Delegate Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac)
| Party | Democratic |
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| District | 100: Counties of Accomack and Northampton; Cities of Norfolk (part) and Virginia Beach (part) [map] | |
| Took Office | January 2004 | |
| Next Election | November 2013 | |
| Committees | Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, Commerce and Labor, Finance, Militia, Police and Public Safety | |
| Website | lynwoodlewis.com | |
| Fundraising | $15,418 cash on hand (From VPAP) | |
| Copatroning Habits | 64% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 57% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 55% of them are Democrats. | |
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| Bills Passed | 14.3% in 2011 | |
| Donor | Sector | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Robins Jr, Richard B | Uncoded | $3,500 |
| Kellam Iii, Lucius J | Uncoded | $2,750 |
| J C Walker Bros Inc | Uncoded | $2,500 |
| Tankard Nurseries Inc | Uncoded | $2,500 |
| Virginia Automobile & Truck Dealers Association | Auto dealers, new & used | $2,250 |
| Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association | Telecommunications | $2,000 |
| Virginia Trial Lawyers Association | Attorneys & law firms | $2,000 |
| Dominion | Energy production & distribution | $2,000 |
| Virginia Association Of Realtors | Real estate | $2,000 |
| Virginia Hospital & Health Care Association | Hospitals | $2,000 |
Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.
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Virginia Gazette: One bill's aim: Ashes to ashes, dust to stardustJanuary 21, 2012 |
Tasley Eastern Shore News: A day of unity and reflectionJanuary 21, 2012 |
Below is a randomly assembled series of clips of some of Lynwood Lewis’s briefer remarks on the floor of the house.
Bills
- HB192Introduced: January 09, 2012: State facilities; reporting requirements of critical incidents involving consumers.
Status: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) - HB193Introduced: January 09, 2012: Property conveyance; DGS to convey to County of Accomack certain real property.
Status: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table - HB194Introduced: January 09, 2012: Driver's licenses, commercial; requires DMV to consider applicants' military experience.
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation - HB195Introduced: January 09, 2012: Higher educational institutions; course credit for military service.
Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB195E) - HB196Introduced: January 09, 2012: Haul seine nets; required to be anchored at one end to shore and other end mechanically drawn.
Status: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources - HB197Introduced: January 09, 2012: Grass; adds Town of Chincoteague to list authorized to require cutting on occupied property.
Status: Referred to Committee on Local Government - HB198Introduced: January 09, 2012: Voter registration; requires a receipt be given to person completing form at DMV office.
Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB198) - HB199Introduced: January 09, 2012: Town of Onancock; liens for water charges.
Status: Referred to Committee on Local Government - HB200Introduced: January 09, 2012: Assault and battery; any adult who commits on school grounds is guilty of Class 1 misdemeanor.
Status: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table - HB761Introduced: January 11, 2012: Recording deeds; statement of preparation.
Status: Printed as engrossed 12103473D-E - HB762Introduced: January 11, 2012: License plates, special; changes those promoting tourism on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Status: Assigned Transportation sub: #3 - HB763Introduced: January 11, 2012: Nonresident executors and testamentary trustees; conveyance of real estate located in State.
Status: Read second time and engrossed - HB1195Introduced: January 18, 2012: Vehicle weight limits; increases tandem axle weight limit.
Status: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2013 - HB1214Introduced: January 19, 2012: Suspended license; when court may reduce charge.
Status: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal - HJ28Introduced: January 09, 2012: Celebrating the life of Bruce Samuel Paone.
Status: Agreed to by Senate - HJ29Introduced: January 09, 2012: Celebrating the life of Suzanne Savedge Wescoat.
Status: Agreed to by Senate - HJ30Introduced: January 09, 2012: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Charles F. Mapp.
Status: Agreed to by Senate - HJ31Introduced: January 09, 2012: Celebrating the life of William Revell Lewis, Jr.
Status: Agreed to by Senate - HJ226Introduced: January 20, 2012: Chincoteague, Town of; U.S. Department of Interior urged to oppose federal purchase of land.
Status: Referred to Committee on Rules - HJ245Introduced: January 23, 2012: Commending Nottingham Enterprises, Inc.
Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
- HB1467Introduced: December 06, 2010: Transient occupancy tax; adds Accomack County to those localities that may impose.
Status: Incorporated by Finance (HB1452-Scott, E.T.) - HB1702Introduced: January 10, 2011: Elections; member of local office, elected school board, etc., to take oath before first meeting.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078) - HB1703Introduced: January 10, 2011: Alcoholic beverage control; mandated recycling at government stores.
Status: Left in General Laws - HB1704Introduced: January 10, 2011: Retail Sales & Use Tax; exemption for spaceport activities.
Status: Incorporated by Finance (HB1638-Purkey) - HB1705Introduced: January 10, 2011: Workers' compensation; modifications to employee's home and automobile.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656) - HB2185Introduced: January 12, 2011: Sewage systems; submission of onsite soil evaluations for permits or letters.
Status: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions - HB2186Introduced: January 12, 2011: Chesapeake Bay crab meat; containers should include at least 51% by weight, crab taken from Bay.
Status: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources - HB2187Introduced: January 12, 2011: Baylor Ground; removes certain area in waters of Crippen Creek from natural oyster beds, etc.
Status: Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources - HB2188Introduced: January 12, 2011: Common interest communities; payment of resale disclosure packet fees.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0577) - HB2383Introduced: January 13, 2011: Freedom of Information Act; court review in cases of requester harassment.
Status: Left in General Laws - HB2516Introduced: January 21, 2011: Income tax, state; allows taxpayer to transfer certain tax credits to another.
Status: Left in Finance - HB2517Introduced: January 21, 2011: Budget bill; basis for preparation.
Status: Left in Appropriations - HB2529Introduced: January 21, 2011: Life insurance; required disclosure.
Status: Tabled in Commerce and Labor - HJ534Introduced: December 06, 2010: Celebrating the life of Charles E. Tull.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ534ER) - HJ535Introduced: December 06, 2010: Celebrating the life of William Clark.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ535ER) - HJ536Introduced: December 06, 2010: Celebrating the life of Sharone Denise White Bailey.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ536ER) - HJ589Introduced: January 10, 2011: Commending L. Bruce Holland.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ589ER) - HJ590Introduced: January 10, 2011: Celebrating the life of Donald J. Leonard.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ590ER) - HJ591Introduced: January 10, 2011: Celebrating the life of Frances Beatrice Bibbins Latimer.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ591ER) - HJ724Introduced: January 20, 2011: Celebrating the life of Jean Beaumont Merritt Mihalyka.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ724ER) - HJ900Introduced: February 16, 2011: Celebrating the life of C. Braxton Parks.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ900ER)
- HB376Introduced: January 12, 2010: Service by publication; validates orders of those processed by a clerk or deputy clerk.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0827) - HB377Introduced: January 12, 2010: Equitable distribution; monetary award in divorce case may be enforceable same as judgment.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506) - HB378Introduced: January 12, 2010: Golf carts; may cross at any intersection marked as a golf cart crossing in certain towns.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112) - HB379Introduced: January 12, 2010: Credit line deeds of trust; under same statute of limitation as other deeds of trust and mortgages.
Status: Left in Courts of Justice - HB765Introduced: January 12, 2010: Communications sales & use tax; net revenue distributed according to each locality's pro rata.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0365) - HB766Introduced: January 12, 2010: Legal notices; failure by publisher of newspaper to properly publish shall not invalidate action.
Status: Failed to report (defeated) in Local Government (5-Y 10-N) - HB1078Introduced: January 13, 2010: Charitable gaming; exempts volunteer fire departments & rescue squads from filing quarterly reports.
Status: Left in General Laws - HB1079Introduced: January 13, 2010: Cemetery companies; exempt from reporting requirements for family burial plots.
Status: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions - HB1217Introduced: January 14, 2010: Firearm safety education program; school boards may offer in elementary grades.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0859) - HB1290Introduced: January 21, 2010: Nutrient trading; Eastern Shore facility to acquire credits in Potomac & Rappahannock tributaries.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011) - HB1291Introduced: January 21, 2010: Harvester's license; prohibits Commission from issuing to certain nonresidents.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0012) - HB1356Introduced: January 22, 2010: License fees and taxes, local; exempts campgrounds and bed and breakfast establishments.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648) - HB1371Introduced: January 22, 2010: Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; provides exception for locality to obtain grant or loan.
Status: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB1244-Marshall, D.W.) - HJ74Introduced: January 12, 2010: State-owned submerged land; Institute of Marine Science to study management option on Eastern shore.
Status: Left in Rules - HJ75Introduced: January 12, 2010: Celebrating the life of Jeter Guy Lawson.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ75ER) - HJ76Introduced: January 12, 2010: Celebrating the life of Kenneth Fox Arnold.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ76ER) - HJ77Introduced: January 12, 2010: Commending the Wallops Flight Facility on the occasion of its 65th anniversary.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ77ER) - HJ78Introduced: January 12, 2010: Commending John H. Campbell.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ78ER)
- HB1623Introduced: December 02, 2008: Marine tourism activity liability; uses similar language from Agritourism Activity Liability Act.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0329) - HB1681Introduced: December 23, 2008: Wells, private; requires site plan to be included in an application for permit to construct.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0059) - HB1682Introduced: December 23, 2008: Town of Nassawadox; charter.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398) - HB1701Introduced: January 05, 2009: License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: SEAFOOD LOVER.
Status: Left in Transportation - HB1924Introduced: January 13, 2009: Tuition grants; provide for commercial crab fishermen attending two-year educational institution.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447) - HB1925Introduced: January 13, 2009: Clean Water Farm Award Program; identifies type of agricultural best management practices.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0349) - HB1926Introduced: January 13, 2009: Wallops Research Park; aerospace-related economic development.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408) - HB1927Introduced: January 13, 2009: Commercial Space Flight Authority; increases membership of board of directors.
Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB1927ER) - HB1928Introduced: January 13, 2009: Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration requirements.
Status: Subject matter referred to the Crime Commission pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (L) - HB1929Introduced: January 13, 2009: Decedent's account balance; increases amount thereof to be paid to spouse or other distributees.
Status: Left in Courts of Justice - HB2223Introduced: January 14, 2009: Recreational saltwater license; authorizes Resources Commission to charge nonresidents higher fee.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371) - HB2595Introduced: January 22, 2009: Charitable gaming; raises permit exemption threshold for volunteer fire department or rescue squad.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0121) - HJ786Introduced: January 22, 2009: Commending the Hoof Beats by the Beach 4-H Club of Accomack County.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ786ER) - HJ890Introduced: February 12, 2009: Celebrating the life of Edgar Kermit Wharton.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ890ER) - HJ891Introduced: February 12, 2009: Celebrating the life of Georgie Mae Drummond Taylor.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ891ER) - HJ984Introduced: February 20, 2009: Commending Trooper Kurt J. Johnson.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ984ER)
- HB130Introduced: December 20, 2007: Death certificates; local health departments to have available upon request.
Status: Stricken from docket by Appropriations - HB131Introduced: 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) - HB151Introduced: December 21, 2007: Name change; proof that applicant is citizen of United States.
Status: Failed to pass in House - HB660Introduced: January 08, 2008: Manufactured homes; deemed real estate when equipment previously used for mobility removed.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178) - HB661Introduced: January 08, 2008: Agritourism and marine tourism; activity liability.
Status: Left in Courts of Justice - HB662Introduced: January 08, 2008: Land preservation tax credit program; confidentiality of taxpayer information.
Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 785 (effective 7/1/08) - HB663Introduced: January 08, 2008: Zoning administrator; expands authority related to enforcement of residential occupancy limits.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297) - HB1479Introduced: 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) - HB1500Introduced: 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: Real estate tax relief for the elderly and handicapped.
- HJ39Introduced: 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) - HJ45Introduced: December 21, 2007: Commending Gail Lee.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ45ER) - HJ133Introduced: January 08, 2008: Celebrating the life of William Baldwin Bynum.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ133ER) - HJ142Introduced: 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) - HJ143Introduced: January 08, 2008: Commending the Edward H. Nabb Research Center.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ143ER) - HJ246Introduced: January 18, 2008: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS); encouraging utilization thereof.
Status: Left in Rules - HJ326Introduced: 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 - HJ329Introduced: February 01, 2008: Commending NASA on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote - HJ338Introduced: February 04, 2008: Commending Jerusalem Baptist Church on the occasion of its 130th anniversary.
Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote - HJ339Introduced: February 04, 2008: Commending the Town of Chincoteague on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote - HR1Introduced: December 21, 2007: Commending Steven E. Wilson.
Status: Agreed to by House by voice vote
- HB67Introduced: December 15, 2005: Recordation tax; additional distribution to localities.
Status: Continued to 2007 in Finance - HB196Introduced: January 03, 2006: License plates, special; issuance to residents and supporters of Bay Creek community.
Status: Continued to 2007 in Transportation - HB1713Introduced: December 15, 2006: Resources Authority; expands projects that can be financed to include land conserv. & preservation.
Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB1713) - HB1714Introduced: December 15, 2006: Transient occupancy tax; increase thereof in Northampton County.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086) - HB1719Introduced: December 19, 2006: Nurse, licensed; local school boards to employ for each school.
Status: Incorporated by Education (HB2479-Crockett-Stark) - HB1870Introduced: January 03, 2007: Retirement System; clarifies purchase of prior service credit for National Guard.
Status: Impact statement from VRS (HB1870) - HB1966Introduced: January 05, 2007: Sexual offenses; evidence of defendant's commission of another offense is admissible.
Status: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law - HB1967Introduced: January 05, 2007: Law Officers' Retirement System; agency heads not eligible except Chief of Capitol Police.
Status: Impact statement from VRS (HB1967) - HB1968Introduced: January 05, 2007: Family subdivision; amends statute for conveyance of a lot.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0856) - HB2229Introduced: January 09, 2007: Impaired Waters Clean-up Plan Report; consolidation of various reports into.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637) - HB2502Introduced: January 09, 2007: Donations; expands definition thereof to include provision of in-kind resources for event.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292) - HB2720Introduced: January 10, 2007: Charter; Town of Cheriton.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299) - HB3155Introduced: January 19, 2007: Electric power generation assets; State Corporation Commission's approval of divestiture.
Status: Impact statement from SCC (HB3155) - HJ576Introduced: December 11, 2006: Open-space & Farmlands; Joint Sub. Studying Funding Sources for Purchase of Development Rights.
Status: Referred to Committee on Rules - HJ660Introduced: January 09, 2007: Celebrating the life of John E. Worsley, Sr.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ660ER) - HJ695Introduced: January 10, 2007: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; joint subcommittee to study enhanced development of cargo, etc.
Status: Referred to Committee on Rules - HJ760Introduced: January 17, 2007: Commending David B. Nichols.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ760ER) - HJ819Introduced: January 29, 2007: Commending Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ819ER) - HJ889Introduced: 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) - HJ976Introduced: February 19, 2007: Commending J. Robert Bray.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ976ER) - HR88Introduced: 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)
- HB67Introduced: December 15, 2005: Recordation tax; additional distribution to localities.
Status: Continued to 2007 in Finance - HB95Introduced: December 19, 2005: Student, new; certain information required upon registration to public school.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053) - HB103Introduced: December 21, 2005: Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by members of National Guard.
Status: Left in Appropriations - HB106Introduced: 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) - HB125Introduced: December 27, 2005: Conservators of the peace; includes NASA's special agents.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088) - HB175Introduced: December 30, 2005: Overweight farm vehicles; may operate at extended weights authorized.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534) - HB196Introduced: January 03, 2006: License plates, special; issuance to residents and supporters of Bay Creek community.
Status: Continued to 2007 in Transportation - HB651Introduced: 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) - HB652Introduced: January 10, 2006: Oyster tax; revenues to be deposited into Public Oyster Rocks Replenishment Fund.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033) - HB653Introduced: January 10, 2006: Nonevidentiary substances or paraphernalia; disposal thereof.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0107) - HB981Introduced: 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) - HB982Introduced: January 11, 2006: Avian influenza; regulations to prevent & control in commercial and noncommercial poultry.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442) - HB983Introduced: January 11, 2006: Animal or animal products; compensation for those destroyed to control disease outbreak.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443) - HB1576Introduced: January 20, 2006: National Rural Transit Assistance Program; buses to be equipped with warning lights when stopped.
Status: Tabled in Transportation - HJ11Introduced: December 07, 2005: Celebrating the life of Paul B. Merritt.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ11ER) - HJ12Introduced: December 07, 2005: Celebrating the life of Sergeant Tromaine K. Toy, Sr.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ12ER) - HJ21Introduced: December 15, 2005: Celebrating the life of Julia E. Major.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ21ER) - HJ133Introduced: 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) - HJ224Introduced: January 20, 2006: Commending Alice Coles.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ224ER) - HJ252Introduced: 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) - HJ5059Introduced: May 24, 2006: Commending the Onancock Volunteer Fire Department and its historic firemen's carnival.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5059ER) - HJ5060Introduced: May 24, 2006: Celebrating the life of Thomas J. Matthews.
Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5060ER) - HJ5085Introduced: 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)
