Delegate Tom Rust (R-Herndon)
- Party
- Republican
- District
- 86: Counties of Fairfax (part) and Loudoun (part) [map]
- Took Office
- January 2002
- Next Election
- November 2013
- Committees
- Commerce and Labor, Education, Science and Technology, Transportation
- Website
- tomrust.org
- Copatroning Habits
- 66% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 64% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 62% of them are Republicans.
- Partisanship
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- Tag Cloud

- Bills Passed
- 30.4% in 2013
| Donor | Sector | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Republican Party | Republican Party committees | $79,554 |
| Hazel Jr, John T | Attorneys & law firms | $37,500 |
| Hazel, William A | Public works, industrial & commercial construction | $30,000 |
| Howell For Delegate | Republican candidate committees | $30,000 |
| Tom Davis For Congress | Republican candidate committees | $25,000 |
| House Republican Campaign Cmte | Republican Party committees | $20,250 |
| Albrittain Family Trust | Real estate developers & subdividers | $12,500 |
| Fried, Ms Barbara J | Real estate developers & subdividers | $10,000 |
| Leadership For Virginia | Republican-based groups (but not official party committees) and generic conservative ones | $10,000 |
| Batmangheligj, Bahman | Real estate developers & subdividers | $8,500 |
Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Golf Tournament Raises Nearly $20,000 for Police Charities ...May 7, 2013 |
Boysko Outraises Opponent - The Farm TeamApril 21, 2013 |
Delegate Rust Honored for Education Efforts - Herndon, VA PatchApril 21, 2013 |
Tom Rust - The Rust Report- April 11, 2013April 11, 2013 |
Statement from Delegate Tom Rust on Key Policy Amendments ...March 27, 2013 |
Patch.com: Delegate Rust Honored for Education EffortsApril 21, 2013 |
Metro Weekly: Va.'s Family Foundation legislative ratings highlight LGBT partisan divideMay 18, 2013 |
Virginia Connection Newspapers: Week in HerndonThe Connection NewspapersMay 16, 2013 |
Virginia Connection Newspapers: Editorial: Vote in Spite of Election FatigueThe Connection NewspapersMay 16, 2013 |
Virginia Connection Newspapers: Editorial: Some Limits, More DisclosureThe Connection NewspapersMay 9, 2013 |
These are all of the video clips of Tom Rust’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2009. There are 116 video clips in all.
Index
Bills
- HB862: Income tax, state; deduction for tolls.
- HB864: Transportation Board; changes composition, Governor shall appoint or remove members, etc.
- HB866: Fairfax County School Board; staggered elections.
- HB1357: Handheld personal communications devices; texting while driving a primary offense.
- HB1525: Tuition, in-state; undocumented persons.
- HB1526: HOT lanes; emergency vehicles and law-enforcement vehicles cannot use when commuting to work place.
- HB1527: Fire insurance; clarifies that excess insurance may be written on an endorsement, etc.
- HB1528: Commercial insurance policies; only first named insured required to be given notice of cancellation.
- HB1535: Town and county; joint powers.
- HB1725: Absentee ballots; no individual, etc., shall mail 25 or more completed applications for voters.
- HB1842: License plates, special; issuance for firefighters and auxiliaries, Fraternal Order of Police, etc.
- HB1861: Residential property; certain notice of sale.
- HB1900: Health insurance reform; revises State's laws.
- HB2049: Commonwealth Transportation Board; increases total membership from 17 to 21 members.
- HB2052: HOT lanes; allows state or local law-enforcement vehicles, etc., to enter.
- HB2063: Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities.
- HB2179: Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities.
- HB2180: Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program, eligible energy.
- HJ623: Commending the Virginia Education Association.
- HJ624: Commending Arthur Nachman.
- HJ856: Celebrating the life of William A. Hazel.
- HR108: Celebrating the life of James Berry Ashwell.
- HR139: Commending the Herndon High School co-ed cheer team.
- HB657: Renewable energy portfolio standard program; adjusts mix of energy sources that qualify.
- HB860: Towing ordinances; localities in Northern Virginia to require companies to submit to inspection.
- HB861: Vehicle and trailer immobilization; subject to removal for outstanding parking violations.
- HB862: Income tax, state; deduction for tolls.
- HB863: Zoning; civil penalties constitute liens on real property.
- HB864: Transportation Board; changes composition, Governor shall appoint or remove members, etc.
- HB865: Taxicabs; local regulation.
- HB866: Fairfax County School Board; staggered elections.
- HB867: Certificates of insurance; unfair insurance trade practices.
- HB868: Plug-in electric-drive vehicles; may park free of charge in certain parking spaces when recharging.
- HB869: Urban development areas; makes designation optional rather than mandatory for all localities.
- HB870: Repairable vehicles; definition, exemption.
- HB871: Limited burial insurance authority; changes definition.
- HB872: Property and casualty insurance; provides for SCC licensing and regulation of public adjusters.
- HB873: Direct Aid to Public Education; amends by lowering maximum Composite Index rate.
- HB874: Handheld personal communications devices; penalty if text messaging and emailing while driving.
- HB875: Motor vehicle insurance; places time limits on appeals to DMV for suspension of driver's license.
- HB876: Motor vehicle fuels sales tax; transfer administration and collection to DMV.
- HB1184: Public education; dual enrollment for high school students.
- HB1206: Preneed funeral contracts; requirements.
- HJ149: Celebrating the life of James Warren Geurin.
- HJ157: Commending George and Laura Price.
- HJ158: Commending Holly Frost.
- HJ178: Commending Dulles Chapter 1241 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.
- HJ216: X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month; designating as May 2012, and each succeeding year.
- HJ293: Commending Stephen J. DeBenedittis.
- HJ339: Celebrating the life of Champlin Fletcher Buck III.
- HJ342: Commending Patrick Hammes.
- HJ416: Commending LINK, Inc.
- HR576: Commending Herndon Elementary School.
- HR608: Commending Jasbinder Singh.
- HR609: Commending William B. Tirrell, Sr.
- HB512: Lyme disease; allows a licensed physician to prescribe long-term antibiotic therapy.
- HB971: Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Sales and Use Tax Fund; established.
- HB1956: Trespassing vehicles; regulation of removal by localities.
- HB1957: Transportation Board; powers and duties.
- HB1958: Health insurance; federal market reforms.
- HB1959: Administrative impoundment of vehicle; adds driving on suspended offenses to list of instances.
- HB1960: Tuition Assistance Grant Program; amends criteria to be eligible to receive tuition assistance.
- HB1961: Pharmacy, Board of; recusal requirement.
- HB1962: Toll violations; sets out procedures for issuance of notices.
- HB1963: Resident curator programs; locality may develop for managing, etc., historic areas owned or leased.
- HB1964: Public employment; prohibits discrimination based on race, color, etc.
- HB1965: Local capital improvement programs; adds life cycle costs to facilities estimates.
- HB1966: Pharmacists; allows anyone to report to Board of Pharmacy those who may have substance abuse issue.
- HB2220: Pharmacies; implement continuous quality improvement program for analysis of dispensing errors.
- HB2404: State sales & use tax revenue; dedicates portion for transportation projects in Hampton Roads, etc.
- HB2532: Charter; Town of Urbanna.
- HJ528: Commending Herndon High School on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
- HJ619: Tolling of certain highways; Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability, et al., to study.
- HJ622: Histiocytosis Awareness Month; designating as September 2011, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ670: Commending Nicole Mariarose Ferraro.
- HJ686: Commending the Council for the Arts of Herndon on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
- HJ699: Commending Herndon Community Television Corporation.
- HJ708: Commending Frying Pan Farm Park.
- HJ814: Commending the Herndon Womans Club.
- HJ815: Commending Carl I. Sivertsen.
- HJ816: Commending Charlie D. Waddell.
- HJ817: Commending David A. Kirby.
- HJ917: Celebrating the life of Philip John Farley III.
- HJ949: Commending Franklin Foster Smith.
- HB350: Distribution of handbills, etc.; adds median & public roadway to places locality can regulate, etc.
- HB351: Virginia School Construction Revolving Fund; created, report.
- HB352: Group life insurance coverage; extended to persons mutually agreed upon by insurer and policyholder.
- HB512: Lyme disease; allows a licensed physician to prescribe long-term antibiotic therapy.
- HB513: Motor vehicles; administrative impoundment thereof when driving without an operator's license.
- HB514: Long-term services; SHHR develop blueprint for livable communities for people with disabilities.
- HB515: Wetlands and stream mitigation; prohibits localities from regulating location of projects.
- HB516: Condemnations; highway construction.
- HB517: Uniform Statewide Building Code; court may order violations on nonresidential buildings be abated.
- HB518: Freedom of Information Act; public body shall remain responsible for retrieving public records, etc.
- HB745: Income tax, state; telework expenses tax credit.
- HB746: Tolls; installation of video-monitoring/automatic vehicle identification systems for toll facility.
- HB970: Transportation Trust Fund; increases amount of general fund surplus.
- HB971: Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Sales and Use Tax Fund; established.
- HB972: Transient occupancy tax; Fairfax County limitations.
- HB973: Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund; funding therefor.
- HB1295: Dulles Access Highway; enforcement through use of photo-monitoring system in conjunction with usage.
- HJ68: Highway; Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability to develop plan to place toll on certain.
- HJ261: Commending the Asian American residents of Virginia on their celebration of the Lunar New Year.
- HJ280: Commending Louise Rooney.
- HJ281: Commending Ted Hochstein.
- HJ282: Commending the Herndon Fortnightly Club on the occasion of its 120th anniversary.
- HJ283: Commending The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area, Inc.
- HJ284: Commending the Herndon Rotary Club on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
- HJ285: Commending Herndon Volunteer Fire Department on the occasion of its 80th anniversary.
- HJ373: Celebrating the life of J. Michael Lunsford.
- HJ444: Commending Patricia Macintyre.
- HJ445: Commending Richard F. Downer.
- HJ446: Commending Dennis D. Husch.
- HJ447: Commending Jean Goldsby.
- HB761: Charter; Town of Herndon.
- HB923: School Construction Revolving Fund; created, report.
- HB1724: Trespassing vehicle; local regulation of removal and immobilization thereof.
- HB1725: Visitors, board of; College of William & Mary, VCU, & VPI&SU boards authorized to invest funds, etc.
- HB1726: Group life insurance; allows coverage to be extended to insure any class of persons.
- HB2017: Transient occupancy tax; Fairfax County limitations.
- HB2018: School Construction Revolving Fund; created.
- HB2019: Transportation corridors; Transportation Board to establish connection with Transportation Plan.
- HB2020: Highway maintenance funds; provides method Transportation Board is to allocate additional funds.
- HB2021: Driving without license; motor vehicle impounded if previously convicted of certain offenses.
- HB2022: Technology Services, Council on; eliminates Council.
- HB2023: Virginia Information Technologies Agency; to delegate powers & responsibilities.
- HB2150: Notice of sale; locality in Planning District 8 to adopt ordinance to give notice to admin. officer.
- HB2151: Retention of energy savings; school boards required to prepare approved energy conservation.
- HB2152: Stand-by service charges; SCC to adopt regulations requiring rates charged by electric utility.
- HB2153: BPOL tax; allows towns to levy on any person, firm, etc., in business of renting real property.
- HB2654: Public Education Distribution; Governor, etc. to develop plan to lower maximum Composite Index rate.
- HJ687: Highways; Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability to develop plan to toll certain.
- HJ919: Commending the Herndon Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HJ1022: Commending Herndon-Reston FISH, Inc.
- HB104: Driver's license; penalty for driving without.
- HB440: Illegal aliens; presumption of no bail for those charged with certain crimes.
- HB441: Correctional facilities; enforcement of federal civil immigration laws.
- HB442: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include computers and computer-related peripheral equipment.
- HB443: Loudoun County; rights and duties of county chairman.
- HB444: Inmates; officer of correctional facility to inquire of alien status.
- HB445: Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
- HB446: Motor vehicle; forfeiture thereof for two offenses of driving without operator's license.
- HB447: Driver's license; punishment for third or subsequent violation.
- HB448: Civil remedial fees; fees shall be assessed on person who operates motor vehicle on highways.
- HB449: School boards, local; unexpended funds.
- HB450: Motor vehicle repair services; those embraced by Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads Authorities.
- HB451: Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; increases membership.
- HB452: Residential dwellings; penalties related to overcrowding.
- HB453: School bus stops; local school boards may install signs or other devices to indicate.
- HB454: High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes; revises procedures for enforcing violations.
- HB481: Driver's license, provisional; primary offense.
- HB761: Charter; Town of Herndon.
- HB762: Illegal aliens; presumption against admission to bail for those charged with criminal offense.
- HB763: Central Criminal Records Exchange; required to notify U.S. Bureau of Immigration & Customs.
- HB764: Correctional facilities; inquiries to U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- HB832: Towing and recovery operators; removal of trespassing vehicles.
- HB833: Automotive manufacturers; specialized registration & titling of company vehicles.
- HB922: Registration fees; increase for firefighting and emergency medical services vehicles.
- HB923: School Construction Revolving Fund; created, report.
- HB1107: Single-family dwellings; fines for zoning violations related to overcrowding.
- HB1108: Highway construction, primary system; funds allocation.
- HB1476: Voting equipment; wireless communications at polling places, exceptions.
- HB6017: Food and beverage tax; allows counties to impose without referendum.
- HB6021: Highway maintenance funds; provides method by which Transportation Board is to allocate funds.
- HJ83: Elementary and Secondary School Funding, 2002 Review of; joint subcommittee to examine.
- HJ84: Affordable housing; Housing Commission to study methods for procuring units for public employees.
- HJ85: School boards; JLARC to study implications of granting fiscal autonomy to those elected.
- HJ237: Innovative Technology, Center for; innovation index, report.
- HJ546: Celebrating the life of Whitney Harwood Menning Adams.
- HJ555: Commending Douglas Graney.
- HJ6031: Commending Raul Danny Vargas.
- HJ6032: Commending Pat Williams.
- HB306: Income tax, state; dedicates portion of car tax to localities.
- HB307: Zoning ordinance; raises maximum misdemeanor penalty for violation thereof.
- HB2257: DMV fees; assessment thereof on certain drivers.
- HB2258: Charitable organizations; exceptions for those that engage in food distribution to needy.
- HB2259: Freedom of Information Act; records of regional and local park authorities.
- HB2260: Towing and recovery operators; eliminates requirement to obtain written authorization from owner.
- HB2261: Zoning violations; overcrowding of residential dwellings.
- HB2262: Income tax, state; dedicates a portion of car tax to localities.
- HB2263: Hospital or health center commissions; membership.
- HB2265: Plats; validation of certain.
- HB2376: DMV fees; assessment thereof on certain drivers.
- HB2461: High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes; revises procedures and penalties involved therewith.
- HB2462: Toll facilities; operation of photo-monitoring or automatic vehicle identification systems.
- HB2501: Specially constructed, replica vehicles, etc.; revises procedures to be titled & registered by DMV.
- HB2925: Retail Sales and Use Tax; limited exemption on computers and related peripheral equipment.
- HB2926: Immigration; powers of law-enforcement officers by agreement with Department of Homeland Security.
- HB3122: Driving without a license; enhanced penalty for persons convicted of second offense.
- HJ34: Constitutional amendment; excludes privately owned motor vehicles from property taxation (1st ref).
- HJ655: Constitutional amendment; excludes privately owned motor vehicles from property taxation (1st ref).
- HJ668: Commending the Sully Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization.
- HJ743: Fire and rescue squad volunteers; joint subcommittee to study incentives to recruit, etc.
- HJ747: Commending Kerrie Wilson.
- HJ768: Commending Mark Gunderman.
- HB304: DMV; charges for information supplied thereby.
- HB305: Learning Technology, Office of; created within Council of Higher Education.
- HB306: Income tax, state; dedicates portion of car tax to localities.
- HB307: Zoning ordinance; raises maximum misdemeanor penalty for violation thereof.
- HB308: Zoning ordinance; violations thereof, penalty.
- HB309: High-occupancy lanes; extends sunset provision for vehicles bearing clean fuel license plates.
- HB310: Higher Education, Council of; eligibility to be elected chairman of student advisory committee.
- HB456: Private waste companies; requirements thereof.
- HB457: Conflicts of Interest Act, State and Local; exemption for faculty papers.
- HB458: Public Procurement Act; public body to enter into cooperative procurement for professional services.
- HB526: Street rods and custom vehicles; titling and registration.
- HB527: Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund; created.
- HB528: Retail Sales & Use Tax; exemption for clothing and computers.
- HB682: Student Financial Security Program; created.
- HB683: DMV; assessment of fees on certain drivers.
- HB684: Erosion & Sediment Control & Stormwater Management Acts; clarifies acceptable flow rates.
- HB1000: Tolls; failure to pay, penalty.
- HB1001: Liability insurance policies; notices.
- HB1453: Safety belts; exempts certain law-enforcement officers, etc. from wearing thereof.
- HB1555: Transportation; provides for new funding in Northern Virginia.
- HB1612: DMV; assessment of fees on certain drivers, use of fees collected.
- HB5034: DMV; additional fees on certain drivers, use of fees collected.
- HJ34: Constitutional amendment; excludes privately owned motor vehicles from property taxation (1st ref).
- HJ76: Fire department & rescue squad volunteers; joint subcommittee to study income tax incentives.
- HJ315: Celebrating the life of Pamela S. Manas.
- HJ316: Commending Joy Trickett.
- HJ342: Commending Stephen Hockett.
- HJ5040: Commending the Town of Herndon's Hispanic Heritage Festival.
- HJ5075: Commending the Herndon Dulles Chamber of Commerce.
- HJ5162: Commending John T. Frey.
- HR503: Commending Hyeon Kon Lee.