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may be given the death penalty;
—legislation directing insurance companies to pay claims of rape victims with accident insurance;
—a requirement that children who do not furnish proof of required immunizations must do so within 60 days of the start of school or face exclusion until they do;
—a bill allowing localities to require smoke detectors in buildings constructed before the state began requiring them in 1976. . Defeated in this session were:
—a designation of candidates' political parties on election ballots;
—a bill allowing for a twoday period to check identification of people desiring to buy handguns;
—permission to Virginia localities to decide if they would popularly elect their school boards;
—a bill dividing the duties of the politically powerful State Corporation Commission into two agencies, separating the SCC’s judicial and regulatory functions:
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