Delegate John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake)
- Party
- Republican
- District
- 78: City of Chesapeake (part) [map]
- Took Office
- January 2002
- Next Election
- November 2013
- Committees
- Commerce and Labor, Privileges and Elections, Science and Technology, Transportation
- Copatroning Habits
- 85% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 65% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 70% of them are Republicans.
- Partisanship
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- Tag Cloud

- Bills Passed
- 31.8% in 2013
| Donor | Sector | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Automobile & Truck Dealers Association | Auto dealers, new & used | $5,500 |
| Woodruff, Kirk | Uncoded | $5,000 |
| Virginia Beer Wholesalers Association | Liquor wholesalers | $4,000 |
| Virginia Bingo Group | Casinos, racetracks & gambling | $4,000 |
| Olds, Mrs | Uncoded | $4,000 |
| Virginia Wine Wholesalers Association | Liquor wholesalers | $3,620 |
| Verizon | Telecommunications | $3,250 |
| Dominion | Energy production & distribution | $3,200 |
| Brown Denslow Black & Billups P C | Attorneys & law firms | $2,800 |
| Chesbay Distributing Co | Liquor wholesalers | $2,700 |
Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Del. John Cosgrove Earns Endorsement of Virginia Credit Union ...May 11, 2013 |
Cosgrove romps over Rand Paul/NAGR-backed candidate ...May 10, 2013 |
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DigitalJournal.com (press release): Del. John Cosgrove Earns Endorsement of Virginia Credit Union League in Bid ...May 11, 2013 |
Washington Examiner: Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling launches PAC to support 'mainstream' RepublicansMay 16, 2013 |
Suffolk News-Herald: Cosgrove wins canvassMay 9, 2013 |
Tidewater News: Region needs voice in RichmondApril 27, 2013 |
These are all of the video clips of John Cosgrove’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2009. There are 192 video clips in all.
Index
Bills
- HB168: Campaign practices; final disposition of surplus funds by General Assembly members.
- HB230: Alcoholic beverage control; suspension of license for local tax delinquency.
- HB231: Gas pipeline safety; information disclosures.
- HB237: Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; dissemination of information.
- HB1209: Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; developer control period.
- HB1630: Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; developer control in time-share estate program, etc.
- HB1631: Drugs and paraphernalia; may be forfeited to law-enforcement agency for research and training.
- HB1632: Motor vehicle dealers; imposition of financial penalties, warranty and sales incentive obligations.
- HB1633: Beautification projects, local; localities to provide 30-day written notice to Commissioner of VDOT.
- HB1634: Law-enforcement officer; impersonating an officer while committing certain acts.
- HB1635: Jail facilities, temporary; Chesapeake allowed certain waivers for current temporary structures.
- HB1636: Workers' compensation; presumptions, members of enforcement division of DMV.
- HB1747: Voter registration; registration activities by third parties.
- HB1748: Limited liability companies; updates Virginia Limited Liability Company Act, technical amendments.
- HB1796: Death certificate; timely return to funeral director.
- HB2190: Stormwater management ordinances; requires localities to adopt more stringent requirements, etc.
- HB2208: Candidates in elections; party nominating methods.
- HB2240: Criminal history record information checks, etc.; dissemination of information.
- HB2302: Electronic security sales representatives; shall possess valid registration issued by DCJS.
- HJ614: Commending Kathryn B. Galford.
- HJ695: Commending Rosemary Willis.
- HJ916: Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- HB166: Zoning administrator; narrows instances in which administrator may modify certain orders.
- HB167: Child labor; exemption for children employed in family business.
- HB168: Campaign practices; final disposition of surplus funds by General Assembly members.
- HB169: Enterprise zones; criteria for designation.
- HB170: Zoning administrator; decisions reviewed by governing body shall be appealable to circuit court.
- HB171: Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; bonding requirements.
- HB230: Alcoholic beverage control; suspension of license for local tax delinquency.
- HB231: Gas pipeline safety; information disclosures.
- HB232: Renewable energy; expands definition.
- HB233: Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; resale of time-shares, disclosures.
- HB234: Time-share estates; advertisement of foreclosure sales, information to be hard copy and electonic.
- HB235: Motor vehicle, T&M, etc., dealers; limits number of supplemental sales licenses that can be issued.
- HB236: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption includes hurricane preparedness products, etc.
- HB237: Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; dissemination of information.
- HB526: Helicopters; local regulation of use.
- HB645: Renewable energy; expands definition.
- HB1134: Line of Duty Act; definition of deceased person.
- HB1183: Virginia Port Authority; amends several provisions governing conduct of business.
- HB1209: Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; developer control period.
- HJ223: Commending John R. Newhart.
- HJ299: Commending Daniel Certa.
- HJ379: Commending the City of Chesapeake on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HJ390: National Guard Day; designating as third Monday in January 2013, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ396: Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard in 2011.
- HJ433: Celebrating the life of Police Officer Specialist Timothy Brian Schock.
- HB1163: Bottomlands rents and royalties; removes authority of Marine Resources Commission to charge rent.
- HB1275: Va. High-Speed Rail Commission; established, replaces Va-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact.
- HB1582: Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank; created.
- HB1648: Rail Enhancement Fund; allocation and use of funds.
- HB1649: Virginia Water Protection Permit; fee exemption for U.S. Navy dredging projects.
- HB1650: Magistrates; power to issue felony arrest warrants.
- HB1651: Driver's licenses, permits, and special identification cards; issuance only to U.S. citizens.
- HB1652: Personal property tax; valuation of certain motor vehicles.
- HB1862: Spouse of member of armed forces; provides extension of expiration of certain licenses, etc.
- HB1863: Illegal gambling; amends definition.
- HB2280: Menhaden fishing; Marine Resource Commission to assess fee for those caught with purse net.
- HB2310: Filled subaqueous bottomlands; Marine Resources Commission to convey title if lawfully deposited.
- HB2445: Juvenile information dissemination; info. disseminated to State Police or U.S. Attorney General.
- HB2446: Renewable energy portfolio standard program; credit multipliers.
- HB2447: Renewable energy incentives; created for development of renewable energy facilities in State.
- HB2503: Governor's Transportation Regulatory Review Commission; created.
- HB2504: Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads; appointments by Governor.
- HJ560: Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the celebration of 30th anniversary.
- HJ605: National Offshore Wind Technology Center; General Assembly to support establishing in Hampton Roads.
- HJ713: Commending Big Blue of Old Dominion University, 2010 Capital One Mascot of the Year.
- HJ792: Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard in 2010.
- HJ942: Celebrating the life of Kirby T. Smith, Jr.
- HJ960: Commending Francis T. Eck.
- HB190: Motor vehicle buyer's order; revises kinds of transactions involving dealer-arranged financing.
- HB191: Common Interest Community Board; clarification for complaints.
- HB192: Fair Housing Board; establishes educational materials on Fair Housing Law.
- HB193: Aerospace Advisory Council; removes July 1, 2010, sunset provision.
- HB194: Filled subaqueous land; person who purchases lands to pay cost of preparing transfer documents.
- HB195: Community services boards; reduces period of time a person must wait before being reappointed.
- HB294: Menhaden fishery; Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations.
- HB295: Oceana/Fentress Military Advisory Council; membership.
- HB296: Water safety zones; authorizes marine patrol divisions in Tidewater localities to patrol.
- HB297: Noise ordinance; authorizes governing body to adopt civil penalties.
- HB374: Cash proffers; collected or accepted by locality after completion of final inspection.
- HB375: Removal of mercury switches from scrap and recycled vehicles; manufacturers to submit plans to DEQ.
- HB1160: Fire Prevention Code, Statewide; authority to set fees to cover actual cost of administering.
- HB1161: Jailer issued identification; allows sheriffs to issue special identification card to prisoners.
- HB1162: Fire Prevention Code, Statewide; pyrotechnician or fireworks operator must be certified.
- HB1163: Bottomlands rents and royalties; removes authority of Marine Resources Commission to charge rent.
- HB1275: Va. High-Speed Rail Commission; established, replaces Va-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact.
- HB1330: Real Estate Time-Share Act; right of time-share owner to surrender time-share.
- HB1331: Efficient Government, Council on; established.
- HJ58: Commending the Honorable Richard S. Bray.
- HJ137: Honor and Remember Flag; State's emblem of service and sacrifice by members of U.S. Armed Forces.
- HJ265: Commending the Old Dominion University Monarchs football team.
- HJ305: Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force.
- HJ385: Commending the Hampton Roads Small Business Development Center.
- HJ429: Commending Dr. M.G. 'Pat' Robertson.
- HB230: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts contractor when property used to construct, etc. public schools.
- HB235: License plates; replacement of certain.
- HB1687: Motor vehicle dealers; disclosure if financing, cancellation of purchaser's contract to buy vehicle.
- HB1702: Charitable gaming; use of proceeds.
- HB1703: Indoor Clean Air Act; prohibits smoking in certain public buildings, restaurants, etc., exceptions.
- HB1722: Repossessed vehicles; person purchasing in another state may sell in State without obtaining title.
- HB1871: Southeastern Public Service Authority; authorized to file petition in bankruptcy.
- HB1872: Hampton Roads area; requirements for refuse collection and disposal system authorities.
- HB1873: Motorcycles; issuance by DMV certain classifications.
- HB1874: Magistrates; issuance of felony arrest warrants.
- HB1875: War Memorial Foundation; establish criteria to honor Virginia's war casualties.
- HB1876: Wireless telecommunications devices; prohibits use of text messaging while driving certain vehicle.
- HB1877: Absentee voting; firefighters and other first responders are entitled thereto.
- HB1878: Elections; clarifications and revisions to registration and election processes.
- HB1879: Government, local; alternatives to publication of notices for charter changes, referenda, etc.
- HB2001: Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program; producer of non-advanced neat biofuels eligible.
- HB2002: Energy Plan; promotes use of sustainable biofuels made from traditional agricultural crops, etc.
- HJ651: Project Lead the Way (PLTW) program; school divisions to launch in division's high schools.
- HJ652: K-8 Mathematics Specialists; school divisions to hire to improve performance of students.
- HJ653: PRODUCED in Virginia program; UVA School of Engineering & CVCC recognized for establishing.
- HJ756: VAMPO; General Assembly recognizes need and encourages Secretary of Transportation to support, etc.
- HJ760: Commending Willis Davis.
- HJ827: Commending Nancy Parr.
- HJ877: Commending Colonel Dionysios Anninos.
- HJ910: Celebrating the accomplishments of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force in 2008.
- HB223: Sex offenders; prohibiting proximity to children.
- HB224: Driving while intoxicated; elimination of requirement that intoxicant be self-administered.
- HB225: Child restraint devices; exempts children being transported in minibuses and certain vans.
- HB226: Charitable gaming; use of proceeds.
- HB227: Contractors, Board for; applications for licensure.
- HB228: Reduced cigarette ignition propensity; prohibits manufacture, etc. thereof unless meets standards.
- HB229: Veterans services; Dept. to establish guidelines for eligibility for domiciled veterans, etc.
- HB230: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts contractor when property used to construct, etc. public schools.
- HB231: Law-enforcement officer; uniform requirement for arrests for speeding.
- HB232: Magistrates; power to issue felony arrest warrants.
- HB233: Dishwashing detergents; bans use of phosphorus therein for household dishwashing machines.
- HB234: Technology Research Fund; adds sensor sciences to eligible research programs.
- HB235: License plates; replacement of certain.
- HB236: Identification cards, licenses, etc.; documents to be made of material to prevent duplication, etc.
- HB237: Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.
- HB238: Income tax, state; exemption for launch services and payload to space flight participants.
- HB239: Real estate tax; classification of certain energy-efficient buildings.
- HB493: Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN); protective order information sent thereto.
- HB494: Project Lead the Way Launch Program; created.
- HB495: Police officer, impersonating; punishment of offense.
- HB496: Crimes by Gangs Act; definition of predicate criminal act .
- HB497: Center for Innovative Technology; duties, report.
- HB498: Uniform Statewide Building Code; standards for installation of in-building antenna systems.
- HB578: Innovative Technology Authority; powers of board of directors.
- HB579: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include compensation to dealers.
- HB580: Landlords and tenants; mold remediation and process for notice regarding.
- HB1169: Misdemeanor and felony fees; increases fixed fees.
- HB1170: Driver's license, commercial; passenger-carrying vehicle transporting fewer than 16 required.
- HB1171: Alcoholic mixed beverages; grounds for suspension, etc. of license if obscene material upon premise.
- HB1458: Freedom of Information Act; records and meetings of Innovative Technology Authority.
- HB1549: Glass containers; on-premises licensees required to recycle.
- HB6020: PPTA of 1995; issuance of requests for proposals thereunder for Hampton Roads highway projects.
- HJ89: Southeastern Public Service Authority; Auditor of Public Accounts to collect, receive, etc. data.
- HJ90: Science, etc. Education in State at Elementary, etc. Levels, Joint Subcom. studying; continued.
- HJ94: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS); encouraging Governor to initiate memorandum of agreement.
- HJ164: Contractors, licensed; Commission on Immigration to study hiring of undocumented workers & impact.
- HJ263: Speaker of House of Delegates; confirming appointments.
- HJ344: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jonathan Kilian Dozier.
- HJ360: Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- HJ379: Commending Roseann Runte.
- HJ402: Commending the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership on the occasion of its 15th anniversary.
- HJ520: Commending Richard A. Justice.
- HJ6038: Commending Ann Pesiri Swanson.
- HJ6065: Commending Eva Teig Hardy.
- HB129: Public health; Board of Health may declare area hazardous thereto and require sewer services.
- HB253: Health insurance; refusal to accept assignments from patients or physicians prohibited.
- HB598: Emergency medical services personnel; required to report child abuse or neglect.
- HB1392: License plates, special; issuance for supporters of 9-1-1 communications professionals.
- HB1496: Nontidal wetlands permits; eliminates requirement to obtain permits from state & federal government.
- HB1624: Menhaden; limits on amount harvested annually.
- HB1678: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include energy-efficient products.
- HB1679: Overweight permits; exempts fire & emergency apparatus from weight limits on bridges & culverts.
- HB1680: Domestic assault case; unavailability of deferred proceedings for previously convicted felons.
- HB1770: Juveniles; destruction of fingerprints and photographs.
- HB1771: Real Estate Time-Share Act; purchaser's right to surrender time-share.
- HB1772: Law-enforcement officer; uniform requirement for arrests for speeding.
- HB1773: Warrants; those issued against law-enforcement officers or public school employees.
- HB1774: Disorderly house; unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, operate or to visit.
- HB1775: Street gangs; add to list predicate acts for determination of membership status.
- HB1776: Bond or recognizance; appeal from order denying bail or fixing terms thereof.
- HB1777: Concealment of dead body; prohibition against, penalty.
- HB1778: Photo-monitoring systems; counties and cities may establish to enforce traffic light signals.
- HB1779: Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; provides riteria for awarding of attorney fees.
- HB1780: Real estate tax; requires each locality to lower its rate for forthcoming tax year.
- HB1781: Surplus materials; band uniforms retained by publ. institutions of higher ed. not considered.
- HB1782: License plates, special; issuance to members of Fraternal Order of Police.
- HB1783: Traffic warning systems; VDOT to implement.
- HB1784: Wine and beer; delivery thereof, permits.
- HB1785: Puncturing motor vehicle tires; allows law-enforcement officer to utilize devices designed therefor.
- HB1798: Professional Boxing, Wrestling and Martial Arts Advisory Board; created.
- HB1799: Payday lending charges; establishing maximum annual interest rate.
- HB1800: Condemnation cases; jury selection.
- HB1801: Architects, Professional Engineers, etc., Bd of; cease and desist orders for unlicensed activity.
- HB1802: Law-enforcement officer; increases penalty for impersonating.
- HB2030: Modeling and Simulation Advisory Council; created.
- HB2031: Parasail operators; Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to promulgate regulations applicable thereto.
- HB2067: Indoor Clean Air Act; provides unlawful for any person to smoke in certain establishments.
- HB2068: Children; penalty for sexual abuse against a child.
- HB2352: Sale of secondhand articles; repeals requirement dealers get permit from local chief of police, etc.
- HB2353: Computer trespass; adds spyware to crimes.
- HB2354: Recount procedures; securing of ballots and election materials pending a recount.
- HB2355: Modeling and Simulation Advisory Council; created.
- HB2356: Fire Marshal, Office of; transfers enforcement of Fire Prevention Code thereto.
- HB2357: Speed determination devices; repeals provision allowing law-enforcement to show motorist readings.
- HB2358: Southeastern Public Service Authority; special committee to investigate operations and finances.
- HB2359: Southeastern Public Service Authority; withdrawal of member locality.
- HB2360: Southeastern Public Service Authority; commission to investigate acceptance of out-of-area waste.
- HB2950: Architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects; definitions.
- HB2951: Tolls; VDOT to impose and collect for use of Route 17 in City of Chesapeake.
- HB3114: Aerospace Advisory Council; created.
- HJ575: Energy Conservation Awareness Week; designating as first week in October 2007, and each succeeding.
- HJ592: Commending Project Lifesaver.
- HJ789: Commending Pennsylvania Senator Noah Wenger for outstanding service to Chesapeake Bay Commission.
- HJ870: Commending William R. Shepherd, Jr.
- HJ895: Celebrating the life of Electronics Technician Senior Chief Thomas K. Higgins.
- HJ962: Commending David J. Skewes.
- HJ979: Commending Jean R. Jensen.
- HJ980: Commending The First Tee of Hampton Roads.
- HB97: Magistrates; power to issue felony arrest warrants.
- HB98: Motor vehicle accident; law-enforcement officer allowed to investigate on private property.
- HB99: District court; allows State to appeal decision holding criminal statute unconstitutional.
- HB100: Driver education programs, private; certain acceptable.
- HB101: Constitutional amendment; marriage may exist only between a man and woman.
- HB102: Driver's license; operating vehicle with suspended or revoked license, penalty.
- HB128: Condominium Act; authorizing condominium association to be applicants in land use matters.
- HB129: Public health; Board of Health may declare area hazardous thereto and require sewer services.
- HB130: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include purchases of energy efficient products.
- HB131: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain school-related items.
- HB132: Eminent domain; jury to determine just compensation.
- HB133: Route 17; imposition and collection of tolls for use thereof in City of Chesapeake.
- HB134: Higher educational institutions; to report assignment of any intellectual property interests.
- HB135: Marriage; increase of fee for ceremony.
- HB136: License plates, special; issuance for members of Fraternal Order of Police.
- HB250: Motor vehicle registrations and license plates; dealer may issue temporary certificates.
- HB251: Driver's licenses; persons convicted of DUI must have motor vehicle liability insurance.
- HB252: Menhaden fishery; Marine Resources Commission may adopt regulations governing.
- HB253: Health insurance; refusal to accept assignments from patients or physicians prohibited.
- HB254: Computer trespass; applicable to adding or altering information without authority.
- HB255: Line of Duty Act; mandatory training required for employees covered thereby.
- HB256: National Guard; requires that officers and enlisted members thereof receive active duty pay.
- HB257: National Guard; retirement payments.
- HB471: Retirement System; modifies benefits of state and local law-enforcement officers.
- HB472: Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; those teaching special education in private schools eligible.
- HB598: Emergency medical services personnel; required to report child abuse or neglect.
- HB599: Propane air; clarification thereof.
- HB749: Menhaden; limits on amount harvested annually.
- HB1316: Felony cases; revocation of suspension of sentence and probation.
- HB1317: Foster care; requires a nationwide criminal background check before placement of child.
- HB1392: License plates, special; issuance for supporters of 9-1-1 communications professionals.
- HB1393: Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Grant Program Fund; created.
- HB1407: Fees; certain charged by Commissioner.
- HB1496: Nontidal wetlands permits; eliminates requirement to obtain permits from state & federal government.
- HB5063: VDOT; Commissioner to annually report on actions and initiatives that involve outsourcing, etc.
- HB5081: Height of vehicles; increases penalty.
- HB5086: Toll collection; Transportation Board to impose for use of Route 17 in City of Chesapeake.
- HJ23: Constitutional amendment; marriage may exist only between a man and woman.
- HJ25: Science, math, and technology education; joint subcommittee to study.
- HJ26: Commending James Hayden Laster.
- HJ31: Southeastern Va. Training Center; study relocation thereof to benefit State & City of Chesapeake.
- HJ168: Celebrating the life of Officer Michael K. Saffran.
- HJ208: Vehicle emissions; on-road remote sensing devices in Northern Virginia, report.
- HJ466: Celebrating the life of Trevor Ray Cobb.
- HJ553: Commending the Great Bridge High School wrestling team.
- HJ5090: Commending Colonel Yvonne J. Prettyman-Beck.
- HJ5091: Commending Charlotte A. Collins.