Lawmakers drop private road investment bill as session nears end
In Charleston on the penultimate day of the 2002 legislative session House members halted the private road funding proposal SB529 after Finance Chairman Harold Michael and Economic Development Chairman Samuel Cann said more study was needed. The bill, backed by contractors and state officials, would create a 9 member commission led by the transportation secretary to review road projects funded with private dollars. Also, the House Judiciary Committee rejected Senate Bill 498 aimed at preserving Eastern Panhandle farmland through conservation easements funded by hotel taxes or property sale fees, and declined to advance SB218 protecting patients genetic data from insurers.
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Dhardy
Samuel Cann
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South Carolina
Florida
Judiciary Committee
Panhandle
Judiciary
Jon Amores
D-Kanawha
Budget deal seals Virginia spending plan after talks
Virginia legislators reach a compromise on a $50 billion two year budget ending a stall that began with a mid cycle dispute. The accord covers minor adjustments totaling under 3 million and sets the stage for detailed amendments and a final vote over the weekend. Indigent disabled receive new eligibility focus while state workers face downsizing and tuition costs rise as schools prepare budgets. Sen John H. Chichester notes the budget process moves to final board reviews next month.
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Mark R. Warner
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Virginia
Jir Gilmore
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Virginia Senate OKs House abortion bill bound for governor
The Virginia Senate approved Del. Robert G. Marshall’s bill 26 to 12 to bar medically induced infanticide and punish doctors with up to $100,000 in fines and 10 years in prison. The measure, with limited exceptions for risk of death or major irreversible impairment, targets late term abortion procedures as noted by opponents.
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Mark R. Warner
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Nebraska
Nancy
Bennet Greenberg
Planned Parenthood
Leaders push private talks to curb Medicaid drug costs
Gov. Bob Wise must decide if top aide may conduct secret price talks with drug manufacturers to cut Medicaid costs. Senate approved House Bill 4666 31-2 to empower Health and Human Resources Secretary Paul Nusbaum to barter rebates and set a preferred list of drugs, with secrecy from open records rules.
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Bob Wise
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Health and Human Resources
Paul Nusbaum
House
Wise
Nusbaum
West Virginia
Virginia Children Still Face Poverty Despite Prosperity
Analysis of Census 2000 data shows Virginia child poverty remains at 13 percent, with at risk children at 9 percent. While national rates are higher, Virginia saw small improvements in high school dropout indicators but increases in low income working families.
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