Del. Joseph Yost (R-Blacksburg)

Photo of Joseph Yost
Party
Republican
District
12: Counties of Giles, Montgomery (part), and Pulaski (part); City of Radford [map]
Took Office
January 2012
Left Office
January 2017
Age
37
Website
yostfordelegate.com
Copatroning Habits
78% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 59% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 70% of them are Republicans.
Partisanship
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Recent Mentions in the Media

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August 29, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

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February 10, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

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January 24, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

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July 26, 2022 | 3:00 am
  

Roanoke Times: Ex-Del. Yost pleads guilty to embezzlement, gets community service ...

April 6, 2022 | 3:00 am
  

These are all of the video clips of Joseph Yost’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2012. There are 41 video clips in all.

Bills

  • HB1826: Motor vehicles; proof of financial responsibility.
  • HB1827: Motor vehicle liability insurance; proof in electronic form.
  • HB1909: Real property tax; nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent property.
  • HB1910: Definition of mental health service provider.
  • HB1911: Higher educational institutions, public; resident assistants training in mental health.
  • HB1912: Absentee voting; eligibility of persons granted protective order.
  • HB1975: Temporary detention; minimum time period.
  • HB2183: Medicaid; eligibility of incarcerated individuals.
  • HB2184: Inmates; inpatient psychiatric hospital admission.
  • HB2185: Alcoholic beverage control; granting of mixed beverage licenses to Meadows Golf and Swim Club, etc.
  • HB2222: Alcoholic beverage control; creates a new limited mixed beverage license for retail cigar shops.
  • HB2284: Charitable gaming; subpoena powers of Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, penalty.
  • HB2324: Jurors; payment by prepaid debit card or card account.
  • HJ649: Mary Draper Ingles Remembrance Day.
  • HJ815: Commending the Virginia Tech German Club.
  • HJ816: Commending the Student Government Association of Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
  • HJ817: Commending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University football team.
  • HJ1027: Celebrating the life of John Harvey Givens, Jr.
  • HJ1028: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas Graham Baker, Jr.
  • HB582: Criminal defendants; evaluation for insanity or competence.
  • HB583: Peer providers; Commissioner of BHDS to certify individuals in accordance with regulations.
  • HB584: Deer; any city or town may, by ordinance, prohibit feeding deer within its jurisdiction, penalty.
  • HB585: General registrars; appointment from adjoining locality.
  • HB586: Health regulatory boards; confidentiality of certain information obtained by boards.
  • HB740: Federal Rehabilitation Act and Older Americans Act; amends certain language in Code.
  • HB764: Virginia Behavioral Health Practitioner Student Loan Repayment Fund and Program; created.
  • HB1118: Natural gas companies; right of entry upon property.
  • HB1203: Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans and spouse of a service member killed in action.
  • HB1360: Bicycles; helmets required to be worn by riders less than 18 years of age.
  • HJ75: Commending Frank M. Beamer.
  • HJ126: Commending Penelope Ward Kyle.
  • HJ161: Inclusive education practices pilot program; Division of Special Education of DOE to study.
  • HJ315: Commending Marc Edwards.
  • HB881: Electric utility regulation; renewable energy portfolio standard program, etc.
  • HB1277: Industrial hemp; production and manufacturing.
  • HB1378: Real property tax; notice of assessments.
  • HB1417: House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments.
  • HB1428: Senate districts; adjustments.
  • HB1473: General registrars; appointment from adjoining locality.
  • HB1694: Temporary detention order; custody.
  • HB1695: Health regulatory boards; powers and duties, health care practitioners with mental illness.
  • HB1710: Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund; use of funds.
  • HB1711: Real property tax; nonjudicial sale of certain tax-delinquent property.
  • HB2031: Health insurance; updating maximum allowable cost pricing lists.
  • HB2194: Immunizations; meningococcal vaccine.
  • HB2219: Utility-scale solar energy facilities; construction of facilities to be in the public interest.
  • HB2324: Regional Criminal Justice Training Academy Fund; created, additional fee for certain convictions.
  • HB2348: Cigarette tax, local; Montgomery and Pulaski Counties authorized to impose.
  • HB2349: Character education; summer youth development academies.
  • HJ586: Public elementary schools; voluntary mental health screenings for students.
  • HJ730: Commending the Mt. Tabor Ruritan Club.
  • HJ731: Commending Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.
  • HJ732: Commending New River Community Action.
  • HJ779: Commending the Palisades Restaurant.
  • HJ834: Commending Robert Simpkins.
  • HJ835: Commending Frances Rice.
  • HJ836: Commending Bess Pierce, D.V.M.
  • HJ837: Commending Joseph Sheffey.
  • HJ920: Commending the Giles High School football team.
  • HB241: Temporary detention; time during which a person may be held, 48 hours notice to leave facility.
  • HB242: Emergency custody orders; duration, extension.
  • HB243: Temporary detention order; facility of detention.
  • HB463: State health plan; participation by employees of local school divisions.
  • HB469: Physically disabled or socially isolated persons; penalty for financial exploitation.
  • HB471: Mentally incapacitated persons; penalty for financial exploitation.
  • HB495: Sewer & water connections, mandatory; adds Montgomery County to list of localities that may require.
  • HB496: Assault and battery; of campus police, penalty.
  • HB499: Real property tax; nonjudicial sale of certain delinquent property.
  • HB500: Audiology; adds limited cerumen management to definition of practice.
  • HB574: Mandatory outpatient treatment; acknowledgement of transfer & receipt of order within 5 days.
  • HB587: College campus police and security departments; DCJS to identify minimum core operational functions.
  • HB773: Tanning facilities; use of tanning devices by persons under age 18.
  • HB868: Geriatric prisoners; conditional release, after offense, etc., person subject to protective order.
  • HB874: Drugs; designation and reporting those of concern.
  • HB879: Electric utility regulation; net energy metering by municipalities, etc.
  • HB880: Securities Act; Invest in Virginia Exemption.
  • HB881: Electric utility regulation; renewable energy portfolio standard program, etc.
  • HB883: Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination based on sexual orientation.
  • HB998: Prescription Monitoring Program; reporting requirements.
  • HB1113: Adoption; person other than spouse of a parent may adopt child.
  • HB1204: Investigation of alleged child abuse and neglect; agreements with school divisions.
  • HB1205: Student teachers; fingerprinting, criminal history records check, and child abuse and neglect data.
  • HJ102: Virginia Tech; updating 2010 report on veterans.
  • HJ105: Commending Gerald W. Duncan.
  • HJ116: Commending Wendell Flinchum.
  • HJ167: Historic Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg; designating as Birthplace of Virginia Governors.
  • HJ168: Commending the Blacksburg High School boys' soccer team.
  • HJ171: Commending Dr. Charles W. Steger.
  • HJ319: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914.
  • HJ5141: Commending the Pembroke Ruritan Club.
  • HR68: Commending Kim Crannis.
  • HB1356: Health insurance; local government employees eligibile to participate in state employee plan.
  • HB1379: Law-Enforcement Assistance Program; DCJS to develop a peer-counseling program.
  • HB1380: Assault and battery; includes campus police officers within enhanced penalty provision.
  • HB1449: Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties.
  • HB1463: Tramadol; adds to list of Schedule IV controlled substances.
  • HB1464: Coal miners; designating April 13 of each year as day of recognition.
  • HB1537: Student teachers & student teacher supervisors; fingerprinting, criminal history records check, etc.
  • HB1538: Virginia Code Commission; periodic review of Code of Virginia.
  • HB1623: Child sexual abuse cases; prior sex offenses against children admissible in evidence.
  • HB1666: Professional counselors; licensure.
  • HB1680: Temporary detention orders; increases maximum duration person may be detained from 48 to 72 hours.
  • HB1681: Child labor permits; transfers task of issuing from public school superintendents to DOLI.
  • HB2216: Local boundaries for law-enforcement; organizing for purpose of 911 dispatch and response.
  • HB2345: School Safety, Va. Center for; development of model critical incident response training program.
  • HJ583: Commending Richard E. Sorensen.
  • HJ768: Coal Miners Day; designating as April 13, 2013, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • HB851: Higher education; establishing violence prevention committees and threat assessment teams.
  • HB852: Higher educational institutions; may require any accepted student provide complete record.
  • HB853: Suicidal students; higher educational institutions shall develop policies addressing.
  • HB854: Drug treatment court; established in County of Montgomery.
  • HB855: Nuisance species; definitionto include coyotes and feral swine.
  • HB856: Critical incident stress management teams; privileged information regarding criminal acts, etc.
  • HB857: Bicycles; Town Council of Blacksburg to permit operation in either direction on one-way streets.
  • HB858: Tramadol; added to list of Schedule IV controlled substances.
  • HB1142: Charter; Town of Glen Lyn.
  • HB1179: Public schools; providing character education program during regular school year or summer.
  • HJ5007: Commending Fran Rooker.
  • HR588: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Brandon F. Eggleston.