Dear Friends,

Presently, these are the bills I have filed for the 2010 Session:

• HB 81 - A bill that standardizes juror pay while also saving the state $20,000.
• HB 82 - A bill that helps the City of Virginia Beach enforce sewage laws.
• HB 83 - A bill that requires pawn brokers to file an electronic report of all goods traded.
• HB 975 - A bill that eliminates the need for a title while buying and selling farming and forestry equipment.
• HB 1249 - A bill that requires Health Spas to report and monitor their activities and refund your money if they go out of business.
• HB 1250 - A bill that provides for vested rights for the landowner.

In addition, I have cosponsored the following bills for the 2010 Session:

• HB 128 - A bill that allows the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue free licenses to disabled, active duty military personnel.
• HB 759 - A bill that allows the any active duty military member to drive in HOV lanes on Interstate Route 264 and Interstate Route 64 in the cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, or Virginia Beach for the purposes of traveling to or from the Naval Operations Base and the Naval Air Station at the Norfolk Naval Base.
• HB 767 - A bill that codifies criteria for memorialization of fallen Virginians in the Virginia War Memorial.
• HB 888 - A bill that allows the Peanut Board, Virginia's largest agricultural product to raise their commodity assessment.
• HB 1081 - A bill that requires VDOT to reopen closed highway rest stops and prohibits closure of highway welcome centers.
• HB 1088 - A bill that reestablishes the Cooperative Coyote Control Program.
• HB 1118 - A bill that excludes certain taxes on the Military Family Relief Fund.
• HB 1251 - A bill that requires any health insurance coverage plan established for state employees in Hampton Roads to include health insurance plan options.
• HB 1270 - A bill that allows for a property tax exemption for certain veterans. (Constitutional Amendment)
• HB 1275 - A bill that establishes the Virginia High-Speed Rail Commission.
• HB 1282 - A bill that claims whenever an individual is requested to provide prayer, the government cannot prohibit the religious content of the individual's prayer.

There are several other pieces of legislation I still plan on co-sponsoring, so if you see something or have a particular bill you would like me to consider, please send me an email or give me a call to let me know.

Also, I was very pleased to be honored by the National Federation of the Blind for my legislative work last session (2009) Below I have quoted their 2010 legislative priorities newsletter:

National Federation of the Blind of Virginia

www.nfbv.org

From their Legislative Priorities for Blind Virginians – 2010:

"The National Federation of the Blind of Virginia commends the General Assembly, particularly Delegate Barry D. Knight, for working on our behalf to require Virginia’s teachers of Braille to be certified in that subject area. Delegate Knight introduced HB 2224 in the 2009 session. It would have required teachers of Braille in Virginia to be certified in Braille. The General Assembly last amended the Virginia Code’s Braille teaching standards about 16 years ago."

Please do not hesitate to contact me at my Richmond office. I may be reached through email at DelBKnight@house.virginia.gov and by telephone at (804) 698-1081.

Warmest Regards,