Sen. Ken Stolle (R-Virginia Beach)

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Party
Republican
District
8: Virginia Beach City (Part)
Took Office
January 1992
Left Office
January 2010
Website
Copatroning Habits
60% of bills he has copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 61% of them are Republicans. Of all of his fellow copatrons of the bills that he copatroned, 57% of them are Republicans.
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Senate Republican leader pro tempore.

Recent Mentions in the Media

The Virginian-Pilot: Letters for Oct. 5: Vote for state Sen. Monty Mason; he's 'a proven leader and public servant'

October 4, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

The Virginian-Pilot: Crime and Public Safety |Photos: Ken Stolle retirement ceremony

October 2, 2023 | 3:00 am
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The Virginian-Pilot: 'Totally exceptional': Longtime Virginia Beach Sheriff Ken Stolle celebrates retirement

October 1, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

News 3 WTKR Norfolk: Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office celebrates Sheriff Ken Stolle's retirement

October 1, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

13newsnow.com WVEC: Former Sheriff Ken Stolle celebrates retirement from Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office

October 1, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

These are all of the video clips of Ken Stolle’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 35 video clips in all.

Bills

  • SB619: Retirement System; average final compensation retirement multiplier.
  • SB1377: Juvenile arrest information; police and sheriff departments may release current information.
  • SB1378: Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by teachers.
  • SB1379: Revocation/suspension of license to practice law; violation of Va. Rules of Professional Conduct.
  • SB1380: Probation revocation and suspended sentence revocation worksheets; court to utilize in all cases.
  • SB1381: Writs of actual innocence; ability to petition for, based on previously unknown biological evidence.
  • SB1382: Smoking in restaurants; creates a statewide ban thereon.
  • SB1383: Firearm silencer; repeals provision that makes it a Class 6 felony to possess if not registered.
  • SB1384: Illegal software, ticket sales; penalty.
  • SB1385: Firearms shows; state police presence.
  • SB1386: Jail construction, local and regional; adjusts state reimbursement therefor.
  • SB1387: Courthouses; localities to assess fee as part of costs in each criminal or traffic case, etc.
  • SB1388: Retirement System; provide benefits for regional jail's superintendent and sworn officers.
  • SB1389: Medical malpractice; judgement in excess of $2 million to be paid from Patient's Compensation Fund.
  • SB1390: Judges; designates specific districts and circuits to provide judicial assistance to each other.
  • SB1391: Criminal convictions; DNA Notification, report.
  • SB1392: Children in Need of Supervision or Services; created.
  • SB1422: Crimes, several; penalties.
  • SB1442: Case and financial management systems; Ex. Secretary of Supreme Court responsible for.
  • SB1515: Wildlife; authorizes issuance of kill permit to an airport operator if finds creating a hazard.
  • SB1516: Tobacco products tax; changes tax on moist snuff.
  • SB1517: Home/electronic incarceration program; provides that is deemed term of confinement for offender.
  • SB1518: Charitable gaming; use of proceeds.
  • SB1540: Home/electronic incarceration; sentencing guidelines.
  • SB1541: Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; officer be given notice before being questioned .
  • SB1546: Deed of trust; written notice of proposed sale by trustee to owners, etc.
  • SB1552: Home/electronic incarceration program; provides that is deemed term of confinement for offender.
  • SB5004: Claims; Arthur Lee Whitfield.
  • SJ358: Hospital emergency rooms; Crime Commission to study issues of public safety.
  • SJ359: Operations of Circuit Court Clerks' Offices, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued.
  • SJ360: Judicial personnel; joint committee of Senate and House Committee for Courts of Justice to study.
  • SJ409: Celebrating the life of Michael Smith Phillips.
  • SJ431: Lawyer Professionalism Day; designating as April 13, 2009.
  • SJ482: Commending Marjorie Kain Cole.
  • SJ483: Commending the 40th Anniversary of Virginia is for Lovers.
  • SB604: Secondhand dealers; regulation thereof to current statutes regulating pawnbrokers.
  • SB605: Court of Appeals; en banc hearings.
  • SB606: Real Estate Cooperative Act; assessments for certain cooperatives.
  • SB607: Towing and recovery operator; definition excludes franchised motor vehicle dealer.
  • SB608: Crimes; effect of subsequent marriage to child over 14 years of age.
  • SB609: Inmates; officer of correctional facility to inquire of alien status.
  • SB610: Court-appointed counsel; compensation in district court for those defending juvenile offenders.
  • SB611: Detention center incarceration program; placement of defendant with Department of Corrections.
  • SB612: Liability, fire, & motor vehicle insurance policies; establishes exceptions to prohibitions.
  • SB613: Eastern Virginia Medical School; length of term for Board of Visitors.
  • SB614: Retirement System; authority to manage and invest certain funds.
  • SB615: Workers' compensation; expands definition of law-enforcement officer to include Capitol Police.
  • SB616: Real Estate Cooperative Act; amendment of declaration.
  • SB617: Apprentice hunting license; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue.
  • SB618: Petit larceny; person who is convicted for second time must undergo substance abuse screening.
  • SB619: Retirement System; average final compensation retirement multiplier.
  • SB621: Notaries public; clarifies provisions relating to adoption of electronic notarization, etc.
  • SB622: Circuit court clerks; clarifies issues regarding electronic filing & recording of land records, etc.
  • SB623: Illegal aliens; presumption of no bail for those charged with certain crimes.
  • SB624: Retirement System; benefits for superintendents and sworn officers of regional jails.
  • SB625: Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created, report.
  • SB682: State Police, Department of; variable housing allowance.
  • SB708: Urban archery season; incorporate regulations consistent with daily hunting provisions.
  • SB747: State Police Staffing, Special Commission on; established.
  • SB6006: Transportation funding and administration for Hampton Roads.
  • SB6007: Tolls for use of Interstate Highway System components; disposition of revenue; motor fuel tax rate r
  • SJ92: Transportation entities; joint subcommittee to study functions and authorities of entities.
  • SJ93: Illegal immigration; memorializing Congress to pursue solutions.
  • SJ99: Circuit Court Clerks' Offices, Joint Subcommittee Studying Operations of; continued.
  • SJ126: Innovative Technology, Center for; innovation index, report.
  • SJ129: Information Technologies Agency; JLARC to study quality, etc. of services to state agencies.
  • SJ245: Commending the Freemasons of Virginia for their contributions to the nation and the Commonwealth.
  • SJ247: Commending Stephen Presley.
  • SJ6001: Constitutional amendment (first resolution); establishment of special funds.
  • SR15: Rules of Senate; proposed amendment.
  • SR16: Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals.
  • SR17: Workers' Compensation Commission; nomination for election of member.
  • SR18: Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; nominations for election of member.
  • SB387: Deer hunting; changes in provisions.
  • SB390: Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; Supreme Court to adopt rules governing discovery.
  • SB392: Driver's license; operating vehicle with suspended license, penalty.
  • SB653: Secondhand dealers; adds regulation thereof to current statutes regulating pawnbrokers.
  • SB654: Precious metals dealers; required to obtain thumbprints of both hands of individual selling item.
  • SB705: State Government Programs, Joint Commission on; created, report.
  • SB1165: Conservators of peace, special; strikes provision that they have authority in any city or county.
  • SB1166: Retirement System; benefits for certain state and local public safety officers.
  • SB1167: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include hurricane preparedness equipment.
  • SB1168: Court-appointed counsel; compensation for services.
  • SB1169: Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act; payments made to injured worker thereunder.
  • SB1170: Health insurance; increases credit for retired teachers.
  • SB1171: Aircraft; establishes separate class of tangible personal property therefor.
  • SB1172: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain aircraft.
  • SB1173: Appeal bonds; fees or costs shall not be assessed, etc. for any motion from order denying bail, etc.
  • SB1174: Circuit court; increase of judges in various circuits.
  • SB1175: Judges; increases number in general district court.
  • SB1176: Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers; adds regulation thereof to current statutes regulating.
  • SB1177: Victims of crime; increases compensation.
  • SB1178: Confidentiality records; law-enforcement agency not required to obtain court order to inspect.
  • SB1179: Bingo jackpot games; organizations to sell and separately account therefor.
  • SB1180: Dog collar; person guilty of misdemeanor if takes an electronic or radio transmitting one from dog.
  • SB1385: Corrections Private Management Act; adds certain entities to definition of prison contractor.
  • SB1386: Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; analysis of state agency budget submissions.
  • SB1415: Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; created.
  • SJ93: Sheriffs departments; JLARC to study staffing standards.
  • SJ440: Commending the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
  • SJ488: Commending Phillip Earl Morris, Jr.
  • SJ496: Commending the Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on the occasion of it
  • SJ511: Celebrating the life of Charles Q. Williams.
  • SJ531: Commending the U.S. Open Cycling Championships.
  • SR39: Rules of the Senate; proposed amendment.
  • SR41: Judge; nomination for election to Supreme Court of Virginia.
  • SR42: Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals.
  • SR43: Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.
  • SR44: Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
  • SR45: Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.
  • SR46: Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; nominations for election of members.
  • SR52: Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.
  • SR53: Judge; nomination for election to general district court.
  • SR54: Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.
  • SR59: Judge; nomination for election to circuit court.
  • SR60: Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
  • SR61: Judge; nomination for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.
  • SB27: Public Building Authority; issuance of bonds for State Agency Radio System for State Police.
  • SB387: Deer hunting; changes in provisions.
  • SB388: Judges; increases number in circuit court.
  • SB389: Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; membership.
  • SB390: Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; Supreme Court to adopt rules governing discovery.
  • SB391: Judges; increases number in general district court.
  • SB392: Driver's license; operating vehicle with suspended license, penalty.
  • SB393: Retirement System; benefits for certain state and local law-enforcement officers.
  • SB394: Eminent domain; public uses shall not include taking of private property through exercise thereof.
  • SB395: Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act; expands jurisdiction of Wireless E-11 Services Board.
  • SB552: Human biological evidence; orders regarding destruction thereof, penalty.
  • SB553: Drugs; punishment for distributing, manufacturing, etc..
  • SB554: Methamphetamine precursor drugs; sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine with restrictions, penalty.
  • SB555: Transportation Safety Fund; created.
  • SB556: Secretary of Public Safety; adds Department of Forensic Science.
  • SB557: Freedom of Information; Forensic Science Board & Scientific Advisory Committee have closed meeting.
  • SB558: Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority; Board of Directors to appoint executive director.
  • SB559: Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; increases penalties for certain sex crimes.
  • SB560: Campus safety; Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop training standards thereof.
  • SB561: Gang information; juvenile records.
  • SB562: Indigent Defense Commission; powers and duties.
  • SB563: Forensic Science, Department of; powers and duties thereof.
  • SB564: Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; duties thereof.
  • SB565: Master Jet Base; use of land adjacent to thereto.
  • SB566: Probation officers; investigations and reports required thereby in certain cases.
  • SB567: Juvenile record information; dissemination thereof to Criminal Sentencing Commission.
  • SB572: Sentencing revocation reports, etc.; completion and use thereof.
  • SB573: Court-appointed counsel; removes monetary caps on fees.
  • SB574: Immature animals; prohibits giving away if under two months old in quantities of less than six.
  • SB575: Retail Sales and Use Tax; mixed use developments that include affordable housing.
  • SB606: Transportation Board; election of certain members by General Assembly.
  • SB653: Secondhand dealers; adds regulation thereof to current statutes regulating pawnbrokers.
  • SB654: Precious metals dealers; required to obtain thumbprints of both hands of individual selling item.
  • SB705: State Government Programs, Joint Commission on; created, report.
  • SB706: Cable television systems; licensing and regulation thereof.
  • SB717: Law-enforcement officers; those retired may purchase service handguns.
  • SB718: Hunters for Hungry; increases big game license to be allocated thereto.
  • SJ93: Sheriffs departments; JLARC to study staffing standards.
  • SJ109: Commemorating 2006 as the Official 70th Anniversary of Virginia State Parks.
  • SJ110: Commending Robert N. Baldwin.
  • SJ111: Commending Kathy L. Mays.
  • SJ120: Sex offenders; Crime Commission to study monitoring in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
  • SJ196: Commending Loretta Tate.
  • SJ275: Commending Anita L. Smith, Chief Deputy Clerk of the Virginia Beach General District Court.
  • SJ282: Celebrating the life of Reeves Edward Johnson, Sr.
  • SJ288: Celebrating the life of Robert Campe Goodman.
  • SR5: Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.
  • SR6: Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
  • SR7: Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.
  • SR10: Judge; nomination for election in circuit court.
  • SR11: Judge; nomination for election in general district court.
  • SR12: Judge; nomination for election in juvenile and domestic relations district court.
  • SR24: Commending John H. Chichester.
  • SR25: Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals.
  • SR26: Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.
  • SR27: Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
  • SR28: Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.
  • SR504: Judge; nomination for election to circuit court.
  • SR505: Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
  • SR506: Judge; nomination for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.