Sen. Lynwood Lewis
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District SD-006
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 85
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Breast and cervical cancer; coverage of treatment. [HB-1227]
Medical assistance services; coverage of treatment for breast and cervical cancer. Eliminates requirement that women be screened in under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program to qualify for coverage.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Death certificates; local health departments to have available upon request. [HB-130]
Death certificates; local health departments. Requires that death certificates be made available, upon request, at any local health department in the Commonwealth, regardless of the place of death.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis House: Stricken From Docket By Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/06/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Child-restraint devices in motor vehicles; penalties if convicted two or more times. [HB-131]
Child restraints; penalties. Provides escalating penalties for repeat violators of the child restraint law. First time offenders will still be subject to the current civil penalty of $50, but those convicted of second or subsequent violations on different dates will be subject to a civil penalty of up to $500.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0714) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Communication towers, state-owned; wireless broadband service in unserved areas. [HB-1329]
State-owned communications towers; broadband service. Requires state agencies to lease or convey a license or other interest in a state-owned communication tower for which they are responsible to qualified providers of wireless broadband service in order to deploy broadband Internet service in areas of the Commonwealth that do not have access to terrestrial broadband or radio frequency Internet service. The requirement is subject to the provider presenting a spectrum and certified structural analysis of the tower and proof that the tower satisfies
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0676) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created. [HB-1335]
Natural resources funding. Establishes the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The Fund would be capitalized with appropriated funds and moneys from public and private sources. Beginning July 1, 2008, and for the next 10 years, moneys in the Fund would be distributed to the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for the implementation of agricultural best management practices (BMP). Fifty-seven percent of the moneys are to be used for matching grants to implement BMPs on agricultural
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0643) on 03/18/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Trees; conservation during land development process for air quality improvement. [HB-1437]
Conservation of trees during the land development process for air quality improvement in certain localities. Provides that certain localities may, by ordinance, require conservation of trees during the development process. The bill also provides that the tree conservation ordinance may require that the site plan for any subdivision or development provide for the preservation and replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopy or tree cover percentage 20 years after development is projected to be as follows: (i) 10
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0333) on 03/11/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Real estate tax; relief for nonrelatives of owner or certain caregivers of elderly and handicapped. [HB-1479]
Real estate tax relief for the elderly and handicapped. Includes the income of nonrelatives living in the dwelling of the owner seeking tax relief, except for bona fide tenants and bona fide paid caregivers, in computing the maximum income limits to be eligible for the tax relief. Under current law, only the income of relatives living in the dwelling are included with that of the owner's in determining eligibility.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0334) on 03/11/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Nondiscrimination; prohibits discrimination in state government employment based on race, etc. [HB-1493]
Nondiscrimination in state public employment. Prohibits discrimination in state government employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or status as a special disabled veteran or other veteran covered by the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Aerospace Advisory Council, Directors of NASA Langley and NASA Wallops, etc.; appointments. [HB-1500]
Aerospace Advisory Council; created. Reduces the membership of the Council from a total of 15 to 13 members, by reducing the number of nonlegislative members. Provides that the nonlegislative citizen members representing NASA Wallops Flight Facility, NASA’s Langley Research Center, and the National Institute of Aerospace shall be appointed by the Governor to serve as ex officio liaisons to the Council with nonvoting privileges.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0745) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Trooper Charles Mark Cosslett Memorial Highway; designating as portion of Fairfax County Parkway. [HB-1507]
Trooper Charles Mark Cosslett Memorial Highway. Designates a portion of Virginia Route 7100 (Fairfax County Parkway) the "Trooper Charles Mark Cosslett Memorial Highway."
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0199) on 03/05/2008