Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke)

Photo of Sam Rasoul
Party
Democratic
District
38: City of Roanoke (part)
Took Office
January 2014
Next Election
November 2025
Website
Copatroning Habits
79% of bills he has copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 71% of them are Democrats. Of all of his fellow copatrons of the bills that he copatroned, 72% of them are Democrats.
Partisanship
?
Bills Passed
4.8% in 2024
Bio

A healthcare consultant, Rasoul originally hails from Warren, Ohio. He holds a BBA from Roanoke College and an MBA from Hawaii Pacific University. He is married, with three children. Notably, Rasoul was a member of the Virginia Defense Force from 2007–08, and is the only Muslim member of the Virginia General Assembly.

Recent Mentions in the Media

VPM News: Senate Finance sends surveillance definition bill to floor vote

March 4, 2024 | 3:00 am
  

WSLS 10: Budget battle wages on in General Assembly

February 19, 2024 | 3:00 am
  

Cardinal News: Del. Rasoul bill would lower cost of inmate phone calls

February 16, 2024 | 3:00 am
  

WSLS 10: Bill to allow localities to hold referendum on sales tax increase for schools passes House vote

February 14, 2024 | 3:00 am
  

VPM News: House bills seek to address concerns at state psychiatric hospitals

February 7, 2024 | 3:00 am
  

These are all of the video clips of Sam Rasoul’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2014. There are 16 video clips in all.

Bills

  • HB624: Public school funding; ratios of instructional positions to English language learner students.
  • HB625: Community Schools, Office of; established within Department of Education, etc.
  • HB626: Public schools; youth and community violence prevention, report.
  • HB632: Teachers; regulations governing certain licenses and certificates.
  • HB801: Electronic communication systems within state correctional facilities; telephone calls.
  • HB802: Virginia Museum of Transportation; established.
  • HB803: Juveniles; expungement of court records.
  • HB804: Dangerous dog; extending the time for adjudication.
  • HB805: Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in counties & cities to support schools.
  • HB806: Employee designation and payment policies; nursing staff at state psychiatric hospitals.
  • HB807: Behavioral Health Commission; changes composition of membership.
  • HB808: State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders, delayed admission to determine med. needs.
  • HB809: Electric utilities; federal funding resources.
  • HB1044: Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; membership.
  • HB1076: Education, Board of; through-year growth assessment system, alternatives during 2024-2026.
  • HB1078: Family caregiver; creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028.
  • HB1085: PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; established, monitoring sources.
  • HB1098: Unpaid family bereavement leave; civil penalty.
  • HB1226: Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc.
  • HB1477: Student instruction; local alternative instructional time models permitted.
  • HB1496: Surveillance Technology; reporting by localities, report.
  • HJ109: Celebrating the life of John R. Griffith.
  • HJ110: Celebrating the life of Gloria Randolph-King.
  • HJ111: Celebrating the life of Gina Elizabeth Kohler.
  • HJ112: Celebrating the life of Richard Henry Wilde Dillard.
  • HJ113: Commending the Roanoke Valley Chess Club.
  • HJ117: Celebrating the life of Edward Thompson.
  • HJ118: Commending the Bradley Free Clinic.
  • HJ119: Commending Blue Ridge Baptist Church.
  • HJ120: Commending the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation.
  • HJ226: Commending Lucy Addison High School.
  • HJ230: Commending the Radford University College of Nursing.
  • HJ231: Commending the Mill Mountain Theatre.
  • HJ232: Commending WFIR.
  • HJ265: Commending the United Way of Roanoke Valley.
  • HJ318: Celebrating the life of Francine Pannell Nash.
  • HJ320: Celebrating the life of Walter Spears Claytor, D.D.S.
  • HJ354: Commending Annette Lewis.
  • HJ365: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Onzlee Ware.
  • HJ367: Commending Super Carlin Brothers.
  • HR348: Commending the School of Social Work at Radford University.
  • HB105: Catawba Hospital; DGS to study feasibility of transforming into subst. abuse/mental health trtmt.
  • HB1566: Public school teachers and other Standards of Quality-funded positions; compensation.
  • HB1567: Perinatal health; VDH, et al., to evaluate strategies to reduce maternal & infant mortality rates.
  • HB2185: Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; provisions of performance contracts.
  • HB2186: Trespass; other person lawfully in charge of the property includes maint. code official of locality.
  • HB2187: School counselors; required percentage of staff time during school hours, etc.
  • HB2188: School psychologists; staffing flexibility.
  • HB2189: PFAS chemicals; requirements to test, publicly owned treatment works.
  • HB2190: Managed care organizations; data collections and reporting requirements, report.
  • HB2191: Unattended or immobile vehicles; removal by locality.
  • HB2192: Catawba Hospital; substance abuse treatment and recovery services.
  • HB2249: Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued and jailer-issued identification.
  • HB2314: Health insurance; credits for retired state employees.
  • HJ459: Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters,16-year-olds permitted to vote (first reference).
  • HJ577: Celebrating the life of Barbara Jean Smith Taylor.
  • HJ578: Celebrating the life of Charlene Adele Curtis.
  • HJ579: Commending Hill Street Baptist Church.
  • HJ580: Commending Heather Harper Gunn.
  • HJ581: Commending Sunni Purviance.
  • HJ609: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Monsignor Joseph Patrick Lehman III.
  • HJ655: Commending the Rescue Mission of Roanoke.
  • HJ656: Celebrating the life of Carnis L. Poindexter.
  • HJ657: Commending Adria Cintron.
  • HJ658: Celebrating the life of Gordon Locke Kendall.
  • HJ680: Commemorating the life and legacy of Reuben E. Lawson.
  • HR354: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Paulis Ervin Johnson, Sr.
  • HR355: Commending Bethlehem Bible College.
  • HB105: Catawba Hospital; DGS to study feasibility of transforming into subst. abuse/mental health trtmt.
  • HB291: Income tax, state; creates a nonrefundable tax credit for family caregivers.
  • HB298: Land bank ordinances; disposition.
  • HB309: Limited liability companies; prepayment of annual registration fees.
  • HB312: Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; annual marketing plan.
  • HB315: Roanoke, City of; amending charter, municipal elections.
  • HB323: Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; increases grant for certain projects.
  • HB447: Broadband providers; affordable monthly plan.
  • HB469: Electric utilities; clean energy mandates, transitioning workers, etc.
  • HB494: Human donor milk bank licensing; payment of medical assistance and health insurance coverage.
  • HB879: Education, Board of; qualifications of members, Governor shall consider appointing two members.
  • HB1108: Public schools; instruction concerning gambling, report.
  • HJ10: Commending Feeding Southwest Virginia.
  • HJ82: Arab American Heritage Month; designating as April 2022 and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • HJ193: Commending Angels of Assisi.
  • HJ194: Commending Cheryl Hartman, Ph.D.
  • HJ195: Commending the Roanoke 100 Miler.
  • HJ198: Celebrating the life of Harry Graves Johnson, Jr.
  • HJ214: Celebrating the life of Estelle Hunter McCadden.
  • HJ228: Commending Michael C. Maxey.
  • HJ269: Commending Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home and Crematory.
  • HJ270: Commending St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
  • HJ271: Commending the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center.
  • HJ291: Commending Radford University Carilion.
  • HJ305: Commemorating Roanoke College.
  • HJ325: Commending St. John's Episcopal Church.
  • HJ327: Celebrating the life of George Andrew Kegley.
  • HB360: Elections; voter-nominated open primary elections, ranked choice voting for certain elections.
  • HB1036: Preventive services; coverage for outpatient mental health screenings or visits.
  • HB1038: Solid waste management facility; permit for landfill with capacity of more than 35 million tons.
  • HB1040: Naturopathic doctors; Board of Medicine to license and regulate.
  • HB1687: Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund and Grant Program; established.
  • HB1937: Green New Deal Act; establishes a moratorium, effective January 1, 2022, etc.
  • HB1940: Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic or political engagement.
  • HB1940: Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic or political engagement.
  • HB1941: Law-enforcement officer; discharge of firearm, etc., release of video or audio recording.
  • HB2039: Physician assistant; eliminates certain requirement for practice.
  • HB2039: Physician assistant; eliminates certain requirement for practice.
  • HB2044: Naturopathic doctors; Board of Medicine to license and regulate.
  • HB2068: Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; established.
  • HB2068: Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; established.
  • HB2079: Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices.
  • HB2079: Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices.
  • HJ86: Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, 16-year-olds permitted to vote.
  • HJ550: Glass-Steagall Act; memorializing Congress to reinstate Act and develop an infrastructure bank.
  • HJ551: Constitutional amendment; qualification of voters, 16-year-olds permitted to vote (first reference).
  • HR337: Celebrating the life of John R.F. Lewis.
  • HR792: Commending Eboni Harrington.
  • HB77: Green New Deal Act; fossil fuel projects moratorium, clean energy mandates, civil penalties.
  • HB99: Va. Fair Housing Law; status as a victim of family abuse, etc.
  • HB360: Elections; voter-nominated open primary elections, ranked choice voting for certain elections.
  • HB361: Family caregiver; tax credit.
  • HB362: Physician assistant; capacity determinations.
  • HB378: Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision.
  • HB753: Social-emotional learning; DOE to develop guidance standards.
  • HB1034: Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Fund and Grant Program; established.
  • HB1036: Preventive services; coverage for outpatient mental health screenings or visits.
  • HB1037: Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date.
  • HB1038: Solid waste management facility; permit for landfill with capacity of more than 35 million tons.
  • HB1039: Felony homicide; repeals the crime.
  • HB1040: Naturopathic doctors; Board of Medicine to license and regulate.
  • HB1257: Drinking water supplies and waterworks; maximum contaminant levels, effective date, report.
  • HB1355: Community schools; establishment, community programs, etc.
  • HB1449: Physicians; medical specialty board certification options.
  • HB1687: Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund and Grant Program; established.
  • HB5091: Law-enforcement officers; required release of video or audio recording, discharge of firearm, etc.
  • HJ55: Commonwealth Corridor passenger rail service; DRPT to study feasibility of an east-west service.
  • HJ86: Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, 16-year-olds permitted to vote.
  • HJ87: Glass-Steagall Act; infrastructure bank.
  • HJ88: Virginia's Mental Health Region; designating as Roanoke and New River Valleys.
  • HJ152: Commending Virginia Organizing.
  • HJ279: Commending the Texas Tavern.
  • HJ280: Commending Sherman P. Lea.
  • HJ281: Commending the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke.
  • HJ282: Commending Local Colors.
  • HJ283: Commending the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission.
  • HJ284: Commending the Virginia Emergency Management Association.
  • HJ285: Commending Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare.
  • HJ286: Commending the West End Center for Youth.
  • HJ479: Celebrating the life of Harry Clarke Curtis.
  • HJ492: Commending the William Fleming High School 800-meter sprint medley relay team.
  • HJ494: Commending ARCH Roanoke.
  • HJ495: Commending Morning Star Baptist Church.
  • HB1635: Fossil fuel projects moratorium; clean energy mandates.
  • HB1654: Prohibited public carrying of certain firearms in public areas; penalty.
  • HB1744: Smoking; unlawful in motor vehicle with a minor present.
  • HB1854: Education, Department of; workgroup on social and emotional learning.
  • HB1902: Solar Demonstration Projects Grant Program; established, Solar Energy Special Fund created.
  • HB1967: Physicians; allowing for competition and additional entities.
  • HB1975: PACE program; DMAS to develop and implement a plan to provide client education.
  • HB2501: Greenhouse gas emissions; inventory.
  • HB2502: Landlord and tenant; maintenance standards.
  • HB2503: Public utilities; transactions with affiliates, fuel procurement arrangements.
  • HB2521: Assisted living facilities; staffing during overnight hours.
  • HB2645: Electric Utility Regulation; Refund Act.
  • HB2761: Cave and karst protection; penalty.
  • HB2775: Community schools; best practices to transition existing schools.
  • HJ577: United States Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.
  • HJ668: Restoring Representative Government; free and fair elections, limiting corporate personhood.
  • HJ669: Glass-Steagall Act; infrastructure bank
  • HJ678: Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, 16-year-olds permitted to vote.
  • HJ724: Green New Deal; recognizing need for clean energy economy.
  • HJ738: Commending the Local Office on Aging.
  • HJ946: Celebrating the life of John George Liakos.
  • HJ947: Celebrating the life of William Garfield Dabney.
  • HJ949: Commending Sherley Stuart.
  • HJ950: Commending Evelyn Bethel and Helen Davis.
  • HJ951: Commending Jamie Follin Nichols.
  • HJ952: Commending Robert A. Clement, Jr.
  • HJ953: Commending George Miller.
  • HJ954: Commending Sue Ranson.
  • HJ1056: Commending On Our Own.
  • HR426: Commending the Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project.
  • HB6: Security freezes; elimination of fees.
  • HB96: Electric utility regulation; suspension of reviews of earnings, transitional rate period.
  • HB120: Unemployment compensation; wage offset.
  • HB121: Community schools; development of program to establish schools.
  • HB148: Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers, prescriptions for opioids.
  • HB149: Child support order payee; change in physical custody of child, orders involving DSS.
  • HB157: Right to Treat Act; requirement of Maintenance of Certification prohibited, etc.
  • HB159: Family life education curricula; local school board to implement in grades kindergarten through 12.
  • HB240: Wage or salary history; inquiries prohibited, civil penalty.
  • HB275: Campaigns, certain; voluntary public financing.
  • HB276: Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans.
  • HB382: Voter precincts; precincts contained wholly within congressional or state legislative district.
  • HB1112: Voter registration at the DMV; REAL ID compliant applications.
  • HB1129: Elections; establishes voter-nominated open primary elections.
  • HB1130: Assisted living facilities, etc.; licensure of facilities operated by agencies of the Commonwealth.
  • HB1133: Prisoners; medical and mental health treatment of those incapable of giving consent.
  • HB1136: Aboveground chemical storage tanks; local ordinance, inspection.
  • HB1141: Interstate natural gas pipeline; Virginia Water Protection Permit, etc., regulations.
  • HB1294: Interstate natural gas pipeline construction; water quality impact bond.
  • HB1295: Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of info to a public institution of higher education.
  • HB1296: Statewide public defender system and appellate defender officer; established.
  • HB1394: Firearms show; list of vendors or exhibitors submitted to State Police.
  • HB1483: Virginia Consumer Protection Act; open-end credit plans.
  • HB1490: Fossil fuel projects moratorium; establishes, clean energy mandates.
  • HJ33: Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters,16-year-olds.
  • HJ34: Constitutional amendment; initiatives, referendums, and recalls.
  • HJ395: Celebrating the life of Tom Cain.
  • HJ463: Commending Yodie Swain.
  • HJ464: Commending St. John's Episcopal Church.
  • HJ465: Commending Virginia Prosthetics and Orthotics.
  • HJ466: Commending Center in the Square.
  • HJ467: Commending Jefferson College of Health Sciences.
  • HJ468: Commending Child Health Investment Partnership of Roanoke Valley.
  • HJ469: Commending Community High School.
  • HJ470: Commending the Reverend Kirk Ballin.
  • HJ473: Celebrating the life of Julien H. Meyer, Jr., M.D.
  • HR1: Glass-Steagall Act; memorializing Congress to reinstate portions of Act.
  • HB1035: Elderly care savings trust accounts; established, administered by the Virginia College Savings Plan.
  • HB1444: Minimum wage; increases minimum wage from its current federally mandated level.
  • HB1759: Redeemable beverage containers.
  • HB1789: Emergency vehicles, privately owned volunteer; requirement for flashing lights and sirens.
  • HB2153: Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; reciprocity.
  • HB2154: Running bamboo; locality may, by ordinance, provide for control, civil penalty.
  • HB2155: Workers' compensation; modifications to employee's home and automobile.
  • HB2156: Child welfare agencies; licensure for agencies operated by the Commonwealth.
  • HB2157: Family abuse protective order; third or subsequent violation of order.
  • HB2158: Dumping trash; increases penalty.
  • HB2159: Litter; adds cigarette or cigar butts to definition.
  • HB2160: Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans.
  • HB2434: Community schools; Department of Education to establish taskforce for pilot program.
  • HB2443: Electoral fusion; form of ballot, candidate's name appearing more than once for same office.
  • HJ541: Constitutional amendment; top two open primary election (first reference).
  • HJ554: Celebrating the life of Jean Alexandria Glontz.
  • HJ584: Commending the Roanoke Catholic School football team.
  • HJ585: Study; State Council of Higher Ed; rates of in-state and out-of-state undergraduate admissions.
  • HJ622: Constitutional amendment; General Assembly term limits (first reference).
  • HJ631: Commending Peter Allen Lewis.
  • HJ642: Memorializing Congress; reinstatement of Glass-Steagall Act.
  • HJ701: United States Constitution; application for a convention of the states; free and fair elections.
  • HJ811: Commending E. Wade Whitehead, Jr.
  • HJ812: Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Florence Kennedy LaGrua.
  • HJ838: Celebrating the life of Steven Charles Buschor.
  • HJ839: Celebrating the life of Gus George Pappas.
  • HJ854: Commending Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
  • HJ855: Celebrating the life of James A. Lewis, Jr.
  • HJ858: Celebrating the life of Joel Willis Richert.
  • HJ871: Celebrating the life of W. Alvin Hudson, Jr.
  • HJ876: Commending Diane Kelly.
  • HR458: Commending Christopher P. Morrill.
  • HB53: Juvenile offenders; sentence modification procedure.
  • HB82: Elections; changes definition of 'party' or 'political party.'
  • HB103: Consumer finance loans; caps maximum rate of interest.
  • HB302: Elephants; prohibits use of devices for training, etc., that inflict pain or cause physical injury.
  • HB303: Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans.
  • HB319: Health regulatory boards; continuing education for certain individuals.
  • HB1035: Elderly care savings trust accounts; established, administered by the Virginia College Savings Plan.
  • HB1037: Voting systems; prohibits use of direct recording electronic machines on or after July 1, 2017.
  • HB1038: Motor vehicle safety inspections; window tinting.
  • HB1040: Voter-nominated primary elections; established for offices of Governor, etc.
  • HB1041: Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.
  • HB1043: Reckless driving; raises threshold for speeding.
  • HB1045: Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty.
  • HB1046: Youth services citizen boards; clarifies membership.
  • HB1047: Alcohol; use of premises for illegal consumption, civil penalty.
  • HB1049: Firearms show; list of vendors or exhibitors submitted to State Police.
  • HB1050: Solar thermal system tax credit.
  • HB1258: Minimum wage; increases wage from federally mandated level to $8.50 per hour.
  • HB1295: Abuse or neglect of child; definitions, penalty.
  • HJ13: Commending Pilgrim Baptist Church.
  • HJ18: Constitutional amendment; term limits for members of the General Assembly.
  • HJ51: Celebrating the life of Jesse Clingenpeel.
  • HJ71: Commending Temple Emanuel.
  • HJ108: Medicaid; JLARC to study electronic sources of data, etc.
  • HJ118: Celebrating the life of Alphonzo LaSalle Holland, Sr.
  • HJ137: Driver's license; suspension upon conviction of marijuana offense.
  • HJ216: Celebrating the life of Carol Willoughby.
  • HJ217: Celebrating the life of Charles Wesley Day.
  • HJ237: Commending Apostolos Dallas, M.D.
  • HJ310: Commending Geanina Poff.
  • HJ311: Celebrating the life of Ray Wayne Gandee, M.D.
  • HJ353: Commending the Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke.
  • HJ451: Commending Chris Perkins.
  • HJ457: Celebrating the life of Sheila Sachs Strauss.
  • HB1159: Political contributions; prohibitions during procurement process.
  • HB1297: Machinery and tools tax; production of renewable energy.
  • HB1344: Flashing lights on motor vehicles; 'move over' law.
  • HB1399: Flood insurance; escrow accounts.
  • HB1463: Elections; changes definition of 'party' or 'political party.'
  • HB1464: Equines; report on animal cruelty.
  • HB1465: Redistricting; certain population data to be used.
  • HB1726: Enterprise zone real property; investment grants.
  • HB1860: Collection receptacles for clothing, household items, etc.; required disclosures.
  • HB1862: Wrongful death action; distribution of award.
  • HB1863: Court-appointed counsel; waivers for compensation.
  • HB1864: Firearms show; State Police list of vendors or exhibitors.
  • HB1881: Social Services, Department of; opportunities for certain programs to compete for grant funds.
  • HB2358: Continuing education for prescribers; substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management.
  • HJ540: Commending Ted Edlich.
  • HJ545: Constitutional convention; congress to call for an amendment to U.S. Constitution.
  • HJ584: Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission, redistricting criteria and process.
  • HJ647: Virginia Housing Commission; affordable housing for people reentering society.
  • HJ761: Celebrating the life of Lular Ree Clarke Lucky.
  • HJ762: Celebrating the life of the Honorable George W. Harris, Jr.
  • HJ828: Celebrating the life of Jim Bullington.
  • HJ913: Commending the Noel C. Taylor Municipal Building.
  • HR310: Commending Total Action for Progress.
  • HR311: Commending Burrell Memorial Hospital.
  • HB1128: Cooperative career & technical education; school boards to provide to middle & high school students.
  • HB1154: Misdemeanors; expungement of criminal record for charges dismissed.
  • HB1159: Political contributions; prohibitions during procurement process.
  • HB1182: A-to-F school grading system; exemption for schools with alternative accreditation plans.
  • HB1226: Stalking; penalty.
  • HJ5042: Commending the Roanoke Tribune.
  • HJ5048: Celebrating the life of Lucy Martin Harmon.
  • HJ5054: Celebrating the life of William Elry Gilbert.
  • HJ5081: Commending the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Roanoke Alumnae Chapter.
  • HJ5089: Celebrating the life of Anthony M. Reed.
  • HJ5174: Commending Roanoke Sister Cities, Inc.
  • HJ5206: Celebrating the life of Harry Lee Dull.