Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac)

Photo of Lynwood Lewis
Party
Democratic
District
6: Accomack County (All), Mathews County (All), Northampton County (All), Norfolk City (Part), Virginia Beach City (Part) [map]
Took Office
January 2014
Next Election
November 2019
Committees
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, Commerce and Labor, Education and Health, Local Government, Rules
Website
lynwoodlewis.com
Twitter
@lynwoodlewis
Copatroning Habits
53% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 57% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 53% of them are Democrats.
Partisanship
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Tag Cloud ?
business carbon chincoteague coastal flooding college commendation court dillon rule disability education environment fishing flooding grant locality military natural gas permission property real estate redistricting resiliency safety sbe study tax transportation tuition voting water
Bills Passed
52.4% in 2022
Recent Mentions in the Media

Shore Daily News: CBES to present Senator Lewis with Suzanne Wescoat Award

May 29, 2023 | 5:32 am
  

WAVY.com: Election Guide: Virginia June 2023 Primary

May 18, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

Shore Daily News: Governor Youngkin signs bills by both Delegate Bloxom and ...

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easternshorepost.com: Northampton names school award nominees

May 15, 2023 | 3:00 am
  

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Lobbyists kill Virginia climate change bills.

May 7, 2023 | 3:00 am
  
From the Legislator’s Website

These are all of the video clips of Lynwood Lewis’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 69 video clips in all.

Bills

  • SB757: Fraud-related crimes; penalties.
  • SB1153: Financial institutions; certain investments by banks permitted.
  • SB1163: Community revitalization fund; adds Accomack County to provisions to establish fund.
  • SB1164: School boards, certain; cost of competing adjustments, eligibility.
  • SB1165: Installation, etc., of devices in highway right-of-way; law-enforcement purposes, penalty.
  • SB1178: Stormwater management & erosion & sediment control; installation of permanent gravel access roads.
  • SB1185: Annexation; extension of current moratorium.
  • SB1187: Comprehensive plan; encouraged to consider strategies to address resilience.
  • SB1205: Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic, sunset provision.
  • SB1231: Renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities, Department of Forestry advisory panel, report.
  • SB1365: Materials recovery facilities; local regulation.
  • SB1388: Menhaden fish; VIMS to study ecology, etc., of populations in the waters of the Commonwealth.
  • SB1389: Deed recordation; address transfer for taxation.
  • SB1390: Solar photovoltaic projects; extension of land use approvals, extends sunset provision.
  • SB1391: Short-term rental property; locality's ability to restrict property managed by a Virginia realtor.
  • SB1392: Flood plain management; state agency compliance with regulations.
  • SB1393: Hemp products; license and label requirements.
  • SB1394: Cutting of grass and weeds on certain property; localities in Planning District 22.
  • SB1401: Virginia Resources Authority; community development and housing projects.
  • SB1457: Long-term services and supports screening; screening after admission.
  • SB1477: Electric utility; offshore wind affiliate.
  • SB1478: Chincoteague Pony; designates as the official pony of the Commonwealth.
  • SB1541: Utilities; SCC shall issue final order on certain projects within a certain timeframe.
  • SJ309: Commending John W. Jones.
  • SJ330: Commending the Virginia Space Flight Academy.
  • SR136: Commending the Reverend Kelvin F. Jones.
  • SB496: Financial institutions; qualified education loan servicers, definitions.
  • SB497: Judge; Second Judicial Circuit, resident judge in Counties of Accomack and Northampton.
  • SB498: Conveyances of property; acceptance by clerk's office for recordation.
  • SB499: Renewable energy facilities; SCC shall create a task force to analyze life cycle.
  • SB500: Investor-owned water and water and sewer utilities; ratemaking proceedings, evaluation of utilities.
  • SB501: Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • SB502: Solar photovoltaic projects; local taxation for projects less than five megawatts.
  • SB503: Virginia Resources Authority; short-term loans to planning district commissions.
  • SB504: Coastal Resilience Master Plan Technical Advisory Committee; established.
  • SB505: Electric cooperatives; net energy metering, power purchase agreements, etc.
  • SB506: Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan.
  • SB507: Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local law-enforcement employees.
  • SB508: Virginia Community Preparedness Fund; shifts administration to Water and Soil Conservation Board.
  • SB533: Real estate brokers; protection of real estate escrow funds.
  • SB677: Workers' compensation; cost of living supplements.
  • SB730: Jurors; increases the daily compensation.
  • SB731: Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders.
  • SB732: Climate resilience; locality's comprehensive plan to consider strategies to address.
  • SB756: Resilient Virginia Revolving Loan Fund; created.
  • SB757: Fraud-related crimes; penalties.
  • SB775: Real estate settlement agents; choice of settlement agent.
  • SJ35: Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued as the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.
  • SJ66: Malnutrition Awareness Week; designating as1st week in Oct. 2022 & each succeeding year thereafter.
  • SJ96: Celebrating the life of Caramine Kellam.
  • SB327: School boards, certain; cost of competing adjustment, eligibility.
  • SB777: Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act; collateral for public deposits.
  • SB779: Sixth grade science curriculum; DOE & DEQ to update.
  • SB780: Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability.
  • SB785: Mortgage loan originators; exempts retailers of manufactured or modular homes, etc.
  • SB1350: Transportation funding; statewide prioritization process, resiliency.
  • SB1350: Transportation funding; statewide prioritization process, resiliency.
  • SB1351: Workers' compensation; claims not barred.
  • SB1351: Workers' compensation; claims not barred.
  • SB1352: Flood Control and Commonwealth Flood Control Board, Department of; established, report.
  • SB1362: Employers; reporting outbreaks of COVID-19, effective clause.
  • SB1362: Employers; reporting outbreaks of COVID-19, effective clause.
  • SB1374: Carbon Sequestration Task Force; established.
  • SB1374: Carbon Sequestration Task Force; established.
  • SB1389: Real property; required disclosures for buyer to exercise due diligence, flood risk report.
  • SB1389: Real property; required disclosures for buyer to exercise due diligence, flood risk report.
  • SB1390: Cats; trap, neuter, and return programs, civil penalty.
  • SB1390: Cats; trap, neuter, and return programs, civil penalty.
  • SB1404: Stormwater Local Assistance Fund; grants awarded for projects related to Chesapeake Bay.
  • SB1404: Stormwater Local Assistance Fund; grants awarded for projects related to Chesapeake Bay.
  • SB1460: Deer hunting; authorizes the use of a .223 caliber centerfire rifle.
  • SB1461: Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.
  • SB1461: Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.
  • SJ294: JLARC; costs of education, report.
  • SJ294: JLARC; costs of education, report.
  • SJ393: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Robert S. Bloxom, Sr.
  • SJ394: Celebrating the life of Carla Yvette Savage-Wells.
  • SB320: Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; definitions, low-income loans, forgiveness of principal.
  • SB321: Veterans; eligibility for status under state and local laws.
  • SB322: State Employee Ombudsman; created.
  • SB327: School boards, certain; cost of competing adjustment, eligibility.
  • SB374: Lottery Board; regulation of casino gaming.
  • SB776: Wetlands protection; living shorelines.
  • SB777: Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act; collateral for public deposits.
  • SB778: Housing; extension of approvals to address crisis.
  • SB779: Sixth grade science curriculum; DOE & DEQ to update.
  • SB780: Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability.
  • SB781: Handguns; leaving unattended in public, penalty.
  • SB783: Carbon market participation; submerged aquatic vegetation.
  • SB785: Mortgage loan originators; exempts retailers of manufactured or modular homes, etc.
  • SB786: Animal shelters; housing conditions.
  • SB787: Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority; created, financing of a Hampton Roads arena and facility.
  • SB789: Advanced recycling; incentives in income tax, sales tax, and machinery and tools tax.
  • SB791: Menhaden; management of the fishery.
  • SB792: Nonpublic service companies, certain; conveyance of right-of-way usage.
  • SB794: Utility easements; location of broadband and other communications facilities.
  • SB795: Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.
  • SB796: Hampton Roads Coastal Resiliency Authority; created.
  • SB797: Uniform Statewide Building Code; exceptions, provisions, and modifications.
  • SB799: County food and beverage tax; eliminates limit that restricts a county from imposing.
  • SB800: Real property; tax exemption for certified pollution control equipment and facilities.
  • SB817: Nuclear energy; considered a clean energy source.
  • SB828: Carbon-free energy and clean energy; definition.
  • SB830: Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration.
  • SB831: Water utility or sewer utility asset acquisitions; fair market valuations.
  • SB855: Financial institutions; small loans, penalty.
  • SB1027: Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; definitions, funds, report.
  • SB1028: Northampton County; additional sales and use tax, appropriations to incorporated towns.
  • SB1037: Freestanding medical facilities; special use permits.
  • SB1058: Income tax, corporate; returns of affiliated corporations, effective date.
  • SB5064: Employers; reporting outbreaks of COVID-19.
  • SB5106: Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • SJ27: Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, appropriations.
  • SJ53: Stormwater Local Assistance Fund; DEQ to study revised priority ranking criteria for grants.
  • SJ56: Offshore oil & gas drilling; recognizing opposition to exploration & drilling off the coast of Va.
  • SJ57: JLARC; costs of education, report.
  • SJ68: Puppy Mill Awareness Month.
  • SJ113: Commending the Virginia Maritime Association.
  • SJ157: Commending the Central Accomack Senior League girls' all-star team.
  • SJ158: Commending the Central Accomack Senior League boys' all-star team.
  • SJ227: Celebrating the life of James N. Crumbley.
  • SR504: Celebrating the life of George Issac Parker, Jr.
  • SR514: Celebrating the life of R. Wayne Browning, Sr.
  • SR515: Celebrating the life of David McMath Parker.
  • SB217: Sale of dog or cat not obtained from releasing agency or animal rescue; prohibition.
  • SB689: Absentee voting; eligibility of persons whose polling place prohibits firearms.
  • SB1558: Onley, Town of; Amending charter, appointments and duties of town manger.
  • SB1559: C-PACE loans; shoreline resiliency improvements.
  • SB1560: Parking of certain vehicles; regulation in the Town of Cape Charles.
  • SB1561: Sixth grade science; Department of Education, et al., shall update curriculum.
  • SB1562: Eastville, Town of; new charter (previous charter repealed).
  • SB1563: School boards; local law-enforcement agencies, memorandums of understanding.
  • SB1564: Elections, State Board of; revision of regulations for reviewing and processing candidate petitions.
  • SB1569: Marine Resources Commission; grant of interest in subaqueous lands, etc.
  • SB1570: Adult protective services; creates central registry.
  • SB1571: Electronic voter registration; application by electronic means, U.S. Dept. of Defense-issued ID.
  • SB1588: Real property taxes; partial exemption for flood mitigation efforts.
  • SB1599: Ground water withdrawal; Eastern Shore Groundwater Management Area, incentives for use.
  • SB1666: Va. Coastal Protection Act; recasts Va. Shoreline Resiliency Fund.
  • SB1706: Lottery Board; regulation of casino gaming, limited operation, penalties.
  • SJ307: JLARC; costs of education, report.
  • SJ338: Designating July, in 2019 & each succeeding year, Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month.
  • SJ374: Commending Ghent in Norfolk.
  • SJ410: Celebrating the life of Mary E. Onley.
  • SJ411: Celebrating the life of Tony Robinson Washington, Jr.
  • SJ412: Celebrating the life of Kevin Glenn Wade.
  • SJ413: Commending Ohef Sholom Temple.
  • SJ456: Celebrating the life of Mary J. Barnett.
  • SJ457: Celebrating the life of Effie Marie Giddens Spady.
  • SB217: Sale of dog or cat not obtained from releasing agency or animal rescue; prohibition.
  • SB218: Recycling; clarifies definitions of beneficial use and recycling center, etc.
  • SB219: Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for flooding remediation, abatement, etc.
  • SB256: Norfolk, City of; amending charter, appointment of officers, record of ordinances, etc.
  • SB265: Coastal Adaptation and Protection, Special Assistant to the Governor for; position created.
  • SB397: Hampton Roads Coastal Resiliency Authority; created, report.
  • SB399: Drug overdose fatality review teams, local or regional; localities to establish.
  • SB400: Constitutional amendment; special funds for transportation purposes.
  • SB401: Sixth grade science; Department of Education, et al., shall update curriculum.
  • SB427: Redistricting process; new method for preparation of state legislative & congressional plans.
  • SB657: Va. FOIA; exclusion of information related to Va. Commercial Space Flight Authority.
  • SB689: Absentee voting; eligibility of persons whose polling place prohibits firearms.
  • SB693: Virginia Waterway Maintenance Fund and Grant Program; established, awarding a grant of funds.
  • SB695: Alcoholic beverage control; creates an Internet beer retailer license, definition.
  • SB696: Va. Alternative Energy & Coastal Protection Act; regulations to establish carbon dioxide cap, etc.
  • SB930: Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; prohibited conduct relating to contracts.
  • SB931: Higher educational institution, public; crisis and emergency management plan, annual exercise.
  • SB932: Old Dominion University; board of visitors.
  • SB978: Redistricting; criteria for remedial plans.
  • SJ21: Constitutional amendment; property tax, exemption for flooding remediation, etc.
  • SJ35: Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (second reference).
  • SJ55: Working waterfronts; recognizing importance in Virginia.
  • SJ130: Celebrating the life of William Leslie Mariner.
  • SJ138: Celebrating the life of James Grover Eichelberger.
  • SJ139: Celebrating the life of Meriwether Lee Payne.
  • SJ156: Celebrating the life of Ruth Ann Rogers Wise Kellam.
  • SJ157: Commending Fred Matthews.
  • SR62: Commending the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society.
  • SB290: Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures pertaining to NASA airfield.
  • SB330: Tuition, in-state; eligibility of members of Virginia National Guard.
  • SB1200: Voter identification requirements; repeal of photo identification requirements.
  • SB1201: Workers' compensation; suitably equipped automobile for incapacitated employee.
  • SB1202: Commercial Space Flight Authority; development of six-year strategic plan.
  • SB1203: Working waterfront development areas; establishment.
  • SB1204: Sale of dog or cat not obtained from releasing agency or animal rescue.
  • SB1205: Commercial fishing vessels; classifies vessels as a separate class of property.
  • SB1206: Redistricting process.
  • SB1349: Coastal Protection and Flooding Adaptation, Secretary for; creates position, effective clause.
  • SB1429: Onley, Town of; amending charter, shifts municipal elections from May to November.
  • SB1487: Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony.
  • SB1496: Virginia Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act; established, report.
  • SB1518: Recycling; beneficial use.
  • SB1531: Teachers, qualified; creates dependent care tax credit.
  • SB1532: Motor vehicle license fees; exemption of antique vehicles.
  • SJ280: Constitutional amendment (first resolution); apportionment; political considerations prohibited.
  • SJ281: Study; long-term economic viability of working waterfronts; report.
  • SJ331: Constitutional amendment; property tax, exemption for flooding remediation, abatement, etc.
  • SJ353: Celebrating the life of Elnora S. Branch.
  • SJ354: Celebrating the life of Warner Ray Hargis, Jr.
  • SJ355: Celebrating the life of Giles Crowder Upshur, Jr.
  • SJ361: Commending Shorter's Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
  • SB282: Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund; established, annual audit of Virginia Resources Authority.
  • SB283: Crab pots; recreational gear license, turtle excluder device.
  • SB284: Oysters; taking for recreational use.
  • SB290: Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures pertaining to NASA airfield.
  • SB293: Virginia National Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Program and Fund; established.
  • SB307: Beach restoration; expedited permit.
  • SB330: Tuition, in-state; eligibility of members of Virginia National Guard.
  • SB344: Sunday hunting; exempts any person who hunts rail (Rallidae) or other wetland birds.
  • SB345: Workers' compensation; employer's duty when employee incapable of work.
  • SB357: Court clerks; inclusion to obstruction of justice statute.
  • SB643: U.S. Department of the Interior; monitoring by VMRC, Assateague Island National Seashore.
  • SB652: State and Local Government Conflict of Interest Act; prohibited contracts; exceptions.
  • SB672: Redistricting process; preparation and standards.
  • SB720: Environmental cleanup programs; localities may by ordinance establish.
  • SB721: Protective orders; assesses civil penalty.
  • SJ53: Commending NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
  • SJ54: Commending first responders to the Cherrystone Campgrounds tornado.
  • SJ103: Celebrating the life of Vincent Johns Thomas.
  • SJ130: Commending Paul D. Fraim.
  • SR18: Commending the Reverend Anthony Curtis Paige.
  • SR19: Celebrating the life of Vincent Johns Thomas.
  • SR23: Commending Colley Avenue in Norfolk.
  • SR32: Celebrating the life of the Honorable N. Wescott Jacob.
  • SR34: Celebrating the life of Ann L. Dearsley-Vernon.
  • SR35: Celebrating the life of John Duffy.
  • SR59: Commending the Reverend Leonard Spady, Jr.
  • SR72: Commending Terry Howard.
  • SR73: Commending Jack Tarr.
  • SB880: Disposable plastic shopping bags; prohibits retailers from providing, local option.
  • SB931: Veterans identification card; definition of veteran.
  • SB950: Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program; created.
  • SB956: Overheight vehicles; owner of vehicle to be fined for any damage.
  • SB958: Driving while intoxicated; mandatory minimum jail sentence, penalty.
  • SB962: Virginia Military Advisory Council (VMAC); reduces membership.
  • SB1000: Redistricting advisory commission, temporary; establishes commission, process of redistricting.
  • SB1070: Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority; dedicated revenues.
  • SB1115: Food and dairy products; sampling of seized products.
  • SB1189: Electronic communication service or remote computing service; obtaining records.
  • SB1312: Private roads; covenants, government maintenance and improvements.
  • SB1315: Nonhuman primates; acquisition prohibited, penalties.
  • SB1317: Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund; established.
  • SB1323: Study; Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; report.
  • SB1406: Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
  • SB1407: Paid sick leave for employees; civil penalties.
  • SB1464: Menhaden fishery; management.
  • SJ290: Governor's School for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; establishes in Hampton Roads.
  • SJ291: Flood resilience; DEQ to study potential for funding source to localities in coastal Virginia.
  • SJ368: Commending the Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
  • SR38: Senate Committee to study safety of Route 13 in Northampton and Accomack Counties.
  • SR87: Commending the Mathews High School girls' volleyball team.
  • SR88: Commending Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
  • SR111: Commending first responders to the Cherrystone Campgrounds tornado.
  • SJ147: Commending George M. Hudgins.
  • SJ170: Commending Carter Davis, Jr.
  • SJ187: Commending the City of Norfolk.
  • SJ5071: Commending Eastern Shore volunteer fire departments.
  • SR38: Senate Committee to study safety of Route 13 in Northampton and Accomack Counties.
  • SR39: Celebrating the life of Scott Harper.
  • SR40: Celebrating the life of Orris James Rowley III.
  • SR41: Celebrating the life of Calvin Leavenworth Brickhouse.
  • SR507: Commending C. Edward Vann.
  • SR508: Commending Lauren Campsen.
  • SR513: Celebrating the life of Brian Wayne Jones.
  • SR517: Commending the Reverend Kelvin F. Jones.
  • HB1195: Vehicle weight limits; increases tandem axle weight limit.
  • HB1506: Service firearms; minimum years of service.
  • HB1507: Deeds; circuit court clerk has authority to reject any deed or recordation for filing, etc.
  • HB1514: Golf carts and utility vehicles; adds Town of Wachapreague to list that may authorize.
  • HB1515: Widgeon, Randy Marshall; transfers his service pistol to his widow, Pamela Turlington Widgeon.
  • HB1516: Pharmacies; access to the Prescription Monitoring Program.
  • HB1517: Involuntary intoxication offense; notice by defendant to State of intention to present evidence.
  • HB1518: Sexual abuse of child; increases penalty for any adult who commits abuse with child under 15.
  • HB1799: Natural gas utilities; investments in qualifying projects.
  • HB1800: Land preservation tax credit; property conveyances for public use.
  • HB2014: Incarcerated individuals; notification of those ineligible for public assistance.
  • HB2173: Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel.
  • HB2174: Workers' compensation; Commission may review any award of compensation, compensation benefits.
  • HB2176: Northampton County School Board; terms of members.
  • HJ226: Chincoteague, Town of; U.S. Department of Interior urged to oppose federal purchase of land.
  • HJ642: Celebrating the life of the Reverend David Raymond Chew, Jr.
  • HJ643: Commending Ballard Fish and Oyster Co., Inc.
  • HJ644: Commending William Leslie Mariner.
  • HJ656: Commending Dr. Billie M. Reed.
  • HJ700: Celebrating the life of Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr.
  • HJ757: Commending the Northampton County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
  • HJ945: Celebrating the life of Baxley Trower Tankard.
  • HB192: State facilities; reporting requirements of critical incidents involving consumers.
  • HB193: Property conveyance; DGS to convey to County of Accomack certain real property.
  • HB194: Driver's licenses, commercial; requires DMV to consider applicants' military experience.
  • HB195: Higher educational institutions; course credit for military service.
  • HB196: Haul seine nets; required to be anchored at one end to shore and other end mechanically drawn.
  • HB197: Grass, etc.; adds Town of Chincoteague to list authorized to require cutting on occupied property.
  • HB198: Voter registration; requires a receipt be given to person completing form at DMV office.
  • HB199: Town of Onancock; liens for water charges.
  • HB200: Assault and battery; any adult who commits on school grounds is guilty of Class 1 misdemeanor.
  • HB761: Recording deeds; statement of preparation.
  • HB762: License plates, special; changes those promoting tourism on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
  • HB763: Nonresident executors and testamentary trustees; conveyance of real estate located in State.
  • HB1195: Vehicle weight limits; increases tandem axle weight limit.
  • HB1214: Suspended license; when court may reduce charge.
  • HJ28: Celebrating the life of Bruce Samuel Paone.
  • HJ29: Celebrating the life of Suzanne Savedge Wescoat.
  • HJ30: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Charles F. Mapp.
  • HJ31: Celebrating the life of William Revell Lewis, Jr.
  • HJ226: Chincoteague, Town of; U.S. Department of Interior urged to oppose federal purchase of land.
  • HJ245: Commending Nottingham Enterprises, Inc.
  • HJ404: Commending Carlton W. Collins, Sr.
  • HR509: Celebrating the life of Dr. John Christopher Fiege.
  • HR510: Celebrating the life of William Clark.
  • HR515: Commending Fred Holland.
  • HR516: Commending L. Bruce Holland.
  • HB1467: Transient occupancy tax; adds Accomack County to those localities that may impose.
  • HB1702: Elections; member of local office, elected school board, etc., to take oath before first meeting.
  • HB1703: Alcoholic beverage control; mandated recycling at government stores.
  • HB1704: Retail Sales & Use Tax; exemption for spaceport activities.
  • HB1705: Workers' compensation; modifications to employee's home and automobile.
  • HB2185: Sewage systems; submission of onsite soil evaluations for permits or letters.
  • HB2186: Chesapeake Bay crab meat; containers should include at least 51% by weight, crab taken from Bay.
  • HB2187: Baylor Ground; removes certain area in waters of Crippen Creek from natural oyster beds, etc.
  • HB2188: Common interest communities; payment of resale disclosure packet fees.
  • HB2383: Freedom of Information Act; court review in cases of requester harassment.
  • HB2516: Income tax, state; allows taxpayer to transfer certain tax credits to another.
  • HB2517: Budget bill; basis for preparation.
  • HB2529: Life insurance; required disclosure.
  • HJ534: Celebrating the life of Charles E. Tull.
  • HJ535: Celebrating the life of William Clark.
  • HJ536: Celebrating the life of Sharone Denise White Bailey.
  • HJ589: Commending L. Bruce Holland.
  • HJ590: Celebrating the life of Donald J. Leonard.
  • HJ591: Celebrating the life of Frances Beatrice Bibbins Latimer.
  • HJ724: Celebrating the life of Jean Beaumont Merritt Mihalyka.
  • HJ900: Celebrating the life of C. Braxton Parks.
  • HB376: Service by publication; validates orders of those processed by a clerk or deputy clerk.
  • HB377: Equitable distribution; monetary award in divorce case may be enforceable same as judgment.
  • HB378: Golf carts; may cross at any intersection marked as a golf cart crossing in certain towns.
  • HB379: Credit line deeds of trust; under same statute of limitation as other deeds of trust and mortgages.
  • HB765: Communications sales & use tax; net revenue distributed according to each locality's pro rata.
  • HB766: Legal notices; failure by publisher of newspaper to properly publish shall not invalidate action.
  • HB1078: Charitable gaming; exempts volunteer fire departments & rescue squads from filing quarterly reports.
  • HB1079: Cemetery companies; exempt from reporting requirements for family burial plots.
  • HB1217: Firearm safety education program; school boards may offer in elementary grades.
  • HB1290: Nutrient trading; Eastern Shore facility to acquire credits in Potomac & Rappahannock tributaries.
  • HB1291: Harvester's license; prohibits Commission from issuing to certain nonresidents.
  • HB1356: License fees and taxes, local; exempts campgrounds and bed and breakfast establishments.
  • HB1371: Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; provides exception for locality to obtain grant or loan.
  • HJ74: State-owned submerged land; Institute of Marine Science to study management option on Eastern shore.
  • HJ75: Celebrating the life of Jeter Guy Lawson.
  • HJ76: Celebrating the life of Kenneth Fox Arnold.
  • HJ77: Commending the Wallops Flight Facility on the occasion of its 65th anniversary.
  • HJ78: Commending John H. Campbell.
  • HB1623: Marine tourism activity liability; uses similar language from Agritourism Activity Liability Act.
  • HB1681: Wells, private; requires site plan to be included in an application for permit to construct.
  • HB1682: Town of Nassawadox; charter.
  • HB1701: License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: SEAFOOD LOVER.
  • HB1924: Tuition grants; provide for commercial crab fishermen attending two-year educational institution.
  • HB1925: Clean Water Farm Award Program; identifies type of agricultural best management practices.
  • HB1926: Wallops Research Park; aerospace-related economic development.
  • HB1927: Commercial Space Flight Authority; increases membership of board of directors.
  • HB1928: Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration requirements.
  • HB1929: Decedent's account balance; increases amount thereof to be paid to spouse or other distributees.
  • HB2223: Recreational saltwater license; authorizes Resources Commission to charge nonresidents higher fee.
  • HB2595: Charitable gaming; raises permit exemption threshold for volunteer fire department or rescue squad.
  • HJ786: Commending the Hoof Beats by the Beach 4-H Club of Accomack County.
  • HJ890: Celebrating the life of Edgar Kermit Wharton.
  • HJ891: Celebrating the life of Georgie Mae Drummond Taylor.
  • HJ984: Commending Trooper Kurt J. Johnson.
  • HB130: Death certificates; local health departments to have available upon request.
  • HB131: Child-restraint devices in motor vehicles; penalties if convicted two or more times.
  • HB151: Name change; proof that applicant is citizen of United States.
  • HB660: Manufactured homes; deemed real estate when equipment previously used for mobility removed.
  • HB661: Agritourism and marine tourism; activity liability.
  • HB662: Land preservation tax credit program; confidentiality of taxpayer information.
  • HB663: Zoning administrator; expands authority related to enforcement of residential occupancy limits.
  • HB1479: Real estate tax; relief for nonrelatives of owner or certain caregivers of elderly and handicapped.
  • HB1500: Aerospace Advisory Council, Directors of NASA Langley and NASA Wallops, etc.; appointments.
  • HB1879: Real estate tax relief for the elderly and handicapped.
  • HJ39: Commending the Eastern Shore Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century on the occasion of its 40th.
  • HJ45: Commending Gail Lee.
  • HJ133: Celebrating the life of William Baldwin Bynum.
  • HJ142: Commending Downing's United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 225th anniversary.
  • HJ143: Commending the Edward H. Nabb Research Center.
  • HJ246: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS); encouraging utilization thereof.
  • HJ326: Commending the Eastern Shore of Virginia Chapter of the National Society of the DAR.
  • HJ329: Commending NASA on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
  • HJ338: Commending Jerusalem Baptist Church on the occasion of its 130th anniversary.
  • HJ339: Commending the Town of Chincoteague on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
  • HR1: Commending Steven E. Wilson.
  • HB67: Recordation tax; additional distribution to localities.
  • HB196: License plates, special; issuance to residents and supporters of Bay Creek community.
  • HB1713: Resources Authority; expands projects that can be financed to include land conserv. & preservation.
  • HB1714: Transient occupancy tax; increase thereof in Northampton County.
  • HB1719: Nurse, licensed; local school boards to employ for each school.
  • HB1870: Retirement System; clarifies purchase of prior service credit for National Guard.
  • HB1966: Sexual offenses; evidence of defendant's commission of another offense is admissible.
  • HB1967: Law Officers' Retirement System; agency heads not eligible except Chief of Capitol Police.
  • HB1968: Family subdivision; amends statute for conveyance of a lot.
  • HB2229: Impaired Waters Clean-up Plan Report; consolidation of various reports into.
  • HB2502: Donations; expands definition thereof to include provision of in-kind resources for event.
  • HB2720: Charter; Town of Cheriton.
  • HB3155: Electric power generation assets; State Corporation Commission's approval of divestiture.
  • HJ576: Open-space & Farmlands; Joint Sub. Studying Funding Sources for Purchase of Development Rights.
  • HJ660: Celebrating the life of John E. Worsley, Sr.
  • HJ695: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; joint subcommittee to study enhanced development of cargo, etc.
  • HJ760: Commending David B. Nichols.
  • HJ819: Commending Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority.
  • HJ889: Commending the Atlantic Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
  • HJ976: Commending J. Robert Bray.
  • HR88: Commending the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
  • HB67: Recordation tax; additional distribution to localities.
  • HB95: Student, new; certain information required upon registration to public school.
  • HB103: Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit by members of National Guard.
  • HB106: Warning lights; use of red or red and white lights by NASA's Wallops Flight Facility vehicles.
  • HB125: Conservators of the peace; includes NASA's special agents.
  • HB175: Overweight farm vehicles; may operate at extended weights authorized.
  • HB196: License plates, special; issuance to residents and supporters of Bay Creek community.
  • HB651: Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act; gives authority to accept federal grant money.
  • HB652: Oyster tax; revenues to be deposited into Public Oyster Rocks Replenishment Fund.
  • HB653: Nonevidentiary substances or paraphernalia; disposal thereof.
  • HB981: Wildlife and fish restoration; Department of Game & Inland Fisheries to accept federal grant money.
  • HB982: Avian influenza; regulations to prevent & control in commercial and noncommercial poultry.
  • HB983: Animal or animal products; compensation for those destroyed to control disease outbreak.
  • HB1576: National Rural Transit Assistance Program; buses to be equipped with warning lights when stopped.
  • HJ11: Celebrating the life of Paul B. Merritt.
  • HJ12: Celebrating the life of Sergeant Tromaine K. Toy, Sr.
  • HJ21: Celebrating the life of Julia E. Major.
  • HJ133: Development rights; joint subcom. to study funding sources for purchase thereof to preserve land.
  • HJ224: Commending Alice Coles.
  • HJ252: Commending Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on the occasion of its 140th anniversary.
  • HJ5059: Commending the Onancock Volunteer Fire Department and its historic firemen's carnival.
  • HJ5060: Celebrating the life of Thomas J. Matthews.
  • HJ5085: Commending Greenbackville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.