Delegate Kenneth R. Plum

Last Revised: October 17, 2005

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Absentee ballots – Elections
Adoption – Social Services
Aging, Department for the
Agriculture & Consumer Services, Department of
Aid to dependent children – Social Services
Air pollution regulation – Environmental Quality
Aircraft and airport licensing – Aviation
Alcohol Safety Action Program, Virginia
Alcoholic Beverage Control, Department of
Apprenticeship training – Labor and Industry
Architects – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Archives – Library
Arts promotion – Arts
Asbestos related occupations – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Assistive Technology System, Virginia
Attorney General, Office of the
Auctioneers, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Audiologists, regulation – Health Professions
Automobile Registration – Motor Vehicles
Automobile Theft – State Police
Aviation promotion – Aviation
Bank regulation – Corporation Commission
Bar, Virginia State
Barbers, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Behavioral science, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Bill status – General Assembly
Bingo – Charitable Gaming
Birth certificates – Health
Blind, services for the – Visually Handicapped
Board appointments – Secretary of Commonwealth
Boating laws – Marine Resources Commission
Boating Registration – Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of
Boxing regulation – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Branch pilots – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Brokerage firms, regulation – Corporation Commission
Building codes – Housing and Community Development
Business – Business Assistance
Business – Economic Development Partnership
Business – Minority Business Enterprise
Campground concerns – Agriculture & Consumer Services
Cemetery Board – Prof. & Occup. Reg
Center for Innovative Technology
Certified public accountants – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Charitable Gaming Commission
Chesapeake Bay cleanup – Environmental Quality
Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Dept.
Child care, licensing – Social Services
Children, services to – Social Services
Child support enforcement – Social Services
College tuition, pre-paid – Higher Ed Tuition Trust Fund
College scholarships – Higher Education
Colleges, four-year – Higher Education
Community College System, Virginia
Condominium laws – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Conservation and Recreation, Department of
Conservation easements – Outdoors Foundation
Constituent services – General Assembly
Consumer protection – Agriculture & Consumer Services
Consumer protection – Attorney General
Contracting with the state – General Services
Contractors, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Corporation registration – Corporation Commission
Corporation tax – Taxation
Corrections, Department of
Cosmetologists, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Counseling, regulation – Health Professions
Court, Supreme – Supreme Court of Virginia
Crime – Criminal Justice Services
Crime Victims' Compensation – Workers’ Compensation
Day care, licensing – Social Services.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Department for the
Death certificates – Health
Devices for persons with disabilities – Assistive Technology
Defense services – Public Defender
Dentistry, regulation – Health Professions
Disabilities, services – Assistive Technology
Disabilities – Protection and Advocacy
Disaster relief – Emergency Management
Discrimination – Human Rights
Discrimination, disabilities – Protection and Advocacy
Discrimination, housing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Disease reporting and control – Health
Divorce records – Health
Doctors, regulation – Health Professions
Driver's license – Motor Vehicles
Drug abuse – Mental Health
Economic Development Partnership
Education, higher – Community College System
Education, higher – Higher Education
Education, K-12 – Education
Election conduct-Elections
Electric utility, regulation – Corporation Commission
Emergency Management, Department of
Emission tests – Environmental Quality
Employment Commission, Virginia
Endangered plants and animals – Conservation
Energy – Mines, Minerals and Energy
Energy choice – Corporation Commission
Engineers – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Environmental Quality, Department of
Erosion control – Conservation
EZPASS – Transportation
Family services – Social Services
Farm products – Agriculture
Financial aid, student – Higher Education/Higher Ed Trust
Financial institutions, regulation – Corporation Commission
Fire prevention – Fire Programs
Fishing licenses – Game and Inland Fisheries
Food inspections – Agriculture & Consumer Services
Food stamps – Social Services
Forest preservation – Forestry
Foster care – Social Services
Fuel assistance – Social Services
Funeral services, regulation – Health Professions
Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of
Games, charitable – Charitable Gaming
Gas company, regulation – Corporation Commission
Gasoline pump inspection – Agriculture
Genealogy – Library of Virginia
General Assembly
General Services, Department of
Geologists – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Governor’s Office
Hazardous waste – Environmental Quality
Health care facility licensing – Health/Health Professions
Health, Department of
Health Professions, Department of
Health spa concerns – Agriculture & Consumer Services
Hearing aid dealers and fitters – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Hearing problems – Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of
Higher Education Tuition Trust Fund, Virginia
Highways – Transportation
Historic preservation – Historic Resources
House of Delegates
Housing assistance – Housing Development Authority
Housing discrimination – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Housing policies – Housing and Community Development
HOV – Transportation
Human Rights, Council on
Hunter safety – Game and Inland Fisheries

Hunting licenses – Game and Inland Fisheries
Immunization – Health
Income tax – Taxation
Incorporation-Corporation Commission
Industrial Development – Economic Development
Information Technologies Agency, Virginia
Insurance, regulation – Corporation Commission
Interpreter services – Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Job listings/training – Employment Commission
Judges, complaints – Judicial Inquiry and Review
Juvenile Justice, Department of
Labor laws – Labor and Industry
Landfills – Environmental Quality
Landmarks – Historic Resources
Landscape architects, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Law enforcement – State Police
Laws – Attorney General
Lawyers, complaints – Bar, Virginia State
Lead related occupations – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Legal opinions – Attorney General
Legal defense services – Public Defender Commission
Library of Virginia
Liquor sales – Alcoholic Beverage Control
Litter – Environmental Quality
Lobbyist registration – Secretary of the Commonwealth
Lodging inspections – Health
Long-term care – Aging
Lottery, Department of the
Marine Resources Commission
Marriage records – Health
Medicaid – Medical Assistance Services
Medical assistance – Social Services
Medical profession, regulation – Health Professions
Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Department of
Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of
Minority Business Enterprise, Department of
Missing children – State Police
Motor Vehicles, Department of
Motor vehicle emissions – Environmental Quality
National Guard – Military Affairs
Notaries – Secretary of Commonwealth
Nursing homes – Aging
Nursing home administration, regulation – Health Prof.
Nurses & nursing aides – Health Professions
Occupation safety and health – Labor and Industry
Oil, recycling – Environmental Quality
Open space – Outdoors Foundation
Optometry, regulation – Health Professions
Opticians, regulation – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
OSHA regulations – Labor and Industry
Outdoors Foundation, Virginia
Parks – Conservation and Recreation
Parole – Virginia Parole Board
Pesticides – Agriculture & Consumer Services
Pharmacy, regulation – Health Professions
Police – State Police
Political candidates – Elections
Polling places – Elections
Pollution prevention – Environmental Quality
Polygraph examiners, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Potholes – Transportation
Pre-paid college tuition – Higher Ed. Tuition Trust Fund
Preparedness – Emergency Management
Preparedness, Office of Commonwealth
Prisons – Corrections
Prizes and gifts concerns – Agriculture
Probation – Corrections
Psychologists, regulation – Health Professions
Purchasing by the state – General Services
Public Defender Commissions
Radon – Health
Rail and bus regulation – Corporation Commission
Rail and Public Transportation, Department of
Real estate appraisers, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Real estate sales, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Recycling – Environmental Quality
Refugee resettlement – Social Services
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Relay Center for Deaf–Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Restaurant inspections – Health
Retirement System, Virginia
Roads and road conditions – Transportation
Sales tax – Taxation
School accreditation – Education
Seafood regulation – Marine Resources
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Securities complaints – Corporation Commission
Security personnel training – Criminal Justice Services
Senate of Virginia
Senior programs – Aging
Septic tank permits – Health
Smartag – Transportation
Snow removal – Transportation
Social Services, Department of
Social work, regulation – Health Professions
Soil and water conservation – Conservation
Soil scientists, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Solid waste – Environmental Quality
Special education – Education
State Police, Department of
Substance abuse – Mental Health
Supreme Court of Virginia
Surveyors, licensing – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Swimming pool inspections – Health
Taxes – Taxation
Teacher certification – Education
Technology procurement – Center for Innovative Technology
Technology transfer – Center for Innovative Technology
Telephone, regulation – Corporation Commission
Terrorism, preparedness – Emergency Management
Terrorism reporting – State Police
Tourism – VA Tourism Corporation
Tradesman certification – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Transportation safety – Motor Vehicles
Transportation, Department of
Travel Guide – VA Tourism Corporation
Treasury, Department of
Truck carriers – Corporation Commission
Tuition assistance – Higher Education
Unemployment compensation – Employment Commission
Utilities, regulation – Corporation Commission
Vacation planning – VA Tourism Corporation
Van pooling – Transportation
VASAP – Alcohol Safety Action Program
Vehicle emissions – Environmental Quality
Veterans’ Services, Department of
Veterinary medicine, regulation – Health Professions
Virginia Retirement System
Vocational rehabilitation – Rehabilitative Services
Voter registration – Elections
Waste management regulations – Environmental Quality
Waste management facility operators – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Water pollution and water quality – Environmental Quality
Water and sewage treatment – Health
Water & wastewater works operators – Prof. & Occup. Reg.
Weights and measures – Agriculture
Wetlands protection – Marine Resources Commission
Withholding tax – Taxation
Workers’ Compensation Commission, Virginia
Workers’ safety – Labor and Industry
Wrestling regulation – Prof. & Occup. Reg.