Senator Kenneth Alexander (D-Norfolk)

Photo of Kenneth Alexander
Party
Democratic
District
5: Chesapeake City (Part), Norfolk City (Part) [map]
Took Office
September 2012
Next Election
November 2015
Committees
Commerce and Labor, Counties, Cities and Towns, Health, Welfare and Institutions
Age
46
Website
senatorkennethcalexander.com
Copatroning Habits
61% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 59% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 52% of them are Democrats.
Partisanship
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Tag Cloud ?
animal business cemetery commendation crime dillon rule disclosure dog education funeral health insurance judge justice license locality medicine permission pet police property property tax public safety real estate regulation sbe school sol technology transportation
Bills Passed
18.8% in 2013
Top Recent Contributors
Donor Sector Total
Anderson Financial Services Dba Loanmax Payday/Title Loans $4,000
Virginia Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Auto dealers, new & used $3,500
Dominion Energy production & distribution $3,000
Virginia Legislative Black Caucus Minority & ethnic groups $2,500
Norfolk City Democratic Cmte Democratic Party committees $2,314
Virginia Credit Union League Credit unions $1,750
Anthem Health Plans Of Virginia Accident & health insurance $1,500
Virginia Association Of Health Plans Accident & health insurance $1,500
Hampton Roads Realtors Association Real estate $1,500
New Leadership Virginia Fund PACs operated by Democratic state politicians $1,500

Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.

Recent Mentions on Blogs

Transportation Creates Rift Among Lawmakers – Capital News ...

May 6, 2013
“Too often, Virginia's crucial needs like transportation are sacrificed because of partisanship and a lack of transparency,” said Sen. Kenneth Alexander, D-Norfolk. In the final version approved by both the General Assembly ...

Two groups claiming Cherokee heritage seeking recognition in ...

February 28, 2013
SJR300 incorporates SJR326, introduced by State Sen. Kenneth Alexander (D-Norfolk), and SJR 354, introduced by State Sen. Stephen Newman (R-Lynchburn), into one joint resolution. SJR300 was agreed to in the Senate ...

Adult Literacy @ VCU: Critical Discourse Analysis Close to Home

February 23, 2013
The bill, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Kenneth Alexander of Norfolk, would require intensified efforts by state and local school officials to turn around failing schools. “This gets at the same problem without turning the school ...

Va. Assembly Passes State Takeover of Failing Schools « CBS DC

February 20, 2013
The Senate, meanwhile, voted 32-7 to pass a competing plan to deal with failing schools without a state takeover. The bill, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Kenneth Alexander of Norfolk, would require intensified efforts by state ...

Lecture points to flaws in justice system | The Commonwealth Times

February 6, 2013
The bill failed in the House Courts of Justice Committee. Sen. Kenneth Alexander, D-Norfolk, introduced a similar measure, Senate Bill 823. He later withdrew the proposal. Delegate David Albo, R-Springfield, had better luck ...
Recent Mentions in the Media

Thenewjournalandguide: Norfolk Deliverance Center Community Choir Will Be in Concert at the Historic ...

May 16, 2013
Greetings were brought by the 5th Senatorial District Senator, The Honorable Kenneth Alexander; and Mayor Alan Krasnoff, city of Chesapeake, welcomed the audience. Recognition of sponsors was done by Ms. Edith White President/CEO Urban League of ...

Rappahannock News: Transportation creates rift among lawmakers

May 10, 2013
?Too often, Virginia's crucial needs like transportation are sacrificed because of partisanship and a lack of transparency,? said Sen. Kenneth Alexander, D-Norfolk. In the final version approved by both the General Assembly and Gov. Bob McDonnell, the ...

Thenewjournalandguide: Richard Hassell Foundation Holds 1st Fundraising Banquet

May 9, 2013
The event was hosted by Senator Kenneth Alexander and was held to pay homage to the man for whom the foundation is named, Mr. Richard Hassell. Funds raised will help to continue the charitable work Mr. Hassell started under the name ?Christian Action.? ...

Thenewjournalandguide: Tunnel Tolls Reprieve Gives Area Residents Cause to Celebrate

May 9, 2013
Days after the plan was announced last year, then State Delegate Kenneth Alexander voiced his opposition to it. He sought to unite the regional lawmakers against it, and even used $5,000 of his own money to retain Attorney Patrick Sweeney who stood ...and more »
From the Legislator’s Website

Pilot on Politics

January 13, 2013

The State of Transportation

December 29, 2012

Better Health, Longer Life

August 16, 2012
From this Legislator’s Twitter Feed

April 10, 2013

KennyAlexander: Great 2 days at the 25th Annual Senior Support Services Seminar! Check out additional photos on my Facebook page. http://t.co/1v5EramKx3 #

April 8, 2013

KennyAlexander: Enjoyed speaking at the South Norfolk Civic League meeting this evening with Delegate Lionell Spruill. http://t.co/ABdbOIBaEP #

April 5, 2013

KennyAlexander: High schools on each campus of Virginia?s juvenile correctional centers to be named after the late Senator Miller. http://t.co/NBijyCBO4c #

March 27, 2013

KennyAlexander: Toured the Norfolk SPCA.Please visit http://t.co/ZxBO9xIumw to learn how you can partner with this animal shelter. http://t.co/SkwT1EtYa7 #

February 27, 2013

KennyAlexander: Grand opening of Dunkin Donuts in South Norfolk! http://t.co/A4EzUs1MG8 #

These are all of the video clips of Kenneth Alexander’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 49 video clips in all.

Index

Jan 19, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 30, 2009
Jan 13, 2010
Jan 13, 2010
Jan 16, 2010
Jan 16, 2010
Jan 26, 2010
Jan 26, 2010
Jan 27, 2010
Feb 03, 2010
Feb 03, 2010
Feb 04, 2010
Feb 11, 2010
Feb 15, 2010
Feb 15, 2010
Feb 18, 2010
Feb 22, 2010
Feb 25, 2010
Mar 02, 2010
Mar 04, 2010
Mar 05, 2010
Mar 05, 2010
Mar 09, 2010
Mar 10, 2010
Mar 10, 2010
Mar 10, 2010
Jan 13, 2011
Jan 14, 2011
Jan 24, 2011
Jan 24, 2011
Jan 25, 2011
Jan 27, 2011
Jan 31, 2011
Feb 03, 2011
Feb 04, 2011
Feb 08, 2011
Feb 22, 2011
Feb 22, 2011
Jan 24, 2012
Jan 26, 2012
Feb 09, 2012
Feb 10, 2012
Feb 16, 2012
Feb 21, 2012
Feb 28, 2012
Feb 29, 2012
Mar 07, 2012
Apr 18, 2012

Bills

  • SB699: Medical malpractice; expert witness certification, court may conduct an in camera review.
  • SB700: Taxes on fuels; issuance of bonds.
  • SB823: Writ of actual innocence; joint motion for petitions.
  • SB836: Fraud; court may vacate judgment of criminal conviction.
  • SB1147: Cemetery Board; resale of interment rights by churches or religious organizations.
  • SB1194: Juveniles; alleged to be truant, development of truancy plan.
  • SB1374: Schools; interventions for those denied accreditation and failing to demonstrate progress.
  • SJ271: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Yvonne Bond Miller.
  • SJ286: Commending the Lake Taylor High School football team.
  • SJ294: Public schools; encouraged to promote ideals, heroes, and successes of nonviolence.
  • SJ301: Celebrating the life of Leeser Boone Howell.
  • SJ326: Appalachian Cherokee Nation of Virginia; State recognition.
  • SJ333: Celebrating the life of Dr. Virginia R. Armstrong.
  • SJ395: Celebrating the life of Athaline S. Fisher.
  • SJ396: Commending Divine Baptist Church.
  • SR39: Celebrating the life of the Reverend John R. Briggs, Sr.
  • HB886: Truancy; Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to address.
  • HB887: Student suspension or expulsion from school; requires superintendent to ensure continued education.
  • HB888: Companion animals, tethering of; allows any locality to regulate by ordinance.
  • HB889: Tolls; collected for use of Midtown or Downtown Tunnels between Norfolk and Portsmouth.
  • HB890: Mortgage foreclosure; right to reinstatement.
  • HB891: Mobile infrared transmitters; violation of prohibition on operation of nonemergency vehicles.
  • HB892: Highway Construction Projects Trust Fund; established.
  • HB1125: Dead bodies; requires court authorization for locality to pay reasonable expenses for disposition.
  • HB1190: Workers' compensation; injured employee's choice of pharmacy providers shall not be restricted.
  • HB1297: Tolls; use to fund other facility.
  • HJ123: School attendance; Board of Education to study causes of chronic school absenteeism, etc.
  • HJ368: Commending Mary Lettie Toodle Norman.
  • HJ369: Commending Dr. Deborah M. DiCroce.
  • HR29: Commending Jeryl Rose Phillips.
  • HR581: Commending Irene Saunders Hoffler.
  • HB207: Police lineups; establishes a uniform procedure to be used by all law-enforcement agencies.
  • HB1385: Cemetery Board; exemptions from licensure.
  • HB1659: Funeral services; prerequisites for cremation.
  • HB1660: Special elections; filling vacancies in certain local offices.
  • HB1661: Disposition of dead bodies; payment of expenses.
  • HB1662: Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
  • HB1663: Mental health services; conditions for licensure of providers.
  • HB1664: Products liability; when cause of action accrues.
  • HB1665: Mortgage foreclosures; notices and reinstatement right.
  • HB2017: Death certificates; organ procurement organizations to determine suitability of organs for donation.
  • HB2018: Cemetery Board; establish requirements for resale of interment rights in cemetery, exemptions.
  • HB2452: Virginia Tort Claims Act; abolishes sovereign immunity up to maximum limits of statutory cap.
  • HJ581: Commending Cheryl Mathis.
  • HJ582: Commending Sentara Healthcare.
  • HJ583: Commending Josephine Demmons McBride.
  • HJ584: Celebrating the life of Edith R. Jones.
  • HJ585: Celebrating the life of Raymond H. Norman, Sr.
  • HJ586: Producer licensing examination candidates; Bureau of Insurance within SCC to collect information.
  • HJ858: Commending WHRO on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
  • HR68: Celebrating the life of Joseph Robert Brooks, Jr.
  • HB200: Service districts annual tax; shall only be levied upon specific classification of real estate.
  • HB201: Human remains; proper handling by funeral establishment.
  • HB202: Campaign finance disclosure; person filing to attach a copy of most recent bank statement.
  • HB203: Wrongful incarceration; definition, compensation.
  • HB204: Customer telecommunications services; authorization and verification for products on telephone bill.
  • HB205: Residential property insurance; duty of insurer to repair damages.
  • HB206: Aboveground liquid fertilizer storage tanks; requires localities to adopt ordinance that regulates.
  • HB207: Police lineups; establishes a uniform procedure to be used by all law-enforcement agencies.
  • HB215: Campaign telephone calls; prohibits campaign person from falsifying identification information.
  • HB318: Manufacturing facility; expands definition to include those used in creation of intangible property.
  • HB319: Funeral services; prerequisites for cremation.
  • HB937: Boiler and pressure vessels; fees for certification.
  • HB1385: Cemetery Board; exemptions from licensure.
  • HJ48: Hunger and malnutrition; joint subcommittee to study extent and cost thereof in State.
  • HJ231: Commending Irvin Lewis Powell.
  • HJ232: Commending Lester L. Burnett.
  • HR27: Celebrating the life of Lucias T. Mitchell.
  • HR28: Celebrating the life of Robert Ratliff.
  • HB215: Real estate tax; classification of residential property.
  • HB2219: Qualified voter; definition of residence.
  • HB2220: Animal control officers; localities may raise cap on salaries.
  • HB2221: Federal write-in absentee ballots; witness requirement.
  • HB2222: Limited liability companies; domestications and cancellations thereof.
  • HB2495: Child labor; permits children 17 years of age satisfying enumerated criteria to drive automobiles.
  • HB2496: Early voting pilot projects; State Board of Elections to establish for general elections in 2010.
  • HB2499: Aerospace Advisory Council; adds Director of Space Grant Consortium to serve as ex officio.
  • HB5009: Claims; Arthur Lee Whitfield.
  • HJ774: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Emmanuel McNeal.
  • HJ1039: Celebrating the life of Levi E. Willis, Sr.
  • HB196: Accident and sickness insurance, group; coverage for full-time students.
  • HB215: Real estate tax; classification of residential property.
  • HB216: Organs and tissue, transplantable; consent to remove.
  • HB217: Tethering of animals; makes certain acts associated therewith Class 3 misdemeanor.
  • HB577: Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency.
  • HB673: Animals; clarifies several standards of welfare.
  • HB674: Aging, Department for; four-year plan therefor, report.
  • HB1317: Subaqueous lands; Marine Resources Commission to convey parcels of previously filled lands.
  • HB1422: Cemeteries; access thereto located on private property.
  • HB1423: Cemeteries; purchasing property containing private cemetery shall not be moved, relocated, etc.
  • HB1545: Consumer Protection Act; advertising at price after rebate.
  • HJ222: Celebrating the life of John T. Fisher, Jr.
  • HJ226: Commending the Jewish families of Berkley, Virginia.
  • HJ342: Commending the Norfolk Botanical Garden on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
  • HJ438: Commending Vandeventer Black LLP on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
  • HJ453: Celebrating the life of Sergeant William R. Howdeshell.
  • HB155: Residential property; permits localities to tax at a lower rate.
  • HB1299: Preneed Funeral Contract Recovery Fund; created.
  • HB1300: Funeral services licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers; continuing education requirements.
  • HB1302: Life insurance; payment of benefits to designee of beneficiary.
  • HB1622: Accident and sickness insurance, group; student medical leave of absence.
  • HB1635: Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption of police officers of Norfolk Airport Auth.
  • HB1642: Voter registration records; clarifies duties of general registrars and State Board of Elections.
  • HB1658: Real property; survey of property required when purchased by public bodies.
  • HB1730: Real property; establishes separate classes for purposes of taxation rates.
  • HB2098: Tethering of animals; certain acts associated therewith Class 3 misdemeanor.
  • HB3052: Election officers; appointment of high school students age 16 or older to serve as interns.
  • HB3123: Housing authorities; must hold at least one public hearing to receive views of citizens.
  • HJ567: SOL; Department of Education to include standards regarding instruction on animal safety, etc..
  • HJ759: Celebrating the life of Beatrice J. Jennings.
  • HJ839: Celebrating the life of Geneva Harper Revell.
  • HJ842: Commending the New Frontier Church of God in Christ and its 40th anniversary Convocation.
  • HB151: Resident trainee; name changed to funeral service interns.
  • HB152: Felony arrest warrants; magistrates to issue only under certain circumstances.
  • HB153: Halal food; regulation of sale, penalty.
  • HB154: Campus police; local law-enforcement agency to be notified of certain reports.
  • HB155: Residential property; permits localities to tax at a lower rate.
  • HB1299: Preneed Funeral Contract Recovery Fund; created.
  • HB1300: Funeral services licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers; continuing education requirements.
  • HB1301: Death benefits; definition excludes payments under a life insurance contract.
  • HB1302: Life insurance; payment of benefits to designee of beneficiary.
  • HB1303: Small Estate Act; modifies collection of personal property by affidavit provision.
  • HB1419: Housing authorities; requirements of public hearings.
  • HJ209: Humane treatment of animals; report.
  • HJ277: Celebrating the life of Edna Joyce.
  • HJ348: Commending Marie G. Young.
  • HJ414: Celebrating the life of Harry A. Snyder.
  • HJ456: Commending Franklin R. Bowers.
  • HJ5118: Commending Pastor E. James Eaddy.