Del. Jay Leftwich (R-Chesapeake)

Photo of Jay Leftwich
Party
Republican
District
90: City of Chesapeake (part)
Took Office
January 2014
Next Election
November 2025
Website
Copatroning Habits
72% of bills he has copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 63% of them are Republicans. Of all of his fellow copatrons of the bills that he copatroned, 61% of them are Republicans.
Partisanship
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Bills Passed
0% in 2024
Recent Mentions in the Media

The Hill: Proposed TikTok ban dies in Virginia’s Democratic-controlled House

February 14, 2024 | 3:00 am
  

The Associated Press: Proposed TikTok ban for kids fails in Virginia's Legislature

February 14, 2024 | 3:00 am
  

The Virginian-Pilot: Virginia House District 90 winner: Jay Leftwich – The Virginian-Pilot

November 7, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

13newsnow.com WVEC: Virginia 2023 elections: Leftwich vs Rodden in House District 90

October 27, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

WAVY.com: Candidate Profile: James A. “Jay” Leftwich Jr. (Va. District 90)

September 25, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

These are all of the video clips of Jay Leftwich’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2014. There are 17 video clips in all.

Bills

  • HB678: Trusts; release or ratification of trustee by beneficiary, response of beneficiary in writing.
  • HB679: Magistrates; certain minimum standards for security and accessibility in quarters.
  • HB680: Human Resource Management, Department of; recruitment policy, direct work experience.
  • HB681: Home-produced or small farm-produced food products; sale of products.
  • HB683: Zoning appeals, board of; appeal to general district court.
  • HB684: Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses.
  • HB685: Fentanyl; selling, giving, or distributing, penalties.
  • HB688: Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages & pre-mixed wine off-premises.
  • HB1387: Veterinary medicine; exceptions for care of animals injured in the line of duty.
  • HB1468: Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement by the Attorney General, civil penalty.
  • HB1482: Unlawful detainer actions; no rental agreement between owner and occupant.
  • HJ73: Commending Scott Chambers.
  • HJ185: Commending Amanda L. Newins.
  • HR316: Commending Chesapeake Regional Healthcare.
  • HB1074: Rabies vaccination; titer test, certification.
  • HB1075: Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers, reimbursements to providers.
  • HB1086: Adoption; death of joint petitioner prior to entry of final order.
  • HB1469: Motor vehicle dealers; franchise agreements, sale or lease of new motor vehicles.
  • HB1957: Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting.
  • HB1958: Campgrounds; definitions, inherent risks, liability, notice required.
  • HB1971: Alcoholic beverage control; slotting fees.
  • HB1972: Emergency relief payments; automatic exemption from creditor process.
  • HB1973: Industrial hemp; selling or offering for sale a topical hemp product, etc.
  • HB1978: Taxable income apportionment; retail companies.
  • HB1979: Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer, report.
  • HB2024: Judges and magistrates, retired or active; personal information on the Internet, penalty.
  • HB2216: Health insurance; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis units.
  • HB2455: Charitable gaming and historical horse racing; regulation.
  • HJ517: Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for new construction of housing.
  • HJ596: Celebrating the life of Martin L. Williams.
  • HJ597: Commending J. Reese Jackson.
  • HR423: Commending the Great Bridge High School wrestling team.
  • HB1050: Minors; issuance of original driver's licenses.
  • HB1066: Notice of probate; exception to notice.
  • HB1073: Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence; penalty.
  • HB1074: Rabies vaccination; titer test, certification.
  • HB1075: Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers, reimbursements to providers.
  • HB1080: Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification, registration, penalty.
  • HB1082: Elections; time of certain local elections.
  • HB1083: Tax assessments; notices.
  • HB1084: License taxes, local; limitation of authority.
  • HB1086: Adoption; death of joint petitioner prior to entry of final order.
  • HB1087: Solar photovoltaic projects; local taxation for projects less than five megawatts or less.
  • HB1088: Planning; definition of subdivision, boundary line agreement.
  • HB1145: Civil actions; health care bills and records.
  • HB1237: Financial institutions; definition of trust business.
  • HB1339: Facial recognition technology; redefines, local law enforcement and campus police to utilize.
  • HB1364: Real estate settlement agents; choice of settlement agent.
  • HJ130: Commending Dan Banister.
  • HJ343: Celebrating the life of Maury B. Brickhouse.
  • HB1372: Vapor products; licensing of retailers.
  • HB1379: Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability.
  • HB1381: Special education; due process hearings, nonattorney representatives.
  • HB2190: Wrongful death; beneficiaries.
  • HB2190: Wrongful death; beneficiaries.
  • HB2191: Social services, local department of; location of child in local department's custody.
  • HB2191: Social services, local department of; location of child in local department's custody.
  • HB2192: Support orders; contents of orders, change in employment status, unemployment benefits.
  • HB2192: Support orders; contents of orders, change in employment status, unemployment benefits.
  • HB2193: Settlement agreements; staying of dismissal.
  • HB2193: Settlement agreements; staying of dismissal.
  • HB2194: Communicating threats of death or bodily injury to a person with intent to intimidate; penalty.
  • HB2194: Communicating threats of death or bodily injury to a person with intent to intimidate; penalty.
  • HB2195: Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers.
  • HB2264: Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as fingerprint examiners.
  • HR801: Commending Nancy M. Welch, MD.
  • HR802: Commending Linda N. Daniels.
  • HB1340: Revision of Title 55; technical amendments relating to the revision and recodification.
  • HB1341: Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law; applicability.
  • HB1359: Jurisdiction of civil claims; amending amount of claim, transfer of matter, etc.
  • HB1365: Imitation nicotine vapor products; manufacture, sale, or distribution, penalty.
  • HB1368: Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers.
  • HB1369: Land bank entities; conflict of interests.
  • HB1372: Vapor products; licensing of retailers.
  • HB1378: Pleadings, motions, and other papers; signature defects.
  • HB1379: Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability.
  • HB1380: Uniform Directed Trust Act; codifies Act.
  • HB1381: Special education; due process hearings, nonattorney representatives.
  • HB1385: Insurance benefits; certain retired employees of political subdivisions.
  • HB1386: Death penalty; severe mental illness.
  • HB1387: Certificate of public need; definition of 'medical care facility,' projects filed on/before 12/2017.
  • HB1391: Deeds of trust; fiduciary duties.
  • HB1394: Family life education programs; materials, summaries.
  • HB1403: Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription insulin drugs.
  • HB1404: Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program; established, report.
  • HB1405: Prescription drugs for the treatment of diabetes; price transparency, civil penalty.
  • HB1411: Fiduciaries; good faith reliance on certificate of qualification of a personal representative.
  • HB1563: Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification, registration, penalty.
  • HJ117: Commending Robert W. Tull, Jr.
  • HJ122: Celebrating the life of Roland Carroll Smith, Sr.
  • HJ138: Commending Linda J. Byrd.
  • HJ139: Commending Alvene Buckley.
  • HJ275: Commending Robert M. Oman.
  • HB747: Veterinarians; exemption from sales and use tax on purchase or prescription of drugs and medicines.
  • HB1631: Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers.
  • HB1751: Forgery; venue for prosecution.
  • HB1832: License plates, special; Navy and Marine Corps Medal.
  • HB1909: Habeas corpus; reorganizes, updates outdated language, and removes unused provisions.
  • HB2286: Chesapeake Hospital Authority; investment of funds.
  • HB2287: Lease agreements; requirements, emergency.
  • HB2288: Certificate of public need; definition of 'medical care facility.'
  • HB2289: Jurisdiction of claim; plaintiff's motion to amend claim amount, certified copy of transfer order.
  • HB2290: James Madison University; management agreement with the Commonwealth.
  • HB2296: Rights of persons w/disabilities; procedure for certain actions, website accessibility of bank, etc.
  • HB2303: Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification registration.
  • HB2304: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord may obtain insurance for tenant.
  • HB2305: Localities; descriptions are replaced with locality names.
  • HB2349: Nonpayment of wages; investigations.
  • HB2363: Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited.
  • HJ625: Commending James T. Roberts, Ph.D.
  • HJ810: Commending Debbie Ritter.
  • HJ813: Commending Eleaner Otto Leftwich.
  • HB741: Human Rights, Virginia Division of; informal determinations inadmissible in civil action.
  • HB742: Jurisdiction of claim; plaintiff's motion to amend claim amount, transfer of matter.
  • HB743: Judges; maximum number in each judicial district and circuit.
  • HB744: Protective orders, preliminary; contents of order.
  • HB745: Adultery; reduces penalty to a civil penalty.
  • HB746: Wills and revocable trusts; eliminating certain inconsistencies.
  • HB747: Veterinarians; exemption from sales and use tax on purchase or prescription of drugs and medicines.
  • HB748: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
  • HB749: Minors; abduction for purpose of prostitution, penalty.
  • HB750: Presentence reports; access by work release programs.
  • HB751: Motorboats; means of propulsion, wakesurfing.
  • HB752: Accountants, public; issuance, renewal, and reinstatement of licenses.
  • HB753: Administrative Process Act; exemption for certain regulations of the Board of Accountancy.
  • HB754: Elective share claim; calculation of the augmented estate.
  • HB755: Foreclosure; notice of sale when owner is deceased.
  • HB756: Chesapeake, City of; amending charter, director of audit services.
  • HB757: Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification registration.
  • HB758: Death penalty; severe mental illness.
  • HB1360: Child support; guidelines for determination of obligation, child support orders.
  • HB1361: Child support; calculation of obligation, multiple custody arrangements.
  • HB1388: Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; implementation of 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) services.
  • HB1402: Certificate of public need; definition of 'medical care facility.'
  • HB1433: Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers, public hospitals.
  • HJ304: Celebrating the life of W. Randolph Nichols.
  • HJ332: Celebrating the life of LaVonne Parker Ellis.
  • HJ458: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Burns Blevins, Sr.
  • HR95: Commending Debra Ann Smith.
  • HB678: Human trafficking training; DCJS to establish for law-enforcement, etc.
  • HB794: Death penalty; severe mental illness.
  • HB1233: Charitable gaming; conduct of bingo games.
  • HB1251: Health insurance; assignment of benefits.
  • HB1479: Attorney discipline; procedures.
  • HB1515: Circuit court clerks; electronic transfer of certain documents.
  • HB1516: Surviving spouse's elective share; homestead allowance benefit.
  • HB1522: Death penalty; severe mental illness.
  • HB1608: Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
  • HB1609: Nurse practitioner as expert witness; scope of activities.
  • HB1611: Child support arrearages; suspension of driver's license.
  • HB1638: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; insurance, early termination of rental agreement.
  • HB1639: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; relationship between landlord and insurance company.
  • HB1640: Motor Vehicles, Department of; titling an out-of-state trailer.
  • HB1812: Presentence reports; access by work release programs.
  • HB1813: Health insurance; assignment of benefits.
  • HB2281: Residential rental property; foreclosure shall act as a termination of rental agreement by landlord.
  • HB2282: Children, trafficking of; guidelines for training school counselors, etc.
  • HB2289: Divorce or dissolution of marriage; award of life insurance.
  • HJ582: Commending Rebecca C. W. Adams.
  • HJ583: Commending Peter Bastone.
  • HJ723: Commending Paula Slagle.
  • HR422: Celebrating the life of Richard Edward Cornwell.
  • HB231: Augmented estate; elective share of surviving spouse.
  • HB232: Medical bills; authenticity and reasonableness, who may identify & provide testimony.
  • HB641: General district court; arbitration.
  • HB642: Divorce; submission of oral testimony or affidavits in a proceeding.
  • HB643: Taxation, Department of; limitations on collecting taxes.
  • HB644: Administrative Process Act; judicial review of certain regulations.
  • HB645: Criminal defendants; orders for evaluation or treatment, duties of clerk of court.
  • HB673: Minors; abduction for purpose of prostitution or child pornography, penalty.
  • HB678: Human trafficking training; DCJS to establish for law-enforcement, etc.
  • HB679: Prostitution; affirmative defense.
  • HB680: Deferred disposition; first offense solicitation of prostitution.
  • HB681: Trafficking in persons; civil action.
  • HB794: Death penalty; severe mental illness.
  • HB795: Chesapeake, City of; pilot program for problem-solving docket, report.
  • HB845: Driving under influence of alcohol; first offenders, locality may establish 24/7 sobriety program.
  • HB1211: Animal control officers; training.
  • HB1233: Charitable gaming; conduct of bingo games.
  • HB1251: Health insurance; assignment of benefits.
  • HB1310: Failure to appear; service of process.
  • HB1320: Port Opportunity Fund; transfers to Fund.
  • HJ104: Human trafficking of minors.
  • HJ184: Commending Jackie Moore.
  • HJ185: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Colon H. Whitehurst.
  • HJ391: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frederick Hillary Creekmore, Sr.
  • HR34: Commending the Hickory High School wrestling team.
  • HR35: Commending the Hickory High School gymnastics team.
  • HR36: Commending the Hickory High School girls' swim team.
  • HR37: Commending Seldon Wright.
  • HR38: Commending Craig Blackman.
  • HR119: Commending Dennis Riddick.
  • HB1326: Income tax credit; donations to nonprofits preserving historical battlefields.
  • HB1396: Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; staffing standards.
  • HB1397: Divorce; evidence by affidavit.
  • HB1476: Nurse practitioners; expert witness testimony, added to definition of health care provider.
  • HB1477: Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act; created, codifies Act.
  • HB1779: Civil commitment proceedings; fees and compensation.
  • HB1780: Circuit court clerk; revises certain responsibilities.
  • HB1781: Broadband and television service cables; VDOT standards.
  • HB1782: Charitable gaming; annual audit fee.
  • HB1984: Judicial retirement; any member who attains 73 years of age shall be retired 20 days after convening
  • HB2080: Condominium Act and Property Owners' Association Act; notice of sale under deed of trust.
  • HB2210: Repetition of grade levels; illegitimate, non-educational reason for an enrolled student to repeat.
  • HB2236: Chesapeake Hospital Authority; changes compensation for members.
  • HB2327: Offsite improvements or land dedications; regulation of development by localities.
  • HB2351: Land subdivision and development; approval not to be conditioned on consent of easement holder.
  • HJ626: Commending James Frye.
  • HJ669: Commending Shirley H. Forbes.
  • HJ670: Commending Trudy Rauch.
  • HB1087: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends sunset provision to July 1, 2017.
  • HB1157: Jurors; persons liable to serve.
  • HB1221: State Lottery Department; election to withhold disclosure of personal identifying information.
  • HJ249: Celebrating the life of Cassell Davenport Basnight.
  • HJ250: Commending Andolyn Medina.
  • HJ359: Commending Phyllis Krasnoff.
  • HJ5136: Commending the Hickory High School baseball team.
  • HJ5137: Commending the Great Bridge High School softball team.
  • HJ5138: Celebrating the life of Chase Garrett Moore.
  • HJ5167: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Vernon Thomas Forehand, Jr.
  • HR108: Commending the Honorable Harry Burns Blevins.