Senator John Watkins (R-Midlothian)
- Party
- Republican
- District
- 10: Powhatan County (All), Chesterfield County (Part), Richmond City (Part) [map]
- Took Office
- January 1998
- Next Election
- November 2015
- Committees
- Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, Commerce and Labor (Chair), Finance, Rules, Transportation
- Website
- senatorjohnwatkins.com
- Copatroning Habits
- 59% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 62% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 56% of them are Republicans.
- Partisanship
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- Tag Cloud

- Bills Passed
- 48.4% in 2013
| Donor | Sector | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Dominion | Energy production & distribution | $11,500 |
| Ranson, R F | Uncoded | $6,000 |
| Republican Main Street Partnership | Republican-based groups (but not official party committees) and generic conservative ones | $5,000 |
| Verizon | Telecommunications | $4,750 |
| Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association | Hospitals | $4,500 |
| Virginia Bankers Association | Commercial banks & bank holding companies | $4,000 |
| Allen Allen Allen & Allen | Attorneys & law firms | $4,000 |
| Independent Insurance Agents Of Virginia | Insurance agencies, brokers & agents | $3,725 |
| Virginia Natural Gas | Natural gas transmission & distribution | $3,500 |
| Anthem Health Plans Of Virginia | Accident & health insurance | $3,000 |
Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.
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The Virginian-Pilot: Anti-uranium forces press Va. candidates for governorMay 21, 2013 |
Metro Weekly: Virginia legislators' pro-gay ratings up, but still far from friendlyMay 20, 2013 |
Richmond Times Dispatch: Hospitals face anxious period on MedicaidMay 19, 2013 |
Richmond Times Dispatch: Legislators call for greater accountability from Norfolk StateMay 14, 2013 |
Ridgecrest Daily Independent: 50th Committee receives update on Ridgecrest anniversaryMay 15, 2013 |
These are all of the video clips of John Watkins’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 301 video clips in all.
Index
Bills
- SB494: Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond.
- SB496: Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report.
- SB717: Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities.
- SB775: Unemployment compensation; noncharging of overpayments, penalty for fraudulent claims.
- SB776: Virginia New Hire Reporting Center; employer to submit information concerning newly hired employee.
- SB777: Insurance; notice of lapse in coverage for certain life and accident and sickness policies.
- SB778: State Corporation Commission; pro bono legal services.
- SB779: Limited liability companies; assignment of interest.
- SB780: Accident and sickness insurance, individual; open enrollment program.
- SB919: Uranium; 3% state severance tax on receipts of any severed from earth in State, proceeds.
- SB921: Health insurance reform; revises State's laws.
- SB922: Health insurance; SCC, et al., to perform plan management functions, review of premium rates.
- SB923: Open Education Curriculum Board; repeals Board.
- SB924: Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report.
- SB994: Mortgage loan originators; conforms Virginia statutory law to federal regulations.
- SB995: VRS; technical changes regarding retirement plans.
- SB1034: Banks; derivative transactions.
- SB1035: Unemployment compensation; collection of overpayments.
- SB1057: Own Risk and Solvency Assessments; insurers required to maintain risk management framework.
- SB1089: Health insurance; program for local government employees and other political subdivisions of State.
- SB1236: Personal property tax; advertising signs.
- SB1304: Alcoholic beverage control; creates annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license, etc.
- SB1353: Uranium; establishes process for DMME to issue permits for mining of uranium ore, report.
- SJ313: Commending Earl Hamner, Jr.
- SJ314: Commending Dominion Resources, Inc.
- SJ346: Celebrating the life of Roscoe Lee Timberlake.
- SJ348: Celebrating the life of Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr.
- SJ349: Commending the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- SJ379: Commending William L. Dudley, Jr.
- SJ385: Commending Flora of Virginia.
- SR47: Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission; nomination for election of member.
- SB45: Open Education Curriculum Board; alters function from a policy board to an advisory board.
- SB46: On-road clean screen program; vehicle emissions inspection.
- SB47: Certificates of insurance; unfair insurance trade practices.
- SB48: Residential rental properties; establishes criteria by which an assessor determines market value.
- SB49: Income tax, corporate; requires retail companies to use single-sales factor apportionment formula.
- SB50: Corporations and limited liability companies; conversions, dissolution, and procedures.
- SB51: Uniform Commercial Code; secured transactions.
- SB52: Environmental laboratory certification program; exempts certain laboratories.
- SB53: Commonwealth Health Research Board; certain employees shall be entitled to state employee benefits.
- SB54: Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement, postpones scheduled increase.
- SB73: Residential rental apartments; appeal of real property assessments, fair market value.
- SB74: Roll-your-own cigarette machines; person who operates at a retail establishment is a manufacturer.
- SB75: Mortgage loan originators; exempts from licensing employees of bona fide nonprofit organizations.
- SB76: Owner financing for real property; licensing.
- SB77: Nutrient credit certification; regulations, Nutrient Trading Act is established, penalty.
- SB78: Income tax, corporate; taxes paid in another state.
- SB79: Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for State businesses.
- SB121: Bank-owned real estate; repeals provision that limits period that banks may hold.
- SB122: Derelict and blighted buildings; authorizes locality to serve as receiver to repair.
- SB123: Environmental covenants; compliance with Uniform Environmental Covenants Act, etc.
- SB124: Mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers; criminal background checks.
- SB125: Line of Duty Act; political subdivision, etc., irrevocable election to self-fund benefits.
- SB126: Forestry, Department of; use of methyl bromide gas fumigation.
- SB491: Senate Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries in City of Richmond.
- SB492: Renewable energy; expands definition.
- SB493: Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency programs.
- SB494: Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond.
- SB495: Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution of funds on monthly basis to public safety answering point.
- SB496: Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created, report.
- SB497: Virginia Retirement System; local government and school board employees, contributions.
- SB498: Retirement System; hybrid retirement program created, optional defined retirement plan created, etc.
- SB499: Health plan, state; makes changes to appeals process for complaints.
- SB500: Interstate highway, etc.; fines and fees for violations of laws.
- SB501: Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program; under authority of Criminal Justice Services Board.
- SB631: Motor fuels tax; required to be indexed starting January 1 of year preceeding affected year.
- SB632: Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution of funds.
- SJ15: Electronic identity credentials; JCOTS to study and determine possible liability concerns therewith.
- SJ16: Unemployment Compensation Act; Commission on Unemployment Compensation to study federal Act.
- SJ36: Commending Captain Cathy Ann Harrison.
- SJ105: Commending the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station.
- SJ106: Commending Tucker Pavilion.
- SJ169: Commending Leland M. Nye.
- SR10: State Corporation Commission; nomination for election of member.
- SB238: Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; certain requirements for CMRS resellers.
- SB647: Energy mandates; SCC and JLARC to prepare an assessment of economic impact on customers.
- SB783: Zoning; cluster development subject to land use ordinance of locality.
- SB784: Affordable housing; assessments of real property.
- SB785: Real property tax assessment; partial exemption for certain improvements.
- SB786: Mortgage loan originator for residential mortgage loan; allows for exception under definition.
- SB787: Wireless E-911 Services Board; changes name to E-911 Services Board.
- SB788: Wireless E-911 Fund; amends procedure by which Wireless E-911 Services Board distributes funds.
- SB789: E-Verify program; requires Virginia Employment Commission to use.
- SB790: Unemployment compensation bills; impact statement.
- SB791: Extended unemployment benefits; clarifies expiration of provisions that expanded certain criteria.
- SB792: Airport shuttle service; same treatment of carriers in Henrico County as for those in Norfolk.
- SB793: Mercury switches; extends sunset provision that requires removal in certain motor vehicles.
- SB1000: Alcoholic beverage control; definition of chaptalization and cider.
- SB1001: Corrections, State Board of; powers and duties.
- SB1002: Vehicle emissions inspection program; provides for an on-road clean screen program.
- SB1003: Service of notices from DMV; fee for renewal of driver's license, exchange of license plates.
- SB1004: Transportation agency efficiencies & cost recoveries; exempts VDOT, etc., paying remote access fee.
- SB1005: Transportation Commissioner; changes title to Commissioner of Highways, report.
- SB1006: Income tax, corporate; market-based sourcing.
- SB1007: Permit fees for solid waste facilities; establishes same fee structure for sanitary landfills, etc.
- SB1008: Retirement System; creates an optional defined contribution retirement plan for state employees.
- SB1009: Mortgage loan originators; prohibits SCC from issuing provisional licenses on or after July 1, 2011.
- SB1010: Unemployment benefits; minimum earnings requirement, postpones scheduled increase.
- SB1113: Unemployment compensation; eliminates requirement that certain benefits be reduced by 50 percent.
- SB1114: DGS; review of proposed use and occupancy of real property by state agencies.
- SB1115: Retirement System; optional defined contribution retirement program for state & local employees.
- SB1484: Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; use of nongeneral fund.
- SJ398: Celebrating the life of Emyl Jenkins.
- SJ404: Terrorist attacks; remembering Virginians lost and injured on September 11, 2001.
- SJ408: Commending David G. Dickson.
- SJ409: Commending Thurston Spring Service Inc.
- SJ428: Celebrating the life of William Baxter Perkinson, Sr.
- SJ493: Celebrating the life of FitzGerald Bemiss.
- SB231: Charter; County of Chesterfield.
- SB232: Retirement System; purchasing service at normal cost rate when person deemed member on July 1, 2010.
- SB233: Income tax, corporate and individual; credit for land conservation.
- SB234: Hazardous waste permit fees; Waste Management Board authorized to collect fees.
- SB235: Nonhazardous solid waste permit fees; Waste Management Board shall periodically review anual fees.
- SB237: Alcoholic beverages; portion of wine liter tax collected to be deposited in Wine Promotion Fund.
- SB238: Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; certain requirements for CMRS resellers.
- SB239: Unemployment benefits; eligibility criteria.
- SB240: Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System & Registry; mortgage lenders & brokers required to register.
- SB241: Open Education Curriculum Board; established.
- SB242: Intellectual property created by state employees; adds new reporting requirements.
- SB243: Fishing license; exempts active duty military personnel who are residents.
- SB244: Dam Safety Act; Soil & Water Conservation Board to adopt regulations concerning low traffic roadway.
- SB245: Stormwater management regulations; extends effective date that establishes local program criteria.
- SB246: Noise ordinance; authorizes governing body to adopt civil penalties.
- SB247: Carbon dioxide; regulation of geologic storage.
- SB248: Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
- SB472: Major business facility job tax credit; reduces number of qualified full-time jobs required.
- SB473: Center for Rural Virginia Board of Trustees; membership.
- SB474: Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; issuance of temporary licenses, etc.
- SB475: Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for awarding grants and loans.
- SB476: Cigarette tax; penalties for unstamped cigarettes.
- SB477: Group health insurance policies; policies sold to small employer to include mammogram coverage, etc.
- SB478: Tobacco products tax; moist snuff tax shall be computed based on net weight listed by manufacturer.
- SB479: DMV; authorized to use National Change of Address System to update customer records.
- SB645: Electric transmission lines; prohibits SCC approving agreements for underground installation.
- SB646: Tow trucks; certain requirements for connection between vehicles.
- SB647: Energy mandates; SCC and JLARC to prepare an assessment of economic impact on customers.
- SJ113: Commending William F. Mezger.
- SJ120: Celebrating the life of William Samuel Carnes.
- SJ121: Commending the Lonesome Dove Equestrian Center.
- SJ244: Celebrating the life of Sergeant Brandon T. Islip, USA.
- SB361: Stream mitigation banks; Henrico County to establish and operate.
- SB363: Automatic sprinkler systems; tax credit for initial installation.
- SB364: Bad checks; attorneys for State to establish programs that allow persons to avoid prosecution.
- SB366: Alcoholic beverage control; creates new nonresident winery distributor license.
- SB369: Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
- SB519: Zoning appeals, board of; petitioner to be awarded reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
- SB767: Richmond Metropolitan Authority; revises composition of Board of Directors.
- SB768: Conditional zoning; replaces cash proffer system with system of impact fees.
- SB938: CRESPA; settlement agent registration; shifts duty to register settlement agents.
- SB939: Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
- SB940: Board for Architects, Professional Engineer, Land Surveyor, etc.; licensure of landscape architects.
- SB941: SSG Jason R. Arnette (U.S.A.) Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 360 bridge over Goodes Bridge Rd.
- SB942: Charter; County of Chesterfield.
- SB1162: Certificate of public need; plan of correction for failure to meet conditions.
- SB1163: Wireless E-911 Services Board; adds Director of Dept. of Emergency Management as a member.
- SB1164: Wireless E-911 Fund; operating expense & administrative cost of Div. of Public Safety Communication.
- SB1165: Enterprise zone economic incentive grants; eligibility therefor.
- SB1166: Firearms; increases fee paid to dealers for criminal history record information checks.
- SB1167: Transportation surcharge; special license plates bearing reserved numbers or letters.
- SB1168: DMV records; contract with Postal Service to obtain updated addresses for Department's records.
- SB1169: Consumer Protection Act; foreclosure rescues.
- SB1170: Mortgage Lender and Broker Act; SCC to request Attorney Gen. to investigate violations thereunder.
- SB1171: Mortgage loan originators; definition, establishes licensure and registry.
- SB1172: Mortgage Lender and Broker Act; eliminates provision that lenders, etc., are required to conduct.
- SB1173: Open Education Resource Center Grant Fund; established, development of two-year pilot project.
- SB1174: Patent and copyright policies; requires Secretary of Administration to establish policies regarding.
- SB1175: Property owned by locality; Cumberland County may levy and collect service charge.
- SB1176: Transient occupancy tax; consultation with lodging industry.
- SB1177: Regional Industrial Facilities Act; expands scope of act statewide.
- SB1178: Independent cities; eliminates presumption that all are independent by deleting word in statutes.
- SB1411: Health insurance, basic; increasing availability thereof in State.
- SB1419: Daily rental property tax; definition.
- SB1448: Indigent Health Care Trust Fund; repealed.
- SB1524: Zoning ordinances; broadens administrator's authority to determine vested rights.
- SB1534: Central Virginia Regional Transportation Authority; created.
- SJ303: Year of Astronomy; designating as year 2009.
- SJ335: Constitutional amendment; removes requirement that cities be established as entity independent.
- SJ364: Commending the Midlothian High School girls.
- SJ365: Commending the Powhatan High School baseball team.
- SJ394: Commending the crew of John Adams.
- SJ395: Commemorating the life of Thomas Jefferson on the occasion of the 265th anniversary of his birth.
- SJ478: Celebrating the life of William Edward Lavery.
- SR28: Nominating a person to be elected to circuit court judgeship.
- SB356: Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers.
- SB357: Children's teaching hospital; Board of Education to supervise programs for school-age children.
- SB358: Virginia Commonwealth University; management agreement with State.
- SB359: Unemployment compensation; provides benefits based on service in employ of an Indian tribe.
- SB360: Business Trust Act; reorganizes provisions.
- SB361: Stream mitigation banks; Henrico County to establish and operate.
- SB362: Carbon monoxide detectors; prohibits removal or tampering by tenant installed by landlord.
- SB363: Automatic sprinkler systems; tax credit for initial installation.
- SB364: Bad checks; attorneys for State to establish programs that allow persons to avoid prosecution.
- SB365: Turkeys; localities to prohibit hunting with rifle.
- SB366: Alcoholic beverage control; creates new nonresident winery distributor license.
- SB367: Forest wardens, special; retirement credits.
- SB368: Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement officer, penalty.
- SB369: Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
- SB370: Comprehensive highway access management standards; Commissioner to promulgate in phases.
- SB371: Statewide Rail Plan; Transportation Board to establish.
- SB519: Zoning appeals, Board of; petitioner to be awarded reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
- SB520: Interoperability Executive Committee; established, report.
- SB689: Biodiesel and green diesel fuel; definition thereof.
- SB690: Water Quality Improvement Fund; reimbursment to localities for costs of nutrient removal upgrades.
- SB691: Towing; regulations for those seeking tow truck authorization documents and provisional changes.
- SB767: Richmond Metropolitan Authority; revises composition of Board of Directors.
- SB768: Conditional zoning; replaces cash proffer system with system of impact fees.
- SJ154: Celebrating the lives of those lost in the Virginia Tech tragedy.
- SJ155: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Order Sons of Italy in America.
- SJ187: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jason R. Arnette.
- SJ188: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Michael D. Moody, Jr.
- SJ220: Celebrating the life of Keon S. Chi.
- SJ221: Celebrating the life of Sergeant John Carl Osmolski.
- SJ229: Commending Peter Zaino.
- SJ6024: Commending the James River High School baseball team.
- SJ6025: Celebrating the life of Hisham Mohammed Sadiq Younus Al-Noaimy.
- SB80: Voter registration; copy of application to be maintained at DMV and registration records.
- SB594: Fertilizers; regulation thereof.
- SB643: Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; includes certain provisions.
- SB772: Business, professional and occupational and license (BPOL) tax; motor fuels tax exemption.
- SB866: State Corporation Commission; property title records.
- SB867: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include Energy Star qualified products.
- SB868: Localities; gifts, etc. of personal property may be delivered to another government entity in State.
- SB869: Development rights; county and adjacent city may enter voluntarily into an agreement.
- SB870: Income tax, corporate; extends sunset provision for machinery & equipment used in recycling process.
- SB871: Photo-monitoring systems; certain counties and cities may establish to enforce traffic light signal.
- SB1056: Special Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund; increases discretionary expenditures.
- SB1057: Enterprise zones; decreases percentage real property investment grants may be awarded.
- SB1058: Real estate tax; exempts historic landmarks used for commercial or industrial property.
- SB1059: Secondary highway system; allocation of construction funds.
- SB1060: Child restraint devices; raises booster seat age, prohibits certain in front seat.
- SB1061: Fertilizers; regulation thereof.
- SB1062: Alcoholic beverage control; creates new nonresident winery distributor license.
- SB1289: Wine and beer; delivery thereof, permits.
- SB1398: All-terrain vehicles and similar vehicles; local regulation for operating near dwellings.
- SJ394: Energy Conservation Awareness Week.
- SJ417: Commending Denny Hamlin.
- SJ434: Celebrating the life of Bernard Lawrence Savage.
- SJ493: Commending Frederick P. Parker.
- SJ518: Celebrating the life of John A. Van de Walle.
- SB77: Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; time of disaster, declared state of emergency.
- SB78: Stock Corporation Act; mergers to form holding companies.
- SB79: Unemployment Compensation, Commission on; repeals sunset provision.
- SB80: Voter registration; copy of application to be maintained at DMV and registration records.
- SB81: Charter; City of Richmond.
- SB82: Solid waste containers; requirements for containers carrying nonhazardous waste on State waters.
- SB83: Trapping; exempts trappers using body grip traps that are completely submerged.
- SB84: Menhaden; limits on amount harvested annually.
- SB85: Retail Sales & Use Tax; gratuities or service charges on meals excluded when calculating.
- SB86: Transient occupancy tax; imposition for occupancy of any room or space, etc.
- SB87: Outdoor advertising; vegetation control permit.
- SB88: Mercury switches in motor vehicles; requires removal prior to their demolition.
- SB89: Recording devices in motor vehicles; notification required by manufacturer.
- SB90: Recording devices in motor vehicles; access denial not to affect insurance renewability.
- SB91: Income tax, corporate and state; production of electricity from renewable resources tax credit.
- SB92: Museum of Fine Arts; exempts museum from assessment and levy of service charge.
- SB93: Land Conservation Incentives Act; tax credit.
- SB373: Development rights; localities provide for transfer thereof from parcel located in locality.
- SB374: Single-family dwellings; deletes certain optional provisions regarding clustering thereof.
- SB592: Open-end management investment company; board of directors to classify unissued shares into classes.
- SB593: Reinsurance intermediaries and managing general agents; licensure.
- SB594: Fertilizers; regulation therof.
- SB595: Retail Sales and Use Tax; refund for exempted entities.
- SB597: License tax, local; separate rate for fuel distributors.
- SB643: Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; includes certain provisions.
- SB644: Water Quality Improvement Fund; disbursement of grant moneys.
- SB645: Airport fees and charges; limits authority to impose off-site fees.
- SJ37: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Italian American Cultural Society of Virginia.
- SJ203: Commending Audrey Hatcher.
- SJ204: Celebrating the life of Jeremiah Jonathan Jewett.
- SJ205: Celebrating the life of Anne Kincaid.
- SJ238: Celebrating the life of William Thomas Rice.
- SJ242: Celebrating the life of United States Marine Sergeant Sean H. Miles.
- SJ291: Recognizing the exceptional service and career of Captain William Clark.
- SJ5041: Commending the Goochland High School baseball team.
- SJ5042: Commending the Monacan High School baseball team.