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2015 SESSION
Delegate Sam Rasoul (D) - House District 11
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 814
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: DelSRasoul@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 13842
- Roanoke, Virginia 24037
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 1275 Veterans Care Center projects; funding of projects.
- HB 1276 Northern Virginia Veterans Care Center; funding of project.
- HB 1277 Industrial hemp; production and manufacturing.
- HB 1287 Forfeiture of property used in connection with commission of crimes; conviction required.
- HB 1289 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- HB 1343 Campus police departments; sexual assault reporting.
- HB 1394 Elections; absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person.
- HB 1401 Designating the Trooper Jacqueline Vernon Memorial Bridge.
- HB 1444 Vision care plans; reimbursement for services.
- HB 1445 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; possession of marijuana.
- HB 1454 Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination, sexual orientation or gender identity.
- HB 1494 State Police; reporting hate crimes.
- HB 1498 Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibits discrimination in public employment.
- HB 1499 Breastfeeding in public places; mother's right.
- HB 1500 Overdoses; definition.
- HB 1528 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; limitation on collection.
- HB 1570 Child day centers and family day homes; regulations, national background check required, report.
- HB 1589 Personal property; tax relief on certain motor vehicles leased by members of the military.
- HB 1600 Gender-specific terms; revises certain references.
- HB 1615 Standards of Learning; integrated assessments to include multiple subject areas.
- HB 1616 Career and technical education; alignment with national certification requirements.
- HB 1659 Virginia Retirement System; increase of retirement allowance.
- HB 1672 School Performance Report Card; redesign to be more effective in communicating to parents & public.
- HB 1673 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; limitation on collection.
- HB 1674 School accreditation; review of status by Board of Education.
- HB 1675 Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard or verified units of credit.
- HB 1690 Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; unlawful conversion of campaign contributions to personal use.
- HB 1785 Campus police departments; sexual assault reporting.
- HB 1805 Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund and Program; created.
- HB 1910 Virginia Fair Housing Law; discrimination against veterans receiving financial assistance.
- HB 1940 Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- HB 1944 Court-appointed counsel; revises method for determination of indigency.
- HB 1964 Commercial sex trafficking; penalties.
- HB 1998 State and federal programs; VRS shall convene a work group to review, etc.
- HB 2008 Paid sick leave for employees; civil penalties.
- HB 2127 Virginia Biased-Based Profiling Statistics Reporting Act; report.
- HB 2133 Veterans Services, Department of; programs to create employment opportunities for veterans.
- HB 2222 Commonwealth's Attorneys Training Fund; established.
- HB 2267 Virginia Solar Energy Development Authority; created, report.
- HJ 493 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage.
- HJ 495 United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment.
- HJ 503 Commending Opera on the James.
- HJ 522 Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote, restoration of civil rights.
- HJ 566 Lewis & Clark Eastern Legacy Trail; designating as portion of Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail.
- HJ 578 Constitutional amendment; general warrants of search or seizure prohibited.
- HJ 604 Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights.
- HJ 628 Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights.
- HJ 688 Commending Rostov’s Coffee and Tea.
- HJ 689 Celebrating the life of Fannie Gunst Straus Rosenthal.
- HJ 690 Celebrating the life of Bette Worsham Hawkins Dunford.
- HJ 691 Celebrating the life of Beverly Lynn Ward Reynolds.
- HJ 700 Commending Elk Hill.
- HJ 709 Law Day 2015; commending.
- HJ 711 Commending Mount Olive Baptist Church.
- HJ 740 Celebrating the life of the Honorable James Brady Murray.
- HJ 746 Celebrating the life of Paul Gagnon.
- HJ 750 Celebrating the life of James Clement Van Pelt, Sr.
- HJ 759 Celebrating the life of E. Cabell Brand.
- HJ 781 Commending the Virginia Public Safety Foundation.
- HJ 782 Commending Frank Robinson.
- HJ 783 Celebrating the life of Cornelius Wright Sherman.
- HJ 784 Commending the Richmond Peace Education Center.
- HJ 786 Celebrating the life of Sally Clay Estes Flinn.
- HJ 787 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Herbert E. Harris II.
- HJ 799 Celebrating the life of Patricia Godbolt White.
- HJ 840 Celebrating the life of John Early McDonald, Jr.
- HJ 853 Commending the National Association of Social Workers Virginia Chapter.
- HJ 855 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
- HJ 880 Commending the Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling.
- HJ 910 Commending Northern Virginia Community College.
- HJ 938 Celebrating the life of Zora M. McCall Brownell.
- HJ 939 Commending Craig M. MacLean.
- HJ 942 Commending Laura Pearson.
- HJ 951 Celebrating the life of Baylies Brewster.
- HJ 952 Commending the Richmond Metropolitan Area Group of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.
- HJ 953 Celebrating the life of Thelma Anthony Jones-Hawthorne.
- HJ 954 Celebrating the life of William W. Stanton VI.
- HJ 955 Commending Binford Middle School.
- HJ 956 Celebrating the life of McEva R. Bowser.
- HJ 957 Commending William David Rice.
- HJ 959 Celebrating the life of Betty Van Yahres.
- SB 679 Adoption; person other than spouse of birth or adoptive parent may adopt child.
- SB 682 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- SB 684 Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; conviction required.
- SB 733 Abortion; requirement for ultrasound.
- SB 760 Medicare; supplement policies for persons under age 65 and eligible by reason of disability.
- SB 766 Candidates; reduces number of signatures required on ballot petitions.
- SB 785 Public employment; prohibits discrimination based on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
- SB 830 School calendar; continuing waivers.
- SB 892 Overdoses; establishes an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual, etc., safe reporting.
- SB 903 Problem-Solving Docket Act; established, report.
- SB 920 Abortion; removes specific time frame for performance of ultrasound, informed consent.
- SB 965 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; limitation on collection.
- SB 988 Sexual orientation change efforts prohibited.
- SB 1234 Grand larceny; threshold.
- SB 1301 Unmanned aircraft systems; use by public bodies during execution of a search warrant, exception.
- SB 1407 Paid sick leave for employees; civil penalties.
- SB 1409 Community services boards; DBHDS to enter into agreements with certain health care providers.
- SJ 214 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage.
- SJ 216 United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment.
- SJ 222 Commending Jacqueline L. Shuck.
- SJ 223 Commending Sandra Levin.
- SJ 266 Commending the Glenvar High School football team.
- SJ 277 Study; SCHEV; Pay It Forward, Pay It Back; report.
- SJ 281 Urban schools; joint subcommittee to study unique and specific challenges facing school divisions.
- SJ 306 Commending Virginia Organizing.
- SJ 327 Celebrating the life of the Honorable James Brady Murray.
- SJ 340 Celebrating the life of E. Cabell Brand.
- SJ 351 Celebrating the life of John Edward Hughes.
- SJ 358 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; designating as March 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 364 Commending Ted Edlich.
- SJ 371 Commending Laura Puleo.