Delegate Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg)
- Party
- Republican
- District
- 88: Counties of Fauquier (part), Spotsylvania (part), and Stafford (part); City of Fredericksburg (part) [map]
- Took Office
- January 2002
- Next Election
- November 2013
- Committees
- Education, Finance, Privileges and Elections (Chair)
- Copatroning Habits
- 86% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 84% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 71% of them are Republicans.
- Partisanship
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- Tag Cloud

- Bills Passed
- 24% in 2013
| Donor | Sector | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Republican Party | Republican Party committees | $23,901 |
| Dominion Leadership Trust | PACs operated by Republican state politicians | $15,000 |
| The Leadership Pac | PACs operated by Republican state politicians | $5,000 |
| Howell For Delegate | Republican candidate committees | $5,000 |
| Jost, Paul C | Real estate developers & subdividers | $5,000 |
| Majority Whip Pac | PACs operated by Republican state politicians | $5,000 |
| Stafford Printing | Uncoded | $4,985 |
| The Hopper Co | Uncoded | $3,831 |
| Cole, Mark | Uncoded | $3,200 |
| Virginia Republican Main Street Coalition | Republican Party committees | $3,000 |
Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Del. Cole files bill to place an officer in every school | Spotsy School ...January 9, 2013 |
LeavingMyMarc.com » The Two Faces of MarkJanuary 7, 2013 |
Republican Del. Mark Cole named Spotsy's new deputy county ...December 11, 2012 |
Virginia Delegate Cole Sells Out Gun Owners on Constitutional CarryFebruary 28, 2012 |
Cole wants to require ultrasound before abortion | On PoliticsJanuary 10, 2012 |
Fredericksburg.com: Howell: Gift disclosure worth a lookMay 3, 2013 |
These are all of the video clips of Mark Cole’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2009. There are 204 video clips in all.
Index
Bills
- HB10: BPOL tax; maximum fee and tax rates established by a locality.
- HB55: Primary dates; presidential primary.
- HB59: Elections; persons entitled to have name placed on ballot, etc.
- HB259: House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries.
- HB1132: Primary elections; allows write-in votes, etc.
- HB1337: Polling place procedures; voter identification to be current, valid, and contain photograph.
- HB1338: Circuit court judges; restricts appointment to office if General Assembly fails to elect.
- HB1345: Rappahannock River Basin Commission; reduces number of members.
- HB1346: Presidential electors; candidate petitions, required signatures, etc.
- HB1348: House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries.
- HB1377: Students; care of those who have been diagnosed with diabetes.
- HB1378: Legal notices; locality to publish on its website instead of advertising in newspaper.
- HB1401: Real property tax; collection of delinquent taxes, notice to taxpayer regarding payment agreement.
- HB1402: Income tax, state; adjusts elements of Virginia's individual income tax to account for inflation.
- HB1403: Retail Sales and Use Tax; increases amount of revenue dedicated to Transportation Trust Fund.
- HB1404: Residential development; impact fees to defray costs of public facilities.
- HB1582: Armed security officers; protection of schools and child day centers.
- HB1730: Standards of Quality; full-time uniformed school resource officer.
- HB2169: Grievance procedure, local; removes requirement.
- HB2170: Public procurement; posting by local public bodies of procurement opportunities.
- HB2344: School safety; threat assessment teams, model critical incident response training program, etc.
- HJ884: Commending Bessie Ann Morefield.
- HJ885: Celebrating the life of George Montgomery Van Sant.
- HR128: Auditor of Public Accounts; nomination for election.
- HR206: Commending the Rappahannock Choral Society.
- HB9: Voting procedures; voter identification requirements, provisional ballots.
- HB10: BPOL tax; maximum fee and tax rates established by a locality.
- HB11: Transportation; bonds for specific project on northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 95.
- HB22: Firearms; disposition thereof acquired by localities.
- HB23: Transportation Trust Fund; increases amount of sales and use tax revenue dedicated to Fund.
- HB24: BPOL tax; certain localities required to assess on Virginia taxable income.
- HB25: Concealed handgun permit; confidentiality of permittee information.
- HB26: Concealed handgun permits; failure to produce upon demand of a law-enforcement officer, penalty.
- HB35: State taxes; period of limitation on collection reduced to seven years.
- HB36: Primary elections; political party shall pay costs of primary.
- HB37: Officer of election; option to waive compensation and serve as an unpaid volunteer officer.
- HB38: Absentee voting; duties of general registrar and electoral board.
- HB55: Primary dates; presidential primary.
- HB56: Voter registration applications; protection of certain residence address information.
- HB57: Voter registration; registrars with respect to voter registration records.
- HB58: Urban county executive form; filling vacancy on board of supervisors.
- HB59: Elections; persons entitled to have name placed on ballot, etc.
- HB60: Illegal voting and registrations; prohibition against voting more than once.
- HB61: Absentee ballot applications; unlawful to solicit in person from individuals in any hospital, etc.
- HB62: Abortion funding; repealed.
- HB63: Provisional ballots; electoral board meeting opened only to authorized party to determine validity.
- HB64: Elections; assistance to voters.
- HB138: Public schools; impact of unlawful aliens, report.
- HB139: Concealed handguns; persons who may lawfully carry hidden from common observation, penalty.
- HB140: State Police Officers Retirement System (SPORS); mandatory retirement requirement exemptions.
- HB141: Freedom of Information Act; exempts personal information in constituent correspondence.
- HB259: House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries.
- HB260: Health care providers; prohibited acts.
- HB261: Abortion; ultrasound required at least 48 hours prior to undergoing procedure.
- HB384: Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state employment for members of National Guard, etc.
- HB385: Industrial development authorities; removes prohibition for refinancing debt of organizations.
- HB490: Executive branch boards and councils, certain; staggering of terms, etc.
- HB531: Historic rehabilitation tax credit; certain income under federal law is not income for State tax.
- HB623: Elections; administrative matters and duties of electoral board and general registrar.
- HB1131: Elections; municipalities will pay expenses associated with May elections after June 30, 2009, etc.
- HB1132: Primary elections; allows write-in votes, etc.
- HB1133: Candidate petitions for primaries and general elections; requirements for petition circulators.
- HB1151: Congressional districts; petition requirements for candidates for statewide offices.
- HB1196: Zoning provisions; private schools and child day centers operated by religious institutions.
- HJ52: Tax structure, State's; joint subcommittee to study reforming.
- HJ366: Commending Grove Baptist Church.
- HJ435: Commending the Rappahannock Valley Amateur Radio Club.
- HJ500: Commending Dr. Thomas G. Digges, Jr.
- HB20: Disabled veteran; definition.
- HB57: Business, professional, and occupational license (BPOL) tax; limits on rates and imposition.
- HB110: BPOL tax; localities to decide to impose on business's gross receipts or its State taxable income.
- HB573: Public nuisances; locality to include activity or conduct that causes annoyance, etc.
- HB1437: BPOL tax; localities to decide to impose on business gross receipts or State taxable income.
- HB1438: Goods; those produced or manufactured within State are not subject to federal law, regulation, etc.
- HB1471: Homestead and other exemptions; exemption of real or personal property.
- HB1472: License plates, special; fees for certain disabled veterans.
- HB1507: Primary schedule in 2011; moves primary date to August 23, 2011, in anticipation of redistricting.
- HB1508: Elections; certain prohibitions for local electoral boards.
- HB1560: Elections; voting procedures and voter identification requirements.
- HB1561: Zoning administrator; appeal of decisions.
- HB1666: Veterans Services, Department of; duties of Commissioner, establishment of advisory committees.
- HB1842: Boards, commissions, and councils; makes policy improvements and clarifications.
- HB1843: Presidential primary; moves date to first Tuesday in March.
- HB1864: Urban development areas; developable acreage is redefined to exclude certain lands.
- HB1865: Transportation districts; membership by portions of counties, etc., collection of motor fuels taxes.
- HB1866: Real estate tax relief; local government may cap taxes of elderly and disabled.
- HB1867: Gang-free zones; expanded to include any school bus stop or public buildings, etc.
- HB2433: Abortion; shall undergo ultrasound imaging and view image of her fetus.
- HJ539: Constitutional amendment; imposition of taxes and fees by General Assembly or local governing body.
- HJ540: Constitutional amendment; state and local budgets, limits on appropriations.
- HJ556: Family life education; subcommittee to study fiscal impact of changing from an opt-out program, etc.
- HJ613: Constitutional amendment; limitation on debt (first reference).
- HJ915: Commending Pastor Don C. Forrester.
- HB16: Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
- HB17: Taxes, state; reduces period of limitation for collection from 20 to 10 years.
- HB18: Commerce; goods manufactured or made in State shall not be authority of U.S. Congress to regulate.
- HB19: VRE; allows Potomac-Rappahannock Transportation Commission to charge higher fares.
- HB20: Disabled veteran; definition.
- HB50: Absentee ballots; duties of electoral board to send within three business days, penalty.
- HB51: Comprehensive plan amendment; grants authority to local gov't to prepare & submit to public hearing.
- HB52: Concealed handgun permit; failure to produce upon demand of a law-enforcement officer, penalty.
- HB53: Human tracking devices; unlawful use thereof by insurer or employer.
- HB54: Handgun; person with lawful possession may carry into courthouse.
- HB55: Virginia Railway Express service; assessment of localities.
- HB56: Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts.
- HB57: Business, professional, and occupational license (BPOL) tax; limits on rates and imposition.
- HB106: Concealed handguns; person with valid permit allowed to carry in place of worship with permission.
- HB107: Adult students; notifying schools when charged with certain crimes, etc.
- HB108: Firearms; disposition of those acquired by localities.
- HB109: Firearms; repealing requirement for sellers of pistols to send report to clerk of circuit court.
- HB110: BPOL tax; localities to decide to impose on business's gross receipts or its State taxable income.
- HB573: Public nuisances; locality to include activity or conduct that causes annoyance, etc.
- HB574: Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; coverage.
- HB575: School divisions, local; flexibility in meeting specific state education mandates.
- HB576: Individual health insurance coverage; resident of State shall not be required to obtain a policy.
- HB577: Real property tax; time to appeal assessments extended.
- HB578: Trapping of rabbits; person may use box trap to transport for release onto other property in State.
- HB579: Motorcycles; required to use muffler system in good working order that meets federal standards.
- HB580: Vehicle license fees; allows localities to exempt members of certain sheriff's volunteer units.
- HB1242: Voter lists; expands list of people & organizations who may purchase list of registered voters.
- HB1386: Constitutional amendments; information provided to voters on State Board of Elections' website.
- HJ11: Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations.
- HJ88: Federal budget; Congress to propose amendment to U.S. Constitution for balanced budget requirement.
- HJ233: Commending Sheriff Charles E. Jett and the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
- HJ386: Commending Spotsylvania County Crime Solvers.
- HJ411: Celebrating the life of William Eugene Gallahan, Jr.
- HJ422: Commending the Faith Baptist School girls' basketball team.
- HR29: Commending Friends of the Rappahannock.
- HB356: Impact fees; assessment, collection, and imposition of certain.
- HB395: Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; established, report.
- HB1577: Polling places; provides for extension of polling hours in emergency situations.
- HB1627: Motor carrier liability insurance; reduces minimum amount thereof required of operator of trolleys.
- HB1628: Contractor performance bonds; amount for locally administered transportation improvement projects.
- HB1629: Pedestrians; grants counties same authority as cities & towns to prohibit loitering on bridges, etc.
- HB1637: Boards of zoning appeals; when actions may be taken.
- HB1666: Hunting permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- HB1727: Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; created, report.
- HB1728: Road impact fees; allows localities to reduce or exempt fee for commercial development.
- HB1729: Electric transmission lines; locality may request an electric utility to install underground, etc.
- HB1730: Tax legislation; requires a sunset date of no more than four years on all.
- HB1731: Vehicle license plates; provides for display of one license plate on vehicles.
- HB1854: Grievance procedure; gives localities authority to use an administrative hearing officer.
- HB2528: Disposition of firearms; no participation in program if individuals are given valuable in exchange.
- HB2544: Election recounts; losing candidate may initiate when difference less than 5% of total vote cast.
- HB2555: Development rights; permits Fauquier County to enact an ordinance for severance & transfer thereof.
- HB2563: Street construction; allows locality to withhold acceptance of plat approval if street not complete.
- HJ688: Constitutional amendment; real property tax relief for persons 65 years old, etc. (first reference).
- HJ836: Commending Bishop George B. Quick.
- HJ837: Commending Edith Fleming.
- HJ838: Commending Richard Fleming.
- HJ5011: Commending Mount Holly Baptist Church on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.
- HR47: Auditor of Public Accounts; nomination for election.
- HR63: Commending the Family Foundation of Virginia.
- HB46: Campaign finance disclosure reports; identification of all contributors.
- HB47: Illegal aliens; adds presumption, subject to rebuttal, against admitting to bail any alien charged.
- HB48: Motorcycles; driving two abreast in a single lane.
- HB49: Utility easements; conveyance thereof subject to condition is void if not used within 20 years.
- HB50: Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
- HB107: Public schools; grade placement test.
- HB108: Reckless driving; drivers of certain heavy trucks exceeding posted speed limit guilty thereof.
- HB109: Firearms; regulation thereof by state entities.
- HB208: Public facilities; deferral of subdivision plats or site plans when inadequate.
- HB209: Standards of Quality; school board to employ school resource officer.
- HB210: Private schools and child day centers; armed security officers may carry firearms onto property.
- HB211: Water Protection Permit; exempts landowners whose construction or maintenance may impact wetlands.
- HB212: Firearms taxes, certain; destruction of records.
- HB213: Income tax, state; TRICARE physicians tax credit.
- HB214: Public entities; rights of persons with disabilities.
- HB350: Zoning ordinance; powers of zoning administrators.
- HB351: Income tax, state; exemption for launch services and payload to space flight participants.
- HB352: Motor carriers; liability insurance for buses with capacity of no more than 40 passengers.
- HB353: Campaign finance; reporting certain designated contributions.
- HB354: Textbook purchases; Board of Education shall publish list of approved textbooks, publisher, etc.
- HB355: General Education Development testing program; lowers age requirement.
- HB356: Impact fees; assessment, collection, and imposition of certain.
- HB357: Electric utility special rate districts; adds Fauquier County to those localities that may request.
- HB358: Water hook-up permits; suspending during certain emergencies.
- HB359: Campaign contributions; requires PACs to report contributions for election of particular candidate.
- HB395: Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; established, report.
- HB1110: Motor carrier liability insurance; required for operators of trolleys.
- HB1111: Income tax, state; historic rehabilitation tax credit.
- HB1112: Weight limit violations; disposition of penalties by Stafford County.
- HB1113: Certificate of occupancy; imposition of fee for issuance.
- HB1472: Discrimination; employee's failure to speak English shall not constitute cause of action.
- HB1577: Polling places; provides for extension of polling hours in emergency situations.
- HB6001: Highway construction funds; provides for allocation thereof for primary, urban, & secondary systems.
- HB6002: Transportation Trust Fund; increases amount of sales and use tax revenue dedicated thereto.
- HB6003: Highway construction funds; provides for allocation thereof for primary & secondary systems.
- HJ75: Businesses, private; joint subcommittee to study local incentives provided for economic development.
- HJ299: Joint Assembly; receiving Governor and other distinguished guests, and establish rules of conduct.
- HJ303: Williamsburg session.
- HJ456: Celebrating the life of Thelma E. Monroe.
- HJ463: Commending Mount Ararat Baptist Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
- HJ472: Celebrating the life of Mary Virginia Pancotti.
- HJ495: Celebrating the life of Sergeant Dustin John Perrott.
- HJ499: Commending the Riverbend High School girls' soccer team.
- HJ500: Commending Arthur T. Hart II.
- HJ529: Commending Lloyd Chittum.
- HJ530: Commending Bob Gibbons.
- HJ612: Joint Rules Committee; confirming various appointments.
- HJ5011: Commending Mount Holly Baptist Church on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.
- HJ6030: Commending Mount Olive Baptist Church on the occasion of its 190th anniversary.
- HJ6056: Commending the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy.
- HJ6057: Commending Edward J. Evers.
- HR28: Celebrating the life of George Loyall Gordon, Jr.
- HB1638: Transportation Trust Fund; sales and use tax revenue dedicated thereto.
- HB1645: Overweight permit; underground pipe cleaning, hydroexcavating, etc. to be issued.
- HB1646: Motor carriers of passengers; insurance based on number thereof by carrier.
- HB1647: Electric transmission lines; adds Stafford Cnty to list authorized to enter into agreement w/utilit.
- HB1648: Retail Sales and Use Tax; makes motor fuels tax optional in certain NOVA transportation districts.
- HB1649: Transmission lines; restrictions on SCC for underground location thereof.
- HB1724: Transportation impact fees; fee for issuance of certificate of occupancy for certain buildings, etc.
- HB1725: Transportation Bond Act of 2007; created.
- HB1918: Illegal aliens; presence unlawful in State, penalty.
- HB1919: Electric transmission lines; adds Stafford Cnty to list authorized to enter into agreement w/utilit.
- HB2300: Firearms; prohibits state entities or institutions of higher education from adopting regulations.
- HB2301: Abortion; informed consent thereto shall include determination by physician.
- HB2302: Nonpublic schools; school boards may enter into agreements therewith for transportation services.
- HB2303: Hunting on Sundays; allows landowners and persons who have written permission of landowner.
- HB3047: School boards; notification of parent when student participates in school-sponsored clubs.
- HB3097: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); personal information in constituent correspondence.
- HB3112: Notaries; fees for services.
- HJ585: Constitutional amendment; General Assembly meeting with single unicameral legislature.
- HJ586: Constitutional amendment; excludes privately owned motor vehicles used for nonbusiness purposes.
- HJ610: Constitutional amendment; establishes uniform election date (first reference).
- HJ822: Celebrating the life of Colonel Paul M. Kelly.
- HJ925: Commending the North Stafford High School step team.
- HJ926: Commending Hartwood Volunteer Fire Department.
- HB14: Silviculture practices; allows local government to regulate for land.
- HB85: Retail Sales and Use Tax revenue; increases amount to Transportation Trust Fund.
- HB86: Income tax, state; increases personal exemption.
- HB87: Real estate tax; exemptions for certain elderly and handicapped.
- HB88: Traffic-calming studies; VDOT to implement measures.
- HB138: Voter registration; spouse or dependent of military member, exceptions.
- HB139: Condemnation property; localities to obtain consent from locality in which property is located.
- HB140: Personal Property Tax Relief Fund; created, change in reimbursements for certain vehicles, report.
- HB141: Impact fees for transportation; authorize Fauquier and Spotsylvania Counties to impose.
- HB142: Zoning ordinances; certain residential facilities w/incapacitated persons single family dwellings.
- HB143: Highways, bridges, and interchanges; allows Transportation Board to name.
- HB144: Unemployment compensation; disqualifies certain public school teachers for benefits.
- HB145: Motor vehicle fuels tax; imposition optional for localities in certain transportation districts.
- HB146: Concealed handguns; prohibits person who carries into restaurants from consuming alcoholic beverage.
- HB147: Service districts; localities may contribute from general fund for certain government services.
- HB148: Stormwater management program; includes enlargement, improvement and maintenance of dams.
- HB149: Service districts; change in sources of revenue for localities.
- HB150: Dogs; releasing upon or near posted land, penalty.
- HB267: Nursing home bed projects; conditions for issuance of certificate of public need.
- HB268: Stormwater management program; includes maintenance of dams.
- HB1378: Abortion; provides that informed consent shall include determination by physician.
- HB1411: Dog dealers; definition thereof.
- HB1456: Display of license plates; removes requirement thereof on front of motor vehicle.
- HB5009: Retail Sales and Use Tax; increase to be dedicated to Transportation Trust Fund.
- HB5015: Overweight permits; issuance for underground pipe cleaning, hydroexcavating equipment, etc..
- HB5100: Primary/secondary highway improvement projects; eliminates requirement by county for VDOT approval.
- HJ251: Commending Deborah S. Goforth.
- HJ273: Commending William M. Anderson, Jr.
- HJ384: Celebrating the life of Elizabeth L. Dailey.
- HJ464: Celebrating the life of Calvin Lindbergh Ritchie.
- HJ5088: Celebrating the life of Ethel Clark Leming.