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Delegate Lynwood Lewis
| Party | Democratic |
| District | 100: Counties of Accomack and Northampton; Cities of Hampton (part) and Norfolk (part) [map] |
| Took Office | January 2004 |
| Next Election | November 2009 |
| Committees | Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, Finance, Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| Fundraising | |
| Bills Passed | 52.4% in 2007 |
Recent Mentions on Blogs
www.chincoteaguereports.com: June 12, 2008 Hearing on Captain's Cove Case
May 14, 2008
Delegate Lynwood Lewis? office forwarded the following email to Chincoteague Reports. The text from Assistant Attorney General Alfred B. Albiston advises that a hearing in the Captain?s Cove matter will take place on June 12, 2008. See below for further details. From: Albiston, Alfred [mailto:AAlbiston@oag.state.va.us] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:18 PM To: Laurie Naismith Subject: RE: any news RE: Capt.. cove? Thank you! Yes; today I returned a confirmation letter to the Court of Appeals, ac...
VB Dems : Del. Lynwood Lewis Endorses Glenn Nye
March 24, 2008
Del. Lynwood Lewis Endorses Glenn Nye With State Delegate Lynwood Lewis? endorsement, our 2nd district congressional candidate, Glenn Nye, has now locked up the support of the entire Eastern Shore delegation! From the Nye campaign: ?I am proud to endorse Glenn Nye for Congress. His service to country and commitment to bringing about change in an independent manner is badly needed in a Congress that has been too focused on partisanship. He will work to bring the focus back on making our countr...
spaceports.blogspot.com: Pro-Space Bills Advance in Virginia
February 11, 2008
Virginia state legislators are advancing measures to boost Virginia's odds of being a player in the commercial space launch effort with passage of the 'ZeroG, ZeroTax' bills states The Roanoke Times today. The comments of State Senator William C. Wampler, Jr., Delegate John Cosgrove, and Delegate Lynwood Lewis, Jr. indicate the growing statewide interest in the fledgling Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport [MARS]. Meanwhile, commercial space interests await a decision from NASA on the COTS-II offer...
spaceports.blogspot.com: Virginia Zero-G, Zero-Tax Advances
January 25, 2008
State Senator William C. Wampler, Jr. (R-Bristol) and State Seantor Phillip Puckett (D-Russell County) advanced the so-called Virginia 'Zero-G, Zero-Tax bill [SB 286] from the Senate Finance Committee on a 16-to-0 vote. The measure is now poised for a Senate floor vote this week or next. "Senator Wampler and Senator Puckett were the point-of-the-spear" in advancing the ZeroG, ZeroTax measure forward and out of the all important Senate Finance Committee," noted space advocate Jack Kennedy. "I am...
blogfromonhigh.blogspot.com: The People Win One
January 19, 2008
On that House bill that would have required that you go through a background check before you could buy a used .22 rifle at a gun show, the people of Virginia have spoken, and your legislators have listened: Gun Show Measure Falters in Va. House By Anita Kumar, Washington Post Staff Writer Richmond, Jan. 18 -- A Virginia House committee on Friday defeated an effort to close a major loophole in the state's gun laws, angering families of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre and Gov. Timothy M. K...
Recent Mentions in the Media
Tasley Eastern Shore News: More kudos for Williams vets' bus trip
May 14, 2008
Ralph Northam, Del. Lynwood Lewis, Black Elvis (Who was great ,as usual), Sheriff Larry Giddens, the CommUnity Band, the US Coast Guard Color Guard, ...
Tasley Eastern Shore News: It's learning, by the book
May 3, 2008
... Jeff Walker and Spencer Murray; Accomack Supervisors Jack Gray and Phillip McCaleb; Del. Lynwood Lewis, Wendy Walker, Carole Bozman, the Rev.
Bills
- HB130
Introduced: December 20, 2007: Death certificates; local health departments to have available upon request.
Status: Stricken from docket by Appropriations - HB131
Introduced: December 20, 2007: Child-restraint devices in motor vehicles; penalties if convicted two or more times.
Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/08) - HB151
Introduced: December 21, 2007: Name change; proof that applicant is citizen of United States.
Status: Failed to pass in House - HB660
Introduced: January 08, 2008: Manufactured homes; deemed real estate when equipment previously used for mobility removed.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178) - HB661
Introduced: January 08, 2008: Agritourism and marine tourism; activity liability.
Status: Left in Courts of Justice - HB662
Introduced: January 08, 2008: Land preservation tax credit program; confidentiality of taxpayer information.
Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 785 (effective 7/1/08) - HB663
Introduced: January 08, 2008: Zoning administrator; expands authority related to enforcement of residential occupancy limits.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297) - HB1479
Introduced: January 16, 2008: Real estate tax; relief for nonrelatives of owner or certain caregivers of elderly and handicapped.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334) - HB1500
Introduced: January 17, 2008: Aerospace Advisory Council, Directors of NASA Langley and NASA Wallops, etc.; appointments.
Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 745 (effective 7/1/08) - HB1879
Introduced: April 16, 2008: Real estate tax relief for the elderly and handicapped.
- HJ39
Introduced: December 20, 2007: Commending the Eastern Shore Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century on the occasion of its 40th.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ39ER) - HJ45
Introduced: December 21, 2007: Commending Gail Lee.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ45ER) - HJ133
Introduced: January 08, 2008: Celebrating the life of William Baldwin Bynum.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ133ER) - HJ142
Introduced: January 08, 2008: Commending Downing's United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 225th anniversary.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ142ER) - HJ143
Introduced: January 08, 2008: Commending the Edward H. Nabb Research Center.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ143ER) - HJ246
Introduced: January 18, 2008: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS); encouraging utilization thereof.
Status: Left in Rules - HJ326
Introduced: February 01, 2008: Commending the Eastern Shore of Virginia Chapter of the National Society of the DAR.
Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote - HJ329
Introduced: February 01, 2008: Commending NASA on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote - HJ338
Introduced: February 04, 2008: Commending Jerusalem Baptist Church on the occasion of its 130th anniversary.
Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote - HJ339
Introduced: February 04, 2008: Commending the Town of Chincoteague on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote - HR1
Introduced: December 21, 2007: Commending Steven E. Wilson.
Status: Agreed to by House by voice vote
- HB67
Introduced: December 15, 2005: Recordation tax; additional distribution to localities.
Status: Continued to 2007 in Finance - HB196
Introduced: January 03, 2006: License plates, special; issuance to residents and supporters of Bay Creek community.
Status: Continued to 2007 in Transportation - HB1713
Introduced: December 15, 2006: Resources Authority; expands projects that can be financed to include land conserv. & preservation.
Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB1713) - HB1714
Introduced: December 15, 2006: Transient occupancy tax; increase thereof in Northampton County.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086) - HB1719
Introduced: December 19, 2006: Nurse, licensed; local school boards to employ for each school.
Status: Incorporated by Education (HB2479-Crockett-Stark) - HB1870
Introduced: January 03, 2007: Retirement System; clarifies purchase of prior service credit for National Guard.
Status: Impact statement from VRS (HB1870) - HB1966
Introduced: January 05, 2007: Sexual offenses; evidence of defendant's commission of another offense is admissible.
Status: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law - HB1967
Introduced: January 05, 2007: Law Officers' Retirement System; agency heads not eligible except Chief of Capitol Police.
Status: Impact statement from VRS (HB1967) - HB1968
Introduced: January 05, 2007: Family subdivision; amends statute for conveyance of a lot.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0856) - HB2229
Introduced: January 09, 2007: Impaired Waters Clean-up Plan Report; consolidation of various reports into.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637) - HB2502
Introduced: January 09, 2007: Donations; expands definition thereof to include provision of in-kind resources for event.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292) - HB2720
Introduced: January 10, 2007: Charter; Town of Cheriton.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299) - HB3155
Introduced: January 19, 2007: Electric power generation assets; State Corporation Commission's approval of divestiture.
Status: Impact statement from SCC (HB3155) - HJ576
Introduced: December 11, 2006: Open-space & Farmlands; Joint Sub. Studying Funding Sources for Purchase of Development Rights.
Status: Referred to Committee on Rules - HJ660
Introduced: January 09, 2007: Celebrating the life of John E. Worsley, Sr.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ660ER) - HJ695
Introduced: January 10, 2007: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; joint subcommittee to study enhanced development of cargo, etc.
Status: Referred to Committee on Rules - HJ760
Introduced: January 17, 2007: Commending David B. Nichols.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ760ER) - HJ819
Introduced: January 29, 2007: Commending Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ819ER) - HJ889
Introduced: February 09, 2007: Commending the Atlantic Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ889ER) - HJ976
Introduced: February 19, 2007: Commending J. Robert Bray.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ976ER) - HR88
Introduced: February 23, 2007: Commending the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Status: Bill text as passed House (HR88ER)
- HB67
Introduced: December 15, 2005: Recordation tax; additional distribution to localities.
Status: Continued to 2007 in Finance - HB95
Introduced: December 19, 2005: Student, new; certain information required upon registration to public school.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053) - HB103
Introduced: December 21, 2005: Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by members of National Guard.
Status: Left in Appropriations - HB106
Introduced: December 22, 2005: Warning lights; use of red or red and white lights by NASA's Wallops Flight Facility vehicles.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086) - HB125
Introduced: December 27, 2005: Conservators of the peace; includes NASA's special agents.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088) - HB175
Introduced: December 30, 2005: Overweight farm vehicles; may operate at extended weights authorized.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534) - HB196
Introduced: January 03, 2006: License plates, special; issuance to residents and supporters of Bay Creek community.
Status: Continued to 2007 in Transportation - HB651
Introduced: January 10, 2006: Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act; gives authority to accept federal grant money.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005) - HB652
Introduced: January 10, 2006: Oyster tax; revenues to be deposited into Public Oyster Rocks Replenishment Fund.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033) - HB653
Introduced: January 10, 2006: Nonevidentiary substances or paraphernalia; disposal thereof.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0107) - HB981
Introduced: January 11, 2006: Wildlife and fish restoration; Department of Game & Inland Fisheries to accept federal grant money.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024) - HB982
Introduced: January 11, 2006: Avian influenza; regulations to prevent & control in commercial and noncommercial poultry.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442) - HB983
Introduced: January 11, 2006: Animal or animal products; compensation for those destroyed to control disease outbreak.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443) - HB1576
Introduced: January 20, 2006: National Rural Transit Assistance Program; buses to be equipped with warning lights when stopped.
Status: Tabled in Transportation - HJ11
Introduced: December 07, 2005: Celebrating the life of Paul B. Merritt.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ11ER) - HJ12
Introduced: December 07, 2005: Celebrating the life of Sergeant Tromaine K. Toy, Sr.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ12ER) - HJ21
Introduced: December 15, 2005: Celebrating the life of Julia E. Major.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ21ER) - HJ133
Introduced: January 11, 2006: Development rights; joint subcom. to study funding sources for purchase thereof to preserve land.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ133ER) - HJ224
Introduced: January 20, 2006: Commending Alice Coles.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ224ER) - HJ252
Introduced: January 31, 2006: Commending Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on the occasion of its 140th anniversary.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ252ER) - HJ5059
Introduced: May 24, 2006: Commending the Onancock Volunteer Fire Department and its historic firemen's carnival.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5059ER) - HJ5060
Introduced: May 24, 2006: Celebrating the life of Thomas J. Matthews.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5060ER) - HJ5085
Introduced: June 16, 2006: Commending Greenbackville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5085ER)
Contact Lynwood Lewis
District Office
P.O. Box 760
Accomac, VA 23301
Richmond Office (during session)
P.O. Box 406
Richmond, Virginia 23218
804-698-1000
Room 422 of the General Assembly Building
E-Mail
DelLLewis@house.state.va.us
Tag Cloud
Aggregated Bill Poll Results
29 votes
Newest Comments
- HB131:
Dee W writes: This bill should be passed. Some parents do not take child safety serious enough and it disturbs me to see a child jumpi... - HB131:
Marsha Maines writes: while i'm deeply concerned that 'any' court has the ability to transmit directly to the DMV, due to the enormous amount ... - HB130:
Waldo Jaquith writes: I suspect that was nothing more than a technical glitch, Amy. This has happened once or twice before, during last year's... - HB130:
amy writes: Loup says he didn't put this one in. When you click through to full text, it says "Patron-Lewis"...the plot thickens.
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