AHHH!!!

I get a daily update via email from the Virginia Municipal League when the enemy, sorry, (LOL!!) the General Assembly is in session.  Those updates are never happy news.  It’s always, help us stop such and such a bill or the world will end.  I dutifully freak out and blog post about our precarious position.  Especially where M&T or BPOL are concerned.

Equal Time

In Colbert-like “tip of the hat, wag of the finger” kind of thing I would offer an equal-time moment to mention the following bills that our very own Delegate Miller has co-patroned that are damn good legislation:

• HB 1409 Prayer at public events; governmental agency shall have no authority to regulate, etc.
• HB 1419 Human papillomavirus vaccination; eliminates requirement of vaccination for female children.
• HB 1447 Income tax, state; research and development expenses tax credit.
• HB 1465 Higher educational institutions; admission of illegal aliens. (summary is incomplete)
• HB 1468 Citizenship or legal presence required for public assistance; verification required. (good if state pays for mandate)
• HB 1651 Driver’s licenses, permits, and special identification cards; issuance only to U.S. citizens.
• HB 1777 Fake birth certificate; one who manufactures, etc., to establish false identity is guilty of felony.
• HB 2052 Labor organization representation; right to vote by secret ballot.
• HB 2066 Sex offenders; prohibiting entry onto school grounds or other property, penalty.
• HJ 500 Constitutional amendment; right to work (first reference).

This isn’t an exhaustive list, just some obvious candidates.  Some of the others don’t have full summaries or I haven’t read the full bill.  By the way, if you want to see a list of the workload that these guys have to put up with, take a look at this page.  Remember that this is only one committee and only the bills in committee.