Senator Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland)
| Party | Republican |
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| District | 28: Fauquier County (Part), Fredericksburg City (Part), King George County (All), Lancaster County (All), Northumberland County (All), Prince William County (Part), Richmond County (All), Stafford County (All), Westmoreland County (All) [map] | |
| Took Office | January 2008 | |
| Next Election | November 2011 | |
| Committees | Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, Local Government, Rehabilitation and Social Services | |
| Website | stuartforsenate.com | |
| Fundraising | $34,552 cash on hand (From VPAP) | |
| Copatroning Habits | 62% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 72% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 54% of them are Republicans. | |
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| Bio | Attorney for the Westmoreland County School Board. Former Westmoreland County commonwealth's attorney. Eight year Marine Corps Reserve veteran. Attended the T.C. Williams School of Law, Virginia Wesleyan College, and Cambridge. Married with three children. |
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| Donor | Sector | Total |
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| Virginia Senate Republican Leadership Trust | Republican Party committees | $568,740 |
| Republican State Leadership Cmte | Republican Party committees | $62,426 |
| Chichester For Senate | Republican candidate committees | $40,000 |
| Virginia Republican Party | Republican Party committees | $38,802 |
| Mcdougle For Virginia | Republican candidate committees | $36,000 |
| Hurt, Citizens For Robert | Republican candidate committees | $25,000 |
| Virginia Trial Lawyers Association | Attorneys & law firms | $21,000 |
| Stuart, Richard H | Republican candidate contributions to own campaign | $18,638 |
| Stolle, Friends Of Ken | Republican candidate committees | $16,167 |
| Mcdonnell For Virginia, Bob | Republican candidate committees | $16,000 |
Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Ox Road South: SB 150 Targets Windfalls (and Loses)January 26, 2010 |
GA 2010: January 21 | RootsWireJanuary 21, 2010 |
Fifteen legislators back infant homicide billJanuary 20, 2010 |
Not Andy Sere: Ken Boyd Releases Poll! Impressive Results!January 11, 2010 |
VA Sen. Richard Stuart Didn't Know His Goose Was About to be ...November 13, 2009 |
The Free Lance-Star: Senate panel advances limited version of fees billFebruary 9, 2010 |
The Free Lance-Star: Stuart's wood waste energy bill killedFebruary 9, 2010 |
Fredericksburg.com: Many veterans salute Stuart's flag billsFebruary 5, 2010 |
NBC Washington: WOMAN BITTEN BY COBRA CHARGEDFebruary 4, 2010 |
The Free Lance-Star: Senate panel unanimously passes bill on flying flagFebruary 4, 2010 |
Bills
- SB39Introduced: January 04, 2010: RPS program; removes certain requirements for forest products.
Status: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N) - SB40Introduced: January 04, 2010: Flying fields and landing areas; exempts certain owners from duty of care and liability.
Status: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) - SB41Introduced: January 04, 2010: Restricted permit; allowed to drive to and from church-related activities.
Status: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 2-N) - SB42Introduced: January 04, 2010: Handguns; allows law-enforcement officer retiring at age 70 with 10 years service to purchase.
Status: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety - SB43Introduced: January 04, 2010: Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts.
Status: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice - SB44Introduced: January 04, 2010: Judges; increases mandatory retirement age.
Status: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB206-Edwards) (11-Y 2-N) - SB45Introduced: January 04, 2010: Disabled parking; windshield placard shall not show certain personal information.
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation - SB46Introduced: January 04, 2010: Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees.
Status: Assigned Courts sub: Civil - SB47Introduced: January 04, 2010: Menhaden fisheries; extends sunset provision for harvest.
Status: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) - SB89Introduced: January 06, 2010: Firearms; petition to restore right to possess or transport to be served on attorney for State.
Status: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice - SB149Introduced: January 11, 2010: Certificates of analysis and affidavits; admission into evidence.
Status: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB387-Obenshain) (14-Y 0-N) - SB150Introduced: January 11, 2010: Energy efficiency programs; rate recovery options for utilities.
Status: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) - SB151Introduced: January 11, 2010: Condominium and Virginia Property Owners' Association Acts; display of U.S. flag.
Status: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) - SB152Introduced: January 11, 2010: Absentee ballot deadline; military voters ballot to be counted if received by 5 pm on tenth day.
Status: Assigned to P&E sub: Campaigns and Elections - SB153Introduced: January 11, 2010: Exhibits; relieves clerk of notifying defendant of destruction, etc., of evidence used at trial.
Status: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) - SB325Introduced: January 12, 2010: Income tax, corporate; lower rate for certain businesses.
Status: Impact statement from TAX (SB325) - SB326Introduced: January 12, 2010: Universities Clean Energy Development and Economic Stimulus Foundation; created.
Status: Impact statement from DPB (SB326) - SB327Introduced: January 12, 2010: Enjoyment of easement; owner of estate shall not cause to be present any debris within 25 feet.
Status: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) - SB328Introduced: January 12, 2010: Emergency medical services providers; allowed to administer vaccines to adults and minors.
Status: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) - SB329Introduced: January 12, 2010: District and circuit courts; increases court fees.
Status: Committee substitute printed 10105144D-S1 - SB330Introduced: January 12, 2010: Virginia Council on Military Base and Mission Support; created.
Status: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) - SB331Introduced: January 12, 2010: Firearm; if person files petition to restore his right to possess, copy shall be served on attorney.
Status: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) - SB406Introduced: January 13, 2010: Salvage vehicles; maintenance and contents of records.
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation - SB448Introduced: January 13, 2010: Onsite sewage systems, alternative; locality to enact an ordinance prohibiting use thereof.
Status: Failed to report (defeated) in Local Government (5-Y 10-N) - SJ1Introduced: December 07, 2009: Commending the Colonial Beach High School boys' basketball team.
Status: Agreed to by House by voice vote - SJ14Introduced: January 04, 2010: Celebrating the life of George G. King.
Status: Agreed to by House - SJ69Introduced: January 12, 2010: Constitutional amendment; property tax relief for certain businesses.
Status: Continued to 2011 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) - SJ70Introduced: January 12, 2010: Commending Frank Les Sisson.
Status: Agreed to by House by voice vote - SJ71Introduced: January 12, 2010: Commending Sheriff Charles E. Jett and the Stafford County Sheriffs Office.
Status: Agreed to by House by voice vote - SJ72Introduced: January 12, 2010: Commending Stanley Schoppe and the Montross Dairy Freeze on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.
Status: Agreed to by House by voice vote
- SB372Introduced: January 08, 2008: Sex offender registry; placement of certain juveniles required.
Status: Left in Courts of Justice - SB373Introduced: January 08, 2008: Invasive plants; nurseries to label all species of plants.
Status: Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources - SB817Introduced: December 03, 2008: License plates, special; issuance to members and supporters of various organizations.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755) - SB821Introduced: December 09, 2008: Workers' compensation; presumption that injury arises out of employment.
Status: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 11-N) - SB869Introduced: December 29, 2008: Charter; City of Fredericksburg.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0500) - SB880Introduced: December 31, 2008: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; disclosure of official records, exceptions.
Status: Subject matter referred by letter to the FOI Advisory Council pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (L) - SB881Introduced: December 31, 2008: Grass; adds Stafford County to counties authorized to require property owners to cut.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252) - SB882Introduced: December 31, 2008: Parking; regulation thereof of watercraft, boat trailers, etc., in certain counties.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535) - SB883Introduced: December 31, 2008: Charter; Town of Warsaw.
Status: Reenrolled bill text (SB883ER2) - SB907Introduced: January 05, 2009: Powers of personal representatives and trustees; power to donate open-space easements.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588) - SB908Introduced: January 05, 2009: Public service corporation; prohibits acquiring land, etc. therein subject to conservation easement.
Status: Subject matter referred to the Secretary of Natural Resources pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (L) - SB909Introduced: January 05, 2009: Income tax, state; credit for blood donations.
Status: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (16-Y 0-N) - SB910Introduced: January 05, 2009: Automatic dialing-announcing devices; prohibits use of if making commercial telephone solicitation.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699) - SB911Introduced: January 05, 2009: Golf carts; allows governing body of Towns of Irvington or Saxis to authorize operation thereof.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0504) - SB912Introduced: January 05, 2009: Interpreter; appointed for non-English-speaking defendant.
Status: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) - SB913Introduced: January 05, 2009: Forest products; removes certain requirements if participating in renewable portfolio standard prog.
Status: Left in Commerce and Labor - SB914Introduced: January 05, 2009: Substance abuse screening & assessment for VIEW; person ineligible to receive TANF if using drugs.
Status: Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services - SB915Introduced: January 05, 2009: Children; court to obtain & submit to Dept. of Social Services names, etc. of defendants' children.
Status: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N) - SB916Introduced: January 05, 2009: Fees in civil cases; increases fee for filing in general district court and in circuit court.
Status: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N) - SB952Introduced: January 08, 2009: Dextromethorphan; sale of over-the-counter medicines containing thereof on school property.
Status: Left in Courts of Justice - SB953Introduced: January 08, 2009: Graduate teaching assistants; allows member in service to purchase retirement credit.
Status: Left in Finance - SB972Introduced: January 12, 2009: Building Code; enforcement of Property Maintenance Code by local governing body.
Status: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (5-Y 15-N) - SB973Introduced: January 12, 2009: Virginia Resources Authority; loans for renewable energy.
Status: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) - SB974Introduced: January 12, 2009: Golf carts; may cross at intersection controlled by a traffic light in Town of Colonial Beach.
Status: Reenrolled bill text (SB974ER2) - SB975Introduced: January 12, 2009: Subdivision roadways; conveys through quitclaim any interest of Dept. of Conservation & Recreation.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702) - SB976Introduced: January 12, 2009: Basic health benefit plans; requires health insurer, etc., to offer to eligible individuals.
Status: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) - SB977Introduced: January 12, 2009: SCHEV guidelines; State Council of Higher Education to develop guidelines for curriculum adjustment.
Status: Left in Education and Health - SB978Introduced: January 12, 2009: Income taxes, state; recognition of income from dealer disposition of property under installment.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0508) - SB979Introduced: January 12, 2009: Fuel fee; allows authorities to pass an ordinance to impose a fee on motor vehicle violations.
Status: Left in Courts of Justice - SB1335Introduced: January 14, 2009: Conditional zoning; amendment to proffered condition is requested by proferror local body may waive.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0315) - SJ48Introduced: January 07, 2008: Constitutional amendment; localities to tax historical property on basis of its use value.
Status: Left in Privileges and Elections - SJ304Introduced: January 08, 2009: Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
Status: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (SJ275-Puller) (14-Y 0-N) - SJ305Introduced: January 08, 2009: Steamboat Era Day; designating as Sept. 14, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ305ER) - SJ310Introduced: January 12, 2009: Shooting preserves; Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries to establish task force to analyze laws.
Status: Left in Rules - SJ311Introduced: January 12, 2009: Blue crabs; Congress of U.S. urged to examine equitability of allocation of licenses to harvest.
Status: Left in Rules - SJ404Introduced: January 28, 2009: Commending the King George Ruritan Club on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ404ER) - SJ411Introduced: February 04, 2009: Oysters; sterile non-native; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support responsible cultivation.
Status: Rejected by Senate (16-Y 22-N) - SJ435Introduced: February 11, 2009: Celebrating the life of Anne Martin Wilson Rowe.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ435ER) - SJ436Introduced: February 11, 2009: Celebrating the life of Mary Phoebe Enders Willis.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ436ER) - SJ487Introduced: February 23, 2009: Commending Frank McCarty.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ487ER) - SJ5023Introduced: April 23, 2008: Celebrating the life of Justin L. Whitaker.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ5023ER)
- SB135Introduced: January 03, 2008: Fertilizers; Board of Agriculture et al, to adopt nonagricultural application regulations.
Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 686 (effective 7/1/08) - SB136Introduced: January 03, 2008: School buses; prohibits use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving.
Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 234 (effective 7/1/08) - SB152Introduced: January 07, 2008: Illegal aliens; adds presumption, subject to rebuttal, against admitting to bail any alien charged.
Status: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB623-Stolle) (15-Y 0-N) - SB153Introduced: January 07, 2008: Community service landscaping program; VDOT Commissioner to establish.
Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 688 (effective 7/1/08) - SB154Introduced: January 07, 2008: License plates, special; issuance promoting tourism and conservation on the Northern Neck.
Status: Tabled in Transportation - SB165Introduced: January 07, 2008: Golf cart and utility vehicles; crossing of highways at certain intersections in Colonial Beach.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456) - SB168Introduced: January 07, 2008: Income tax, state; volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel tax credit.
Status: Left in Finance - SB206Introduced: January 07, 2008: Communication towers, state-owned; wireless broadband service in unserved areas.
Status: G Approved by Governor-Chapter 690 (effective 7/1/08) - SB372Introduced: January 08, 2008: Sex offender registry; placement of certain juveniles required.
Status: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) - SB373Introduced: January 08, 2008: Invasive plants; nurseries to label all species of plants.
Status: Continued to 2009 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources - SB374Introduced: January 08, 2008: Real Estate Board; extension of deadline for compliance with education requirements.
Status: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) - SB375Introduced: January 08, 2008: Charter; Town of Colonial Beach.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0342) - SB376Introduced: January 08, 2008: School divisions, local; required to publish budget on website.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404) - SB377Introduced: January 08, 2008: Crab pots; unauthorized taking of crabs Class 3 misdemeanor.
Status: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) - SB378Introduced: January 08, 2008: Stormwater; Soil and Water Conservation Board to promote reuse and reclamation thereof.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405) - SB504Introduced: January 09, 2008: Assault and battery; penalty when against attorneys for State.
Status: Tabled in Courts of Justice - SB681Introduced: January 14, 2008: Water well systems providers; required to be onsite at all times for drilling, etc.
Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631) - SJ48Introduced: January 07, 2008: Constitutional amendment; localities to tax historical property on basis of its use value.
Status: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) - SJ49Introduced: January 07, 2008: Parkinsons Disease Awareness Month; designating as April 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ49ER) - SJ132Introduced: January 21, 2008: Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Monroe.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ132ER) - SJ232Introduced: February 26, 2008: Commending the Honorable George Mason III.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ232ER) - SJ5023Introduced: April 23, 2008: Celebrating the life of Justin L. Whitaker.
Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ5023ER) - SJ6006Introduced: June 23, 2008: Celebrating the life of Charles W. Jackson
Status: Laid on Clerk's Desk - SJ6007Introduced: June 23, 2008: Commending the Kilmarnock-Lancaster Volunteer Rescue Squad.
Status: Laid on Clerk's Desk
