 12, 1979)

FISH, OYSTERS, SHELLFISH, AND OTHER MARINE LIFE

1978 -- Oyster fishery management; Subcommittee of House Committee on Chesapeake and Its Tributaries and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study (HJR 35)

1978 -- Oysters in Warwick River; Virginia Institute of Marine Science to study chlorine levels and effect thereon (HJR 162)

1979 -- Shellfish Industry Management Subcommittee; continued study authorized by (HJR 35, 1978) (HJR 216) (HD 25, 1980)

1984 -- Saltwater sportfishing license; Joint Subcommittee established to study feasibility of establishing a saltwater sportfishing license and the utilization of revenues derived therefrom (JR 68) (SD 17, 1985)

-- Seafood industry see "Commerce"

-- See also "Game, Inland Fisheries, and Dog"

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

1978 -- Public information; Subcommittee of House and Senate General Laws Committee to study laws of the Commonwealth dealing with public information (HJR 12) (HD 14, 1979)

1982 -- Freedom of Information Act; Subcommittee of House General Laws Committee established to study the Freedom of Information Act and the feasibility of legislation pertaining to telecommunications under the Act (HR 11) (HD 19, 1983) (HD 33, 1984)

GAMBLING, LOTTERIES, ETC.

1972 -- Pari-mutuel Betting, Commission to Study Legalizing; continued to complete the work it has initiated and submit its final report (HJR 84) (HD 2, 1973)

1973 -- Pari-mutuel Betting Study Commission, continued; created pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 8, 1971 and continued by House Joint Resolution No. 84, 1972, Virginia State Crime Commission requested to assist (HJR 291) (HD 19, 1974)

1974 -- Lottery, State; House General Laws Committee to study the desirability of establishing a state lottery and methods of implementation (HR 15) (HD 22, 1975)

1978 -- Bingo Games, Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on General Laws to study laws thereof (HJR 115) (HD 39, 1979)

GAME, INLAND FISHERIES, AND DOGS

1974 -- Wild and exotic animal compounds; Department of Agriculture and Commerce to study proliferation of wild and exotic animal compounds and the regulation of such activities (SJR 77) (SD 10, 1975)

1975 -- Dog laws; Virginia Advisory Council to study the dimensions of the problem of the proliferating dog and cat population and make recommendations with a balanced regard for economic, public health, aesthetic and humane considerations and review Chapter 9 of Title 29 (SJR 100)

1978 -- Duck hunters and fisherman using same waters; Commission on Game and Inland Fisheries to study conflicts thereof (HJR 2, 1979)

1981 -- Fish Ladders along the James River (HJR 233) (HD 5, 1982)

1981 -- Deer Season, opening day (HJR 265) (HD 4, 1982)

1982 -- Hunting and fishing; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study short-term nonresident licenses (HJR 63)

1983 -- Hunters; Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to study "blaze orange" or similar safety clothing for hunters (SJR 34)

1986 -- Title 29 of the Code of Virginia; Virginia Code Commission to revise and recodify (HJR 11) (HD 22, 1987)

-- Also see "Fish, Oysters, Shellfish, and Other Marine Life"

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1970 -- Legislative Process, Commission on, to continue its study of the legislative process. Original Commission created in 1968 by Senate Joint Resolution 20. (HJR 24) (HD 13, 1973)

1972 -- Legislative Process, Commission on, to continue study (HJR 90) (HD 13, 1973)

1973 -- Legislative Process, Commission on; continued to review facilities, staff and procedures designed to facilitate efficient operations of the General Assembly (HJR 244) (HD 35, 1974)

1973 -- Dockets containing information relating to time and place of meetings of legislative committees, study commissions and the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council; publication and distribution. Adding § 30-19.5 (S 840)

1973 -- Bills and resolutions, duplication; directing the Commission on the Legislative Process to study the problems of duplication in the General Assembly (SJR 117)

1973 -- Audit and Review Commission, Joint Legislative; created to assist House and Senate Committees in budgetary, fiscal and economic matters; abolishes provisions for Commission for Economy in Governmental Expenditures and Virginia General Accounting Office; appropriation of funds. Adding §§ 30.56 through 30.63; repealing §§ 2.1-330 through 2.1-335 and 30-52 through 30.55 (S 759)

1974 -- Legislative Process, Commission on; to continue its study, including the establishment of standard procedures for certain legislative action (HJR 39) (HD 32, 1975) (HD 26, 1976)

1974 -- Old Senate Chamber; report of the Senate Rules Committee on the restoration of the painting "Storming a Redoubt at Yorktown" (Chapter 804, 1972 Acts of Assembly) (SD 27)

1974 -- Senate Rules Committee; report on the cleaning and restoration of the Houdon statue of George Washington and the bust of the Marquis de La Fayette (SD 28)

1975 -- Legislative studies, Committees on Rules to review requests for new studies to avoid excessive effort and expense (HJR 170)

1977 -- Legislative Sessions, Joint House and Senate Committee on Rules to study the length of regular sessions and the business to be conducted during such sessions (HR 225)

1980 -- General Assembly members; Senate and House Committees on Rules to examine code of behavior therefor (SJR 76)

1981 -- General Assembly members; Commission created to study compensation thereof (SJR 158) (SD 18, 1982)

1981 -- Studies by committees or commissions of General Assembly; procedures governing conduct (HJR 172)

1983 -- Legislative process; Joint Subcommittee established to analyze and improve the efficiency of the work of the General Assembly of Virginia (HJR 83) (HD 25, 1984)

1984 -- Legislative Management; Joint Subcommittee on; continued (HJR 124) (HD 14, 1986)

1986 -- Comprehensive Conflict of Interests Act; Joint Subcommittee established to study Comprehensive Conflict of Interests Act (SJR 68)

HANDICAPPED

1973 -- Serious mental or physical impairments; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study the need for protective services for adults with serious mental and physical impairments and to recommend legislation (HJR 226)

1974 -- Architectural barriers; Office of Housing to study feasibility of implementation of regulatory legislation relating to architectural barriers in public buildings to physically handicapped citizens (SJR 69) (SD 4, 1975)

1975 -- Architectural barriers; State Building Code Technical Review Board to study existing standards on such barriers that impede the health, safety and welfare of the physically handicapped, recommend amendments to the Uniform Statewide Building Code, study other related matters, etc. (HJR 249)

1977 -- Disabled and handicapped persons; Joint Subcommittee of the House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study insurance related problems of same (HJR 247) (HD 35, 1978)

1977 -- Physically disabled persons; Governor to establish an interagency Committee on recruitment and employment of mentally and physically disabled individuals (SJR 104)

1978 -- Handicapped and disabled persons; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to continue to study on insurance problems thereof; continued study authorized by HJR 247, 1977 (HJR 177)

1978 -- Identification and diagnosis of handicapped children; Joint Report of the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of Education (HJR 79) (HD 37, 1979)

1980 -- Handicapped children; committees to study status, needs and requirements of education thereof (HJR 36)

1982 -- Handicapped children; Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committees on Education and Health and on Finance and House Committees on Education and on Appropriations to study funding of transportation to and from school (SJR 68) (SD 11, 1983)

-- Also see "Education"

HEALTH

1970 -- Clinical laboratories; report of the Board of Health (SJR 55, 1968) (SD 7, 1979)

1970 -- Affiliated Medical Program to Increase Health Manpower; Commission report (Chapter 547, Acts of Assembly of 1968) (SD 10, 1979)

1970 -- Abortion laws; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council (HJR 148) (HD 15)

1971 -- Health services reimbursement; Commission for Economy in Governmental Expenditures report on reimbursement for services of institutions (SD 2 Special Session)

1972 -- Health Care Services, Commission to Study the Costs and Administration of; continued and titled, to continue its investigation and study of the operations and administration of all plans providing hospital, medical and surgical services, methods of establishing these costs, and to make recommendations which would stabilize rising costs of health care; originated by SJR 20, 1971, see SD 14, 1972 (SJR 16) (SD 21, 1974)

1972 -- Medical Facilities Commission; established to study the utilization of the medical as an affiliated operation of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Medical Center (S 413) (SD 2, 1973), (SD 7, 1974)

1972 -- Assistance to physicians and dentists; State Department of Health to study (HJR 131) (HD 6, 1974)

1973 -- Treatment of alcoholism; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (SJR 132) (SD 26, 1974)

1973 -- Cystic fibrosis patients; Department of Health report on treatment and care (SJR 116) (SD 4, 1974)

1973 -- Family Planning and birth control; report of the Department of Health (HJR 121, 1972) (HD 4)

1974 -- Domiciliary care facilities, State; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study licensure of same to determine whether there is a need for one agency to license all such facilities (HR 20)

1974 -- Health Care Services, Commission to study Costs and Administration of; continued original study pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 20, 1971 Session (SJR 7) (SD 22, 1975)

1974 -- Health; Virginia Code Commission to study changes which have taken place in health services pursuant to Title 32 and report its findings in the form of a recodification (HJR 145)

1974 -- Nursing services in public schools; State Boards of Education and Health to study the needs for such services and determine the appropriate level (HJR 46) (HD 8, 1975)

1974 -- Restaurants and other eating establishments; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study present law and procedures concerning inspection of the sanitary and physical conditions of restaurants and other eating establishments as well as the personal habits of their employees (SJR 71) (SD 21, 1975)

1975 -- Family Planning Bureau of State Department of Health; to develop and implement uniform Statewide eligibility standards pertaining to family planning services offered by Department's clinics (HJR 42) (HD 6, 1976)

1975 -- Food service activities of licensed child and adult day care centers; State Department of Health to study the present law and administrative procedures concerning same (SJR 117) (SD 5, 1977)

1975 -- Health care services, Commission to Study the Costs and Administration of; to continue its study (SJR 135) (SD 29, 1976) (SD 11, 1977)

1975 -- Massage therapy; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions with cooperation of Senate Committee on Education and Health, to study the profession, develop laws to define massage therapy, etc., and to establish criteria for professional masseurs and masseuses (HR 48)

1975 -- Medical Assistance Program; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study present and future needs and how they may be met utilizing present nursing home facilities (HJR 41)

1977 -- Emergency medical services; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study (HJR 246)

1977 -- Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Law; definitions changed and expanded, duties of State Health Commissioner, study of law to be conducted by Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (SB 721)

1977 -- School breakfasts for needy children, free; House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study (HJR 248)

1977 -- Swimming pools; House Committee on General Laws to study fencing requirements (HR 46)

1977 -- Terminally ill, the family and the healing arts profession, rights of; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study (HR 37)

1978 -- Health Care Costs, Commission to Study the Containment of; created (SR 5) (SD 31, 1980)

1978 -- Hospices; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study establishment thereof (HR 84) (HD 36, 1979)

1978 -- Licensure or certification; Department of Commerce and Department of Health Regulatory Boards to study desirable locations for conduct of various examinations (SJR 49)

1978 -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration Plan; House Committee on Labor and Commerce and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study problems surrounding creation of (HJR 37) (HD 35, 1979)

1978 -- Prescription team; Secretary of Human Resources and Secretary of Public Safety to report on operations thereof (HJR 49)

1979 -- Hearing aids; Department of Health to study program for sale or rental to poor (SJR 172) (SD 11, 1980) (SD 16, 1981)

1979 -- Hospice programs; Department of Health to study (HJR 252) (HD 9, 1980) (HD 15, 1981)

1979 -- Hospitals and nursing homes; Department of Health to study development of a swing-bed policy (HJR 234) (HD 19, 1980)

1979 -- Medical care; Department of Health to study requiring Medicaid recipients to receive primary care from a physician of their choice (HJR 232) (HD 6, 1980)

1980 -- Forensic Evaluation Training and Research Center; Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to establish (HJR 22) (HD 9, 1983)

1980 -- Health Care Costs, Commission to Study Containment of; continued study authorized by SJR 5, 1978 (SJR 32) (SD 25, 1982)

1980 -- Medicaid eligibility; Board of Health to examine the adequacy of existing rules governing ownership and transfer of property as it relates to Medicaid eligibility to safeguard against abuses of program (SJR 85) (SD 17, 1981)

1980 -- Hospice care; joint subcommittee of Senate Committee on Education and Health and House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study (SJR 80)

1981 -- Hospice program; Department of Health to continue study (SJR 145) (SD 5, 1983)

1981 -- Infant mortality; Prenatal Services Advisory Council and Departments of Health and of Welfare to study high rate thereof (HJR 218) (HD 11, 1983)

1981 -- Food and Nutrition, Interdepartmental Council on; Secretary of Human Resources to plan and create (HJR 306) (HD 14, 1982)

1981 -- Health care facilities; House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance to study *HJR 269)

1981 -- Nursing homes; moratorium on issuance of certain certificates-of-need, requiring report from Commission on Health (HB 1452) (HD 18, 1982)

1981 -- Nursing home pre-admission screening program; Department of Health to prepare to expand (HJR 295) (HD 19, 1982)

1982 -- Medicaid; Department of Health and Social Services to study third-party liability when payments made for dependent children, Secretary of Human Resources to report (HJR 92)

1982 -- Health, Department of; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Health, Welfare and Institutions and on Appropriations and Senate Committees on Finance and Education and Health to study services and operation (HJR 11) (HD 43, 1984)

1982 -- Regional health planning; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study feasibility of preserving mechanism for such (HJR 104) (HD 41, 1983)

1982 -- Terminally ill persons; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Health, Welfare and Institutions and for Courts of Justice and Senate Committees on Education and Health and on Rehabilitation and Social Services to study rights of patient, family, and medical profession (HJR 115) (HD 32, 1983)

1982 -- Elderly and disabled persons; report date extended on certificate-of-need, Commissioner of Health to include study of programs to prevent institutionalization thereof. Amending Chapter 493, 1981 Acts (HB 879, Chapter 198, 1982 Acts) (HD 12, 1983)

1983 -- Long-term care; establishing Joint Subcommittee to Monitor Long-Term Care (HJR 37); continued (HJR 52, 1984) (HD 33, 1985); continued (HJR 11, 1986)

1983 -- Regional health planning; Joint Subcommittee on the Feasibility of Preserving a Regional Health Planning Mechanism in the Commonwealth continued (HJR 45) (HD 37, 1984)

1983 -- Medicaid waiver; Secretary of Human Resources to establish a task force to study the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of applying for a Medicaid waiver for case management (HJR 77) (HD 39, 1984)

1983 -- Hospitalization for the indigent and the medically indigent; State Health Department and interested nursing care provider groups to study the cost to local governments of hospitalization for the indigent and medically indigent; recommendations on a reasonable bed-hold program shall be submitted to House Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Education and Health Committees (HJR 134) (SJR 32)

1983 -- Breast cancer; Joint Subcommittee established to study informed consent for treatment of breast cancer (SJR 41) (SD 23, 1984)

1984 -- Consolidated Health Care Data Base for Virginia; Departments of Health, Management Analysis and Systems Development, and Planning and Budget to study feasibility of establishment (HJR 27) (HD 16, 1985)

1984 -- Long-term state indigent health care policy; Joint Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance Committee to study alternatives for long-term state indigent health care policy (HJR 129); continued (HJR 210, 1985) (HD 29, 1986)

1984 -- Organ donor programs; Joint Subcommittee established to study ways to increase participation in organ donor programs (HJR 160) (HD 34, 1985)

1984 -- High voltage electrical lines; Joint Subcommittee established to study the present health and safety rules and regulations protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth when high voltage electrical transmission lines are construed (SJR 26) (SD 11, 1985)

1984 -- Infant mortality; State Departments of Health, Mental Health and Retardation, and Social Services to study the prevention of infant mortality (SJR 39) (SD 10, 1985); Task Force on Infant Mortality continued (SJR 106, 1985) (SD 26, 1986) (SD 13, 1987)

1984 -- Hunger and malnutrition; Joint Subcommittee established to study extent and costs of hunger and malnutrition in the Commonwealth (SJR 50) (SD 13, 1985)

1985 -- Hospital patient data base; Department of Health to report on the establishment of a statewide hospital patient data base (HJR 278)

1985 -- Alzheimer's disease; Commission established to study the concept of a network of regional dementia centers (HJR 309) (HD 34, 1986); continued (HJR 134, 1986)

1985 -- Machine-dependent individuals; Joint Subcommittee established to study the needs of machine-dependent individuals, particularly young adults and children (SJR 99) (SD 23, 1986)

1985 -- Joint Subcommittee Monitoring Long-Term Care continued to study the feasibility and implementation of a requirement that continuing care providers establish and maintain reserve funds (SJR 114)

1985 -- Sewage handling; Joint Subcommittee established to study state laws related to sewage handling as these laws interact with the Sewage Handling and Disposal Regulations of the Board of Health (SJR 127) (SD 25, 1986); continued (SJR 82, 1986)

1986 -- Health or health-related services; report of the Department of Health on licensure on agencies offering health or health-related services to patients in their homes (HJR 317, 1985) (HD 18)

1986 -- Teenage pregnancy; Joint Subcommittee established to study the problem of teenage pregnancy and to develop recommendations to reduce its incidence (HJR 61)

1986 -- Trauma care; Joint Subcommittee to study Virginia's trauma care system and access to health care and the relationship to present developments in the health care industry and medical technology (HJR 65)

1986 -- Geriatric Nursing Assistants Program; Department of Education, Board for Virginia Community Colleges and Department of Health to study the geriatric nursing assistants program (HJR 106)

1986 -- Long-term care; Joint Subcommittee Monitoring Long-Term Care continued (HJR 111)

1986 -- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Department of Corrections to study the screening of prisoners for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HJR 125) (HD 31, 1987)

1986 -- Indigent health care; Governor's Task Force on Indigent Health Care established (SJR 32)

1986 -- Preventive health and educational and social programs; Task Force on Coordinating Preventive Health, Education and Social Programs established (SJR 36) (SD 5, 1987)

1986 -- Nursing homes; Secretary of Human Resources to study admission and discharge policies of nursing homes providing services under the state plan for medical assistance (SJR 52) (SD 6, 1987)

1986 -- School-age children; Secretary of Human Resources to study the health needs of school-age children (SJR 76)

1986 -- Hospitalization and cooperative health programs; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to review and recommend revisions on the formulas used i n State/Local Hospitalization and State/Local Cooperative Health Department Programs (SJR 87)

1986 -- Disease control measures; Secretary of Human Resources to review all existing disease control measures (SJR 90) (SD 4, 1987)

-- Also see "Elderly" and "Insurance"

HISTORIC LANDMARKS

1973 -- U.S.S. Virginia; committee to purchase and transfer to the Secretary of the Navy silver service for use on U.S.S. Virginia to Chapter 352 (HD 18, 1977)

1974 -- Byrd, Harry Floor, Memorial Commission; to study and recommend an appropriate memorial to be established in the Capitol Square (HJR 156)

1974 -- U.S.S. Yorktown; report on desirability and feasibility of acquiring (HD 21)

1974 -- U.S.S. Yorktown Commission; created (HB 331)

1980 -- Historic Sites, Landmarks, Facilities and Collections, Joint Subcommittee to Study State Aid to Nongovernmental Groups Responsible for Preservation of; created (HJR 103)

1981 -- Charlotte County; House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance to investigate alternatives for ensuring continued viability of "Red Hill", Patrick Henry's home (HJR 314)

1982 -- Charlotte County; continuing joint subcommittee studying alternatives for ensuring continued viability of "Red Hill", Patrick Henry's home, appropriation (HJR 145) (HD 35, 1983)

1982 -- Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr., Memorial Commission; created to study appropriate memorial for former Governor (HJR 128)

HOUSING

1973 -- Condominiums; Virginia Real Estate Commission to appoint committee to study Virginia's laws on condominiums and to recommend any improvements therein (HB 1487) (HD 5, 1974)

1974 -- Insulation standards for local building codes or Uniform Statewide Building Code; State Board of Housing to study and promulgate (HJR 131) (HD 7, 1975)

1974 -- Housing construction; Virginia Housing Study Commission to continue its study to investigate the political, legal, and environmental causes of the sewer and water moratoria and their effect on the supply of housing (HJR 120) (HD 15, 1975)

1974 -- Housing Study Commission, Virginia; continued (HB 472)

1974 -- Physically handicapped citizens; Office of Housing within the Division of State Planning and Community Affairs directed to study the desirability and feasibility of implementing regulatory legislation relating to architectural barriers in public buildings (SJR 69) (SD 4, 1975)

1975 -- Housing Study Commission, Virginia; to study laws concerning creation by local governments of housing and redevelopment authorities (HB 1692) (HD 3, 1976) (HD 5, 1977_

1976 -- Housing Study Commission; legislative members, terms, reports (H 202) (HD 23, 1978) (HD 12, 1979) (HD 24, 1980)

1978 -- Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) Energy Code; Board of Housing to study energy provisions thereof (HJR 141)

1978 -- Condominium Act, Uniform; VALC to study (SJR 69)

1980 -- Time-sharing concept in real estate; Housing Study Commission to study (HJR 144)

1984 -- Virginia Housing Development Authority; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to evaluate the programs, operations and management of the Virginia Housing Development Authority (SJR 7) (SD 6, 1986)

1984 -- Manufactured housing; Joint Subcommittee established to study manufactured housing and its relationship with policies and regulations of local governments (HJR 146) (HD 22, 1985)

1986 -- Residential planned developments; Secretary of Economic Development to study the need for regulation of residential planned developments (HJR 122) (HD 6, 1987)

INDUSTRIES

1972 -- Industrial development, "social quotient" approach; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to study the feasibility of creating a State agency to assist localities in determining the total impact of the location of new industry in a community (HJR 35) (HD 12, 1974)

1974 -- Industrial Facilities Financing Study Commission; to continue its study, with particular emphasis on Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act (SJR 5) (SD 24, 1975)

1975 -- Industrial Facilities Financing Study Commission; continued (HJR 176)

1977 -- Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act and Other Revenue Bond Acts; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (SJR 130) (SD 19, 1979)

1982 -- Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act Study Commission created (HJR 23) (HD 31, 1983) (also see HD 38, 1984); continued (HJR 320, 1985)

1983 -- Industry and industrial plant closings; Commission created to study industrial plant closings and the recruitment of industry (HJR 96)

1983 -- Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act Study Commission continued (HJR 99) (HD 38, 1984); continued (HJR 320, 1985)

1983 -- Coal slurry pipelines; Joint Study Committee established to study desirability of allowing the development of coal slurry pipelines and the utilization of Virginia coal (HJR 117) (HD 27, 1984)

1984 -- Industry and industrial plant closings; Commission Studying the Recruitment of Industry and Industrial Plant Closings continued (HJR 149)

INSURANCE

1971 -- Casualty insurance; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to study and report on the feasibility of establishing a placement plan and joint underwriting program for all types of casualty insurance in certain cases (HJR 32) (HD 19, 1972)

1971 -- State Hospitalization Program; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (HJR 34) (SD 12, 1972)

1971 -- Health Care Services; Commission created to investigate and study the operations and administration of those plans providing hospital, medical and surgical services comparable to plans generally referred to as Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans; and to study the cost of these services and the rates thereof (SJR 20) (SD 14, 1972) (SJR 16, 1972) (SD 21, 1974)

1973 -- Insurance; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study all aspects involving contracts of life, health and accident insurance so the consumer may purchase protection suitable to his needs (HJR 222) (HD 17, 1974)

1973 -- Insurance required of certain financial Institutions; State Corporation Commission to study requirements referred to in Chapter 3.1, 4 and 5 of Title 6.1 (SJR 138) (SD 8, 1974)

1974 -- Hospitalization program, State Local; Directors of the Department of Welfare and Institutions and the Department of Health to study certain factors in the inclusion of such program in the Virginia Medical Assistance Program (SJR 22)

1974 -- Insurance, life, health and accident; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study, including existing merchandising practices, so the consumer may purchase suitable protection (HJR 78) (HD 16, 1975)

1974 -- Liability insurance, law-enforcement officers; State Crime Commission to study methods of insuring or indemnifying against civil suits from performance of their duties (HJR 124) (HD 13, 1976)

1975 -- Accident and sickness insurance; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study feasibility of requiring all such individual and group policies to extend coverage to its insureds while they are convalescing at home (HR 37) (HD 14, 1976)

1975 -- Hospital liability insurance; Commission created to study the costs and administration of health care services and directed to study the costs of same in Virginia, including the effect of abolition of the common-law doctrine of charitable immunity on such costs and such other cost factors they deem appropriate (HJR 259) (SD 29, 1976)

1975 -- Life, health and accident insurance; State Corporation Commission to promulgate and/or update its rules and regulations governing such business in order to curb certain harmful practices which may exist in these fields (HJR 181) (HD 16, 1976)

1975 -- Life insurance agents, curbing abuse of the temporary licensing procedures; State Corporation Commission to study the effect of Chapter 500, 1974 Acts of same (HJR 180) (HD 9, 1976)

1975 -- Malpractice insurance premiums for physicians; Commission to study ways to slow the increase in malpractice insurance premiums for physicians (HJR 174) (SD 29, 1976)

1976 -- Insurance policies; the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to study the feasibility of permitting insurance companies to file and use readable policies and of the General Assembly mandating such policies (HJR 72) (HD 8, 1977)

1976 -- Medical malpractice insurance, redistricting actuarial risks; House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice, Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor and House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study (SJR 80)

1976 -- Surety bonds for public officials; House Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Commerce and Labor Committees to study (HJR 39)

1977 -- Automobiles, State; special committee composed of the Secretaries of Transportation and Public Safety, Commissioner of Highways and Transportation and a representative from the Virginia Department of State Police to study self-insurance of same (SJR 88) (SD 4, 1978)

1977 -- Fire insurance policies; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (HJR 272)

1977 -- Health insurance policies, State; Department of Personnel to study coverage for alcoholism and drug addiction (SJR 121) (SD 4, 1979)

1977 -- Insurance coverage, State; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study (HJR 251) (HD 28, 1978) (HD 41, 1980)

1978 -- Fire insurance policies; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue study (SJR 41) (SD 18, 1979)

1978 -- Insurance; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study problems of localities in obtaining coverage (HJR 176)

1978 -- Insurance coverage, State; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to continue study (HJR 150)

1979 -- Fire and homeowners insurance; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study underwriting and rating procedures (SJR 166)

1979 -- Fire insurance policies and other insurance problems; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue study (HJR 248)

1979 -- Insurance agents; State Corporation to study continuing education requirements (HJR 341)

1979 -- Insurance coverage, State; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to continue study (HJR 235) (HD 19, 1980)

1981 -- Insurance, property or casualty; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to establish joint subcommittee to study statistical reporting practices of companies (HJR 318)

1981 -- Motor vehicle insurance; Bureau of Insurance of State Corporation Commission to study exclusion of coverage for certain drivers (HJR 322) (HD 2, 1982)

1982 -- Crippled Children's and Medical Assistance Program; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study insurance laws thereof (HJR 90) (HD 38, 1983)

1982 -- Health insurance; Secretary of Administration and Finance to study costs of administering to state employees (SJR 42)

1983 -- Liability insurance requirements of passenger buses; the State Corporation Commission to study (HJR 24) (HD 3, 1984)

1984 -- Title 38.1 of the Code of Virginia (Insurance); Virginia Code Commission to revise (HJR 1) (HD 17,1986)

1984 -- Health insurance coverage; Joint Subcommittee established to study health insurance coverage for people with significant risks and the feasibility of implementing health insurance pooling mechanisms (HJR 69) (HD 17, 1985)

1984 -- Life insurance and health care coverage; Joint Subcommittee established to study life insurance and health care coverage alternatives for certain employees who retire at an early age (HJR 131) (HD 12, 1985)

1985 -- Insurance companies; Secretary of Finance to study and report on the taxation of insurance companies in Virginia (HJR 311) (HD 22, 1986); continued (HJR 155, 1986) (HD 19, 1987)

1985 -- Health care providers; Joint Subcommittee established to study the participation of health care providers in preferred provider organizations (PPO's) and health maintenance organizations (HMO's) (SJR 139)

1986 -- Motor vehicle liability insurance; Joint Subcommittee established to study matters related to motor vehicle liability insurance, including the insurance rates of taxicab owners (HJR 43)

1986 -- Health insurance coverage; Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to conduct an analysis of the degree of health insurance coverage of the general population (HJR 83) (HD 20, 1987)

1986 -- Private insurance coverage for patients in nursing homes; Bureau of Insurance with the Department of Medical Assistance Services to review the need for legislation encouraging private insurance coverage for long-term care coverage (HJR 87)

1986 -- Liability insurance; State Corporation Commission to study the liability insurance needs of day-care centers and family day-care homes (HJR 93)

1986 -- Tort reform; Joint Subcommittee established to study various tort reforms and the means of ensuring continued availability of affordable liability insurance coverage (SJR 22)

1986 -- Insurance premiums; Virginia Supplemental Retirement System to study the costs of insurance premiums for certain retired career state employees (SJR 74)

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

1973 -- Child labor laws; Department of Labor and Industry directed to study, and determine whether laws should be amended to allow certain children to work when schools are not in session (HJR 270)

1974 -- Child labor laws; Department of Labor and Industry to continue its study pursuant to HJR No. 270, 1973 Session (HJR 38)

1976 -- Self-employed person; House Labor and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to study the feasibility of enacting legislation making such persons eligible to receive unemployment compensation (HJR 94) (HD 24, 1978)

1978 -- Child labor laws; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Labor and Commerce and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study conflicts between State and federal laws (HJR 78) (HD 34, 1979)

1980 -- Comprehensive Youth Employment Program; Joint Subcommittee to study proposal (HJR 160) (HD 10, 1981)

1983 -- Comprehensive Employment Training Administration (CETA); Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission report on CETA Program administered by Virginia's Balance-of-State prime sponsor (HJR 268, 1981) (HD 3)

1984 -- Comparable worth; Secretary of Administration and Secretary of Finance to study the principles of comparable worth n the Commonwealth's job evaluation and classification systems (HJR 35) (HD 3, 1985)

LAND USE

1973 -- Land Use Task Force; Council on the Environment's Land Use Task Force report (SD 3)

1973 -- Land use; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council's Committee to Study Land Use Policies directed to study recommendations made by Division of State Planning and Community Affairs concerning critical environmental areas (SJR 119)

1974 -- Land use policies; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study pursuant to HJR No. 44, 1972 Session (HJR 24) (HD 36, 1976)

LANDLORD TENANT

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

1973 -- Law enforcement officers; Virginia State Crime Commission directed to study qualifications and salary of all in Commonwealth (SJR 79) (SD 33, 1975)

1974 -- State investigative capabilities; Virginia State Crime Commission report (HD 38)

1975 -- Criminal Justice Officers Training and Standards Commission; to study establishing minimum selection standards for law enforcement officers and possible recommendation of necessary legislation for enforcement of same (HJR 214)

1975 -- Law-enforcement officers position classification; State Compensation Board and Division of Personnel to study the feasibility and desirability of enacting legislation to establish a position classification plan when their salaries (in whole or in part) are derived from state funds (HJR 215) (HD 3, 1977)

1978 -- Law-enforcement officers; Crime Commission in conjunction with Secretary of Public Safety and Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study costs of training programs (SJR 52) (SD 7, 1980)

1978 -- Law-enforcement officers; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Labor to study development of a state self-insurance plan (HJR 82)

1978 -- Law-enforcement officers; local; Virginia State Crime Commission to study state participation in payment of salaries thereof (SJR 83)

1982 -- Retirement system; State Police Officers; joint subcommittee to study types of personnel to be included (HJR 79)

1982 -- Incentives for National Guardsmen; Joint Subcommittee to study recruitment and retention incentives for Virginia National Guardsmen (HJR 35)

1983 -- Virginia Department of State Police; Subcommittee for House Committee on Militia and Police to study feasibility of establishing an aircraft division within the Department of State Police (HJR 4) (HD 19, 1984)

LIBRARIES

1981 -- Library Networking System, Commission on; created (HJR 239); continued (HJR 1, 1982)

1983 -- Library Networking System; Commission Studying; Report of (HJR 239) (HJR 1, 1982) (HD 28)

1985 -- Virginia Tech Library System; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission special report on ownership of proprietary rights in computer software, sharing of royalties and the transfer of the system to the Virginia Tech Foundation (HD 6)

1985 -- Virginia State Library's Contract with the Computer Company; special report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (HD 5)

1986 -- Academic library facility; State Council of Higher Education to investigate the academic library facility needs in Virginia's public system of higher education (HJR 32)

LOBBYISTS

1976 -- Lobbying, Special Commission on (SB 43)

MENTAL HEALTH

1972 -- Eastern State Hospital; Bicentennial Anniversary Commission interim report (HB 163, 1970) (HD 8)

1972 -- Mental retardation care; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study institutionalized care and to examine the concept of family-size care units (HJR 106) (HD 25, 1974)

1974 -- Eastern State Hospital; Bicentennial Anniversary Commission report (HD 23)

1974 -- Mental retardation; Mental Health and Mental Retardation Advisory Board to study programs directed toward prevention of medical causes of mental retardation, including establishment of central registry (HJR 18) (HD 15, 1975)

1974 -- Mentally ill or retarded; Virginia Code Commission to study Title 37.1 with a review toward possible recodification and removal of inappropriate terminology and language (HJR 130)

1975 -- Mentally retarded facilities; Department of Education and Mental Health and Mental Retardation to study handicapped children residing in mentally retarded facilities (SJR 156) (SD 6, 1976)

1977 -- Mentally and Physically Handicapped Individuals, interagency Committee on Recruitment and Employment of; Governor to establish (SJR 104)

1977 -- Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commission on; created to study care and treatment of mentally ill and retarded persons (HB 1935)

1979 -- Commission on Mental Health and Mental Retardation (HB 1935) (HD 8, 1980)

1980 -- Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Board of and Department of; to study funding of services for handicapped, liability insurance for community services boards and for the double diagnosis (SJR 8) (SD 11, 12, 20, 1982)

1980 -- Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Joint Subcommittee on; created (HJR 10) (HD 22, 1982)

1980 -- Mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse; Secretary of Human Resources to establish prevention and public awareness programs among State and local services (SJR 10) (SD 27, 1982)

1980 -- Mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse community services; Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to develop formulas for distribution of funds therefor (HJR 13)

1980 -- Mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse community services; Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board to adopt a policy establishing a funding ratio (HJR 14)

1980 -- Mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse system; Governor to develop a timetable for closing, demolishing or transferring obsolete buildings (SJR 12) (SD 5, 1982)

1980 -- Mentally handicapped incarcerated children and adults; Secretary of Human Resources and Secretary of Public Safety to coordinate services thereto (HJR 17)

1980 -- Hospital for mentally ill in Southwest Virginia; Secretary of Administration and Finance to study construction of hospital (HJR 83)

1980 -- Forensic Evaluation Training and Research Center; Commission of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to establish (HJR 22) (HD 9, 1983)

1981 -- Orthomolecular psychiatry; Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to study (HJR 258) (HD 16, 1982)

1981 -- Southwestern State Hospital for mentally ill; Secretary of Administration and Finance to continue studying possible new hospital and transference of old buildings to Department of Corrections (HJR 283) (HD 7, 1982)

1981 -- Community Services; Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to study limitation on amount of expenses for which responsible parties should be liable (HR 52)

1982 -- Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, appropriation (HJR 73)

1982 -- Mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse; Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to study core services and formula funding (HJR 77) (HD 16, 1983)

1982 -- Mentally retarded; Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to report on institutionalization thereof (HJR 76) (HD 21, 1983)

1983 -- Mentally handicapped children; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to evaluate educational programs for children residing in facilities of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (SJR 13) (SD 3, 1985) (SD 4, 1985)

1984 -- Deinstitutionalized citizens; Commission created to review the status of Virginia's deinstitutionalized citizens (SJR 42) (SD 3, SD 22, 1986)

1986 -- Educational environments in state mental health and mental retardation facilities; report of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (SJR 148, 1985) (SD 7)

1986 -- Mentally disturbed clients; Departments of Social Services and Mental Health and Mental Retardation to study and endorse a model for addressing the aftercare needs of mentally disturbed clients in homes for adults (HJR 70)

1986 -- Mentally disturbed; Department of Rehabilitation Services to reevaluate policies associated with serving the mentally disabled under current programs (HJR 159) (HD 17, 1987)

1986 -- Community services boards; Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to develop a plan to monitor service and fiscal management of all locally based community services board programs and activities (SJR 46)

1986 -- Chronically mentally ill; Secretary of Human Resources to develop certain pilot programs related to the delivery of services to the chronically mentally ill in the community (SJR 53)

MINES AND MINING

1973 -- Surface Mining of minerals other than coal; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study laws to minimize harmful effects of mined areas ("orphaned lands") and to determine solutions to problems with regard to restoration (SJR 78) (SD 10, 1974)

1974 -- Surface mining of minerals other than coal; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study pursuant to SJR 78, 1973 Session (HJR 16) (HD 34, 1975)

1975 -- Mining of minerals other than coal; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study on the need to control deep mining, to appraise the problems inherent with offshore mining and related matters (HJR 228) (HD 27, 1976) (HD 9, 1977) (HD 31, 1978)

1976 -- Coal Mine Health and Safety Commission; created to study the health and study problems of coal miners in Virginia (SJR 63) (SD 8, 1977) (SD 25, 1978)

1977 -- Surface mining of coal; House Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to study certain effects of same (HJR 285)

1977 -- Non-coal orphaned lands; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study on non-coal orphaned lands (HJR 197) (HD 31, 1978)

1978 -- Surface Mining of Coal Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to continue study thereof (HJR 95)

1980 -- Coal Mine Health and Safety Advisory Committee; established, membership (HB 886)

1984 -- Coal mine rescue; Joint Subcommittee established to study coal mine rescue in Virginia, the role of the Commonwealth in coal mine rescue operations, and the costs and possible means of financing any state mine rescue squad (HJR 150) (HD 27, 1985)

MINOR

MONOPOLIES

MOTOR FUELS

MOTOR VEHICLES

1971 -- Report from Division of Motor Vehicles - Driver's Licenses (HJR 12) (HD 9, 1972)

1972 -- Uniform Vehicle Code; Virginia Code Commission directed a study to determine the extent to which the Code, or parts thereof, may be utilized for the enhancement of convenience and safety of motor vehicle travel in this State (SJR 26) (SD 18, 1974)

1974 -- Motorcycles, "Choppers"; Highway Safety Division and Department of State Police to study motorcycles on the highways, assistance of certain organizations, interested groups and individuals (HJR 90) (HD 11, 1975)

1975 -- Motor vehicles, registration fees; Division of Motor Vehicles to study feasibility of using the value, as well as the weight of a motor vehicle as the basis for determining registration fees (SJR 147) (SD 4, 1976)

1975 -- Licenses, farm trucks; Department of Agriculture and Commerce to study the feasibility of a special graduated license for such vehicles (HJR 253) (HD 5, 1976)

1980 -- Report from Division of Motor Vehicles (SJR 5, 1980) (SD 3, 1981) (SD 4, 1982) (SD 4, 1983)

1981 -- Drivers' licenses and identification cards; D.M.V. and Department of State Police to study use of thumbprint thereon (HJR 231) (HD 6, 1982)

1981 -- Motor vehicle insurance; Bureau of Insurance of State Corporation Commission to study exclusion of coverage for certain drivers (HJR 322) (HD 2, 1982)

1984 -- Vehicle modifications, Joint Subcommittee to study the feasibility of developing a special motor vehicle inspection program to inspect and certify modifications to vehicles (SJR 61) (SD 6, 1985)

Also see "Transportation"

PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT

1970 -- Retirement programs; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council report on proposals to improve the state's retirement programs (HD 16)

1970 -- Judicial retirement system; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council report (HJR 167, 1968) (HD 22)

1973 -- Retirement benefits, Virginia Supplemental Retirement Systems; Board of Trustees to study methods of increasing retirement income to a fair level (SJR 82) (SD 15, 1975)

1977 -- Retirement System, Virginia Supplemental; House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance to study benefits paid to retirees (HJR 204) (HD 25, 1978)

1978 -- Retirement Study Commission; created to revise and evaluate the present combined benefits structure of the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, State Police Officers Retirement System and the Judicial Retirement System (HJR 145) (HD 21, 1979)

1979 -- Retirement Study Commission; continued (HJR 257) (HD 31, 1980)

1982 -- Retirement System, State Police Officers; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance to study types of personnel to be included (HJR 79)

1986 -- Judicial retirement system; report of the Joint Subcommittee studying the judicial retirement system and Senate Bill 713 of the 1985 General Assembly Session (HD 16)

1986 -- Retirement benefits for volunteer firefighters and rescue squad personnel; Virginia Supplemental Retirement System to study the feasibility of providing retirement benefits to volunteer firefighters and rescue squad personnel (SJR 30) (SD 8, 1987)

PLANNING DISTRICTS

PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTIONS

1974 -- Inmates released by mandate from state penal institutions; Virginia State Crime Commission to study providing financial assistance until employment is secured (SJR 45) (SD 32. 1975)

1975 -- Lorton Reformatory Facility, Commission on the Acquisition of; created to determine whether acquisition of such facility and all of its appurtenances will serve the best interest of the Commission and its agencies, and how this might be accomplished and financed, appropriation (SJR 103) (SD 4, 1977)

1975 -- Department of Corrections Summary Evaluation; report (SD 1B)

1975 -- Local jails; Virginia State Crime Commission report on local jails (SD 28)

1975 -- Capital Outlay needs for Corrections; Virginia State Crime Commission report (SD 30)

1975 -- Virginia Correctional System; Virginia State Crime Commission report (SD 31)

1975 -- Inmate injury and death benefit program; House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee and the Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee directed to study provisions for compensation to prisoners in certain cases of accidental injury or death; § 53-222.1 repealed (Chapter 266, 1975 Acts of Assembly) (S 946)

1976 -- Jails, local; State Crime Commission to study and report on alternative sources of funding available for the construction, maintenance and replacement of same (HJR 107)

1976 -- Lorton Reformatory Facility, Commission on the Acquisition of; continued (SJR 30)

1978 -- Rehabilitative School Authority; Governor to study and evaluate programs of and relationship to Department of Corrections (HJR 18) (HD 2, 1981)

1978 -- Rehabilitative School Authority; Superintendent thereof and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Department of Education to develop a system of acceptance of credits earned in facilities thereof (HJR 81)

1978 -- Medical and dental services; Secretary of Public Safety to complete an audit of such services provided by the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Corrections (HJR 77)

1979 -- Medical and dental services provided by Department of Corrections; Secretary of Public Safety to expand audit to include adult services (HJR 259)

1980 -- Corrections system; Joint Subcommittee to study improvement of administration (HJR 89) (HD 36, 1984)

1980 -- Prison Population and Work Release Programs, Joint Subcommittee on Economic Productivity of created (SJR 91) (SD 22, 1982)

1981 -- Prison Population and Work Release Programs, Joint Subcommittee on Economic Productivity of; continued (SJR 128) (SD 22, 1982)

1982 -- Correctional facilities, local; requesting Secretary of Administration and Finance to study fund disbursement for operation (HJR 21)

1982 -- Corrections System, Joint Subcommittee on the; continued (HJR 113) (HD 36, 1984)

1982 -- Prison Population and Work Release Programs, Joint Subcommittee on Economic Productivity of; continuing study (SJR 33) (SD 18, 1983)

1982 -- Prison labor; creating task force to study expansion of printing and data processing services of Department of Corrections for use by state agencies (SJR 65)

1983 -- Corrections System; Joint Subcommittee on the; continued (HJR 113) (HD 36, 1984)

1983 -- Children in adult jails; Joint Subcommittee established to study the practice of detaining children in adult jails (SJR 14) (SD 22, 1984)

1983 -- Prison Population and Work Release Programs; Joint Subcommittee on the Economic Productivity of; continued (SJR 39) (SD 19, 1984); continued (SJR 31, 1984)

1984 -- Juveniles in adult jails; Department of Corrections and Department of Criminal Justice Services to perform certain assessments and prepare reports related to eliminating the inappropriate use of adult jails for children (HJR 16) (HD 18, 1985)

1984 -- Population in state correctional institutions; Department of Corrections to develop a 5-year projection of the population in state correctional institutions and report to the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services (HJR 152)

1984 -- Central and regional staffing in the Department of Corrections; Interim Report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (HD 41)

1984 -- Incarceration services; Pre- and Post-Incarceration Services, an evaluation report (HD 7)

1985 -- Community Diversion Incentive Program; report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on the Community Diversion Incentive Program of the Virginia Department of Corrections pursuant to the 1984 Appropriations Act (HD 35)

1985 -- Population forecasting in the correctional system; report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on population forecasting and capacity of the correctional system pursuant to the 1984 Appropriations Act (HD 36)

1986 -- Security staffing and procedures in Virginia's prisons; report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (HD 3)

1986 -- Department of Correctional Education; report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on staff and facility utilization by the Department of Correctional Education (Item 618, 1985 Appropriations Act) (HD 32)

1986 -- Private incarceration institutions; Secretary of Transportation and Safety to study desirability and economic feasibility of using private correctional facilities (HJR 55) (HD 7, 1987)

1986 -- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Department of Corrections to study the screening of prisoners for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HJR 125) (HD 31, 1987)

1986 -- Wiretaps; Department of Corrections to study the implications of the use of wiretaps in the correctional system of Virginia (SJR 48) (SD 10, 1987)

-- Also see "Youthful Offenders"

PRIVACY

1975 -- Computer Privacy and Security Study; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue study *SJR 94)

PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

1970 -- Licensing of privately operated business, correspondence and technical schools; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council report (HJR 126, 1968) (HD 29)

1972 -- Professions and occupations and their administration, laws regulating; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study the effectiveness, suitability and appropriateness (HJR 41) (HD 6, 1973) (HD 31, 1974)

1973 -- Professions and occupations; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to continue study as provided by HJR 41, 1972 Session (SJR 75)

1973 -- Local license fees and taxes for contractors; Committees to study license fees and tax laws of various jurisdictions (SJR 142) (SD 5, 1974)

1974 -- License tax imposed on businesses, professions and occupations by local governments; Revenue Resources and Economic Commission to study (SJR 33)

1975 -- Private security industry; Virginia State Crime Commission report (SD 34)

1977 -- Auctioneers; Commission for Professional and Occupational Regulation to study laws relating same (SJR 92)

1979 -- Audio stress examiners; Department of Commerce to study licensure (HR 45) (HD 34, 1980) (HD 5, 1981)

1979 -- Bar examination; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study effects of permitting a person to take examination, after studying law for three years in office of licensed attorneys (SJR 126) (SD 27, 1980)

1979 -- Home improvement contractors; Department of Commerce to study activities, certification and regulation (SJR 147) (SD 5, 1981)

1979 -- Architects and engineers; joint subcommittee to study the selection process for architects and engineers for capital projects for the state (HJR 275) (HD 36, 1980)

1980 -- Crafts and trade; Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study duplication of certification (SJR 68)

1980 -- Occupational and Professional Regulatory Boards, Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (SJR 50) (SD 29, 1982) (SD 3, 1983)

1981 -- Accountants; Board of Accountancy to study ways to reverse its interference with State Corporation Commission's ability to compete with private sector in acquisition and retention thereof (SJR 170) (SD 9, 1982)

1981 -- Certificates of competency; Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor and House Committee on Labor and Commerce to continue study of certain crafts and trades (SJR 153)

1982 -- Regulatory boards granting licenses; Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on General Laws and on Education and Health and House Committees on General Laws and on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study feasibility of inclusion of citizen members thereon (SJR 73) (SD 10, 1984)

1983 -- Occupational and professional regulatory system; report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (SJR 50, 1980)

1983 -- Occupational and respiratory therapists; Director of the Department of Health Regulatory Boards to evaluate Commonwealth's policy concerning the credentialing of allied health professionals with particular focus on the licensing of occupational and respiratory therapists; report to be made to the Secretary of Human Resources (HJR 71)

1984 -- Medical malpractice; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Courts of Justice Committees established to study the medical malpractice laws of the Commonwealth (HJR 20) (interim report, HD 21, 1985); Joint Subcommittee continued (HJR 209, 1985) (HD 12, 1986)

1984 -- Title 54 of the Code of Virginia (Professions and Occupations); Virginia Code Commission to recodify (HJR 32)

1984 -- Licensing of intolerant peddlers and exhibitors; Joint Subcommittee established to study licensing by the Commonwealth of itinerant peddlers and exhibitors at flea markets, craft shows and other shows (HJR 79) (HD 14, 1985)

1985 -- Flea market operators; Board of Commerce to study the desirability and feasibility of regulating flea market operators (HJR 197) (HD 6, 1986)

1986 -- X-ray technicians and professional nursing practice; Department of Health Regulatory Boards to study need to regulate x-ray technicians and to redefine the professional nursing practice (HJR 12)

1986 -- Insurance agents; Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to study the establishment of a continuing education requirement for insurance agents licensed in Virginia (HJR 89) (HD 11, 1987)

1986 -- Screening of adults who work with children; Joint Subcommittee established to study and develop recommendations for ensuring appropriate screening of all adults who seek to work with children (HJR 98)

1986 -- Geriatric Nursing Assistants Program; Department of Education, Board for Virginia Community Colleges and Department of Health to study the geriatric nursing assistants program (HJR 106)

1986 -- Dietitians and nutritionists; Department of Health Regulatory Boards to study the need for regulating dietitians and nutritionists (HJR 150)

1986 -- Motor vehicle towing, recovery and storage industry; Board of Commerce to study need for regulation of motor vehicle towing, recovery and storage industry (SJR 51) (SD 5, 1987)

-- Also see "Education"

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

1973 -- Sick leave, accumulated; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to study methods by which state employees can be compensated (SJR 108)

1973 -- Public Employees, Commission to study the Rights of; continued (HJR 206) (HD 28, 1974)

1973 -- General Assembly and certain public employees compensation; Governor requested to commission a panel to study (HJR 183) (HD 33, 1974)

1974 -- Public Employees, Commission to Study the Rights of; continued pursuant to House Joint Resolution No 122, 1972 Session and House Joint Resolution No. 206, 1973 Session, to study compliance with legislation enacted, grievance procedures and new developments (HJR 126) (HD 28, 1975)

1974 -- Wage differentials, state employees; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study need of such differentials in various geographical areas and establishing uniform statewide salaries for certain local employees (SJR 29) (SD 13, 1976)

1977 -- Grievance procedures; Report of the Joint Senate and House General Laws Committee Study on Grievance Procedures (SB 890, 892 and 893) (SD 23, 1978)

1978 -- Employees, permanent part-time salaried; Department of Personnel and Training to study offering certain benefits thereto (HJR 140) (HD 19, 1979)

1978 -- Grievance procedures; Board of Education to study means of enforcing grievance procedures prescribed by it for school divisions (SR 9)

1978 -- Retirement Study Commission; created to revise and evaluate the present combined benefits structure of the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, State Police Officers Retirement System and the Judicial Retirement System (HJR 145) (HD 21, 1979)

1979 -- Retirement Study Commission; continued (HJR 257) (HD 31, 1980)

1982 -- Public safety, state employees; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance to study job status (HJR 117)

1982 -- Health insurance; Secretary of Administration and Finance to study costs of administering to state employees (SJR 42)

1982 -- National Guard; Joint Subcommittee on House Committee on Militia and Police and on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, et. al, to study recruitment and retention incentives (HJR 35)

1984 -- State grievance procedure; Joint Subcommittee established to study the state grievance procedure (SJR 38) (SD 16, 1985)

1986 -- Grievance procedures; report of the Department of Employee Relations Counselors on the statutory compliance of local government grievance procedures (SJR 98, 1985) (SD 9)

1986 -- Temporary employees; report of the Department of Personnel and Training on temporary employees (SJR 128) (SD 10)

-- Also see "Law Enforcement Officers"

PUBLIC RECORDS

1974 -- Public Records Act; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study of public records preservation, present provisions and proposals for new provisions pursuant to HJR 240, 1973 Session (HJR 91) (HD 18, 1975)

1975 -- Public Records Act; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council Study continued (HJR 183) (HD 21, 1976)

1978 -- Public information; House and Senate Committees on General Laws to study laws thereof (HJR 12) (HD 14, 1979)

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES

1975 -- Electric power companies; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study whether such companies be allowed to create or require interests in affiliated corporations, etc. (HJR 49)

1975 -- Franchise and license taxes applicable to Public Service Corporations in Virginia, Special Committee to study, State; created to study the present method of taxation of public service corporations and the interests of the consumer (HJR 285) (HD 23, 1976)

1975 -- Public utilities and financial institutions; the House Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Commerce and Labor Committees to study reasonable ways and means of better monitoring, preserving and making more financially secure such businesses so as to better protect the consumers and depositors (HJR 271) (HD 25, 1976)

1975 -- Public utilities owned by municipalities and authorities; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study the necessity for and feasibility of providing regulations for such services by the State Corporation Commission, provided such utilities operate outside its municipalities (SJR 128)

1975 -- Public utilities, Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to appoint a subcommittee to study proposed legislation referred to the Committee at the 1974 General Assembly (SR 27) (SD 21, 1976)

1977 -- Nuclear generation facilities; Joint Subcommittee of the House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study licensing proceedings relating to safety and security of such facilities (SJR 136) (SD 29, 1978)

1977 -- Real estate holdings of jurisdictional electric public utilities; State Corporation Commission to study (SJR 138) (SD 6, 1978)

1977 -- Insulation, home and business; State Corporation Commission to study utility financing (SJR 125) (SD 8, 1978)

1978 -- Public utilities; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study granting of overview powers of State Corporation Commission (HJR 56) (HD 33, 1979) (HD 40, 1980)

1979 -- Public service companies; certain public service companies defined in § 56-55 of the Code of Virginia to study offering common stock to residential customers (SJR 186)

1979 -- Meter accuracy, third-party testing; State Corporation Commission to report on implementing a program (SJR 119)

1979 -- Public utilities; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to continue its study on granting State Corporation Commission management overview responsibilities (HJR 294)

1979 -- Public utilities; State Corporation Commission to institute more efficient procedures for investigating earnings (HJR 348)

1979 -- Utility companies; State Corporation Commission to study categories of advertising to be excluded from operating expenditures (HJR 331) (HD 18, 1980)

1979 -- Utility rates for electricity, gas and telephone service; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and on Rehabilitation and Social Services to study feasibility of establishing lifeline utility rates (HJR 277) (HD 17, 1981)

1980 -- Electric utilities; Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study economic incentives for improving generating facilities (HR 22)

1980 -- Electrical generating units; State Corporation Commission to perform overview activities to assure fuel and personnel costs are minimized (HJR 189)

1980 -- Resident utility billing system in buildings not metered; Housing Study Commission to study (HJR 178)

1980 -- Telephone, electricity and gas service; Joint Subcommittee to continue study of lifeline utility rates for residential users (HJR 184)

1982 -- Utility conservation; requesting State Corporation Commission to review (HJR 32) (HD 8, 1983) (HD 6, 1984)

1982 -- Public utilities; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study laws affecting entry into unregulated businesses (HJR 103)

1983 -- Public utilities; Joint Subcommittee to continue study (HJR 13)

1986 -- Regulatory procedures for small telephone companies; report of the State Corporation Commission (HJR 280,1985) (HD 9)

RAILROADS

1976 -- Railroad management and labor organizations; State Corporation Commission to study whether certain differences between same can be handled by contractual arrangements between the parties or by action under the National Railway Labor Act (S 534)

1977 -- Railroad crossings; House Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation to study (HR 36) (HD 15, 1978)

1979 -- Railways, Joint Subcommittee of House Committee of Roads and Internal Navigation and Senate Committee on Transportation to study fire hazards posed by debris (HJR 220) (HD 43, 1980)

1980 -- Railroads, Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor and House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking to study whether State Corporation Commission should carry out investigative and surveillance activities prescribed under Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (SJR 46) (SD 10, 1981)

REAL ESTATE

1973 -- Real property transfers, public recordation of; Virginia Housing Study Commission directed to study possible modernizing of the system, thus reducing title search cost (HJR 277)

1974 -- Condominium laws; Committee appointed by Virginia Real Estate Commission to study the state's condominium laws (H 1487, 1973) (HD 5)

1977 -- Public service property; Joint Subcommittee of the House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study the State Corporation Commission's method of appraisal (HJR 249)

1977 -- Recreational land development and sales; Virginia Real Estate Commission to appoint a committee to study (HJR 254) (HD 5, 1978)

1979 -- Residential real estate; Housing Study Commission to study various approaches for resolving increased costs of financing (HR 35) (HD 24, 1980)

1980 -- Real property management; Board of Commerce to study regulating persons working therein (HJR 93) (HD 3, 1981)

1982 -- Plats; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to study uniform guidelines for recording such (HJR 130) (HD 26, 1983)

1983 -- Transfer of property at death; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Courts of Justice Committees to study Virginia law on (SJR 51) (SD 9, 1984)

-- Residential planned communities see "Housing"

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1978 -- Legislative Scientific and Technological Advisory Committee; created (HJR 7) (HD 15, 1979)

1986 -- Computer-assisted instruction; Department of Education to study initiatives to advance computer-assisted instruction (HJR 118) (HD 28, 1987)

SECURITIES

1980 -- Stocks and securities, certificates transfers of; House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study revisions to Uniform Commercial Code (HJR 46) (HD 2, 1983)

SMALL BUSINESS

1978 -- Small Business Administration; Office of Minority Business Enterprise and State Corporation Commission to monitor activities thereof (HJR 72) (HD 18, 1979)

1978 -- Small Business Red Tape; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study (HJR 65)

TAXATION

1970 -- Revenue Resources and Economic Study Commission; continued to complete work assigned by SJR 15 (1968) and to evaluate the tax structure of the Commonwealth (SJR 17) (SD 10, 1972)

1970 -- Income Tax Conformity Statute Study Commission; created to study and report legislative recommendations for conforming Virginia's income tax statutes to those of the federal government (HJR 91) (HD 5, 1971 Special Session)

1970 -- Staff Report to the Revenue Resources and Economic Study Commission (SD 9, 1970)

1970 -- Delinquent taxes; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council report on the sale of lands subject to delinquent taxes (HJR 30, 1968) (HD 25)

1971 -- Tobacco tax stamps; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to study and report on the discount allowed to wholesalers on the purchase of stamps (HJR 27) (HD 13, 1972)

1971 -- Commission for Equity and Real Estate Taxation; creating a commission to study the advisability and feasibility of authorizing local governments to provide partial or total tax exemption on certain real estate owned and used by persons sixty-five years or over, under certain conditions; and to impose a service charge upon the owners of a class or classes of exempt property for services provided by local governments (SJR 5) (SD 16, 1972)

1972 -- Delinquent real estate taxes, laws concerning the collection of ; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council directed to study (HJR 65) (HD 10, 1973)

1972 -- Tax structure of the Commonwealth; Revenue Resources and Economic Study Commission continued (SJR 8) (SD 15, 1974)

1973 -- Alternative tax sources; Revenue Resources and Economic Study Commission to study (HJR 186)

1973 -- Tax base; Revenue Resources and Economic Study Commission to study effect of the Wetlands Control Act on the tax base of counties, cities and towns (HJR 218)

1973 -- Real property taxation; Special Joint Subcommittee on Public School Financing to examine the real property tax and its administration (SJR 259)

1973 -- Sales and use tax; Revenue Resources and Economic Commission to study alternate sources to replace revenue lost by removing sales tax on food and nonprescription drugs (HJR 186)

1974 -- License taxes and fees; Revenue Resources and Economic Study Commission to study fees and license taxes local governments may impose on businesses, professions and occupations (SJR 33)

1974 -- Fiscal Prospects and Alternatives: 1974; a staff report to the Revenue Resources and Economic Study Commission (SD 15-A)

1974 -- Mobile homes and parks; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study tax laws affecting owners and determine feasibility of taxing mobile homes as reality (HJR 106) (HD 17, 1975)

1974 -- Motor fuel taxes; House Committees on Roads and Internal Navigation and on Finance to study need for and feasibility of using and expending taxes paid by users of toll facilities to retire revenue bonds on same (HR 18)

1975 -- Petroleum, federal import and excise taxes; Revenue Resources and Economic Commission, in completing its study pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 33, 1974, to determine the feasibility of deducting such taxes from the taxable base of local license taxes based on gross receipts (SJR 150)

1975 -- Personal property tax, uniform assessments; the House of Delegates and Senate Finance Committees to study matters relating to same and examine laws relating to sites for assessments and the taxing of mobile homes used as family dwellings (HJR 184)

1975 -- Sites for assessment and taxation of motor vehicles, travel trailers, boats and airplanes; revenue procedure for determining same, with particular emphasis on the desirability of prorating such taxes (SJR 145)

1975 -- Property tax reform and other tax/revenue issues; Report of the Revenue Resources and Economic Commission (SD 13)

1976 -- Motor Fuel Road Tax; Report by the Division of Motor Vehicles (SJR 7) (SD 17, 1978) (SD 5, 1978 - State Corporation Commission Report)

1977 -- Inheritance and gift tax laws; House Committee on Finance to study (HR 34) (HD 18, 1978)

1977 -- Tax credits to businesses awarding contracts to facilities serving the handicapped; Joint Subcommittee of the House and Senate Committees on Finance to study (SJR 103) (SD 7, 1978)

1978 -- Income tax, individual; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees of Finance to study tax treatment of married persons (SJR 21) (SD 16, 1980)

1978 -- Real property taxation; Revenue Resources and Economic Commission to study (HJR 155) (SD 11, 1979)

1978 -- Real property tax relief; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Finance and Counties, Cities and Towns and Senate Committee on Local Government and Finance to study tax relief for persons who rehabilitate their homes (HJD 127) (HD 26, 1979)

1978 -- Property tax on rental property; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committee on Finance to study (SJR 64)

1978-- Real property tax exemptions; Finance Committees of the House of Delegates and the Senate to study property tax exemptions for charitable and eleemosynary purposes (HJR 32)

1979 -- Property tax on rental property; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on Finance to continue study (HJR 226) (HD 33, 1980)

1979 -- Real property tax exemptions; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on Finance to continue study (HJR 227) (HD 35, 1980)

1978 -- Vending machines; Revenue Resources and Economic Commission to study sales tax and related problems thereof (HJR 156) (SD 10, 1979)

1978 -- Revenue Resources and Economic Commission (taxation) (SD 16, 1978) (SD 5, 6, 9, 1989)

1978 -- Motor fuel tax; Report by the State Corporation Commission on (SR 4, 1978) (SD 3, 5, 1979) (SD 21, 1980)

1978 -- Property tax on rental property; Joint Subcommittee established to study property tax on rental property (HJR 64)

1978 -- Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Report of House Finance Subcommittee on Tobacco and Cigarette Taxes (HD 20)

1978 -- Personal property, proration; report of the House Finance Subcommittee on Personal Property Proration (HD 19)

1978 -- Motor fuels road tax; State Corporation Committee and Division of Motor Vehicles to determine certain details as to the revenue resulting from the motor fuels road tax o n certain motor carriers (SR 4) (SD 3, 1980)

1978 -- Real property tax exemption; Finance Committees of the House of Delegates and the Senate to study tax exemptions for charitable and eleemosynary purposes (HJR 132)

1979 -- Property tax on rental property; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees of Finance to continue study (HJR 226) (HD 33, 1980)

1979 -- Real property tax exemptions; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on Finance to continue study (HJR 227) (HD 35, 1980)

1979 -- Assessments, erroneous state taxes; House and Senate Committees on Finance to study procedures for correcting (HJR 342) (HD 30, 1980)

1979 --Neighborhood Assistance Act, House Committees on Finance and on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committees on Rehabilitation and Social Services and on Finance to study adopting an income tax credit for investment thereunder (HJR 276) (HD 15, 1980)

1979 -- Taxes paid by consumer for gas, electricity, coal, etc., Joint Subcommittee of Senate and House Committees on Finance to study (SJR 180) (SD 17, 1980)

1979 -- Sales tax on food for home consumption; House and Senate Committees on Finance to study method of replacing revenues lost if such is repealed (HJR 194) (HD 11, 1980)

1979 -- Taxes on motor carriers of passengers; Department of Highways and Transportation's Division of Public Transportation to study state-imposed taxes and fees thereon (SJR 139) (SD 29, 1980)

1980 -- Income tax; Report of the Revenue Resources and Economic Commission and Inflation and the Virginia Income tax (SD 5, 1980)

1980 -- Individual income tax structure; Joint Subcommittee to study, continued (HJR 169)

1980 -- Leasehold interests; House and Senate Committees on Finance to study methods of taxation (HJR 197) (HD 14, 1981)

1980 -- Motor Fuel Tax; State Corporation Commission and the Division of Motor Vehicles to continue to report on information on revenue resulting from the motor fuels tax on certain motor carriers (SR 5) (SD 7, 1981) (SD 3, 1981) (SD 4, 1983) (SD 4, 1984) (SD 5, 1985) (SD 5, 1986) (SD 15, 1987)

1980 -- Service charges imposed on certain real property; joint subcommittee established to study (HJR 84) (HD 13, 1981)

1982 -- Land use; Subcommittee of Senate Committees on Finance, on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and on Local Government to study negative effects of tax reduction thereon (SR 28)

1982 -- Meals and lodgings; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Finance and on Counties, Cities and Towns and Senate Committees on Finance and on Local Government, et al., to study local taxation thereof (HJR 54) (HD 29, 1983)

1982 -- Income tax, state; credits include certain energy source expenditures, Coal and Energy Commission to report on impact. Adding § 58-151.014:2 (HB 784)

1982 -- Income tax, state; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Finance and on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance to study ways of simplification (HJR 124) (HD 35, 1984)

1982 -- Merchants' capital tax; House and Senate Finance Committees to study (SJR 32) (SD 6, 1983)

1982 -- Unemployment Tax, Federal; permitting Employment Commission to collect certain amount, delegation created to discuss inequitable funding formula with certain elected and appointed officials (HJR 16)

1982 -- Home-owner associations; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on Finance to study state income tax deduction for fees (HJR 100) (HD 37, 1983)

1982 -- Real estate tax procedures; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Committees on Finance, et al., to study administration thereof (SJR 59) (SD 14, 1983)

1983 -- Volunteerism, tax incentives; Joint Subcommittee established to study incentives to encourage volunteerism (HJR 55) (HD 26, 1984)

1983 -- Rolling stock tax; Joint Subcommittee established to study the rolling stock tax on railroads, motor carriers and freight car companies (SJR 75) (SD 12, 1985)

1984 -- Licensing of itinerant peddlers and exhibitors; Joint Subcommittee established to study licensing by the Commonwealth of itinerant peddlers and exhibitors at flea markets, craft shows and other shows (HJR 79) (HD 14, 1985)

1984 -- State-owned real property; Joint Subcommittee established to study service charges imposed on certain state-owned real property in lieu of property taxes and the feasibility of the Commonwealth's compensating localities for expenses imposed by state-owned property (HJR 125) (HD 29, 1985)

1984 -- Rolling stock tax; Joint Subcommittee studying rolling stock tax continued (SJR 5) (SD 12, 1985); continued (SJR 78, 1985)

1985 -- Motor fuel road tax; report of the State Corporation Commission on Motor Fuel Road Tax (SR 5, 1980) (SD 5, 1985)

1985 -- Tax amnesty; Joint Subcommittee established to study the advisability of establishing a tax amnesty program (HJR 269) (HD 19, 1986)

1985 -- Insurance companies; Secretary of Finance to study and report on the taxation of insurance companies in Virginia (HJR 311) (HD 22, 1986); continued (HJR 155, 1986) (HD 19, 1987)

1985 -- Taxation of the telecommunications industry; Joint Subcommittee to study the taxation of the telecommunications industry and other public service corporations in light of federal deregulation, increased competition and technical change (SJR 135)

1985 -- Federal individual and corporate income tax structure; Joint Subcommittee established to monitor, study and evaluate changes in the federal individual and corporate income taxes to determine their impact on Virginia's tax structure and revenues (SJR 136)

1986 -- Motor fuel road tax; report of the State Corporation Commission on the motor fuel road tax (SR 5, 1980) (SD 5)

1986 -- Personal property tax; Joint Subcommittee established to study alternatives which should be available to reduce the dependence on the tangible personal property tax and the feasibility of the current method of paying the tangible personal property tax (SJR 28)

1986 -- Motor vehicles sales and use tax; Senate Finance Subcommittee to study the revision of the Virginia Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax Act and the Retail Sales and Use Tax Act (SR 9)

TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS

1978 -- Real property tax exemptions; House and Senate Committees on Finance to study the charitable and eleemosynary purposes (HJR 32)

1979 -- Real property tax exemptions; House of Delegates and Senate Finance Committee to continue study pursuant to HJR 32, 1978 (HJR 227) (HD 35, 1980)

1980 -- Tax exempt real property, Joint Subcommittee to study service charges imposed in lieu of property taxes (HJR 84)

TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS AND ROADS

1970 -- Use of school buses; State Department of Education to study whether school buses should be used for any purposes other than transporting children to and from public schools (HJR 68)

1970 -- Urban streets and highways; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council report (HD 24) (HJR 14, 1971) (HD 16, 1972)

1970 -- Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission; amending Chapter 130 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, by adding sections numbered 23 through 26, so as to authorize the Commission to construct a third vehicular connection; to issue bonds for certain purposes; to permit the fixing and collection of tolls; and to combine the additional connection and the existing facilities for financing purposes (S 101)

1971 -- Highways and Streets; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study problems and needs with respect to highways and streets, particularly in urban areas (HJR 14) (HD 16, 1972)

1971 -- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact; amending § 2, as amended, of Chapter 627 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, so as to provide how the expenses of the Commission shall be allocated (H 107)

1971 -- Vehicular connections; Commission created to study the various methods that may be available or made available for financing or refinancing vehicular connections between the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk, with a view toward the possible elimination of tolls, for using, presently existing facilities or any that may be constructed in the future (SJR 31) (SD 9, 1973)

1972 -- Report to Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation by Commission of the Division of Motor Vehicles (HJR 12, 1970) (HD 9)

1972 -- Rural public transportation; Virginia Metropolitan Areas Transportation Study Commission to study, with view toward finding solution so poor persons may have transportation to existing facilities available (HJR 112)

1972 -- Vehicular connections between the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Commission to study methods of financing, continued; present officers and members to serve and the Commission shall proceed to carry out its original charges (SJR 23)

1972 -- Virginia Metropolitan Areas Transportation Study Commission; creating third, to continue the study of transportation needs in the metropolitan areas of the Commonwealth and to continue to examine the Transportation District Act of 1964, regional transit authorities, franchise, etc. (H 430)

1973 -- Vehicular Connections Between the Cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Commission to Study Methods of Financing; created by SJR 31, 1971 Special Session to be continued (SJR 120)

1973 -- Tidewater bridges and bridge tunnels; Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety to study means of providing an emergency plan for vehicular traffic when bridges and tunnels must be closed (HJR 197) (HD 6, 1975)

1973 -- "Subdivision Street Standards"; Department of Highways directed to review and reevaluate regulations concerning standards for secondary highways and develop such standards (HJR 202)

1973 -- Bicycle trails; Department of Highways directed to study the establishment of a system throughout the Commonwealth, means of financing (HJR 224) (HD 5, 1975)

1974 -- Use of existing rail lines for commuters in metropolitan areas; Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety to study (HJR 54) (HD 14, 1975)

1974 -- Interstate highway systems in Virginia; Department of Highways to study methods of completing the system earlier than scheduled; Special Committee created to consult and work with the Department in this effort (HJR 147) (HD 12, 1975)

1974 -- Financing mass transit; Report of the House Finance Committee (HD 38)

1974 -- Metropolitan Areas Transportation Study Commission, Virginia; continued (S 314)

1974 -- School buses; Secretaries of Transportation and of Education to initiate a study to determine how buses owned by school systems might be used in periodic scheduled transportation of citizens (HJR 89) (HD 2, 1975)

1974 -- Secondary highways system; State Highway Commission to study expected needs during next five and ten years with due consideration to commitments to other highway systems (SJR 85) (SD 11, 1975)

1975 -- Highway program, revenue losses; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study the impact of decreased revenues as they affect such program and recommend adjustments as needed (HJR 201) (HD 30, 1976)

1975 -- Mass transit in Northern Virginia; Metropolitan Areas Transportation Commission to study the laws regarding mass transit to provide legislative means to implement a commuter rail system in said area (HJR 256)

1975 -- Right-turn-on-red signal legislation; localities having jurisdiction of its streets and roads encouraged to conduct engineering and traffic studies and Department of Highways and Transportation and Highway Safety Division to study existing legislation (SJR 155) (SD 5, 1976)

1975 -- Vehicular Connections Study Commission; to continue its study of methods of financing such connections between Portsmouth and Norfolk cities (SJR 121)

1976 -- Mobile homes and housing units; State Department of Highways and Transportation, the Housing Study Commission, the Office of Housing, the Division of Highway Safety, the Department of State Police and representatives from manufactured housing industry to evaluate the movement of 14-foot wide mobile and modular housing units over state highways (HJR 41) (HD 10, 1977)

1976 -- Norfolk-Virginia Beach Expressway Commission; created (SJR 58) (SD 10, 1977)

1976 -- Vehicular Connections Study Commission; to continue its study, reappropriation of unexpended funds (SJR 26)

1977 -- Elderly and handicapped citizens; Governor's Council on Transportation to study improving transportation services to such citizens (HJR 208)

1977 -- Electronic information displays along highways; certain state divisions and department to study erection of (SJR 137) (SD 22, 1978)

1977 -- Norfolk-Virginia Beach Expressway Commission; continued (SJR 109) (SD 33, 1980)

1977 -- Northern Virginia, transportation needs; Senate Transportation Committee and House Roads and Internal Navigation Committee to study (SJR 153)

1977 -- Transportation needs of Northern Virginia; House Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation and Senate Committee on Transportation to study (HJR 245)

1978 -- Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Department of Education to study ways to alleviate costs burden on Eastern Shore students and teachers (HJR 118)

1978 -- Roads; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation and Senate Committee on Transportation to study use of highway funds to maintain secondary roads and urban streets (HJR 172) (HD 25, 1979)

1979 -- Highway Maintenance and Construction Fund; Joint Committee of House Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation and Senate Committee on Transportation to continue study of planning construction and maintenance allocations (HJR 222) (HD 23, 1980)

1979 -- Route 236 and U.S. Route 50; Department of Highways and Transportation to study naming portions John S. Mosby Highways (SJR 168)

1979 -- Vehicular Connections Between Portsmouth and Norfolk; Commission to Study Methods of Financing; continued (SJR 107)

1980 -- Bicycles; Department of Transportation Safety to study operation on highways (HJR 105) (HD 4, 1981)

1980 -- Commuter transportation in metropolitan areas; Department of Highways and Transportation to study (HJR 150) (HD 7, 7A, B, C, 1983)

1980 -- Methodology for a vehicle cost study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (SJR 50, 1980) (SD 12, 1981) (SD 14, 1981) (SD 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 1982) (Chapter 671, 1982 Acts) (HD 34, 1983)

1981 -- Vehicular Connections Between the Cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Commission to Study Methods of Financing; continued (SJR 112)

1982 -- Public transit, ridesharing and other mass transportation activities; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Finance, on Roads and Internal Navigation and on Appropriations and Senate Committees on Transportation and on Finance to study financial needs (HJR 34) (HD 15, 1983)

1982 -- Transportation; Secretary of Transportation to prepare statewide plan (HJR 111)

1982 -- Highway construction districts; Highway and Transportation Commission to examine number and alignment thereof in order to better serve highway and transportation needs (SJR 46)

1983 -- Bus service; Department of Highways and Transportation to study passenger bus service and public transportation in Northern Virginia (SJR 20) (SD 8, 1984)

1983 -- Highway construction funds, equity of current provisions for allocating; Interim Report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (Item 649.1, Chapter 684, 1982 Acts) (HD 17) (HD 11, 1984)

1984 -- Federal Surface Transportation Act of 1982; Joint Subcommittee established to study the federal Surface Transportation Act of 1982, changes in Virginia law enacted in response to that Act, the bridge formula used by the Department of Highways and Transportation, the use of tri-axle weights in establishing maximum allowable truck weights, and tolerance allowed to certain trucks (HJR 134) (HD 9, 1985)

1984 -- Highway program financing; Joint Subcommittee established to review the recommendations of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission concerning highway financing (SJR 20) (SD 14, 1985)

1984 -- Highway construction and maintenance; Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation Follow-up Report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (Chapter 671, 1982 Acts) (HD 23)

1985 -- School bus safety; Department of Education to study school bus safety (HJR 228) (HD 10, 1986)

1985 -- Transportation needs; Joint Subcommittee established to study the transportation needs of cities south of Hampton Roads (HJR 272) (HD 20, 1986)

1986 -- Commission on Virginia's Transportation in the Twenty-First Century; created (SJR 10)

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

1978 -- Unemployment Compensation Act; Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor and House Committee on Labor and Commerce studying funding requirements and administrative needs of, continued (HJR 104) (SJR 20, 1978)

1979 -- Unemployment Compensation Act, Studying the Funding Requirements and Administrative Needs of, Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor and House Committee on Labor and Commerce to continue study (SJR 117)

1980 -- Unemployment Compensation Act, Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor and House Committee on Labor and Commerce Studying Funding Requirements and Administrative Needs of; continued (SJR 47) (SD 18, 1981)

1985 -- Title 60.1 of the Code of Virginia; Virginia Code Commission to revise and recodify (HJR 195) (HD 11, 1986)

VETERANS

1975 -- Veterans' Affairs, Commission on; created by HJR 14, 1945; continued (HJR 46, 1946) (SJR 41, 1948) (§ 9-85) (HD 18, 1976)

1975 -- Veterans' benefits; Revenue Resources and Economic Commission to study the feasibility of granting retirement credit for service in the armed forces to employees of the State, city, county or town retirement system and real property tax relief in the form of a homestead exemption (SR 26)

1979 -- Veterans' Affairs, Commission on (HJR 14, 1945) (HD 28, 1980) (HD 10, 1982) (HD 18, 1984)

1980 -- Veterans' cemeteries, State; Governor, Division of War Veterans' Claims and Commission on Veteran's Affairs to study State participation in federal aid (SJR 2) (HD 10, 1982)

1984 -- Veterans' Affairs Commission; report (HD 18)

1986 -- Veterans' Affairs Commission; report (HD 21)

WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS AND HARBORS

1971 -- Virginia's ports; creating a Commission to study and present a definitive place for financing long-range development (HJR 37) (HD 17, 1972)

1972 -- Virginia Capes disposal area; Virginia Port Authority to study the need for a disposal area convenient to the Hampton Roads area (HJR 136) (HD 3, 1974)

1973 -- Marinas; State Department of Health directed to review rules and regulations governing sanitary and sewerage facilities and consider proposals for changes (HJR 191) (HD 8, 1974)

1975 -- Starling's Island in Accomack County, ownership; Virginia Institute of Marine Science to study the question of its current study of common lands of the Commonwealth (SJR 153)

1976 -- Adams Island; Institute of Marine Science to study the question of ownership of same (SJR 57)

1977 -- Virginia Port Authority; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study (SJR 129) (SD 13, 1978)

1977 -- Marine sanitation devices; Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and State Department of Health to study the effectiveness of flow-through marine sanitation devices (SR 34) (SD 19, 1978)

1978 -- Marine Patrols Study Commission; created (HJR 43) (HD 30, 1979)

1978 -- Marine sanitation devices; Joint Subcommittee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on General Laws to continue study of the effectiveness and need for flow-through marine sanitation devices and related matters (SJR 24)

1978 -- Ports and Port Authority Study Commission; created (SJR 6) (SD 26, 1979)

1979 -- Marine sanitation devices, flow-through; Joint Subcommittee on Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on General Laws to continue study (SJR 110)

1979 -- Ports and Port Authority Study Commission; (SJR 138)

1979 -- Potomac River Riparion Rights Act; created, review of uses by Water Control Board (SB 440)

1980 -- Marine sanitation devices; Joint Subcommittee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to continue study (SJR 35)

1980 -- Virginia Ports and Port Authority Study Commission; continued (SJR 30) (SD 11, 1981)

1981 -- Virginia Port Authority; Joint Subcommittee to study certain proposed legislation concerning the Virginia Port Authority (HJR 330)

1981 -- Marine sanitation devices; Joint Subcommittee to continue study (SJR 119) (SD 16, 1982)

1982 -- Marine sanitation devices; Joint Subcommittee to continue study (SJR 11) (SD 10, 1983)

1983 -- Desalinization; Joint Subcommittee established to study the present status of technology available for desalinization of sea water (SR 4)

1983 -- Marine sanitation devices; Joint Subcommittee Studying the Effectiveness of; continued (SJR 6) (SD 11, 1984); continued (SJR 22, 1984)

1985 -- State Water Commission report on riparian conservation programs, agricultural programs, groundwater contamination and the state water policy (HD 26)

1985 -- Community water resources; State Water Commission to study the adequacy of local government power to protect community water resources (HJR 243)

1985 -- Subaqueous minerals and materials; Subaqueous Minerals and Materials Study Commission established to determine if commercial quantities of subaqueous minerals and materials exist and how the extraction can be adequately managed (SJR 104) (SD 18, 1986); continued (SJR 85, 1986)

1985 -- Waste quality standards; Joint Subcommittee established to study problems associated with excessive phosphorus in state waters (SJR 116); continued (SJR 65, 1986) (SD 16, 1986)

1986 -- State Water Commission; report of the State Water Commission (HD 31)

1986 -- Cousteau Ocean Center; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission report on the Cousteau Ocean Center (Appropriations Act of 1985) (SD 13)

1986 -- Multijurisdictional, inland lakes; Secretary of Natural Resources to study needs and problems confronting political subdivisions around inland lakes located in two or more political subdivisions (SJR 73) (SD 12, 1987)

1986 -- Chowan River; Joint Study Commission with the State of North Carolina to study the uses and problems of the Chowan River and its tributaries (SJR 98)

-- Also see "Conservation" and "Environment"

WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES

1971 -- Public assistance matters; Commission created to study (HJR 29)

1972 -- Welfare programs; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study the funding, administration, etc. (HJR 51) (HD 34, 1974) (SD 16, 1975)

1974 -- Adoption procedures; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services to study the method by which adoption reports are processed (SJR 74)

1974 -- Budget procedures for local departments of social services and Division of General Welfare; State Board and the Department of Welfare and Institutions and Division of Budget to work jointly to initiate revisions (SJR 23)

1974 -- Adoption reports; Subcommittee created to study processing of adoption records and recommend legislation to improve (SJR 74)

1974 -- Domiciliary care facilities; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study licensing (HR 20)

1974 -- Child and family home day care services and homes for adults; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services to study the law concerning licensing and regulation (SJR 72)

1974 -- Human Resources Priorities, Virginia Commission on; to survey state and federal laws and regulations and social services provided or administered by the State or political subdivisions (SJR 88)

1974 -- Public welfare programs; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 29, 1971 Session and House Joint Resolution No. 51, 1972 Session (SJR 20) (SD 16, 1975)

1975 -- Human Resources Priorities; Virginia Commission on; study continued (SJR 122) (SD 6, 1977)

1975 -- Adult day care centers and homes for adults; State Department of Health to study the administrative procedures governing the functions and licensing of same, and shall consider the separation of these functions; etc. (SJR 120) (SD 11, 1976)

1975 -- Child day care centers and family day care homes; State Department of Welfare to study the administrative procedures which govern the functions and consultation and advice and the inspection and licensing of child day care centers and family day care homes, and shall consider the separation of these functions (SJR 119) (SD 11, 1976)

1975 -- State plan of social services for the aging (including homemaker services); Department of Welfare to develop (SJR 138) (SD 10, 1976)

1975 -- Juveniles, group foster homes for; House of Delegates Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services to study the need for financing of such homes (HJR 231)

1975 -- Welfare, Department of; to report to the General Assembly on the cost of operation of homes for adults in this Commonwealth (SJR 139) (SD 8, 1976)

1975 -- Public welfare programs; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study (SJR 104) (SD 3, 1977)

1975 -- Relief, general; Department of Welfare to study the cost of statewide uniformity in the general relief program and feasibility of increasing the State's share (HJR 213) (HD 11, 1976)

1975 -- Sheltered workshops; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study the need and feasibility of programs directed toward establishing financial stability for sheltered workshops in Virginia (HJR 239)

1976 -- Human services; Secretary of Human Affairs to conduct an evaluation of the integration of pilot projects and report to the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions (SJR 68)

1976 -- Minors; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to study the placement and institutionalization of children in out-of-state and in-state facilities and the appropriate location of the Division of Youth Services in state governmental structure (HR 8) (HD 16, 1977)

1977 -- Children, placement of for adoption; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services to study (SJR 152) (SD 18, 1978)

1977 -- Children, placement of in out-of-state and in-state facilities; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions to continue its study (HR 41) (HD 22, 1978)

1977 -- Medical and Hospital Care for the Medically Indigent in Virginia, Commission to Study the Funding of; created (SJR 154) (SD 20, 1978) (SD 12, 1979)

1977 -- Human resources; Governor to study and evaluate human resources reorganization proposals of Commission on State Governmental Management (HJR 188) (HD 9, 1978)

1978 -- Human services; Senate Bill 517, Ten pilot projects - Report of the Office of the Secretary of Human Resources (SD 3, 1978)

1978 -- Adult protective services program; Department of Welfare and Commission for Visually Handicapped to study need to legislative mandate (HJR 106) (HD 9, 1979)

1978 - Alcohol Safety Action Program; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services to study relationship between Highway Safety Division and Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (HJR 136) (HD 27, 1979)

1978 -- Children; House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and Senate Committee on Education and Health to study medical needs for those in custody and care of state and local agencies (HJR 48) (HD 28, 1979)

1978 -- Social services; Secretary of Human Resources to study development of single purpose application and automatic referral service form (HJR 80) (HD 17, 1979)

1978 -- Family Life, Commission on; created, appropriation (SJR 79) (SD 20, 1980)

1978 -- Supplemental Security Income recipients; Department of Welfare to report on status of (HJR 29)

1980 -- Aid to families with dependent children program; Department of Welfare to assess impact of raising standards of assistance (HJR 52)

1980 -- Medically indigent children; Secretary of Human Resources and Secretary of Public Safety to study needs thereof (HJR 55) (HD 27, 1981)

1980 -- Title XX program; Secretary of Human Resources to study (HJR 12)

1981 -- Title XX of Social Security Act; Secretary of Human Resources to continue study (HJR 212)

1982 -- Handicapped children; Joint Subcommittee of House Committees on Education, on Health, Welfare and Institutions and on Appropriations and Senate Committees on Education and Health, on Rehabilitation and Social Services and on Finance to study responsibility of various agencies in placement thereof (HJR 74) (SJR 43) (SD 17, 1983)

1982 -- Medicaid; Department of Health and Social Services to study third-party liability when payments made for dependent children, Secretary of Human Resources to report (HJR 92)

1982 -- Sheltered workshops; Joint Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and Senate Finance to Study the funding and administration of (HJR 8) (HD 43, 1983)

1983 -- Weatherization and fuel assistance; Department of Social Services to study weatherization and fuel assistance programs for low-income citizens (HJR 27)

1983 -- Volunteerism; Joint Subcommittee established to study incentives to encourage volunteerism (HJR 55)

1983 -- Human service programs; Joint Subcommittee created to study establishment of a statewide information and referral system for human service programs (SJR 69) (SD 16, 1984)

1983 -- Sheltered workshops; Joint Subcommittee Studying the Funding and Administration of Sheltered Workshops continued (HJR 48) (HD 29, 1984)

1983 -- Public assistance recipients; Secretary of Human Resources to investigate need for and method of cooperation between the Department of Social Services and other state and private organizations to identify unreported assets and income of public assistance recipients and applicants; report to be made to Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions (HJR 49)

1984 -- Public assistance programs; Joint Subcommittee established to study the costs to localities for public assistance programs (HJR 151), continued (HJR 255, 1985) (HD 26, 1986)

1984 -- Hunger and malnutrition; Joint Subcommittee established to study extent and costs of hunger and malnutrition in the Commonwealth (SJR 50) (SD 13, 1985)

1985 -- Food stamp "Workfare" program; the State Board of Social Services to review all matters related to the establishment of food stamp recipient workfare programs within localities of the Commonwealth (HJR 250) (HD 13, 1986)

-- Also see "Drugs"

-- For support see "Domestic Relations"

WILLS AND DECEDENTS ESTATES

1974 -- Probate of wills and administration of estates; Committees for Courts of Justice of the Senate and House authorized to continue study of the Virginia probate statutes and the Uniform Probate Code pursuant to HJR No. 234, 1973 Session (SJR 82) (SD 15, 1975)

1974 -- Wills and decedents' estates; Code Commission to continue its study of Title 64.1 pursuant to HJR No. 272, 1973 Acts until study of laws on dower and curtesy and laws relating to the probate of wills (as they may involve sex discrimination) are completed (HJR 13)

1975 -- Wills and decedents' estates; Virginia Code Commission to study all sections of the Code relating to the probate of wills and administration of estates and recodify all pertinent sections into one title in the Code (SJR 116)

1983 -- Transfer of property at death; Joint Subcommittee of House and Senate Courts of Justice Committees established to study Virginia law on the transfer of real and personal property at death by will or intestacy (SJR 51) (SD 9, 1984)

WOMEN

1973 -- Women, statutory treatment of; Virginia Code Commission directed to study Titles 34, 40.1, 55 and 64.1 of the Code to determine whether or not they involve sex discrimination (HJR 272) (HD 32, 1974)

1973 -- Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; House and Senate Privileges and Elections Committees to study all aspects (SJR 134) (SD 25, 1974)

1983 -- Equal pay for equal work; Commission on the Status of Women to study (HJR 86) (HD 5, 1984)

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

1973 -- Workmen's Compensation Act; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study public disability income protection and public disability medical protection under the Act and under existing and proposed federal and state statutes (SJR 100) (SD 14, 1974)

1974 -- Workmen's Compensation; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study existing federal and state laws (SJR 9) (SD 12, 1975)

1979 -- Workmen's compensation insurance premiums; Workmen's Compensation Subcommittee of House Committee on Labor and Commerce to continue study on accelerating increases (HR 38) (HD 39, 1980)

1980 -- Workmen's compensation insurance premiums; Workmen's Compensation Subcommittee of House Committee on Labor and Commerce to continue study of accelerating costs (HR 6) (HD 9, 1981)

1981 -- Brown lung disease or byssinosis; Joint Subcommittee of House Committee on Labor and Commerce and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor to study possible changes in the law in workmen's compensation benefits (HJR 245) (HD 8, 1982)

1982 -- Workmen's compensation; Joint Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor and House Committee on Labor and Commerce to study effect of wage-loss experience and competitive pricing (SJR 13) (SD 9, 1983)

1982 -- Workmen's Compensation Act; joint subcommittee to study provision for gradually-incurred injuries (HJR 37) (HD 20, 1983)

1983 -- Workmen's compensation, establishment of a self-insurance plan for workmen's compensation by state and local governments; Joint Subcommittee created to study (HJR 8) (HD 31, 1984)

1986 -- Workers' compensation; report of the Joint Subcommittee studying workers' compensation pursuant to Rule 23 of the Rules of the House of Delegates (HD 27)

YOUTH AND YOUNG CHILDREN

1974 -- Young children; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study all aspects of their needs, how they are being met, and to made certain recommendations (HJR 70) (HD 30, 1975)

1975 -- Young children; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue to study the needs of and make its recommendations on an office or agency for children and on improvements and innovations in state services for children (HJR 192) ( HD 24, 1976)

1976 -- Youth; Interagency Prescription Team, joint report of the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of Public Safety (HD 6, 1978)

1977 -- Children and Youth, Commission for; to review interagency planning, proposed budget, technical needs, etc., of their own operation (HJR 234)

1979 -- Youth Government Day Advisory Commission created (HJR 330)

1980 -- Youth Government Day Advisory Commission; continued (HJR 141) (HD 22, 1981)

1981 -- Youth government Day Advisory Commission; to be continued until prior to 1982 Session of General Assembly (HJR 252)

1984 -- Child-care centers; Joint Subcommittee established to study various aspects of child-care centers (HJR 155) (HD 25, 1985)

1984 -- Missing children; Virginia Division for Children to study and review federal legislation and Virginia laws on missing children (SJR 60) (SD 7, 1985)

1986 -- Teenage pregnancy; Joint Subcommittee established to study the problem of teenage pregnancy and to develop recommendations to reduce its incidence (HJR 61)

1986 -- Screening of adults who work with children; Joint Subcommittee established to study and develop recommendations for ensuring appropriate screening of all adults who seek to work with children (HJR 98)

-- Also see "Health"

YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS

1972 -- Youthful offenders; probation and parole matters; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study services to youthful offenders and devise a system for improvement (HJR 133) (HD 16, 1974)

1973 -- Juvenile rehabilitation and detention center; Department of Welfare and Institutions to study advisability of State acquiring the Norfolk City Farm or other location for a regional juvenile rehabilitation and detention center (HJR 211)

1974 -- Juvenile delinquency; State Board of Education to study relation between truancy and more serious delinquency, the possible contributory effect of laws in areas of compulsory school attendance, child labor, workman's compensation and other related areas and make recommendations for needed modifications (SJR 60) (SD 9, 1976)

1974 -- Youthful offenders; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study on planning for and delivery of services, probation and parole, Division of Youth Services, etc., original study pursuant to HJR 133, 1972 Session (SJR 17), (HD 16), (SD 26, 1975), (SD 19, 1976)

1976 -- Youthful offenders; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study on the planning for and delivery of services to youthful offenders and on probation and parole matters (SJR 12)

1977 -- Youthful offenders; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study (SJR 91) (SD 24, 1978)

1978 -- Youthful offenders; Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue study, of services to youthful offenders concentrating on monitoring the Rehabilitative School Authority (SJR 4), (SD 20, 1979)

1983 -- Children in adult jails; Joint Subcommittee to study the practice of detaining children in adult jails (SJR 14) (SD 22, 1984)

1984 -- Juveniles in adult jails; Department of Corrections and Department of Criminal Justice Services to perform certain assessments and prepare report related to eliminating the inappropriate use of adult jails for children (HJR 16) (HD 18, 1985)

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