Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland)

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Party
Republican
District
25: All of Caroline County, Essex County, King George County, King William County, Lancaster County, Middlesex County, Northumberland County, Richmond County and Westmoreland County; parts of King and Queen County and Spotsylvania County
Took Office
January 2008
Next Election
November 2027
Copatroning Habits
65% of bills he has copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 70% of them are Republicans. Of all of his fellow copatrons of the bills that he copatroned, 55% of them are Republicans.
Partisanship
?
Bills Passed
0% in 2024
Bio

Attorney for the Westmoreland County School Board. Former Westmoreland County commonwealth's attorney. Eight year Marine Corps Reserve veteran. Attended the T.C. Williams School of Law, Virginia Wesleyan College, and Cambridge. Married with three children.

These are all of the video clips of Richard Stuart’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 294 video clips in all.

Bills

  • SB3: State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations, low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards.
  • SB20: Deferred dispositions; expungement of police and court records.
  • SB303: Voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process, printed receipt for cast ballot.
  • SB317: Alcoholic beverage control; farm winery licenses, requirements and privileges.
  • SB331: Hysterectomies and oophorectomies; DHP shall review informed consent requirements.
  • SB337: Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; continued withdrawal permit for residential well.
  • SB342: Virginia Waste Management Board; open burning of solid wastes, transportation of vegetative waste.
  • SB371: Planning districts; King George County.
  • SB402: Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market.
  • SB415: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of 'meeting.'
  • SB446: Environmental Resources, Board of; created.
  • SB464: Fisheries Innovation for Sustainable Harvest Fund; established.
  • SB581: Environmental Quality, Department of; groundwater and surface water withdrawal permits.
  • SB632: Income tax, state; decreases certain taxes, increases amount of tax credit.
  • SB664: Electric utilities; electric distribution infrastructure serving data centers.
  • SB667: Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; performance agreement.
  • SB668: Groundwater and surface water withdrawal permits; five-year moratorium.
  • SB669: Local economic development; commitments.
  • SB673: State Water Control Board; prioritization of water for human consumption and food production.
  • SB706: Drug Treatment Court Act; eligibility.
  • SJ4: Commending the Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department.
  • SJ5: Celebrating the life of Charles Wayne Payne, Sr.
  • SJ6: Celebrating the life of John Charles Bucur.
  • SJ7: Celebrating the life of Granville Edison Fisher, Jr.
  • SJ8: Celebrating the life of Ronald Lee Jett.
  • SJ25: Groundwater supply in the Commonwealth; Department of Environmental Quality to study.
  • SJ62: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Henry C. Lee.
  • SJ112: Commending Glenn Stuart Settle.
  • SJ113: Commending Elmer Rudolph Morris, Jr.
  • SJ114: Commending the Honorable Charles Vic Mason.
  • SJ115: Celebrating the life of Douglas Durrell Monroe, Jr.
  • SJ121: Commending Ammon G. Dunton, Jr.
  • SJ232: Commending William A. Webb.
  • SJ233: Celebrating the life of Barbara Berry Jenkins.
  • SB356: Children's Services Act; special education programs.
  • SB360: Disabled veterans and surviving spouses; state subsidy of property tax exemptions.
  • SB752: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; eligibility.
  • SB778: State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations, low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards.
  • SB897: Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program; created.
  • SB898: Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence.
  • SB899: Oyster-planting grounds; fees.
  • SB920: School protection officers; employment in public schools.
  • SB958: Writs of actual innocence; statue of limitations for filing of a petition.
  • SB1001: Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; repeals Act.
  • SB1017: Time zone; Commonwealth shall observe Eastern Daylight Time year-round.
  • SB1022: State correctional facility; mandatory reporting of all offenders released.
  • SB1023: Children's Services Act; placement for purposes of special education programs.
  • SB1025: Witnesses; exclusion, governmental agencies and other entities.
  • SB1032: Disabled veterans & surviving spouses of certain military; state subsidy of property tax exemptions.
  • SB1061: Private activity bonds; updates notice requirements for public hearings.
  • SB1074: Subaqueous beds; nontidal waters, permit requirements, penalty.
  • SB1103: Workplace violence; violence in certain public places, penalty.
  • SB1119: Telemedicine; practitioner-patient relationship, continuity of care.
  • SB1160: Marine Resources Commission and local wetlands boards; permit applications, public notice.
  • SB1161: Recordation tax; increases annual distribution to cities and counties.
  • SB1383: Mental Health Crisis Intervention Hotline; Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center to establish.
  • SB1396: Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty.
  • SB1438: Agricultural land; definitions, ownership by foreign adversaries prohibited, report.
  • SB1480: Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; deregulation of certain professions.
  • SB1500: Potomac River Fisheries Commission; authority.
  • SB1501: Environmental Quality, Department of; civil penalties, written notice of violation of regulations.
  • SB1542: Enhanced earned sentence credits; certain firearm-related offenses, etc.
  • SJ225: Celebrating the life of Carl Fletcher Flemer III.
  • SJ227: Commending Birddogs Country Store.
  • SJ318: Celebrating the life of Frances Reed Jenkins.
  • SB354: James River watershed; timeline for compliance w/reg. of certain combined sewer overflow outfalls.
  • SB355: Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program; Fredericksburg waste water treatment facility.
  • SB356: Children's Services Act; special education programs.
  • SB357: Waterway Maintenance Grant Program; qualifications of recipient for grants.
  • SB358: Seafood industry; Governor shall designate a liaison to address workforce needs, report.
  • SB359: Pharmacy benefits managers; frequency of required report.
  • SB360: Disabled veterans and surviving spouses; state subsidy of property tax exemptions.
  • SB361: Marcus alert system; participation in the system is optional for localities, etc.
  • SB362: Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast.
  • SB363: Cities and counties; distribution of recordation tax.
  • SB365: Virginia Overtime Wage Act; clarifies term 'employee.'
  • SB369: Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure.
  • SB404: Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to at least one adult occupant.
  • SB509: Aquaculture; right to use and occupy the ground for the terms of a lease in Chesapeake Bay waters.
  • SB532: Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; repeals Act.
  • SB567: State Water Control Board; amending certain regulations relating to sewage treatment plants.
  • SB568: Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates, civil penalty.
  • SB618: Military honor guards and veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities, exception.
  • SB629: Oysters; season for taking.
  • SB657: Air Pollution Control Board and State Water Control Board; transfer of authority.
  • SB678: Agricultural operation; amends definition.
  • SB695: Low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards; repeals certain authority.
  • SB752: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; eligibility.
  • SB771: Personal property; other classifications of tangible property for taxation.
  • SJ21: Celebrating the life of the Honorable William Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
  • SJ22: Celebrating the life of Carl Fletcher Flemer, Jr.
  • SJ23: Celebrating the life of Barbara Pratt Willis.
  • SJ164: Commending the Fairfields Volunteer Fire Department.
  • SB135: Children's Services Act; special education programs.
  • SB143: Disabled veterans and surviving spouses; state subsidy of property tax exemptions.
  • SB148: Driving under the influence; provisions regarding driving or operating a motor vehicle, etc.
  • SB1099: Children's Services Act; special education programs.
  • SB1144: Aircraft civil; registration and licensing.
  • SB1144: Aircraft civil; registration and licensing.
  • SB1229: License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Ducks Unlimited, fees.
  • SB1229: License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Ducks Unlimited, fees.
  • SB1240: Criminal sexual assault; penalty when committed by parents, etc., person is 13 yrs. of age, etc.
  • SB1241: Personal injury claim; disclosure of insurance policy limits.
  • SB1241: Personal injury claim; disclosure of insurance policy limits.
  • SB1249: Local planning commissions; review deadlines.
  • SB1335: Learner's permits; use of personal communication devices.
  • SB1335: Learner's permits; use of personal communication devices.
  • SB1336: Restricted permits to operate a motor vehicle; ignition interlock systems.
  • SB1336: Restricted permits to operate a motor vehicle; ignition interlock systems.
  • SB1337: Golf carts and utility vehicles; operation of vehicles on public highways in County of Westmoreland.
  • SB1346: Alcoholic beverage control; creates a mobile retailer license.
  • SB1475: Search warrants; date and time of issuance, exceptions.
  • SB1475: Search warrants; date and time of issuance, exceptions.
  • SJ349: Celebrating the life of William Henry Edwards, Sr.
  • SJ350: Commending Robert Pinkard, Jr.
  • SJ351: Celebrating the life of Sally G. Lamb.
  • SB133: Criminal cases; deferred disposition.
  • SB134: School boards; planning time & planning periods for elementary, middle, & high school teachers.
  • SB135: Children's Services Act; special education programs.
  • SB136: Handheld personal communications devices; holding devices while driving a motor vehicle.
  • SB137: Absentee voting; early voting in person without an excuse.
  • SB138: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; FOIA officers, training and reporting requirements.
  • SB139: Freedom of Information Advisory Act; training requirements.
  • SB140: FOIA; public higher educational institutions, information related to pledges and donations.
  • SB141: Building and fire codes; notice requirements.
  • SB143: Disabled veterans and surviving spouses; state subsidy of property tax exemptions.
  • SB144: Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty.
  • SB145: Protective orders; violations, penalty.
  • SB146: Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and mandatory fee increase, student approval.
  • SB147: Higher educational institutions, public; chief executive officer compensation.
  • SB148: Driving under the influence; provisions regarding driving or operating a motor vehicle, etc.
  • SB151: School personnel; staffing ratios, school nurses.
  • SB152: Auxiliary police officers; calling into service by a locality.
  • SB153: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; cost estimates, response time.
  • SB154: Restricted licenses; allowable purposes.
  • SB225: Removal of dangerous roadside vegetation; local option.
  • SB331: Capital murder; killing of a person in a school setting, penalty.
  • SB332: Remote sales tax collections; allocation to Transportation Trust Fund.
  • SB333: USBC &SFPC; proposal for changes to the Codes to address active shooters or hostile threats.
  • SB334: Court Reporters, Virginia Board for; created, report.
  • SB335: Hunting and fishing license; certain military members may receive for 75 percent of fee.
  • SB336: Fishing permits; special permits for certain youth camps.
  • SB337: Animal Cruelty Conviction List; established.
  • SB338: State Police Officers' Retirement System; exception to mandatory retirement requirement.
  • SB339: Public schools; immunization rates.
  • SB604: Land preservation tax credit; verification requirements.
  • SB930: Mental Health Crisis Intervention Hotline; SHHR to establish a work group to evaluate.
  • SB987: Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds.
  • SB989: Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Spotsylvania County to impose.
  • SB1054: Menhaden; management of fishery.
  • SB1064: Combined sewer overflow outfalls; James River watershed.
  • SB1088: Nongovernmental emergency medical services agencies; dissolution of agency.
  • SB5003: Civil Rights and Policing, Commission on; established, membership, report, sunset provision.
  • SB5013: Marijuana; possession, violations by an adult shall be prepayable.
  • SB5041: Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence, changes effective date.
  • SJ228: Commending King George County.
  • SJ229: Commending Charles Jones.
  • SJ232: Celebrating the life of W. Malone Schooler.
  • SJ263: Celebrating the life of Helen Wang.
  • SR57: Celebrating the life of Leonard Rocklin Bogaev, M.D.
  • SR549: Commending the captain and crew of the Smuggler's Point fishing vessel.
  • SB207: Statewide prioritization process project selection; cost of project to be considered.
  • SB208: Impact fees; residential development.
  • SB259: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; extends benefits of Program.
  • SB366: School personnel; staffing ratios, school nurses.
  • SB880: Composite index; local ability to pay for certain counties.
  • SB940: Combined sewer overflow system; notice of discharge.
  • SB944: Cash proffers; impact fees.
  • SB952: Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty.
  • SB988: License plates, special; THE AMERICAN LEGION.
  • SB1179: Concealed handgun permit; application for a resident permit by a member of U.S. Armed Forces.
  • SB1180: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of trade secret.
  • SB1181: Out-of-state conviction of drug offenses; person may petition for restricted driver's license.
  • SB1182: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings held through electronic communication means.
  • SB1183: Toll facilities, certain; free use by emergency medical services vehicles.
  • SB1184: FOIA; applicability to sexual assault response teams, etc.
  • SB1201: Transfer of venue; delinquency, adjudication.
  • SB1203: Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers.
  • SB1204: Higher educational institutions, public; student approval of increase in tuition or mandatory fees.
  • SB1205: Income tax, state; changes definition of resident estate or trust.
  • SB1206: Elections; early voting.
  • SB1207: School protection officers; definition, compulsory minimum training standards.
  • SB1208: Water impounding structures; portable pumping systems.
  • SB1267: Remote sales and use tax collection; sufficient activity by dealers and marketplace facilitators.
  • SB1270: Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouse's ability to move.
  • SB1271: Oil and gas wells; bonding requirements, application notice.
  • SB1340: Land preservation tax credits; threshold for conservation value review by DCR, lowers the threshold.
  • SB1341: Handheld personal communications devices; prohibition on holding while driving.
  • SB1441: Court Reporters, Virginia Board for; created, report.
  • SB1443: Income tax, state; advances conformity of Commonwealth's tax code with federal tax code.
  • SB1665: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; extends benefits of Program.
  • SB1725: Stationary blinds in the public waters; waters of Virginia Beach, minimum distance from shore.
  • SJ288: Commending the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia.
  • SJ290: Celebrating the life of Josiah Pollard Rowe III.
  • SJ315: Celebrating the life of Master Sergeant Edward Colston Newton V, USA.
  • SJ322: Commending Elizabeth Crowther.
  • SJ323: Commending Jay E. Ferriss.
  • SJ334: Commending Paul B. Ebert.
  • SJ335: Celebrating the life of Gary M. Nuckols.
  • SJ359: Celebrating the life of Scott Marvin Anderson.
  • SJ396: Celebrating the life of Maxine Lyons Silver.
  • SR106: Commending Helen Turner Murphy and W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
  • SB205: Children's Services Act; special education programs, expands eligibility for services.
  • SB206: Speed limits; maximum speed on certain highways.
  • SB207: Statewide prioritization process project selection; cost of project to be considered.
  • SB208: Impact fees; residential development.
  • SB209: Concealed handgun permits; sharing of information.
  • SB210: Virginia State Bar; Clients' Protection Fund, extends sunset provision.
  • SB211: Comprehensive plans; groundwater and surface water.
  • SB212: Animal Cruelty Conviction List; established.
  • SB259: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
  • SB260: Banks; stock ownership by directors.
  • SB308: Driving under the influence of alcohol; highways.
  • SB337: Autism, Commission on; established.
  • SB339: Criminal cases; deferred disposition.
  • SB366: School personnel; staffing ratios, school nurses.
  • SB587: Caledon State Park; DCR to convey certain property.
  • SB641: Firearms; purchase, etc., by persons admitted to an inpatient mental health facility.
  • SB683: Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund; established.
  • SB727: FOIA; exemptions for courts of record, courts not of records, and Office of the Executive Secretary.
  • SB880: Composite index; local ability to pay for certain counties.
  • SB900: Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for spouse of disabled veteran.
  • SB939: Judges; retired from circuit court, etc., qualifications.
  • SB940: Combined sewer overflow system; notice of discharge.
  • SB944: Cash proffers; impact fees.
  • SB952: Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty.
  • SB988: License plates, special; THE AMERICAN LEGION.
  • SJ76: Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for spouse of disabled veteran.
  • SJ88: Celebrating the life of Ferris M. Belman, Sr.
  • SJ89: Commending C.O. Balderson.
  • SJ90: Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award.
  • SJ134: Celebrating the life of James Carlton Hudson.
  • SJ140: Celebrating the life of Charles Edward Reed.
  • SJ168: Commending Gladys West.
  • SJ174: Commending the Honorable William J. Howell.
  • SB528: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
  • SB530: Cable franchises; service availability in certain areas.
  • SB779: Electric utility regulation; net energy metering.
  • SB864: Electoral board appointments; chief judge of judicial circuit or his designee make appointment.
  • SB865: Furnishing certain weapons to minor; exemption.
  • SB866: Boating safety course; database listing operators who have passed course.
  • SB867: Lien against person whose negligence causes injury; emergency medical services agency.
  • SB870: Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing.
  • SB879: Retired circuit court judges under recall; qualification by Committees for Courts of Justice.
  • SB898: Combined sewer overflow outfalls; DEQ to identify owner of outfall discharging into Chesapeake Bay.
  • SB909: Menhaden; total allowable landings.
  • SB910: Virginia Oil and Gas Act; sampling and replacing contaminated wells.
  • SB911: Orphaned Well Fund; surcharge.
  • SB1023: Concealed handgun permits; sharing of information.
  • SB1054: Fire alarms; maliciously activating, penalty.
  • SB1055: Remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse; penalty.
  • SB1056: Crossing established police lines, perimeters, or barricades; penalty.
  • SB1057: Injuries to property or persons by persons unlawfully or riotously assembled; penalty.
  • SB1058: Riots; unlawful assembly, penalty.
  • SB1193: Contractors, Board for; exemptions, responsibility for contracting with unlicensed person.
  • SB1195: Produce safety; farm inspections, civil penalty.
  • SB1214: School health services; training in administration of insulin, etc.
  • SB1215: Public schools; possession of glucagon.
  • SB1224: Landowner liability; recreational access.
  • SB1246: At-Risk Youth and Families, Comprehensive Services for; special education programs.
  • SB1247: Regulation of private wells.
  • SB1248: Real property tax; Stafford County may adopt, by ordinance, to restrict deferral of taxes.
  • SB1249: Income tax, state; credit for certain disabled veterans, etc.
  • SB1486: Law-enforcement officer; report of officer involved in accident.
  • SB1491: Agritourism activity; definition to include rental of a single-family residence.
  • SB1492: Water utilities; retail rates of affiliated utilities, definitions, etc.
  • SJ236: Celebrating the life of Brian David McCarty.
  • SJ237: Celebrating the life of Richard Ernest Hendrix.
  • SJ238: Celebrating the life of Janet Lile Fray.
  • SJ283: Celebrating the life of Stuart H. McElroy.
  • SJ284: Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax; exemption for surviving spouse.
  • SJ320: Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award.
  • SB175: Concealed handgun permits; sharing of information.
  • SB192: Automobile, commercial liability, and homeowners insurance policies; notices.
  • SB193: Unfair claim settlement practices; appraisal of automobile repair costs.
  • SB202: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of salaries of public employees.
  • SB204: Real estate settlement agents; adds to provisions relating to agents, 'closing disclosure.'
  • SB527: Bomb threats; reimbursement of expenses incurred in emergency response.
  • SB528: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
  • SB529: Menhaden; increases total allowable landings.
  • SB530: Cable franchises; service availability in certain areas.
  • SB676: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; noncriminal incidents and reports.
  • SB729: Unmanned aircraft system; use during commission of a crime, penalty.
  • SB730: Driving while texting; involuntary manslaughter, maiming, etc., of another, penalties.
  • SB755: Violations of protective orders; penalty.
  • SB779: Electric utility regulation; net energy metering.
  • SJ100: Celebrating the life of Kathleen Flanagan McManus.
  • SJ110: Celebrating the life of Rudolph Prosser Crowther, Sr.
  • SJ111: Celebrating the life of Albert Stuart III.
  • SJ115: Celebrating the life of Paul C. Reber.
  • SJ117: Commending Charles E. Jett.
  • SJ126: Commending Robert C. Gibbons.
  • SJ159: Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Leedstown Resolutions.
  • SR15: Celebrating the life of Kathleen Flanagan McManus.
  • SR79: Judge; nomination for election to Supreme Court of Virginia.
  • SR93: Celebrating the life of Patricia Keys Fick.
  • SB355: Fire services and emergency medical services; revises terminology and reorganizes provisions.
  • SB483: Real property tax liens; assignment to third party.
  • SB938: Fire services and emergency medical services; revises certain terminology.
  • SB939: Private police departments.
  • SB940: Montross, Town of; amending charter, moves election date of town council.
  • SB941: Protective orders; compensation for required representation of respondents.
  • SB942: Virginia Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit.
  • SB948: Concealed handgun permits; sharing of information.
  • SB949: Hybrid vehicle registration; tax credit for certain vehicle owners.
  • SB994: Single-family dwellings; locality required to set standards for clustering.
  • SB995: Standards of Learning tests; expedited retake.
  • SB996: Boating safety education; exemption for motorboat operators born prior to July 1, 1972.
  • SB997: Emergency medical services personnel; background checks, process.
  • SB998: School divisions; concussion policies and procedures, establishing a management plan.
  • SB999: Deeds of trust or mortgages; calculation of tax shall be calculated using rate scale, etc.
  • SB1011: Cash proffers; purchase of development rights by locality.
  • SB1023: Mass transit; transit funding in statewide prioritization.
  • SB1099: Virginia Solar Energy Development Authority; created, report.
  • SB1109: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; expands open meeting exemptions.
  • SB1129: FOIA; expands record exemption for public safety, cybersecurity.
  • SB1146: Virginia Vegetation Program; established by Department of Environmental Quality.
  • SB1147: Median income taxpayers; creates a $250 nonrefundable tax credit.
  • SB1148: Restricted driver's license; activities related to seeking employment.
  • SB1149: Expanded access to investigational drugs, biological products, and devices.
  • SB1150: General Assembly; consideration of the conference committee report on the biennial budget.
  • SB1185: Admissions tax; extends expiration of tax in Stafford County.
  • SB1290: Criminal cases; venue for prosecution.
  • SB1292: Sanitary districts; boat ramps, shoreline management, and dredging.
  • SB1325: Nicotine Vapor products; prohibits purchase, etc., by minors, packaging, civil penalty.
  • SB1344: Interpreters; appointed for non-English-speaking defendant.
  • SB1439: Vessel operation; law-enforcement officers prohibited from stopping, etc., without probable cause.
  • SB1458: Cable franchises; service available to areas where density is not less 20 residential units.
  • SJ302: Constitutional amendment (first resolution); general warrants of search or seizure prohibited.
  • SJ348: Celebrating the life of Samuel Bryan Chandler.
  • SR82: Celebrating the life of R. David O'Dell, Jr.
  • SR98: Celebrating the life of Elaine Trimble Patterson.
  • SB6: DNA; adds certain crimes to list for which a sample must be taken upon arrest.
  • SB7: Clients' Protection Fund; extends sunset provision on Supreme Court's authority to adopt rules.
  • SB48: Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; prohibition on oil and gas drilling.
  • SB49: Menhaden fishery; extends sunset provision for management of fishery.
  • SB51: Agricultural operations; local regulation of certain activities, On-Farm Activities Working Group.
  • SB52: Boating safety course; persons age 45 or older on July 1, 2014, are exempted from passing.
  • SB53: Stormwater management; waiver of charges for places of worship.
  • SB59: Warrants; maintenance by clerks of court.
  • SB69: Pretrial appeals; transcript or written statement of facts.
  • SB71: Emergency protective orders; arrests for domestic assault, definition of law-enforcement officer.
  • SB145: Fox hunting; establishes special license for hunting on horseback with hounds but without firearms.
  • SB146: Felony sentence; suspension or modification.
  • SB147: Transportation, Department of; notice and public comment on projects on its website.
  • SB148: Appropriation act conference report; availability.
  • SB149: General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure requirements; gifts.
  • SB150: Patent infringement; assertions made in bad faith, exemptions, penalties.
  • SB151: Family abuse protective orders; allowable conditions.
  • SB152: Dams; disclosure of presence.
  • SB153: Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families; special education programs.
  • SB172: Student-athletes; effects of concussions on academic performance.
  • SB173: Deferred disposition; persons with autism or intellectual disabilities.
  • SB185: Physician assistant; expert witness testimony.
  • SB241: Development rights; required to comply with any locality-adopted neighborhood design standards.
  • SB286: Arrest photos; placement and removal on Internet, penalty.
  • SB303: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
  • SB355: Fire services and emergency medical services; revises terminology and reorganizes provisions.
  • SB483: Real property tax liens; assignment to third party.
  • SB484: Pediatric oral health; essential health benefits.
  • SB528: Warrants; issuance by magistrate for arrest of certain persons.
  • SB532: Diabetes; certain students permitted to self-check blood glucose levels on school property, etc.
  • SB533: Statewide Fire Prevention Code; redefines permissible fireworks.
  • SB568: Land preservation tax credit; retention of qualified mineral interest.
  • SB569: Living shorelines projects; issuance of general permits.
  • SB570: Assault and battery; full-time or part-time employee, penalty.
  • SB579: Retail Sales and Use Tax; revenues from certain baseball facilities.
  • SB602: Nonriparian stationary blinds; prohibits placement of blinds in a marked navigation channel.
  • SB603: Oyster grounds; condemnation.
  • SJ32: Commending Stafford County.
  • SJ43: Celebrating the life of Bethany Dawn Dempsey.
  • SJ44: Celebrating the life of Lauren Allie White.
  • SJ45: Commending the staff of Rocky Run Elementary School.
  • SJ157: Commending American Legion Post 290.
  • SJ5008: Celebrating the life of Nancy M. Honaker.
  • SJ5023: Commending Rappahannock United Way.
  • SJ5060: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant David H. Stewart.
  • SJ5062: Celebrating the life of Withers W. Moncure, Sr.
  • SB18: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; removes authorization for State's membership.
  • SB21: Rape; person who has sexual intercourse with complaining witness accomplished by coercion.
  • SB24: Welfare and other entitlement fraud; penalties.
  • SB25: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; appointment of Director.
  • SB175: Postrelease supervision of felons; amends provisions.
  • SB176: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; removes jurisdiction to enforce fishing and boating laws.
  • SB178: Satellite office expenses tax credit; creates a $250,000 tax credit for certain businesses.
  • SB181: Retail Sales and Use Tax; use tax be reported annually.
  • SB184: Interpreters; cost shall be borne by non-English-speaking defendant if he is convicted of offense.
  • SB705: Child restraint devices; penalty if child suffers injury or death.
  • SB706: Mentally incapacitated persons; financial exploitation, penalty.
  • SB711: Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts.
  • SB712: Hoax explosive devices; increases penalty for use, construction, etc.
  • SB753: Magistrates; supervision by Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
  • SB790: Emergency medical services providers; Board of Health shall prescribe regulation, procedures, etc.
  • SB832: Mandatory minimum sentences; terms of confinement or imprisonment to be served consecutively.
  • SB847: Arrestees; judicial officer may require as condition of release on bail fingerprints and photos.
  • SB850: Low-income and disabled customers; criteria for discounted fees and charges for water and sewer.
  • SB891: Administrative Rules, Joint Commission on; powers and duties.
  • SB892: Commercial fishermen; not required to obtain registration certificate, etc., for certain vehicles.
  • SB916: Exhumations; requires that party petitioning court to provide sworn statement with certain facts.
  • SB917: Financial institutions; contract provision requiring amendment or waiver to be in writing, etc.
  • SB940: School resource officers; school board to coordinate with local law-enforcement agency to provide.
  • SB986: Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.
  • SB988: Voluntary regulatory self-assessments by banks; privilege.
  • SB1209: Commonwealth Transportation Board, Commissioner of Highways, etc.; powers and duties, report.
  • SB1210: Transportation commission membership.
  • SB1211: Child Pornography Images Registry; exemptions from disclosure, etc.
  • SB1212: Environmental Quality, Department of; provision of information, protection of trade secrets.
  • SB1213: Saltwater recreational fishing; allows State residents 65 and older to purchase lifetime license.
  • SB1214: Sentencing guidelines; definition of violent felony.
  • SB1215: State government officers and employees; representation of clients, prohibited conduct.
  • SB1225: RS & UT; adds City of Fredericksburg.
  • SB1226: Cash proffers; extends from 7 to 12 years time by which locality must begin utilization.
  • SB1242: Tuition, in-state; veterans residing within State shall be eligible for in-state charges.
  • SB1262: Admissions tax; adds Stafford County to list of counties authorized to impose on certain admissions.
  • SB1263: VA FOIA; meeting by electronic communication means by certain committees, etc. of State bodies.
  • SB1264: VA. FOIA; access to criminal and other records.
  • SB1277: Wildlife exhibitor permit; possession and display of wildlife in schools for educational purposes.
  • SB1278: Service of process; in order to be timely, must be made within six months from commencement.
  • SB1291: Menhaden fish; allowable catch for those landed in State, etc., report. Emergency.
  • SB1371: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; repetitive requests, remedies.
  • SB1377: Explosive devices or firearms; possession of with intent to commit violent felony; penalties.
  • SJ256: Celebrating the life of David Martin Pearson.
  • SJ264: Celebrating the life of Kenneth Tyree Whitescarver III.
  • SJ265: Celebrating the life of Earl Lloyd Chittum.
  • SJ270: Commending Lilian Lumber Company Inc.
  • SJ274: Celebrating the life of Ralph Williams.
  • SJ288: Commending Lloyd Tayloe Griffith, M.D.
  • SJ347: Celebrating the life of Robert Ferrell Mothershead.
  • SJ401: Celebrating the life of Gwyneth Griffin.
  • SJ457: Celebrating the life of Claude Dent, Jr.
  • SB4: Castle doctrine; self-defense and defense of others.
  • SB11: Self-settled spendthrift trusts; created.
  • SB14: Methamphetamine precursors; sale and tracking, penalties.
  • SB16: Children; raises age for indecent liberties to under age of 16 years, penalty.
  • SB17: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; changes name of conservation police officers.
  • SB18: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; removes authorization for State's membership.
  • SB19: Cash proffers; changes sunset date on provisions that state collection or acceptance by locality.
  • SB20: Rape; accomplished by ruse or trickery.
  • SB21: Rape; person who has sexual intercourse with complaining witness accomplished by coercion.
  • SB22: Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans.
  • SB23: Adultery and fornication by persons forbidden to marry; penalty.
  • SB24: Welfare and other entitlement fraud; penalties.
  • SB25: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; appointment of Director.
  • SB26: Conservation police officers; clarifies authority.
  • SB174: Stormwater program assistance; DCR to provide technical and staff assistance in managing.
  • SB175: Postrelease supervision of felons; amends provisions.
  • SB176: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; removes jurisdiction to enforce fishing and boating laws.
  • SB177: Performance guarantees; street construction.
  • SB178: Satellite office expenses tax credit; creates a $250,000 tax credit for certain businesses.
  • SB179: Bond administration; reimbursement of administrative costs.
  • SB180: Trustees, certain; protection from liability.
  • SB181: Retail Sales and Use Tax; use tax be reported annually.
  • SB182: Penalty for DUI manslaughter.
  • SB183: Virginia Outdoors Foundation; exempt from paying clerk for remote access to land records.
  • SB184: Interpreters; cost shall be borne by non-English-speaking defendant if he is convicted of offense.
  • SB239: Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting, penalties.
  • SB431: Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; penalty.
  • SB432: Grantor trusts; settlor's creditors; payment of taxes.
  • SB534: Tangible personal property; volunteer deputy sheriffs.
  • SB560: Sanitary districts; authorizes board of supervisors to construct and maintain dams within district.
  • SB575: Alcoholic beverage control; transfers of wine or beer.
  • SB638: Cemeteries; allocation of perpetual care trust fund.
  • SJ4: Celebrating the life of Alvin York Bandy.
  • SJ11: Celebrating the life of Carl David Silver.
  • SJ39: Commending the Cople Elementary School Future Problem Solving Team.
  • SJ40: Celebrating the life of Ronald Dare Hundley.
  • SJ41: Commending Billy Sydnor.
  • SJ42: Celebrating the life of J. Clifford Hutt.
  • SJ43: Celebrating the life of Adam Maynard Bowen.
  • SJ186: Commending Timothy A. Rudy.
  • SJ202: Celebrating the life of Debra Chittum Cox.
  • SJ203: Commending the Colonial Forge High School wrestling team.
  • SR502: Celebrating the life of Thomas Llewellyn Bricken.
  • SR503: Commending the King George High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps rifle team.
  • SR515: Commending the 2011 Stafford Babe Ruth 15U Baseball All-Star team.
  • SR516: Commending the 2011 Stafford Babe Ruth 14U Softball All-Star team.
  • SB868: Damage of crops and livestock; lawful killing of deer, elk, and bear.
  • SB869: Urban development areas; developable acreage is redefined to exclude certain lands.
  • SB870: Blue Alert Program; established.
  • SB871: Golf carts; clarifies existing law pertaining to crossing highways.
  • SB872: Gang-free zones; expanded to include any school bus stop or public buildings, etc.
  • SB873: Subdivision of lot; localities to provide for conveyance to family member if land is held in trust.
  • SB874: George Washington Toll Road Authority; adds Stafford County as participating locality.
  • SB875: Renewable portfolio standard program; forest products.
  • SB876: Castle doctrine; encodes version allowing use of deadly force, etc. against an intruder in dwelling.
  • SB968: Endangered and threatened species; consolidates various programs administered by VDACS, et al.
  • SB990: Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer.
  • SB991: Acquisition of title to an abandoned vessel; changes notification procedures.
  • SB992: Marijuana, imitation; same penalties for sale, gift, distribution, etc., as for marijuana.
  • SB993: Motor vehicle emissions; testing procedures.
  • SB994: Best interests of child; jurisdiction to resolve a dispute how child shall be educated.
  • SB995: Special combined individual sportfishing licenses; boat license.
  • SB996: Cash proffers; acceptance by localities.
  • SB997: Street construction; no bond, escrow, etc., may be released until streets are accepted by agency.
  • SB998: Income tax, corporate; lower rate for certain businesses.
  • SB1055: Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling, report.
  • SB1056: Wastewater treatment; State Water Control Board develop policies eliminating wastewater discharges.
  • SJ69: Constitutional amendment; property tax relief for certain businesses.
  • SJ281: Commending David B. Nichols.
  • SJ282: Commending the Rappahannock High School baseball team.
  • SJ342: Celebrating the life of James Riley Knight, Jr.
  • SJ343: Commending Sheriff Clarence W. Dobson.
  • SJ344: Constitutional amendment; personal property tax exemption on boats and watercraft (first reference).
  • SJ370: Celebrating the life of Richard Aubrey Farmar, Jr.
  • SJ395: Celebrating the life of David B. Nichols.
  • SJ400: Development loan defaults; Bureau of Financial Institutions of SCC to review certain issues, report.
  • SJ402: Commending Jane Carter Branson.
  • SJ410: Commending the Veterans Independence Program.
  • SJ457: Commending the Westmoreland Ruritan Club.
  • SJ516: Commending Daniel M. Chichester.
  • SR32: Celebrating the life of Frank Joseph Wittman.
  • SB39: RPS program; removes certain requirements for forest products.
  • SB40: Flying fields and landing areas; exempts certain owners from duty of care and liability.
  • SB41: Driver's licence, restricted; person allowed to drive to and from a place of worship.
  • SB42: Service handgun; allows law-enforcement officer retiring at age 70 with 10 yrs. service to purchase.
  • SB43: Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts.
  • SB44: Judges; increases mandatory retirement age.
  • SB45: Disabled parking; windshield placard shall not show certain personal information.
  • SB46: Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees.
  • SB47: Menhaden fisheries; extends sunset provision for harvest.
  • SB89: Firearms; petition to restore right to possess or transport to be mailed to attorney for State.
  • SB149: Certificates of analysis and affidavits; admission into evidence.
  • SB150: Energy efficiency programs; rate recovery options for utilities.
  • SB151: Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; establish restrictions on display of U.S. flag.
  • SB152: Absentee ballot deadline; military voters ballot to be counted if received by 5 pm on tenth day.
  • SB153: Exhibits; relieves clerk of notifying defendant of destruction, etc., of evidence used at trial.
  • SB325: Income tax, corporate; lower rate for certain businesses.
  • SB326: Universities Clean Energy Development and Economic Stimulus Foundation; created.
  • SB327: Enjoyment of easement; owner of estate shall not cause to be present any debris within 25 feet.
  • SB328: Emergency medical technicians; certain are allowed to administer vaccines to adults and minors.
  • SB329: District and circuit courts; increases court fees.
  • SB330: Virginia Council on Military Base and Mission Support; created.
  • SB331: Firearm; if person files petition to restore his right to possess, copy shall be served on attorney.
  • SB406: Salvage vehicles; allows locality to require records to be reported to police.
  • SB448: Onsite sewage systems, alternative; locality to enact an ordinance prohibiting use thereof.
  • SJ1: Commending the Colonial Beach High School boys' basketball team.
  • SJ14: Celebrating the life of George G. King.
  • SJ69: Constitutional amendment; property tax relief for certain businesses.
  • SJ70: Commending Frank Les Sisson.
  • SJ71: Commending Sheriff Charles E. Jett and the Stafford County Sheriffs Office.
  • SJ72: Commending Stanley Schoppe and the Montross Dairy Freeze on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.
  • SJ166: Celebrating the life of Joseph Robert Roy.
  • SJ225: Commending the Family Foundation of Virginia on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
  • SJ256: Celebrating the life of William Eugene Gallahan, Jr.
  • SB372: Sex offender registry; placement of certain juveniles required.
  • SB373: Invasive plants; nurseries to label all species of plants.
  • SB817: License plates, special; issuance to members and supporters of various organizations.
  • SB821: Workers' compensation; presumption that injury arises out of employment.
  • SB869: Charter; City of Fredericksburg.
  • SB880: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; disclosure of official records, exceptions.
  • SB881: Grass; adds Stafford County to counties authorized to require property owners to cut.
  • SB882: Parking; regulation thereof of watercraft, boat trailers, etc., in certain counties.
  • SB883: Charter; Town of Warsaw.
  • SB907: Powers of personal representatives and trustees; power to donate open-space easements.
  • SB908: Public service corporation; prohibits acquiring land, etc. therein subject to conservation easement.
  • SB909: Income tax, state; credit for blood donations.
  • SB910: Automatic dialing-announcing devices; prohibits use of if making commercial telephone solicitation.
  • SB911: Golf carts; allows governing body of Towns of Irvington or Saxis to authorize operation thereof.
  • SB912: Interpreter; appointed for non-English-speaking defendant.
  • SB913: Forest products; removes certain requirements if participating in renewable portfolio standard prog.
  • SB914: Substance abuse screening & assessment for VIEW; person ineligible to receive TANF if using drugs.
  • SB915: Children; court to obtain & submit to Dept. of Social Services names, etc. of defendants' children.
  • SB916: Fees in civil cases; increases fee for filing in general district court and in circuit court.
  • SB952: Dextromethorphan; sale of over-the-counter medicines containing thereof on school property.
  • SB953: Graduate teaching assistants; allows member in service to purchase retirement credit.
  • SB972: Building Code; enforcement of Property Maintenance Code by local governing body.
  • SB973: Virginia Resources Authority; loans for renewable energy.
  • SB974: Golf carts; may cross at intersection controlled by a traffic light in Town of Colonial Beach.
  • SB975: Subdivision roadways; conveys through quitclaim any interest of Dept. of Conservation & Recreation.
  • SB976: Basic health benefit plans; requires health insurer, etc., to offer to eligible individuals.
  • SB977: SCHEV guidelines; State Council of Higher Education to develop guidelines for curriculum adjustment.
  • SB978: Income taxes, state; recognition of income from dealer disposition of property under installment.
  • SB979: Fuel fee; allows authorities to pass an ordinance to impose a fee on motor vehicle violations.
  • SB1335: Conditional zoning; amendment to proffered condition is requested by proferror local body may waive.
  • SJ48: Constitutional amendment; localities to tax historical property on basis of its use value.
  • SJ304: Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
  • SJ305: Steamboat Era Day; designating as Sept. 14, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • SJ310: Shooting preserves; Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries to establish task force to analyze laws.
  • SJ311: Blue crabs; Congress of U.S. urged to examine equitability of allocation of licenses to harvest.
  • SJ404: Commending the King George Ruritan Club on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
  • SJ411: Oysters; sterile non-native; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support responsible cultivation.
  • SJ435: Celebrating the life of Anne Martin Wilson Rowe.
  • SJ436: Celebrating the life of Mary Phoebe Enders Willis.
  • SJ487: Commending Frank McCarty.
  • SJ5023: Celebrating the life of Justin L. Whitaker.
  • SB135: Fertilizers; Board of Agriculture et al, to adopt nonagricultural application regulations.
  • SB136: School buses; prohibits use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving.
  • SB152: Illegal aliens; adds presumption, subject to rebuttal, against admitting to bail any alien charged.
  • SB153: Community service landscaping program; VDOT Commissioner to establish.
  • SB154: License plates, special; issuance promoting tourism and conservation on the Northern Neck.
  • SB165: Golf cart and utility vehicles; crossing of highways at certain intersections in Colonial Beach.
  • SB168: Income tax, state; volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel tax credit.
  • SB206: Communication towers, state-owned; wireless broadband service in unserved areas.
  • SB372: Sex offender registry; placement of certain juveniles required.
  • SB373: Invasive plants; nurseries to label all species of plants.
  • SB374: Real Estate Board; extension of deadline for compliance with education requirements.
  • SB375: Charter; Town of Colonial Beach.
  • SB376: School divisions, local; required to publish budget on website.
  • SB377: Crab pots; unauthorized taking of crabs Class 3 misdemeanor.
  • SB378: Stormwater; Soil and Water Conservation Board to promote reuse and reclamation thereof.
  • SB504: Assault and battery; penalty when against attorneys for State.
  • SB681: Water well systems providers; required to be onsite at all times for drilling, etc.
  • SJ48: Constitutional amendment; localities to tax historical property on basis of its use value.
  • SJ49: Parkinsons Disease Awareness Month; designating as April 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • SJ132: Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Monroe.
  • SJ232: Commending the Honorable George Mason III.
  • SJ5023: Celebrating the life of Justin L. Whitaker.
  • SJ6006: Celebrating the life of Charles W. Jackson
  • SJ6007: Commending the Kilmarnock-Lancaster Volunteer Rescue Squad.