Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan)

- Party
- Republican
- District
- 65: Counties of Chesterfield (part), Fluvanna (part), Goochland (part), and Powhatan [map]
- Took Office
- January 1998
- Next Election
- November 2019
- Committees
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, Labor and Commerce, Finance
- Website
- delegateleeware.net
- Copatroning Habits
- 52% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 70% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 52% of them are Republicans.
- Partisanship
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- Tag Cloud
- Bills Passed
- 33.3% in 2022
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These are all of the video clips of Lee Ware’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2009. There are 187 video clips in all.
Bills
- HB1370: Landfill siting; proximity to private wells.
- HB1417: Cigars; modifies the statutory tax rate imposed on selling or distributing, etc.
- HB1418: Real Estate Appraiser Board; appraisal experience.
- HB1430: Energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries; pilot program for eligible customer exemptions.
- HB1444: Elections; voter identification containing a photograph required, availability of absentee voting.
- HB1463: Relief; Haas, Michael.
- HB1468: Companion animals; maximum charge for rabies vaccination.
- HB1480: Va. Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges, energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries.
- HB1481: Internet root infrastructure providers; taxation of corporations, apportionment.
- HB1604: Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates, proceeding to review base rates.
- HB2297: Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler.
- HB2298: Concealed weapons; exceptions, penalty.
- HB2405: High school graduation; requires passing score on select questions from U.S. Naturalization Test.
- HB2494: Local housing policy; reports to the Department of Housing and Community Development.
- HJ461: Constitutional officers, certain; JLARC to study Compensation Board funding for the offices.
- HJ728: Commending Southern States Cooperative.
- HR298: Celebrating the life of Archie Goodwyn.
- HR321: Commending Samuel W. Tate, DVM.
- HR346: Commending J. Christopher Ludwig.
- HR349: Commending Robin Randolph Lind.
- HB3: Gold, silver, and platinum bullion, etc.; extends sunset date for the sales tax exemption.
- HB6: American Revolution 250 Commission; adds five legislative members to the Commission.
- HB7: Transient occupancy tax; supporting documentation.
- HB9: Public school teachers; probationary term of service, grounds for dismissal, and dismissal hearings.
- HB15: Elections administration; requests made pursuant to the FOIA, deferment of response.
- HB43: Retail marijuana stores; requirement for local referendum.
- HB44: Life insurance; decreases the minimum nonforfeiture amount interest rate.
- HB45: Health carriers; licensed athletic trainers.
- HB46: Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required.
- HB71: Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates, Phase I Utility and Phase II Utility.
- HB72: Marijuana cultivation facility licenses; prohibition on sale of plants and seeds.
- HB73: Electric utilities; definitions, aggregate capacity requirements for renewable energy facilities.
- HB74: Va. Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges, energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries.
- HB75: Localities; restricts authority to impose transient occupancy tax at rate that exceeds five percent.
- HB76: Absentee voting; reimbursement of costs to counties and cities for cost of conducting.
- HB87: Pandemic response and preparedness; joint subcommittee established to study, report.
- HB1152: Sales and use tax; agricultural exemptions.
- HB1153: Mortgage brokers; dual compensation.
- HB1173: Fair Labor Standards Act; employer liability, overtime required for certain employees, report.
- HB1199: Tobacco products tax; remote retail sales.
- HB1200: Landfill siting; proximity to private wells.
- HJ1: Commending James Carmon Stutts.
- HJ354: Commending the River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award.
- HR162: Commending The Elizabeth Kates Foundation.
- HB59: Health carriers; licensed athletic trainers.
- HB1717: Income tax, state; deductions for single individuals and married persons.
- HB1735: Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of farm winery licensees and limited brewery licensees.
- HB1748: Actions against real estate appraisers or appraisal management companies; statute of limitations.
- HB1767: Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; Powhatan County.
- HB2057: Electric utilities; triennial review.
- HB2281: Virginia Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges, energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE).
- HB2287: Economic development authorities; size of board in Powhatan County.
- HB2287: Economic development authorities; size of board in Powhatan County.
- HR532: Celebrating the life of William E. Quarles, Jr.
- HB13: Condominium association funds; fiduciary management, permissible investments.
- HB58: Health insurance; payment to out-of-network providers, emergency services.
- HB59: Health carriers; licensed athletic trainers.
- HB110: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; trading allowance reserve account, etc.
- HB143: Unemployment compensation; leaving employment to follow military spouse.
- HB167: Electric utilities; fuel cost recovery.
- HB206: Electric utility regulation; retail customer choice.
- HB969: Electric utility regulation; initial triennial review, requirements.
- HB1672: Handheld personal communications device; use by the operator of a motor vehicle.
- HB1673: Plastic bag tax; use of revenues.
- HB1717: Income tax, state; deductions for single individuals and married persons.
- HJ83: Constitutional officers, offices of; JLARC to study Compensation Board funding.
- HR77: Commemorating the life and legacy of Oswald Spengler.
- HR501: Commending Ruth Stokes Boatwright.
- HB1650: Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners.
- HB1682: Dental services; contracts between carriers and providers, PPO network arrangement, etc.
- HB1683: Electric cooperatives; authorized to increase or decrease its rates without SCC approval, etc.
- HB1714: Balance billing; emergency services.
- HB1718: Electric utilities; fuel cost recovery.
- HB1759: Insurance holding companies; supervision of internationally active insurance groups.
- HB1801: Conditional rezoning proffers; extensive changes to zoning provisions.
- HB1897: Equine activity liability; carriage rides.
- HB1932: Mineral mining; increases permit fees.
- HB2538: Health insurance; payment of out-of-network providers, patient access to elective services.
- HB2676: Master Settlement and Non-Participating Manufacturer Adjustment Settlement Agreements; information.
- HJ906: Celebrating the life of James H. Bowles, M.D.
- HR211: Commemorating the life and legacy of Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn.
- HB22: Water and sewer connections; mandatory in Powhatan County.
- HB60: Goochland County; members to Board of Directors of Goochland County Economic Development Authority.
- HB61: Battlefields; entry into an agreement to transfer certain easements.
- HB154: Commonwealth's tax system; conformity with federal law, emergency.
- HB162: Proceeds of a sale, a partition suit, or condemnation proceeding; persons under a disability, etc.
- HB163: Conditional proffers; public facility capacity, previously approved residential developments.
- HB335: Yorktown Victory Center; renamed the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
- HB1353: Battlefield property; incorporation into national park, transfer of easement.
- HB1395: Trooper Michael Walter Memorial Highway; designating as a portion of Route 13.
- HB1453: Real estate appraisers; changes definition of 'evaluations.'
- HJ14: Celebrating the life of James Alexander Ransone, Jr.
- HJ139: Celebrating the life of Special Agent Michael T. Walter.
- HJ168: Commending the Honorable Richard D. Brown.
- HJ275: Commending Frances Carter Ragland.
- HJ378: Commending the Colloquium on Violence and Religion.
- HR27: Commending Robert Curtis Baltimore.
- HR30: Commemorating the life and legacy of Russell Amos Kirk.
- HR101: Commending the Powhatan Christmas Mother program.
- HB352: Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs.
- HB1408: Student vision screenings; requirements for certain students.
- HB1415: Transient occupancy tax; Goochland, Powhatan, and Warren Counties authorized to impose.
- HB1417: School buses; requirements of drivers approaching or immediately preceding a bus.
- HB1422: Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc.
- HB1432: Switchblade knife; exception to carry concealed.
- HB1450: Health insurer/health maintenance organization; response to notice from pharmacy's intermediary.
- HB1455: Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures.
- HB1470: Land preservation tax credits; limitations.
- HB1471: Reinsurance credits; SCC authorized to adopt certain regulations.
- HB1509: Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens.
- HB1521: Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency.
- HB1555: Agency directors; human resource training and agency succession planning.
- HB1556: Real estate appraisers; exemptions from licensure.
- HB1814: Worker retraining and telework expenses; extends sunset date for tax credits.
- HB2414: Self-defense; limited immunity when reporting acts, penalties.
- HJ869: Celebrating the life of Anthony Pearly Tucker, Jr.
- HJ944: Commemorating the life and legacy of Desmond T. Doss.
- HJ998: Commending David Wayne Holland.
- HR266: Commending James Bowman.
- HB12: Concealed handgun permits, out-of-state; photo identification.
- HB13: Primaries; reimbursement of cost to localities by proper political party committee.
- HB14: Columbia, Town of; repealing charter for town.
- HB15: Personal property tax; classifications.
- HB16: Health insurance; payment for services by dentists and oral surgeons.
- HB17: Industrial waste and sewage sludge; disclosure of storage or land application on property.
- HB27: Local fiscal impact bills; first-day introduction.
- HB95: Income tax, corporate; addback for Captive REIT dividends.
- HB352: Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs.
- HB393: Insurance agencies; designated licensed producers.
- HB402: Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law, emergency.
- HB447: Industrial wastes and biosolids; regulation of land application.
- HB1224: Bank franchise tax; sets a cap of $18 million on total annual tax liability per taxpayer.
- HJ10: Commending Midlothian Masonic Lodge No. 211.
- HJ17: Commemorating the life and legacy of Earle Davis Gregory.
- HJ44: Commending the Honorable John C. Watkins.
- HJ56: Biosolids and industrial wastes; short-term and long-term effects, report.
- HJ170: Celebrating the life of James E. Hargrave.
- HJ179: Commending Joe Elton.
- HJ227: Commending the Goochland High School girls' volleyball team.
- HR3: Commemorating the life and legacy of Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
- HR148: Commending Rebecca T. Dickson.
- HR183: Commending the Honorable John C. Watkins.
- HB1286: Income tax, state; refund payments.
- HB1291: Real property tax; notice of assessments.
- HB1300: Elections; costs of primaries; reimbursement to localities.
- HB1301: Electoral board members and general registrars; compensation and expenses.
- HB1329: Out-of-state concealed handgun permits; photo identification.
- HB1339: Health benefit exchange; information on health benefit plans.
- HB1386: Disaster relief; assistance by out-of-state businesses and employees.
- HB1418: Criminal injuries compensation; confidentiality.
- HB1444: Vision care plans; reimbursement for services.
- HB1475: Natural gas utilities; recovery and deferral of system expansion infrastructure costs.
- HB1511: Industrial waste and sewage sludge; disclosure of land.
- HB1727: Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law.
- HB1828: Land preservation; tax credit.
- HB2196: Virginia Energy Economic Development Advisory Board; Governor's Energy Fund; report.
- HB2398: U.S. savings bonds; establishes a procedure for the escheat of unclaimed bonds.
- HJ503: Commending Opera on the James.
- HJ504: Teachers; Department of Education to study implementing program to track turnover.
- HJ506: Long-term impact of biosolids and industrial waste; Va. Institute of Marine Science & DMME to study.
- HR189: Commending H. V. Traywick, Jr.
- HR190: Commending the Honorable Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Jr.
- HB5: Electoral board members and general registrars; reimbursement to localities for cost of expenses.
- HB6: Primary elections; cost and reimbursement to localities.
- HB8: Concealed handgun permits; decreases local law-enforcement background investigation fee.
- HB108: Health insurance; carrier contracts with pharmacy providers, definition of overpayment.
- HB109: Insurance holding companies; revises requirements applicable to companies.
- HB139: License plates, special; issuance for members and supporters of 4-H clubs.
- HB765: Health care policy, group health benefit plan, and health plan; definitions.
- HB1083: Workers' compensation; cost and payment for medical services, claims filed with Commission, etc.
- HB1085: Income tax, state; earned income tax credit.
- HB1176: Health insurance; notice of increase in premium or deductible.
- HR1: Memorializing 'The Doomed Youth' of 1914.
- HR6: Memorializing Simone Weil.
- HR13: Celebrating the life of the Honorable William E. Maxey, Jr.
- HR14: Commending Tina Bustos.
- HR80: Commending The Major Charles A. Ransom American Legion Post.
- HR110: Commending Little Zion Baptist Church.
- HR119: Commemorating the life and legacy of Jacques de Molay.
- HR120: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the death of William Butler Yeats.
- HR121: Memorializing Jack Schaefer.
- HB456: Riparian forest tax credit; refund.
- HB1135: Concealed handgun permit; removes certain requirements for out-of-state permits.
- HB1318: Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act; certain liquefied propane gas containers exempt from Act.
- HB1339: Election districts & redistricting; locality permitted to exclude from census correctional facility.
- HB1340: Electoral boards and general registrars; reimbursement of costs of compensation and expenses.
- HB1341: Presidential primaries; localities shall be reimbursed by State for all costs incurred.
- HB1342: Elections; costs of primaries.
- HB1343: Service district boundaries; allows localities to amend after notice and public hearing.
- HB1359: Consumer finance companies; rate of interest.
- HB1398: Land preservation tax credits; Budget Bill to include an appropriation for land preservation, etc.
- HB1399: RS&UT; deletes portion of tax exemption for pollution control equipment and facilities.
- HB1840: Menhaden fish; total allowable catch for those landed in State.
- HB2195: Insurance holding companies; applicability to certain plans.
- HB2206: Workers' compensation insurance; payments to providers of health care services.
- HB2247: Assault and battery; changes conditions for applying aggravated penalty.
- HJ719: Celebrating the life of Roscoe Lee Timberlake.
- HR121: Memorializing James Ewell Brown Stuart.
- HR124: Commending Dr. Margaret S. Meara.
- HR214: Commending Manuel Rios and the Midlothian Middle School
- HB153: Workers' compensation; exclusion of certain employees.
- HB154: Income tax, corporate; requires retail companies to use single-sales factor apportionment formula.
- HB155: Revenue sharing funds for highways; funds provided to localities are a grant, etc.
- HB312: Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency programs.
- HB313: State Corporation Commission; required to review pass rate of licensing examination.
- HB314: Roll-your-own cigarette machines; person who operates at a retail establishment is a manufacturer.
- HB452: Virginia Employment Commission; transcripts.
- HB453: Workers' compensation; penalty for State's failure to pay.
- HB454: Workers' compensation; penalty for State's failure to pay.
- HB455: Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution of funds on monthly basis to public safety answering point.
- HB456: Riparian forest tax credit; refund.
- HB894: Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency programs.
- HB1135: Concealed handgun permit; removes certain requirements for out-of-state permits.
- HB1136: Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act; exemptions for certain liquefied propane gas containers.
- HB1139: Reinsurance credits; conforms State's law to Credit for Reinsurance Model Law of NAIC.
- HB1261: Landlord and tenant laws; energy submetering.
- HJ24: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Leslie Longstreet Mason, Jr.
- HJ176: Commending Robert R. Cosby.
- HJ236: Commending Virginia school boards that employ Mathematics Specialists.
- HR6: Commending the Future Farmers of America of Powhatan Junior High School.
- HR7: Commending Big Brothers Big Sisters Virginia Alliance.
- HR19: Commending the legacy of John Randolph of Roanoke.
- HR26: Commemorating the life of Charles Dickens.
- HR30: Commending Heinrich A. Gideons.
- HR31: Commending Tony Hackenberg.
- HB1504: Insurance companies; investments in derivative transactions, etc.
- HB1819: Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; registration of athlete agents, penalty.
- HB1820: Land preservation tax credit; limits maximum amount that any taxpayer may receive.
- HB1821: License plates, special; issuance to veterans who are members of American Legion.
- HB2230: Aircraft based in this Commonwealth; definition.
- HB2368: Supplemental environmental projects; Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish.
- HB2408: State agencies; requires notice to localities of certain state projects.
- HB2463: Fertilizer and deicing agents; regulation of application, report.
- HB2482: Animal care; enforcement procedures and standards related to animal cruelty.
- HJ544: Celebrating the life of Elwood Floyd Yates.
- HJ545: Commending Hugh Dwyer Keogh.
- HR44: Commending E.D. Hirsch.
- HR47: Scott, William Campbell; in remembrance of his services to Virginia.
- HR48: Cox, James Henry; in remembrance of his service to Virginia.
- HR75: Commending Manual Rios and the Midlothian Middle School 'We the People' Team.
- HB77: Credit life insurance; disclosure requirement.
- HB78: Political candidates; removes exception by which an incumbent may determine method of nomination.
- HB79: Concealed handgun permit; prohibits clerk of court from providing public access to applications.
- HB196: Graduation requirements; delayed implementation.
- HB197: Secondary highway system; requirements for taking new streets into system.
- HB198: Pharmacy contracts; establishes requirements for audit procedures.
- HB445: DMV eye exams; allows greater flexibility assessing applicants' and licensees' horizontal vision.
- HB446: Workers' compensation; exclusion of certain employees.
- HB447: Income tax, state; remainder of revenues transferred to Land Conservation Fund for distribution.
- HB448: Virginia Life, Accident & Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; coverage for polices & contracts.
- HB449: Freedom of Information Act; injunctive relief for public bodies under certain circumstances.
- HB450: Elections; person appointed to fill a vacancy shall exercise all powers of elected office.
- HB1230: Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; sewer laterals.
- HB1263: Dentists and oral surgeons; reimbursement for certain services.
- HJ296: Commending the Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Catholic School football team.
- HJ344: Celebrating the life Robert David Smith, Sr.
- HJ352: Commending the Honorable Thomas V. Warren.
- HR17: Celebrating the life and letters of William Hoffman.
- HR18: Quentin Compson; memorializing centenary of his death & expressing appreciation of William Faulkner.
- HR20: Commending Anne Larrick and her Powhatan High School students.
- HR26: Celebrating the life of Myrna Miller Wellons.
- HB848: Development rights program; Board of Farmland Preservation to create lease.
- HB1648: Virginia byways; requires every agency, etc. to consider impact of its' plans on roads designated.
- HB1649: Telegraph or telephone companies; not required to accept franchise, etc., that restricts services.
- HB1650: Pharmacy contracts; establishes requirements for audit procedures and claims review process.
- HB1970: Underground distribution system; delivery of propane service.
- HB1971: Credit life insurance; reserve standards.
- HB1972: Credit insurance; require that debtors be provided with notice disclosing right to refund premium.
- HB1973: Litter Control and Recycling Fund; limits awarding of grants to localities.
- HB1974: Crash prevention courses; reduction in rates for certain persons attending.
- HB1975: Green roofs; authorizes counties, cities, and towns, by ordinance, to grant incentives, etc.
- HB1976: Income tax, state; school supply expense tax credit for public, private, or home schooled students.
- HB1977: Health insurance; mandated coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
- HB2516: Crash prevention courses; to be delivered via Internet or other electronic means if approved by DMV.
- HJ805: Commending the literary legacy of Edgar Allan Poe.
- HJ811: Commending Laura Marshall.
- HJ822: Commending Lee Congdon.
- HJ872: Commemorating the tercentenary of the birth of Samuel Johnson.
- HJ873: Commending Rick Cole.
- HJ922: Commending Kathy Budner.
- HJ1001: Commending the James River Advisory Council.
- HB15: Vehicle warning lights; allows forensic crash reconstructionists to equip their vehicles therewith.
- HB16: Credit reports; authorizes an individual to freeze access thereto.
- HB17: Disabled veteran; definition thereof.
- HB113: Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement officer, penalty.
- HB114: Trap identification; permits hunters to attach an identification number to traps.
- HB115: Submerged traps; Board may adopt regulations for trappers to visit less under specified conditions.
- HB116: Foreign title insurance companies; unearned premium reserves.
- HB384: Computer trespass; alters elements of crime.
- HB385: Computer invasion of privacy; personal information.
- HB386: Computer crimes; exclusion of evidence.
- HB848: Development rights program; Board of Farmland Preservation to create lease.
- HB849: Land preservation tax credit; taxpayer to give consent when tax credit, etc. has been transferred.
- HB1351: Payday Loan Act; requires SCC to contract with one or more parties to develop, etc. database.
- HB1352: Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; membership.
- HB1428: Real estate tax; Powhatan County may use higher income limits for exemptions for elderly, etc.
- HB1462: Motor vehicle insurance; provide reductions to certain persons who complete DMV approved course.
- HJ30: Commending the 82nd Airborne Division on the occasion of its 90th anniversary.
- HJ6027: Commending the Powhatan High School baseball team.
- HR16: Commending Roger Scruton.
- HB2103: Professional corporations & limited liability companies; authorizes board of directors to delegate.
- HB2104: Standards of Quality; requires identification of gifted education programs.
- HB2562: Health insurance claims; joint payment thereof.
- HB2563: Payday Loan Act; SCC to contract with third party to develop Internet accessible database.
- HB2564: Standards of Quality; local school boards to enroll students in gifted education programs.
- HB2825: Land Conservation Fund; disbursement of moneys.
- HB3063: Judges; increases number in general district court.
- HB3073: Off-road motorcycle, etc.; operators of certain vehicles within 500 feet of dwelling prohibited.
- HB3194: Civil immunity; persons speaking at certain public hearings.
- HJ626: Constitutional amendment limit on growth in state general fund appropriations (first reference).
- HJ934: Celebrating the life of Samuel Haus Watson.
- HR71: Commending Prevent Blindness Virginia on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HB447: Mercury switches in motor vehicles; requires removal prior to their demolition.
- HB448: Litter control and recycling; increase percentage of grants awarded to localities.
- HB449: Income tax, state; land preservation tax credit.
- HB450: Income tax, state; land preservation tax credit.
- HB477: Driver's license applications & registration cards; voluntary contribution for Prevent Blindness Va.
- HB1276: Tobacco laws; special agents of ABC Board with Office of Attorney General authorized to enforce.
- HB1277: Tobacco products manufacturers; requires certain sales reports to be filed directly with Atty Gen.
- HB1457: Impaired waters; Water Control Board to evaluate attainability of meeting water quality standards.
- HB1522: Subdivision ordinances; payment of pro rata share.
- HB1606: Subdivision ordinances; payment of pro rata share includes roads.
- HJ318: Commending Richard Harrison Kemper, Jr.
- HJ5160: Celebrating the life of Deputy Sheriff Robert Earl Green.