Delegate Vivian Watts (D-Annandale)

Photo of Vivian Watts
Party
Democratic
District
39: County of Fairfax (part) [map]
Took Office
January 1996
Next Election
November 2013
Committees
Courts of Justice, Finance, Science and Technology
Website
vivianwatts.com
Copatroning Habits
67% of bills she copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of her bills, 82% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that she also copatroned, 57% of them are Democrats.
Partisanship
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Tag Cloud ?
children court crime death dss education elderly estate estate tax finance gas tax health highway hoa income tax locality nursing home police property public assistance real estate sex sex offender social services tanf tax transportation vehicle voting will
Bills Passed
12.5% in 2013
Top Recent Contributors
Donor Sector Total
Northern Virginia Association Of Realtors Real estate $2,500
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Attorneys & law firms $2,500
Virginia Dental Association Dentists $2,500
Dominion Energy production & distribution $2,000
West Group Real estate developers & subdividers $2,000
Bank Of America Commercial banks & bank holding companies $1,750
Virginia Bankers Association Commercial banks & bank holding companies $1,500
Fairfax County Professional Fire Fighters & Paramedics Local 2068 Police & fire fighters unions and associations $1,500
Virginia Beer Wholesalers Association Liquor wholesalers $1,500
Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association Telecommunications $1,450

Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.

Recent Mentions on Blogs

Pathway Advisory Council Visits the Virginia General Assembly ...

February 25, 2013
PAC members enthusiastically discussed issues with Senator Dave Marsden, Delegate Vivian Watts, Delegate David Bulova and Senator J. Chapman Petersen's Legislative Assistant Kathleen Neilson. Topics of discussion ...

Not Larry Sabato: House District #39

February 24, 2013
In his first re-election in 1979 a young challenger stepped forward to run against him named Vivian Watts. ... Delegate Watts was first elected in 1981, when Fairfax County elected its 12 Delegates in four 3-member districts.

Republicans tout education legislation | urcapitalnews

February 12, 2013
Giving schools report cards would be a common-sense approach to really engage parents, Cox said. If a school is not accredited for 2 years, the school district could take over the school, he said. Del. Vivian Watts, a Democrat ...

First vote for McDonnell transpo plan; passes House committee | On ...

January 30, 2013
“Addressing the urban crescent's needs are not only fair play but essential to our economy,” said Del. Vivian Watts, D-Annandale, a former state Secretary of Transportation. She said the state's road system needs more than ...

Delegate Vivian Watts' Pre-Session Gossip & Goodies Reception

January 6, 2013
Delegate Vivian Watts' Pre-Session Gossip & Goodies Reception. Date, Sunday January 6, 2013 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM. Contact, Deb Sherman 703-978-2989 vwatts@erols.com. Additional Information, www.vivianwatts.com. Description, Join ...
Recent Mentions in the Media

Lynchburg News and Advance: Importance of Disclosing Financial Gifts

May 23, 2013
Del. Kathy Byron, R-Bedford County, accepted a trip to Taiwan in 2012, combined with three trips to American Legislative Exchange Council meetings between 2010 and 2012 easily made her the busiest traveler among the Lynchburg area's delegation to the ...

Lynchburg News and Advance: Virginia Dems chide Byron on gift reports

May 16, 2013
... amend my gift report using the same estimates as Del. Vivian Watts,? Byron said. Virginia Democrats said the law is clear concerning items General Assembly members are required to list on their annual statements of economic interest. ?Delegate ...

Metro Weekly: Virginia legislators' pro-gay ratings up, but still far from friendly

May 20, 2013
Virginia legislators' pro-gay ratings up, but still far from friendlyVivian Watts (D-Fairfax Co.) and Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) were docked points for supporting the student-groups bill, while Del. Jeion Ward (D-Hampton) was penalized for failing to vote on the nomination of Thorne-Begland. The six other ...

Henrico Citizen: Poor pay more to fund roads, report says

April 26, 2013
A fellow Democrat, Delegate Vivian Watts of Fairfax, agreed. ?It is an important step in moving Virginia forward. Virginians have waited too long for a long-term transportation funding plan, but now we have a plan that provides much needed revenue to ...and more »

These are all of the video clips of Vivian Watts’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2009. There are 149 video clips in all.

Index

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Bills

  • HB1172: Human Rights Council; authority to act.
  • HB1454: Safe deposit boxes; bank or other entity to permit limited access by deceased lessee's spouse, etc.
  • HB1455: Elderly or incapacitated adults; financial exploitation, penalty is a Class 3 felony.
  • HB1456: House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in Fairfax County.
  • HB1457: Estate tax; reinstates for persons dying on or after July 1, 2013.
  • HB1458: TANF; assistance when convicted of drug-related felony.
  • HB1465: Prostitution, forced; expungement of charges.
  • HB1471: Assisted living facilities; residents permitted to vote absentee.
  • HB1472: Transportation; funding and administration.
  • HB1540: Handheld personal communications devices; unlawful to use in specified school property or crossing.
  • HB1541: Prostitution, forced; expungement of charges.
  • HB1595: Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; imposition of late fees for assessments, etc.
  • HB1643: Protective orders; exempt from stay pending appeal.
  • HB1644: Birth control; definition.
  • HB2333: Transportation; funding and administration.
  • HJ584: Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds.
  • HB408: Real property tax; exemption for elderly and disabled.
  • HB409: Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; guilty of a Class 5 felony, etc.
  • HB410: Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; recovery of attorney fees, costs, and interest.
  • HB411: Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; recovery of costs and interest.
  • HB412: Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; foreclosure on lien for unpaid assessments.
  • HB413: Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; prohibited publication of employment information.
  • HB414: Safe deposit boxes; bank to permit limited access upon death of lessee.
  • HB415: Wireless telecommunications device; prohibits using while operating a moving motor vehicle, penalty.
  • HB416: Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; procedural changes.
  • HB417: Polling places; prohibited campaign area.
  • HB418: Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; imposition of late fees on assessments.
  • HB419: Estate tax; reinstated for persons dying on or after July 1, 2012.
  • HB420: Eligibilty for TANF; drug-related felonies.
  • HB421: Standards of Quality; apportionment of state and local share.
  • HB422: Transportation; additional funding by imposing and increasing certain taxes.
  • HB1171: Electoral college; candidates for President who win popular vote will receive votes of electors.
  • HB1172: Human Rights Council; authority to act.
  • HB1188: Human trafficking; Board of Education to provide information for public schools.
  • HB1266: Child abuse; mandatory reporting by employees of certain public organizations, penalty.
  • HJ71: Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds.
  • HJ306: Commending Karen Dickerson.
  • HB226: TANF; eligibility of assistance when convicted of drug-related felonies.
  • HB347: Anesthesia; hospitals develop procedure for discharge of individuals who had procedures requiring.
  • HB808: State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with DRPT.
  • HB1627: Common Interest Community Board; annual payment by common interest communities.
  • HB1628: Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; makes procedural changes.
  • HB1629: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; parking violations on their properties, civil penalty.
  • HB1630: Cell phones or other wireless telecommunications devices; prohibited use while driving, exception.
  • HB1631: Highway maintenance; payments to cities and towns.
  • HB1632: TANF; eligibility of assistance when convicted of drug-related felonies.
  • HB1633: Financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults; penalty.
  • HB1747: Child pornography; possession by law-enforcement agency.
  • HB1892: Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Sales & Use Tax Fund; established, etc.
  • HB1893: Abduction; penalty when person recruits, etc., child under 16 years of age for prostitution.
  • HB1894: Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; foreclosure on lien for unpaid assessments.
  • HB1895: Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment, penalty for false representation.
  • HB2484: Standards of Quality; apportionment of state and local share.
  • HJ572: Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference).
  • HJ597: Celebrating the life of Robert Andrew Fleming, Jr.
  • HJ609: Continuing care retirement communities; SCC to study management & need for resident representation.
  • HJ918: Celebrating the life of Carl Douglas Adams.
  • HB220: Polling places; clarifies exemption allowing a voter to enter wearing apparel with candidate's name.
  • HB221: Handheld personal communication device; person guilty of careless driving unless in hands-free mode.
  • HB222: Secondary highway system; VDOT & DRPT to review new design standards components therefor.
  • HB223: Estate tax; dedication of revenues collected.
  • HB224: Highways; payments to cities and towns for maintenance.
  • HB225: Standards of Quality; apportionment of state and local share.
  • HB226: TANF; eligibility of assistance when convicted of drug-related felonies.
  • HB227: Sex offender; prohibiting entry onto school property of those that are violent, exceptions.
  • HB228: Personal property tax relief; deletes requirement that vehicle held in trust can qualify.
  • HB229: Driver's license, provisional; restriction for those transporting up to three children under age 15.
  • HB230: Motor fuels tax rate increase; allocation of construction funds for primary highway system.
  • HB346: Small Estate Act; revises by repealing related provisions in Code.
  • HB347: Anesthesia; hospitals develop procedure for discharge of individuals who had procedures requiring.
  • HB348: Common Interest Community Board; increase in annual assessment.
  • HB349: Veterans services agencies; designees for certain ex officio members.
  • HB468: Common interest communities; exemptions from licensure, powers and duties.
  • HB469: War Memorial Foundation; inclusion in Virginia War Memorial.
  • HB470: Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; foreclosure on lien for unpaid assessments.
  • HB808: State and local transportation planning; provides for coordination with DRPT.
  • HB809: Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; dangerous and vicious dogs.
  • HB1232: License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Washington Capitals hockey team.
  • HJ69: Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference).
  • HJ482: Celebrating the life of John Gruber Fox.
  • HB279: Small Estate Act; updates certain banking and fiduciary statutes to make them consistent with Act.
  • HB280: Decedent's will; unsupervised probate.
  • HB465: Real estate tax; exemptions for certain elderly and disabled persons with income limits.
  • HB473: Income tax, state; subtraction for National Guard or Reserve personnel pay.
  • HB1049: Income tax, state; deduction for licensed medical caregivers.
  • HB1895: Estate tax; reinstates federal credit amount State would receive payments from deaths.
  • HB1896: Absentee voting; adds persons disabled & entitled to request assistance in voting who are age 65.
  • HB1897: Visitation, supervised; contact between parent & child that occurs with court-approved supervisor.
  • HB1898: Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; registration requirements.
  • HB1899: Jury commissioners; changes date which judge of circuit court may appoint jury commissioners.
  • HB1900: Common Interest Community Board; allowed to assess monetary penalty paid to Fund.
  • HB2192: Virginia War Memorial; term killed in action to include any deployed active duty military personnel.
  • HB2193: Nursing homes; report quarterly to Dept. of Health direct care service hours provided.
  • HB2194: Motor fuels tax; rate increase used for transportation purposes.
  • HB2195: Income tax; in-home health care tax credit.
  • HB2196: Income tax, state; deduction for certified nursing assistants and home health aides.
  • HB2197: Assistance for certain voters; provides certain procedures in language other than English.
  • HB2198: Standards of Quality; apportionment of state & local share for costs of giving educational programs.
  • HB2199: Veterans Services Foundation; Board of Trustees may be removed by appointing authority.
  • HB2614: Absentee ballot; delete requirement that voter print full residence address on envelope with ballot.
  • HJ788: Day of Remembrance; designating April 21, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • HJ905: Celebrating the life of Sami Azzam Kalifa.
  • HB275: Motor fuels tax; rate increase.
  • HB276: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); noncash benefits.
  • HB277: Traffic control measures; allows installation and application on secondary system components.
  • HB278: Decedent; identification of body by next of kin.
  • HB279: Small Estate Act; updates certain banking and fiduciary statutes to make them consistent with Act.
  • HB280: Decedent's will; unsupervised probate.
  • HB465: Real estate tax; exemptions for certain elderly and disabled persons with income limits.
  • HB466: Zoning ordinance; administrator or locality may record a memorandum of lis pendens to enforce.
  • HB467: Voting equipment; authorizes wireless communications after polls are closed to transmit results.
  • HB468: Special license plates for immediate family members of persons who have died in military service.
  • HB469: Motor vehicle license fees; prohibits dealers from collecting in certain localities.
  • HB470: Loitering; prohibited in right-of-way of certain highways with posted signs.
  • HB471: Highway construction, primary system; funds allocation.
  • HB472: Income tax, state, and personal property tax; local piggyback imposition.
  • HB473: Income tax, state; subtraction for National Guard or Reserve personnel pay.
  • HB573: Visitation, supervised;restrictions and conditions necessary to minimize any risk of harm to child.
  • HB574: Child sexual offenses; creates number of new crimes labeled indecent liberties with children.
  • HB575: Consumer Protection Act; prohibited acts by a contractor.
  • HB576: Mental health records; health provider shall disclose information to provide care, etc. of minor.
  • HB1043: Polygraph; no sexual offense victim shall be requested to submit for investigation to proceed.
  • HB1044: Sex Offenders and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration requirements.
  • HB1045: Real estate tax; exemptions and deferrals for certain residential or farm property.
  • HB1046: Nursing homes; Board of Health to establish staffing levels.
  • HB1047: Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment.
  • HB1048: Education; computation of composite index.
  • HB1049: Income tax, state; deduction for licensed medical caregivers.
  • HB1050: Income tax, state; in-home health care tax credit.
  • HB1051: Medical malpractice; definition of professional services.
  • HB1201: Motor Vehicle Dealer Board; executive director and staff employees of DMV.
  • HB1202: Towing and Recovery Operators, Board for; executive director and staff to be employees of DMV.
  • HJ87: Real estate tax; joint subcommittee to study treatment of income & asset qualifications for relief.
  • HJ98: Bus rapid transit corridors; joint subcommittee to study establishment thereof in Northern VA.
  • HJ153: Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; study competitive bidding on projects thereunder.
  • HJ473: Celebrating the life of Mary Karen Read.
  • HB1067: Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment, penalty.
  • HB2278: Standards of Quality; computation of composite index.
  • HB2279: Sexual offenses; creates number of new crimes labeled indecent liberties against child, etc.
  • HB2280: Highway construction funds; allocations for primary highways.
  • HB2281: Highway maintenance allocations; funds for primary, secondary, and urban systems.
  • HB2282: Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; surviviors/dependents be admitted free.
  • HB2283: Real estate tax; deferral of tax for certain elderly and disabled.
  • HB2284: Income tax, corporate; filing of withholding tax returns.
  • HB2285: License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: DRIVING AMERICA'S FUTURE.
  • HB2286: Loitering; prohibited in the rights-of-way of certain highways.
  • HB2287: Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting.
  • HB2288: VDOT et al; no regulation can require seperate as-built permits for utility located in certain area.
  • HB2289: Driver's license; notice of revocation.
  • HB2290: Nursing Facility Quality Improvement Program; Director of DMAS to establish program thereof.
  • HB2605: Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment of, penalty.
  • HB2606: Motor fuels tax; rate increase.
  • HB2607: Nursing homes; requires Board of Health to establish staffing standards therein.
  • HB2608: Income tax, state; deduction for licensed medical caregivers.
  • HB2609: Income tax, state; in-home health care tax credit.
  • HB2610: Vehicle registration; increases fees for those not designed to transport passengers for farming.
  • HB2611: Income and personal property taxes; localities to impose.
  • HB2612: TANF; eligibility for benefits if convicted of drug-related felonies.
  • HB2613: Standards of Quality; reduces current pupil-teacher ratio in kindergarten.
  • HB2636: Geriatric mental health care services; DMHMRSAS to develop pilot program therefor.
  • HJ68: Constitutional amendment; exempts certain property from taxation (first reference).
  • HJ648: Absentee ballots; joint subcommittee to study processing thereof before election day.
  • HJ649: Electronic personal health records; Joint Commission on Health Care to study increased use thereof.
  • HJ716: Constitutional amendment; homestead exemption from property taxation (first reference).
  • HJ940: Commending Annandale Christian Community for Action on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
  • HJ941: Commending Mount Pleasant Baptist Church on the occasion of its 140th anniversary
  • HB578: Income tax and personal property tax; allows localities to impose.
  • HB579: Income tax, state; deduction for individuals of incarcerated family members.
  • HB580: Highway system construction funds; allocation among districts.
  • HB581: Motor fuel tax; rate increase.
  • HB582: Standards of Quality; changes current pupil-teacher ratio in grades K-3.
  • HB583: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; person not ineligible due to drug possession conviction.
  • HB584: Education; Computation of composite index.
  • HB585: Sex offenses; indecent liberties against child under age 13, considered Class 4 felony.
  • HB586: Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; guidelines for staffing.
  • HB587: Absentee voting & ballot applications; persons 65 or older & any disabled person may vote absentee.
  • HB588: Machete; illegal to brandish machete in threatening manner, penalty.
  • HB589: Blue Star Memorial Highway; designating as portion of Old Keene Mill Road in Fairfax County.
  • HB590: Machete; illegal to brandish in manner as to induce fear, penalty.
  • HB1061: Bear parts; sale thereof allowed when legally hunted.
  • HB1062: Geriatric mental health services, specialized; DMHMRSAS to develop pilot program.
  • HB1063: Driver's licenses, special identification cards, etc.; use of adoption decrees for applications.
  • HB1064: Health insurance; state to offer a supplemental health coverage program.
  • HB1065: Campaign finance disclosure; revises & increases civil penalties of filing incomplete reports.
  • HB1066: Sex offenders; prohibits those convicted of offense against minor from residing with unless related.
  • HB1067: Illegal immigrants; document verification for employment, penalty.
  • HB1445: Parent; amends incest statute to include step-parents, etc.
  • HB1446: Income tax, state; deduction for licensed medical caregivers.
  • HB1447: Dealers in firearms; expands definition of firearms show.
  • HB1448: Alcoholic beverages; wine and beer licenses and certain restaurant licenses.
  • HB1449: Income tax, state; in-home health care tax credit.
  • HJ68: Constitutional amendment; exempts certain property from taxation (first reference).
  • HJ236: Commending Judge Jane Pritchard Becker Delbridge
  • HJ257: Celebrating the life of Rebecca Jeffers Guthrie.
  • HJ449: Commending Crestwood Elementary School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
  • HJ495: Commending Wakefield Forest Elementary School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
  • HJ506: Commending North Springfield Elementary School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
  • HJ5107: Celebrating the life of Helen Lynch.