Sen. Roscoe Reynolds (D-Martinsville)
- Party
- Democratic
- District
- 20: Carroll County (All), Floyd County (All), Galax City (All), Grayson County (Part), Henry County (All), Martinsville City (All), Patrick County (All), Wythe County (Part) [map]
- Took Office
- January 1997
- Left Office
- January 2012
- Copatroning Habits
- 52% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 51% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 50% of them are Republicans.
- Partisanship
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These are all of the video clips of Roscoe Reynolds’s remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 79 video clips in all.
Bills
- SB249: Animal care; adoption of regulations permitting non-commercial intrastate transportation by officer.
- SB250: Open-end credit plan loans; established, penalties.
- SB687: Schedule IV; adds carisoprodol and tramadol to list.
- SB688: DUI; expands crimes for which officer may arrest without warrant to include driving watercraft.
- SB741: Terminations of electric utility service; endangerment of customer's health.
- SB744: Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; employees of school boards, exception.
- SB754: Protective orders, preliminary; prohibition on purchase & transport of firearms for certain persons.
- SB755: Concealed handgun permits; disqualification for residential mental health or subst. abuse treatment.
- SB756: Unexecuted warrants; clarifies that can be destroyed if dismissed, exceptions.
- SB757: Pneumatic guns; regulations, exceptions.
- SB758: Preliminary protective orders; purchase or transportation of firearms by persons subject to orders.
- SB759: Workers' compensation; compensable consequences.
- SB780: Recordation and grantor taxes; expands reduced tax accorded to deeds of trust.
- SB781: VIEW; screening and assessment for use of illegal substances.
- SB782: Magistrates; power to issue felony arrest warrants.
- SB877: Family or household member; redefines and expands definition.
- SB878: Pseudoephedrine; prohibited from being sold without a prescription.
- SB879: Pharmacy; conforms elements of State's freedom of choice law to North Carolina's law.
- SB880: Charter; City of Martinsville.
- SB881: Integrated Directional Sign Program; fees charged for participation.
- SB882: Electric utility regulation; rebundles charges for transmission, etc., into base rates.
- SB883: Electric utilities; reinstates part of system under which investor-owned were regulated.
- SB1161: The Road to Revolution; adds Leatherwood Plantation in Henry County to this heritage trail.
- SB1162: Warrantless arrest; special agents authority to arrest person committing crime in his presence.
- SB1163: Criminal Justice Services Board and Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties.
- SB1164: Illegal gambling; amends definition.
- SB1165: Electric utility service; termination of service of customers with a serious medical condition.
- SB1166: Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records.
- SB1419: Continuing education for prescriber; completion of certain coursework for renewal, etc., of license.
- SB1420: Controlled substances; mandatory reporting by prescriber.
- SB1442: Income tax, state; small employer health insurance tax credit.
- SB1443: Public Procurement Act; establishes preference in state contracting for goods produced in State.
- SJ293: Commending the Va Association of Counties and Va Cooperative Extension; Supervisor Certification.
- SJ310: Celebrating the life of J. Clyde Hooker, Jr.
- SJ311: Celebrating the life of Walter Holladay Yeaman.
- SJ312: Celebrating the life of John S. Adams.
- SJ313: Celebrating the life of William Raymond Martin, Sr.
- SJ314: Celebrating the life of Irene Pratt Taylor Martin.
- SJ352: Commending Trooper Samuel Matthew Cochran.
- SJ389: Celebrating the life of Fred Dempsey Smith, Sr.
- SJ390: Celebrating the life of Melvin Wilson Brown.
- SJ391: Celebrating the life of John DeWitt Whitlow.
- SJ392: Celebrating the life of Martin Fillmore Clark, Sr.
- SJ393: Celebrating the life of Silas Asa Hall.
- SJ422: Celebrating the life of David J. Edwards, Sr.
- SJ514: Commending the Honorable Edward M. Turner III.
- SJ515: Commending the Piedmont Arts Association.
- SR34: Commending Wood Brothers Racing.
- SB1: Relief for purchaser of property sold at treasurers' sales; Charles L. Kingrea.
- SB72: Unexecuted warrants; allows motion for dismissal by state attorney for warrants unserved.
- SB73: Charter; Town of Floyd.
- SB74: Electric utility regulation; SCC to regulate rate for services of investor-owned electric utilities.
- SB75: Appeal of bail decision; court is determined based on where initial determination was made, etc.
- SB76: Salem Highway Construction District Transportation Revenue Fund; established.
- SB77: School calendar; removes restrictions for post-Labor Day school opening.
- SB78: Capital murder; jury sentencing of a defendant who has entered a plea of guilty.
- SB79: Concealed handgun permit; removes option for locality to require applicant to submit fingerprints.
- SB249: Animal care; adoption of regulations permitting non-commercial intrastate transportation by officer.
- SB250: Open-end credit plan loans; established, penalties.
- SB251: Dangerous and vicious dogs; expands definition.
- SB252: Manufacturing facility; expands definition to include those used in creation of intangible property.
- SB253: School calendar; requirement that school begin after Labor Day may be waived by Board of Education.
- SB321: Motorcycles; allows law-enforcement officers on official duty to drive two abreast in a single lane.
- SB444: Marijuana plants; destruction thereof if more than 10 is seized in connection with drug prosecution.
- SB641: Rabies vaccination certificates; removes responsibility from treasurer.
- SB642: Health insurance, basic; HMOs to offer plans that do not include state-mandated benefits.
- SB643: Jailable offense; discretion of law-enforcement officer to arrest or issue summons therefor.
- SB686: Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; established.
- SB687: Schedule IV; adds carisoprodol and tramadol to list.
- SB688: DUI; expands crimes for which officer may arrest without warrant to include driving watercraft.
- SB724: Bail decision; appeal by an attorney for State.
- SB730: Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund; established.
- SB731: Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; created, report.
- SJ6: Celebrating the life of Master Sergeant Jerome David Hatfield.
- SJ7: Celebrating the life of First Lieutenant Leevi K. Barnard.
- SJ8: Celebrating the life of Charles Columbus Bassett III.
- SJ9: Celebrating the life of Ralph William Carroll, Sr.
- SJ10: Celebrating the life of H. Lewis Compton.
- SJ18: Celebrating the life of Robert Ward Armstrong.
- SJ19: Celebrating the life of Dick Thompson.
- SJ20: Celebrating the life of Theo Bryant Marsh.
- SJ49: Celebrating the life of Joseph William Minter.
- SJ79: Celebrating the life of the Reverend James H. Alsop.
- SB308: Forester, State; right of entry to inspect any forest lands.
- SB310: Restricted driver's license; court to provide during period of suspension.
- SB351: Grand larceny; threshold amount.
- SB917: Unemployment compensation; wage offset for concurrent job.
- SB918: New College Institute & Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; exempt from Personnel Act.
- SB919: Retirement System; retirees may be hired as teachers without interrupting retirement benefits.
- SB920: Health insurance; policy offered to small employer with 50 or less employees to protect uninsured.
- SB921: Health insurance; eliminates all mandated benefits from inclusion in individual policies.
- SB922: Larceny of money; to be charged as grand larceny and petit larceny statutes.
- SB923: Circuit court judges; repeals section granting mileage reimbursement therefor.
- SB1295: Silvicultural activities; State Forester to inspect land to determine if activity causing pollution.
- SB1296: Energy efficiency & demand response goal; every investor-owned utility in State reduce consumption.
- SB1323: Charter; Town of Floyd.
- SB1324: Notice of election of district directors; posted in prominent location at each district office.
- SB1342: Triennial census of school population; eliminates requirement every 3 years a census take place.
- SB1343: Restricted license eligibility while license is suspended; allows court to issue restricted license.
- SB1344: Freedom of Information Act; amends an existing records exemption for economic development records.
- SB1359: Locksmiths; transfers regulation thereof to State Board for contractors.
- SB1360: Motor vehicle liability insurance coverage limits; increases, penalty.
- SB1361: State park funds; transfers all moneys in State Park Operated Concessions Fund to Conservation Fund.
- SB1362: Suppress evidence, etc.; criminal defendant to state grounds for a motion thereto.
- SB1363: Criminal procedure; compensation of court-appointed counsel.
- SB1364: Civics Education, Commission on; moves from executive to legislative branch.
- SB1465: Standards of Learning; delay of textbook adoption cycle.
- SB1466: Standards of Quality; school division to use state and local funds for elementary resource teachers.
- SB1467: Certificate of public need; exempts requirements up to 10 beds for inpatient psychiatric services.
- SB1519: Career and technical education diploma; delays implementation thereof.
- SB1520: General registrars; appointment and compensation therefor.
- SB1521: Economics education and financial literacy; repeals requirement in middle and high schools.
- SJ10: Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
- SJ274: Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week; designating as third week of September 2009.
- SJ298: Celebrating the life of Benjamin H. Bolen.
- SJ299: Celebrating the life of William Randolph Dyer.
- SJ300: Celebrating the life of Jessie Hanby Key.
- SJ301: Celebrating the life of Avis H. Collier
- SJ351: Celebrating the life of Thomas Benjamin Noland, Sr.
- SJ352: Celebrating the life of David Ferl Deel.
- SJ463: Commending First Baptist Church, Martinsville on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
- SJ5001: Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts; Crime Commission to study impact of holding thereof on prosecutions.
- SJ5018: Commending the Floyd County High School girls' basketball team.
- SJ5019: Commending the George Wythe High School boys' basketball team.
- SB21: Electric utility rates; margins from off-system sales.
- SB22: Foster care background check; fingerprints required for an individual with whom child may be placed.
- SB23: Judgment; assignment shall be noted upon judgment docket.
- SB24: Payday lending charges; establishing maximum annual interest rate.
- SB25: Payday Loan Act; repealing Act referring thereto.
- SB26: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act; adds organized dogfighting as qualifying offense.
- SB40: North and South Mayo Rivers; designating portions thereof in Henry County as State scenic rivers.
- SB41: Line of Duty Act; definition, and funding for Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.
- SB42: Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
- SB91: Electricity rates; adjustment clauses.
- SB92: Charter; City of Martinsville.
- SB93: Electric Utility Restructuring Act; repeals certain provisions.
- SB94: Covered Bridge Capital; designating Patrick County thereas.
- SB95: Pyramid promotional schemes; definition thereof, penalty.
- SB306: Civics Education, Commission on; extends sunset provision.
- SB307: Identity theft; notice of database breach.
- SB308: Forester, State; right of entry to inspect any forest lands.
- SB309: Restricted driver's license; issuance to operate motor vehicle during period of suspension
- SB310: Restricted driver's license; court to provide during period of suspension.
- SB311: Electric utilities; resource planning.
- SB350: Misuse of public assets; penalty if used for personal purposes.
- SB351: Grand larceny; threshold amount.
- SB626: Incompetent defendants; disposition.
- SB679: Forest firefighting by localities or volunteer fire or rescue; recovery of costs.
- SJ2: Celebrating the life of Harry Lee Boaz.
- SJ3: Celebrating the life of Randolph Wade.
- SJ4: Celebrating the life of Elbert E. Stone.
- SJ10: Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain veterans (first reference).
- SJ103: Celebrating the life of Francis Thornton West.
- SJ104: Celebrating the life of Bruce H. T. Dallas, Sr.
- SJ105: Celebrating the life of Bill Arnold Adkins.
- SJ109: Commending the Exchange Club of Martinsville on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
- SJ110: Celebrating the life of Allan McClain.
- SJ123: Celebrating the life of Benjamin R. Gardner.
- SJ135: Celebrating the life of Magdalene Pat Hall.
- SJ5018: Commending the Floyd County High School girls' basketball team.
- SJ5019: Commending the George Wythe High School boys' basketball team.
- SJ6026: Commending the Floyd County High School golf team.
- SJ6027: Commending Troy Wells.
- SB9: Health insurance; local government employees' participation in state employee health plan.
- SB35: Insanity, not guilty by reason of; petition for temporary visit .
- SB733: License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Virginia Museum of Natural History.
- SB855: Bail bondsman; must be resident of Commonwealth to be licensed thereas.
- SB856: Criminal history background checks; providers licensed by DMHMRSAS.
- SB857: Route 58 Corridor; Transportation Board to issue bonds to fund certain specified projects.
- SB858: Strategic lawsuits against public participation; summary dismissal.
- SB859: Judges; increases number in Circuit Court.
- SB860: Health insurance credits; increased for retired teachers.
- SB861: Public Procurement Act; required disclosure of location where services are performed under contract.
- SB862: Withholding tax return; information furnished to Department of Taxation.
- SB1189: Court-appointed counsel; qualification requirements.
- SB1190: Fighting of cocks and other animals; Class 6 felony for any person to engage therein.
- SB1191: Electric Utility Restructuring Act; capped rates and default service.
- SB1192: Interpreters for non-English-speaking persons; may assess fee if defendant fails to appear.
- SB1193: Substance Abuse Services Council; review of state agency substance abuse treatment programs.
- SB1194: Submission of claims; contracts awarded by Transportation Commissioner .
- SB1195: Criminal history record information; disseminated to DMAS for screening individuals.
- SB1196: DMV; assessment of fees on certain drivers.
- SB1314: Boating under influence of alcohol; makes consistent with that used for driving under influence.
- SB1325: Medical assistance services; state plan to include provision for medically needy aged & disabled.
- SB1334: Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting.
- SB1375: Virginia Covered Bridge Festival in Patrick County; designating as official state festival.
- SJ342: Celebrating the life of Thomas A. Bralley, Jr.
- SJ343: Designating the third week in September as Civics Education Week.
- SJ344: Commending the Martinsville Mustangs baseball team.
- SJ345: Celebrating the life of John Pete Jamison.
- SJ346: Celebrating the life of Frank McCormick Lacy.
- SJ387: NAFTA Superhighway System & creation of North American Union; Congress to oppose implementation of.
- SJ389: Commending Susan W. Evans.
- SJ517: Commending Iliana Sanchez.
- SB5: Motor vehicle dealer; excludes those who sell & distribute fire-fighting equipment & ambulances.
- SB6: Court-appointed counsel; court may appoint those not on Indigent Defense Commission list.
- SB7: Concealed handgun permits; disqualifies an individual convicted of reckless handling of firearm.
- SB8: Motor vehicle registration, licensing, & certificates of title; offenses relating thereto, penalty.
- SB9: Health insurance; local government employees' participation in state employee health plan.
- SB10: Secondary highway system; rural additions in Wythe County.
- SB11: Highway ingress & egress; Transportation Commissioner to permit construction & maintenance thereof.
- SB12: Trout fishing; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue special permits for handicapped.
- SB13: Access roads; allocation of funds for those leading to industrial sites, etc.
- SB34: Standards of Learning assessments; release thereof.
- SB35: Insanity, not guilty by reason of; petition for temporary visit .
- SB36: Concealed handgun permit applications; removes option for locality to require fingerprints.
- SB37: Cocaine; unlawful manufacturing, distribution, etc., penalty.
- SB38: Agritourism Activity Liability; created.
- SB39: Test security procedures; Board of Educ. to review violations of regulations by local school board.
- SB40: Higher Education; New College Institute created.
- SB55: Companion animal dealers; annual business license to obtained to sell or to advertise for sale.
- SB56: Land preservation; special assessments.
- SB57: Solid waste management plans; units to maintain recycling and target rates.
- SB58: Concealed handgun permit applications; removes option for locality to require fingerprints.
- SB59: Route 58; authorizes Transportation Board to issue bonds for specified projects in Corridor.
- SB60: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain school-related items.
- SB61: Standards of Quality; support services staff ratios.
- SB103: Industrial access grants; extends sunset provison therefor in Floyd County.
- SB548: Regional Industrial Facilities Act; board members may be appointed for as many terms desired.
- SB549: Pretrial motions or objections; when defense may raise in circuit and district courts.
- SB602: Criminal history background checks; required for employees of providers licensed by DMHMRSAS.
- SB603: Health benefits; provides for continuation thereof for certain judges.
- SB640: Dance halls; regulation in locality.
- SB641: General Assembly; members prohibited to accept gifts during legislative sessions, penalty.
- SB722: DMV; assessment of fees on certain drivers, use of fees collected.
- SB5027: Route 58 Corridor; authorizing Transportation Board to issue bonds therefor.
- SJ2: Interstate Routes 77 and 81; Department of Transportation to study needed improvements thereto.
- SJ3: I-77 & 81; Dept. of Transportation to study improved highway connections in Wythe County.
- SJ4: Health insurance premiums; Joint Commission on Health Care to study increase in health care costs.
- SJ5: Celebrating the life of Fred Dennis Nester.
- SJ6: Celebrating the life of Virgia Brown Hobson.
- SJ7: Celebrating the life of Zeb Stuart Scales.
- SJ179: Commending Floyd County on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.
- SJ192: Celebrating the life of Gene Hampton Amos.
- SJ218: On the death of Wilbur Doyle.
- SJ243: Celebrating the life of Ellis W. Cline, Jr.
- SJ244: On the death of James Clayton Boaz.
- SJ245: Celebrating the life of Robert Clyde Boaz.
- SJ281: Celebrating the life of John William Bouldin, Jr.
- SJ297: Commending the Charity League of Martinsville and Henry County, Inc.
- SJ5010: Celebrating the life of Mark Daniel DeHart.
- SJ5011: Commending the Martinsville High School boys' basketball team.
- SJ5047: Celebrating the life of Sandra Merritt Rogers.
- SJ5048: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Calvin E. Rains, Sr.
- SJ5049: Celebrating the life of Claudia Boyden Caldwell.
- SJ5055: NAFTA Superhighway System; urging Congress to prevent implementation thereof.