Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg)
- Party
- Democratic
- District
- 16: Chesterfield County (Part), Prince George County (Part), Richmond City (Part), Petersburg City (All), Dinwiddie County (Part), Hopewell City (All) [map]
- Took Office
- January 2015
- Left Office
- January 2020
- @RosalynDance
- Copatroning Habits
- 56% of bills she copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of her bills, 73% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that she also copatroned, 53% of them are Democrats.
- Partisanship
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- Tag Cloud
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These are all of the video clips of Roz Dance’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 135 video clips in all.
Bills
- SB254: Absentee voting; no excuse required when voting in person.
- SB255: License taxes; interest rate for certain refunds.
- SB461: Direct service providers; disclosure of information by employers.
- SB1188: Extended service contract providers; bonding requirement, remedies, civil penalty.
- SB1189: Virginia Grocery Investment Program and Fund, created.
- SB1190: Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; created.
- SB1191: Hopewell, City of; amending charter, appointment of president of city council.
- SB1192: Affordable housing; City of Richmond added to list with authority to provide dwelling unit program.
- SB1193: Richmond, City of; amending charter, runoff elections.
- SB1194: Richmond, City of; restrictions on activities of former officers and employees.
- SB1195: School-based health centers; Va's Children's Cabinet shall establish joint task force.
- SB1196: Real property tax; exemption for the elderly and disabled, improvements to a dwelling.
- SB1197: Pharmacies; freedom of choice.
- SB1198: Absentee voting; no excuse required when voting in person.
- SB1199: Public employment; inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal convictions, etc.
- SB1200: Minimum wage; increase to $10 per hour effective July 1, 2019.
- SB1363: Petersburg, City of; amending charter, city manager may serve as collector of city taxes.
- SB1394: Small businesses; changes definition, implementation of certification programs, report.
- SB1405: Pharmacist; counseling for new prescriptions, disposal of medicine.
- SB1406: Guidance counselors; staffing ratios, changes name to school counselors, etc.
- SB1600: Motor fuels; labeling.
- SB1667: Child support; nonpayment, amount of arrearage paid, suspension of driver's license.
- SJ287: Designating August 16, 2019, and in each succeeding year, as the Reverend Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker Day.
- SJ398: Commending William H. Talley III.
- SJ444: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Oliver A. Pollard, Jr.
- SB246: Insurance agents; licensing requirements.
- SB247: Hemp, industrial; research programs.
- SB248: Virginia Retirement System; technical amendments.
- SB249: All-terrain vehicles (ATVs), mopeds, and off-road motorcycles; taxation.
- SB250: Towing advisory boards; appointment prior to entering into contract regarding regulations.
- SB251: Minimum wage; increases to $10.00 per hour effective July 1, 2018, etc.
- SB252: Public employment; inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal convictions.
- SB253: Unclaimed property; deposits and funds with financial institutions, charges and interest.
- SB254: Absentee voting; no excuse required when voting in person.
- SB255: License taxes; interest rate for certain refunds.
- SB305: Cognitive impairment; VDH to include certain information in its public health outreach programs.
- SB450: Battlefields; entry into an agreement to transfer certain easements.
- SB451: Local government; authority to require abatement of criminal blight on real property.
- SB452: Voter identification; repeal of photo identification requirements.
- SB461: Direct service providers; disclosure of information by employers.
- SJ81: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Green v. County School Board of New Kent County.
- SJ84: Celebrating the life of Buckner Gamby, Jr.
- SJ104: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker.
- SJ105: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Curtis West Harris.
- SJ106: Commending the Hopewell High School football team.
- SJ107: Celebrating the life of Nellie Jane Hinderman McLeod.
- SJ231: Commending the Hopewell High School girls' basketball team.
- SR8: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Green v. County School Board of New Kent County.
- SR16: Commending the Virginia Czech and Slovak Folklife Festival.
- SB442: Health benefit plans; prescription drugs; tiers.
- SB762: License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Virginia Women Veterans.
- SB763: Special education; recording of classrooms.
- SB978: Minimum wage.
- SB979: Elections; absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person.
- SB984: Water Quality Improvement Fund; water reuse facilities.
- SB988: Virginia Employment Commission; population projections.
- SB990: Electric energy; consumption reduction goal, annual progress reports.
- SB991: Residential rental property.
- SB992: Charter; City of Hopewell; water renewal commission.
- SB994: Insurance assessments; refunds of overpayments.
- SB1042: Virginia Resources Authority.
- SB1043: Joint Commission on Health Care; sunset.
- SB1171: Public employment; inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal convictions.
- SB1172: Fare enforcement inspectors; fares for use of mass transit.
- SB1183: Police service; civil penalty when excessive number of calls from same property.
- SB1184: Motor vehicles; prohibits leaving vehicles unattended and running.
- SB1185: Firearms; person to report loss or theft within 24 hours.
- SB1186: All-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles; subject to motor vehicle tax.
- SB1187: Law-enforcement vehicles; permits vehicles to be equipped with steady-burning blue or red lights.
- SB1580: Petersburg, City of; amending charter, repeals or updates obsolete provisions, technical amendments.
- SJ12: Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote, restoration of civil rights (first reference).
- SJ253: Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of voters and executive clemency.
- SJ255: Study; Va State Crime Commission to study indigent defense system.
- SJ259: Commending John Tyler Community College.
- SJ266: Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; staffing ratio requirements assisted living.
- SJ328: Commending the Rotary Club of Petersburg (Breakfast).
- SJ347: Celebrating the life of Oliver Rodney Hunt Singleton.
- SJ379: Commending Third Baptist Church.
- SJ383: Commending Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
- SJ386: Commending Dr. Kenneth S. Kendler.
- SJ408: Commending Alpha Phi Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
- SB103: Hopewell, City of; charter, passage of emergency measures, Hopewell Water Renewal Commission.
- SB106: Absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person.
- SB107: Designating the Trooper Nathan-Michael W. Smith Memorial Bridge.
- SB264: Nurse practitioners; practicing outside of a patient care team.
- SB265: Nurse Licensure Compact; current Compact replaced with a revised version.
- SB266: Sheriffs; standard vehicle markings.
- SB267: Conversion therapy; prohibited.
- SB312: Death penalty executions; imposes moratorium.
- SB314: Nutrient offset credits; new and expanding wastewater discharge facilities to acquire.
- SB315: Voting equipment; locking and sealing of voting and counting machines after election.
- SB316: Contests of election for certain elections; service of process.
- SB335: Public employment; inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal convictions.
- SB346: Family and Children's Trust Fund; exempt from taxation.
- SB442: Health benefit plans; prescription drugs; tiers.
- SB607: Public employees; safety and health program.
- SB762: License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Virginia Women Veterans.
- SB763: Special education; recording of classrooms.
- SJ12: Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote, restoration of civil rights.
- SJ16: Celebrating the life of Moses Malone.
- SJ51: Comprehensive indigent defense system; State Crime Commission to study.
- SJ57: Study; joint subcommittee on the death penalty in Virginia; report.
- SJ112: Commending the City of Hopewell.
- SJ140: Celebrating the life of Freddie W. Nicholas, Sr.
- SJ200: Commending William A. Patton.
- SJ202: Commending the Virginia State University men's basketball team.
- SR9: Commending Metropolitan Baptist Church.
- SR10: Commending 31st Street Baptist Church.
- SB952: Highway maintenance payments to cities and towns.
- SB953: Highway maintenance payments to certain cities.
- SB954: Elections; absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person.
- SB955: Industrial hemp production and manufacturing.
- SB991: Virginia Tourism Growth Incentive Fund; established, report.
- SB992: Community Colleges, State Board for; policy for award of academic credit for military training.
- SB1017: Employment applications; inquiries regarding criminal arrests, charges, or convictions.
- SB1018: Practical nurse or registered nurse; establishes criminal history background check for applicants.
- SB1394: Prescription drugs; specialty tier coverage.
- SB1395: Electric utilities; net energy metering programs.
- SB1413: Fees for testing and monitoring of land application of industrial wastes.
- SB1415: Certificate of public need; definition of project.
- SJ238: Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote, restoration of civil rights.
- SJ243: Veterans Services, Department of; JLARC to review.
- SJ285: Family and medical leave; feasibility of expanding in the state to complement federal requirements.
- SR63: Commending the Virginia State University football team.
- SR64: Commending Freddie W. Nicholas, Sr.
- SR69: Celebrating the life of George Crocker, Sr.
- SR78: Celebrating the life of Carl Michael Ross.
- SR112: Celebrating the life of Willie Fobbs, Sr.
- SR119: Celebrating the life of Haskell S. Bingham, Ph.D.
- HB119: Absentee voting; allows qualified voters to vote absentee in person without an excuse.
- HB120: Riverside Regional Jail Authority; sheriffs allowed to appoint their alternates to vote at meetings.
- HB222: Behavioral health care providers; licensure, notice to local governing body.
- HB223: Virginia Public Procurement Act; establishment of historically underutilized business zones.
- HB308: Health insurance; prescription drug formularies, notices.
- HB384: Local mandates; identification of sources of funding.
- HJ21: Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of nonviolent felonies.
- HJ182: Celebrating the life of Alexander Albert Johnson, Sr.
- HJ252: Commending The Links, Incorporated, chapters of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- HJ275: Commending Dr. Reinhold Brand.
- HJ276: Commending the Virginia State University Gospel Chorale.
- HJ5053: Commending Margaret Crowder-Johnson, M.D.
- HR83: Commending the Dinwiddie High School Generals football team.
- HR106: Celebrating the life of James David Mitchell.
- HB1494: Sheriffs; expands authority to deputize persons to direct traffic, training required.
- HB1495: Handheld personal communications devices; prohibits use while operating motor vehicle, etc.
- HB1534: Local taxes; interest on refunds and delinquent taxes.
- HB1536: Grass and weeds; adds Dinwiddie County to list of localities authorized to require cutting.
- HB1583: Vacant building registration; increases maximum annual fee that ordinance may impose on owner.
- HB1749: Landlord and tenant laws; application to certain occupants of hotel, motel, etc.
- HR158: Celebrating the life of Doris Yvette Bouldin Bland.
- HR205: Celebrating the life of Maria Elena Carucci Turano.
- HB491: Derelict and blighted buildings; authorizes locality to serve as receiver to repair.
- HB492: Grass and weeds; authorizes City of Hopewell to require by ordinance to cut on certain property.
- HB493: Grass and weeds; authorizes Prince George County to require by ordinance to cut on certain property.
- HB494: Death of child; parent, guardian, etc., failure to report to local law-enforcement agency, etc.
- HB495: Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; adds membership.
- HB496: Discharge planning from state hospital or training center; right to return to place of residence.
- HB497: Handheld personal communications devices; prohibits use thereof while operating motor vehicle, etc.
- HB498: Funeral processions; local sheriff and police department escorts.
- HB499: Vacant building registration; increases annual fee.
- HB500: Foster care; DSS policies and procedures to protect personal identifying information of children.
- HB501: General fund; assignment of year-end balance.
- HB502: Landlord and tenant laws; receipt required for payments in form of cash or money order.
- HB503: Shelters of last resort; civil immunity during disasters.
- HB504: Virginia Center for School Safety; provide training to public school personnel on antibullying.
- HB756: Innovation Technical Advisory Group; established.
- HJ332: Commending Vanessa Reese Crawford, Sheriff of the City of Petersburg.
- HJ351: Celebrating the life of James Basis.
- HJ430: Commending The Links, Incorporated Central Virginia Cluster.
- HR610: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Robert C. Vaughan, Jr.
- HB795: Harvell Dam; exempts part of Appomattox River from fish passageway requirements.
- HB1400: Elections; qualified registered voter may vote in person from 14 to 3 days before election.
- HB1401: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason, special provisions.
- HB1402: Elections; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason.
- HB1424: Wireless telecommunications devices; extends prohibition on use in motor vehicles, etc.
- HB1577: Lien and secured creditors; duties.
- HB1578: Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory practice on applications that are for affordable housing.
- HB1579: Sex offender registry; penalties when registrants do not disclose all real property owned in State.
- HB1580: Firefighters, certain; allowed to purchase service-issued helmets or boots at fair market value.
- HB1581: Public Procurement Act; establishment of historically underutilized business zones (HUB zones).
- HB1687: State property; leases to private entities by higher educational institutions.
- HB1688: Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
- HB1853: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funding Pool; established.
- HB1854: Local mandates; mandate shall include fiscal impact statement and identify funding source.
- HB1855: Harvell Dam; DGIF shall submit a report evaluating alternatives to proposed breach thereof.
- HJ497: Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of felonies, etc.
- HJ559: Celebrating the life of Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy, Jr.
- HJ840: Commending B. David Canada.
- HJ934: Celebrating the life of William Edward Taylor.
- HR82: Celebrating the life of Robert H. Cooley, Jr.
- HR83: Commending the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Petersburg (VA) Alumni Chapter.
- HB58: Wireless telecommunications devices; prohibits talking on such device unless in hands-free mode.
- HB113: Assault and battery; penalty when against fire marshals with police powers.
- HB154: SOL; assessment to be included with initial administration scores and relevant accreditation rating.
- HB155: Stormwater management programs; delays for two years DCR's regulations governing.
- HB156: Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption.
- HB157: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason.
- HB158: Elections; qualified registered voter may vote in person 14 to three days before election.
- HB159: Noise ordinance; authorizes governing body to adopt civil penalties.
- HB160: Prisoners; mandatory testing for HIV.
- HB161: Absentee voting; qualified voters to provide a reason for not being able to vote on election day.
- HB231: Interpleader of real estate escrows; suits shall go to district court in event of foreclosure.
- HB232: Rental property; civil penalty imposed on certain property owners.
- HB233: Affordable housing units; assessments.
- HB286: Schedule VI prescriptions; allows practitioner to prescribe if there is an urgency for treatment.
- HB287: Marinas; regulation, establishment of Marina Fund.
- HB300: Tuition, in-state; eligibility for dependents of civilian personnel of the military.
- HB385: Suspension of state mandates; Governor may suspend any mandate, not to exceed two years.
- HB390: Voting equipment requirements; electoral board may exclude absentee voters in calculation thereof.
- HB462: Aftermarket exhaust system components; prohibits sale when in violation of exhaust noise limits.
- HB471: Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- HB795: Harvell Dam; exempts part of Appomattox River from fish passageway requirements.
- HB1227: Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; those awarded may be used to cover certain costs.
- HB1228: Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zones; established.
- HJ16: Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of felonies, etc.
- HJ56: Virginia Cancer Plan Action Coalition; requested to report changes to Governor, etc.
- HJ79: Localities; JLARC to study costs and benefits to State for providing financial incentives.
- HJ216: Commending the Virginia Nurses Association.
- HJ294: Commending Eddie N. Moore, Jr.
- HJ295: Commending the Honorable James E. Hume, Judge of the Petersburg Juvenile and Domestic Relations Dist
- HJ354: Commending the Prince Hall Masons of Virginia.
- HB1612: Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- HB1620: Early voting; qualified registered voter may vote in person from 14 to three days before election.
- HB1621: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason, special provisions for military.
- HB1670: Fines and costs; waiver of payment of interest for incarcerated persons.
- HB1671: Derelict buildings and structures; locality authorized to require removal, repair, etc., thereof.
- HB1672: Absentee voting; deletes requirement that a witness sign envelope containing voted absentee ballot.
- HB1765: Charter; City of Petersburg.
- HB1766: Treasurers; mailing of certain bills at least 30 days prior to due date instead of 14 days.
- HB1767: Honorary diplomas; requires Board of Education award to certain veterans of Vietnam War.
- HB1768: Certificate of public need; DOC exempt from definition of medical care facility for purpose thereof.
- HB1769: Mobile telephone and other wireless electronic devices; use of hands-free accessory while driving.
- HB1838: Disposition of surplus materials; authorizes local public bodies to use services of DGS.
- HB1893: Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; may be used to cover costs of required fees.
- HB1894: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse, etc.
- HJ623: Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for certain felons (first reference).
- HJ813: Celebrating the life of Melvin Brevard Alsbrooks.
- HJ821: Commending Buckner Gamby.
- HJ941: Commending Robert H. Cooley, Jr.
- HB511: Vacant building registration; increases annual fee.
- HB512: Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- HB513: Virginia State University; increases number of members of Board of Visitors
- HB515: Incarceration; waiving interest during period thereof.
- HB1407: Restricted driver's license; issuance to operate motor vehicle during period of suspension
- HJ95: Memorial resolution; Dr. Milton Ende.
- HJ97: Commending Juanita Blick Evans-Fells.
- HJ140: Commending Juanita Blick Evans-Fells.
- HJ277: Celebrating the life of James Tolleison Morriss V.
- HJ309: Celebrating the life of Erling Bailey, Sr.
- HB46: Voter registration; copy of application to be maintained at DMV and registration records.
- HB377: School boards; Board of Education to replace members thereof for neglect of duty.
- HB1810: School boards; tie vote procedure.
- HB1811: Vacant building registration; increases annual fee.
- HB1812: Claims; William E. McQueen.
- HB1813: Payday Loan Act; SCC to contract with third party to develop Internet accessible database.
- HB2902: License plates; eliminates requiring two.
- HB3168: Voter registration; if not shown on pollbooks proof of registration at DMV, etc., required to vote.
- HJ595: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DMAS to consider disease mgmt. to reduce finan./clin. burden.
- HJ596: Celebrating the life of Dr. Charles H. Townes.
- HJ735: Commending Virginia State University on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
- HJ742: Commending Bessie Moorer.
- HJ788: Commending Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- HJ872: Celebrating the life of Viola Hopson Clark.
- HJ900: Commending Lieutenant Colonel, USAF Ret., Howard L. Baugh.
- HB46: Voter registration; copy of application to be maintained at DMV and registration records.
- HB376: Candidate for election; Bd. of Elections to request info. pertinent to definition of residence.
- HB377: School boards; Board of Education to replace members thereof for neglect of duty.
- HB378: Courthouse security; assessment.
- HB379: Courthouses; increase in assessments for construction, renovation, or maintenance.
- HB380: Vacant buildings; increases annual registration fee.
- HB385: Grand juries; allowance of witness testimony.
- HB386: Dogs, dangerous and vicious; expands definition thereof.
- HB403: Health Insurance Risk Pool; created, report.
- HB691: Prisoners; certain documents to be provided to prisoner upon release.
- HJ45: Commending Pastor Wesley M. Taylor.
- HJ169: Memorial resolution; Celebrating the life of Geri Hogwood Barefoot.
- HJ5101: Commending the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Juneteenth celebration.
- HJ5159: Celebrating the life of Victoria Jackson Gray Adams.
- HR22: Celebrating the life of Dorothy Mae Wilkerson Roberts.
- HR29: Commending J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service.