Sen. Chris Head (R-Roanoke)

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Party
Republican
District
3: All of Alleghany County, Botetourt County, Craig County, Rockbridge County, Buena Vista City, Covington City, Lexington City, Staunton City and Waynesboro City; parts of Augusta County and Roanoke County
Took Office
January 2012
Next Election
November 2027
Website
Copatroning Habits
70% of bills he has copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 79% of them are Republicans. Of all of his fellow copatrons of the bills that he copatroned, 66% of them are Republicans.
Partisanship
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Bills Passed
14.3% in 2024

These are all of the video clips of Chris Head’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2012. There are 43 video clips in all.

Bills

  • SB132: Health Insurance Reform Commission; assessment of certain legislation, report.
  • SB133: Physician assistants; practice agreement exemption.
  • SB134: Economic Development Authority; board of supervisors of Craig Co to appoint one member to Authority.
  • SB135: Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.
  • SB136: Local government; prohibition on certain appointments.
  • SB145: Special conservators of peace; armed security officer registration.
  • SB147: Election administration; recommended number of deputy general registrars.
  • SB148: Securities Act; an issuer or seller of digital token shall be exempt from registration requirements.
  • SB153: Medical Ethics Defense Act; established.
  • SB154: Advance Health Care Planning Registry; amendment of regulations.
  • SB155: Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition.
  • SB156: Financial Services Expansion Grant Fund; established.
  • SB410: Governor's Major Entertainment Opportunity Fund; renames Governor's Motion Picture Opportunity Fund.
  • SB413: Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings, etc.
  • SB414: Tire stewardship program; established, report.
  • SB416: Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exception.
  • SB417: Adult protective services; created central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, etc.
  • SB418: Virginia Museum of Transportation; established.
  • SB419: Family caregiver; creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028.
  • SB420: Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; Board of Visitors, expands membership, powers & duties.
  • SB679: Enterprise zones; extension.
  • SJ190: Commending Edward E. Clark, Jr.
  • SJ191: Commending the Glenvar High School boys' swim and dive team.
  • SJ194: Celebrating the life of John Randolph Francis, Jr.
  • SJ195: Commending the Glenvar High School boys' soccer team.
  • SJ196: Commending the Glenvar High School boys' tennis team.
  • SJ197: Commending the Parry McCluer High School boys' cross country team.
  • SJ209: Celebrating the life of Devin Michael Riley.
  • SJ219: Celebrating the life of Claude Nelson Smith.
  • HB98: Adult protective services; central registry.
  • HB1366: Executive branch agencies; posting of regulations.
  • HB1726: Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, etc.
  • HB1727: Credit unions; virtual currency custody services.
  • HB1734: Continuing education; implicit bias and cultural competency in health care.
  • HB1739: Health carrier fair business standards; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to evaluate.
  • HB1752: Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads.
  • HB1754: Telemedicine; practitioner-patient relationship, continuity of care.
  • HB1764: Physician assistants; practice agreement exemption, elimination of practice ratio.
  • HB1768: Child protective services; investigations, interview by child advocacy center, time limits.
  • HB1846: Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements.
  • HB1861: Virginia Museum of Transportation; established, report, membership, board of trustees.
  • HB2312: Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders, appeals.
  • HB2313: Criminal history record information; dissemination.
  • HB2344: Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement.
  • HB2345: Smartchart Network Program; renames Emergency Department Care Coordination Program, report.
  • HJ794: Celebrating the life of Roger Dale Boles.
  • HJ795: Celebrating the life of Ronkeith Adkins.
  • HJ797: Celebrating the life of David Carlton Witt.
  • HB91: Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; removes fee to cover administrative cost, etc.
  • HB92: Health care providers; amends definition to include home care organizations and hospice.
  • HB93: Home care organizations; changes the license renewal requirement.
  • HB94: Public Guardianship and Conservator Ombudsman Office; established.
  • HB95: Adult protective services investigations; financial institutions to furnish records and information.
  • HB96: Public guardian and conservator program; decennial review of staff-to-client ratios, report.
  • HB97: Nursing homes; regulations, electronic monitoring.
  • HB98: Adult protective services; central registry.
  • HB99: Funeral service licensees, funeral directors, etc.; continuing education completion every 3 years.
  • HB100: Parents of stillborn child; establishes a refundable income tax credit.
  • HB101: Group health benefit plans; sponsoring associations, formation of benefits consortium.
  • HB145: Physician assistants; practice.
  • HB146: Insurance; provider complaints, etc.
  • HB263: Banks; virtual currency custody services.
  • HB264: Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure.
  • HB266: Electric cooperatives; net energy metering, power purchase agreements, etc.
  • HB332: Income tax, state and corporate; credit for small businesses.
  • HB518: Sales and transient occupancy taxes; accommodations intermediaries.
  • HB1234: Judgments; limitations on enforcement, extensions and renewals.
  • HB1268: Political subdivisions; group self-insurance pools.
  • HB1269: Preneed funeral contracts; removes requirement relating to life insurance or annuity contract.
  • HB1289: Uniform Statewide Building Code; exemption for certain use and occupancy classifications.
  • HJ335: Commending Samuel Gordon Bickford, Jr.
  • HJ337: Commending John Hugo, D.M.A.
  • HJ392: Commending the Local Office on Aging.
  • HJ436: Commending David Stewart Wiley.
  • HB1658: Adult protective services; creates central registry.
  • HB1829: Health insurance; credentialing health care providers.
  • HB1829: Health insurance; credentialing health care providers.
  • HB1830: Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; members to have small business lending experience.
  • HB1830: Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; members to have small business lending experience.
  • HB1831: Home care organizations; personal care services through audio-video telephone communication.
  • HB1831: Home care organizations; personal care services through audio-video telephone communication.
  • HB2022: Hospice and home care providers; requirements, agreements with managed care organizations.
  • HB2199: Parents of stillborn child; establishes a refundable income tax credit.
  • HB2224: Broadband service providers; fiber optic broadband lines, railroad crossings.
  • HB815: Alcoholic beverage control; general powers of the Board of Directors of the Virginia ABC.
  • HB822: Health insurance; credentialing, health care or professional health-related services.
  • HB823: Health Insurance Premium Payment program; enrollment of eligible individuals.
  • HB1470: Firearms ordinances; applicability to property located in multiple localities.
  • HB1471: Firearms ordinances; property in multiple localities, affirmative defense.
  • HB1562: Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure.
  • HB1657: Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; dissolution of Authority, conveyance of property.
  • HB1658: Adult protective services; creates central registry.
  • HB1659: Health insurance; carrier contracts with pharmacy benefits managers.
  • HB5041: Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospice facilities; public health emergency, etc.
  • HB5042: Adult protective services; creates a central registry.
  • HB5073: Declaration of disaster; health care providers, immunity from civil liability.
  • HJ258: Celebrating the life of Irvin Adams, Jr.
  • HR613: Commending Brenda Clarkson.
  • HB1639: Medical Assistance Services, Department of; payment for certain services to hospice patients.
  • HB1661: Benefits consortium; formation by a sponsoring association as a nonprofit agricultural organization.
  • HB1662: Child restraint devices and safety belts; exempts emergency and law-enforcement vehicles.
  • HB1903: Criminal history record information; limitations on dissemination of information.
  • HB2252: Firearms ordinances; applicability to property located in multiple localities.
  • HB2280: Child day programs; exemptions from licensure.
  • HB2530: Medicaid; cost-sharing.
  • HB2531: Health Insurance Premium Payment program; enrollment of eligible individuals.
  • HB2532: DMAS; state plan amendment, value-based purchasing agreements for covered drugs.
  • HB2654: Students who receive home instruction; documentation.
  • HB2746: Central Criminal Records Exchange; background checks through Live Scan device.
  • HJ680: DMAS; provider service network capitation model for Medicaid, report.
  • HB101: Tradesmen; expiration date of licenses issued by Board for Contractors.
  • HB102: Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop licensees.
  • HB110: Franchisees; status thereof and its employees as employees of the franchisor.
  • HB139: Health insurance; physician reimbursements, credentialing.
  • HB313: Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber and dispenser patterns, annual review, report.
  • HB314: Lobbyist disclosure; out-of-state registration report.
  • HB315: Death certificates; medical certification portion shall be filed electronically.
  • HB337: Employee Retirement Security & Pension Reform, Commission on; change in membership.
  • HB728: Newspapers; alters requirements that may be used for legal notices and publications.
  • HB729: Virginia Fire Services Board; powers & duties, modular training program for volunteer firefighters.
  • HB730: Certificate of public need; ophthalmic ambulatory surgical centers.
  • HB731: Medical Assistance Services, Department of; payment for certain services to hospice patients.
  • HB759: Certificate of public need; establishing ambulatory surgery center in Roanoke Valley-Alleghany RC.
  • HB1078: Education Improvement Scholarships tax credits; limits eligibility to pre-kindergarten students.
  • HB1213: Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, etc. (submitting to qualified voters).
  • HB1339: Sales and use tax; accelerated payments.
  • HB1391: Unemployment compensation; overtime compensation.
  • HB1400: Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licensee, commission for sales on licensed premises.
  • HB1519: Alcoholic beverage control; definition of 'day spa.'
  • HJ59: Celebrate Transportation Day; designating as Thursday before Memorial Day in 2019.
  • HJ111: Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, etc. (second reference).
  • HR123: Celebrating the life of Diane Drury Hyatt.
  • HR143: Commending the Faith Christian School girls' basketball team.
  • HR146: Celebrating the life of L.M. Gerald.
  • HB286: Legal notices; advertisement by locality.
  • HB1394: Franchisees; status thereof and its employees as employees of the franchisor.
  • HB1434: Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions, student speech and expression.
  • HB1435: VIEW; pilot program for substance abuse screening and assessment.
  • HB1436: Unemployment compensation; wage offset.
  • HB1437: Public school students; sight and hearing testing, exceptions.
  • HB1438: Natural gas companies; right of entry.
  • HB1439: Income tax, individual and corporate; small business job creation tax credit.
  • HB1914: School board members; criminal background checks.
  • HB2225: Hospital data reporting; charity care policies and other activities, clarifies definition.
  • HB2227: Certificate of public need; denial of certain certificates.
  • HB2370: Administrative Process Act; reconsideration of an agency's final decision, etc.
  • HB2379: Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes president of Bluefield College from board of trustees.
  • HB2400: Health insurance; use of drug pricing benchmark value.
  • HB2408: Supplemental nutrition assistance program; eligibility criteria for participation.
  • HJ545: Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, etc.
  • HJ777: Celebrating the life of Alfred C. Anderson.
  • HR380: Celebrating the life of Arthur Duane Fender, Jr.
  • HB18: Franchisees; status thereof and its employees as employees of the franchisor.
  • HB19: Ministers or other persons authorized to celebrate rites of matrimony; no oath required.
  • HB55: Health benefit plans; large and small employers.
  • HB286: Legal notices; advertisement by locality.
  • HB462: Administrative Process Act; contents of notices for case proceedings.
  • HB463: Transfer of medical equipment; certificate of public need not required.
  • HB465: Private wells; validity of permits.
  • HB466: Environmental permits; issuance to businesses near greenways.
  • HB467: Manufacturing companies; limited standing to seek injunctive relief against companies.
  • HB468: VIEW; pilot program for substance abuse screening and assessment.
  • HB469: Local taxes; rate of interest on certain refunds.
  • HB1229: Excursion trains; certification requirements, liability of railroad company.
  • HJ39: Celebrating the life of Alison Bailey Parker.
  • HJ181: Norfolk & Western Railway Class J 611; designating as the official steam locomotive of Virginia.
  • HR1: Celebrating the life of Allen Oat Woody III.
  • HR132: Commending Robert G. Moore III.
  • HR176: Celebrating the life of Richard Earl Anderson.
  • HR193: Celebrating the life of Major General Lloyd B. Ramsey, USA, Ret.
  • HB367: Community Action Act; duties of Secretary of Commerce and Trade.
  • HB368: Eye care coverage; requirement for carrier practices.
  • HB370: Commercial credit reporting; establishes procedure enterprise may request access to report.
  • HB371: License tax, local; tax on net income of businesses.
  • HB955: Administrative Process Act; exemption for certain regulations.
  • HB1382: Unemployment compensation benefits; liability for benefit charges.
  • HB1384: Securities Act; exemption for crowdfunding.
  • HB1404: Business permit, license, etc.; timely response by localities.
  • HB1405: Legal notices; advertisement by locality.
  • HB1406: Driving on a suspended or revoked license; causing death of another person, penalty.
  • HB1419: Standards of Learning; changes.
  • HB1422: Illegal consumption of alcohol; use of premises, civil penalty.
  • HB1532: Roanoke, City of; amending charter, appointment of director of finance, term of office.
  • HB1555: Medicaid; tax credit for providers of waiver services.
  • HB2123: Funeral services; practice does not include sale of caskets.
  • HB2213: Small Business Loan Guarantee Fund; created.
  • HB2245: School board clerks; electronic maintenance of records.
  • HB2258: Nursing facility services; preadmission screening.
  • HJ515: Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, suspension of portions of administrative rule.
  • HJ527: Virginia Caregivers Month; designating as November 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • HR317: Celebrating the life of David G. Helmer.
  • HB94: Business permits, etc.; assistance and documentation required from localities.
  • HB95: Legal notices; advertisement by locality on websites, radio, or television.
  • HB96: Reckless driving; causing death while driving with suspended license, guilty of Class 6 felony.
  • HB97: Elections; central absentee voter precincts.
  • HB365: Standards of Learning; assessments, revisions.
  • HB366: Virginia Tourism Authority; designating Blue Ridge Highlands region to enhance tourism development.
  • HB367: Community Action Act; duties of Secretary of Commerce and Trade.
  • HB368: Eye care coverage; requirement for carrier practices.
  • HB369: Parking management companies; expands powers of companies operating under contracts with localities.
  • HB370: Commercial credit reporting; establishes procedure enterprise may request access to report.
  • HB371: License tax, local; tax on net income of businesses.
  • HB372: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; expedited evictions for nonremediable breaches.
  • HB454: Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); DMAS to expand.
  • HB476: Home care organizations; inspections.
  • HB497: BPOL; appeal of business license tax classification.
  • HB602: Alcoholic beverages; providing alcohol to underage persons.
  • HB702: Uniform assessments; qualified assessors.
  • HB955: Administrative Process Act; exemption for certain regulations.
  • HB1002: Training, Committee on, within Department of Criminal Justice Services; increases membership.
  • HJ157: Celebrating the life of William Bruce Overstreet, Jr.
  • HJ379: Commending the Rotary Club of Roanoke.
  • HJ5184: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Manley Caldwell Butler.
  • HR15: Commending the Northside High School Football team.
  • HB219: Unemployment benefits; volunteer service requirement, report.
  • HB1138: Civil remedies; use of depositions.
  • HB1329: Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.
  • HB1372: Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification.
  • HB1373: Legal notices; advertisement by locality.
  • HB1374: Summary judgment; use of depositions.
  • HB1445: Home care organizations; clarifies liability insurance coverage requirements.
  • HB1567: Suspended or revoked license; driving recklessly causing death of another person, penalty.
  • HB1720: Alcoholic beverages; person not requiring evidence of legal age guilty of Class 3 misdemeanor, etc.
  • HB1722: Facilities; assistance and documentation to person seeking business license, etc.
  • HB2082: Information Technology Advisory Council; Council to elect chairman and vice-chair from membership.
  • HB2283: Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; designated as an agency in executive branch of state.
  • HB2284: Social Services, Commissioner of; submission of financial information, exemption from disclosure.
  • HB2290: Income tax, state and corporate; tax credit for hiring certain veterans with salary of $30,000.
  • HJ564: Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, limitations (first reference).
  • HJ591: Celebrating the life of John Robert Slaughter, Sr.
  • HJ606: Celebrating the life of William B. Poff.
  • HR84: Commending the Roanoke Catholic High School girls' volleyball team.
  • HR142: Commending the Vinton Host Lions Club.
  • HB219: Unemployment benefits; volunteer service requirement, report.
  • HB220: Home care organizations; licensure.
  • HB221: VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.
  • HB222: Legal notices; allows localities to meet notice requirements by utilizing their websites, etc.
  • HB1138: Civil remedies; use of depositions.
  • HB1163: Alcoholic beverage control; proof of legal age required.
  • HB1220: Industrial development authorities; allows Roanoke County and City of Norfolk to expand board.
  • HR564: Commending William B. Overstreet, Jr.