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2015 SESSION
Senator Barbara A. Favola (D) - Senate District 31
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 316
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district31@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- 2319 18th Street North
- Arlington, Virginia 22201-3506
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 1289 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- HB 1454 Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination, sexual orientation or gender identity.
- HB 1525 NVTA; Department of Taxation's costs in administering certain taxes.
- HB 1590 Cigarettes and other tobacco products; increases state tax rate.
- HB 1592 High school graduation requirements; verified units of credit, alternative assessments.
- HB 1600 Gender-specific terms; revises certain references.
- HB 1636 Net energy metering; program for community subscriber organizations.
- HB 1665 Financing of clean energy programs; development of optional underwriting guidelines.
- HB 1671 Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty.
- HJ 493 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage.
- HJ 517 Commending Japanese American veterans of World War II.
- HJ 571 Commending the Fairfax County Fill the Boot Campaign.
- HJ 572 Celebrating the life of Brendan Bernard McKay.
- HJ 573 Commending the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce.
- HJ 600 Sexual Assault Awareness Month; designating as April 2015, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 643 Celebrating the life of Edna H. McEachin.
- HJ 652 Celebrating the life of Talmadge Theodore Williams.
- HJ 654 Commending Francis X. O'Leary.
- HJ 675 Commending the Honorable Dennis J. Smith.
- HJ 676 Commending the Honorable Charles J. Maxfield.
- HJ 677 Celebrating the life of the Honorable R. Terrence Ney.
- 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 710 Celebrating the life of Warren Ira Cikins.
- HJ 711 Commending Mount Olive Baptist Church.
- HJ 733 Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- HJ 734 Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps.
- HJ 750 Celebrating the life of James Clement Van Pelt, Sr.
- HJ 781 Commending the Virginia Public Safety Foundation.
- HJ 782 Commending Frank Robinson.
- HJ 784 Commending the Richmond Peace Education Center.
- HJ 785 Commending the National Association of Women Business Owners Richmond Chapter.
- HJ 787 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Herbert E. Harris II.
- HJ 799 Celebrating the life of Patricia Godbolt White.
- HJ 802 Commending the Arlington County Fire Department.
- HJ 809 Commending Patrick Henry Elementary School.
- HJ 810 Commending Hoffman-Boston Elementary School.
- HJ 829 Commending Joan Trumpauer Mulholland.
- HJ 842 Celebrating the life of Christopher John Kennedy.
- HJ 850 Commending Lisa Lombardozzi.
- HJ 853 Commending the National Association of Social Workers Virginia Chapter.
- HJ 854 Commending Joanna Wise Barnes.
- HJ 855 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
- HJ 867 Commending the Honorable Donald P. McDonough.
- HJ 868 Commending the Fairfax Young Democrats.
- HJ 872 Commending Gerald W. Hyland.
- HJ 880 Commending the Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling.
- HJ 888 Commending the Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation.
- HJ 889 Celebrating the life of Sara Jean Dobie Collins.
- HJ 890 Commending Drew Model Elementary School.
- HJ 897 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Julia Taylor Cannon.
- HJ 899 Commending Milton J. Herd.
- HJ 910 Commending Northern Virginia Community College.
- HJ 912 Commending Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church.
- HJ 935 Commending the Virginia Council for Private Education.
- HJ 940 Commending Darryl C. Smith, Sr.
- HJ 941 Commending the United States Navy Reserve.
- HJ 952 Commending the Richmond Metropolitan Area Group of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.
- HJ 957 Commending William David Rice.
- HJ 959 Celebrating the life of Betty Van Yahres.
- HJ 960 Celebrating the life of Adam Fortune.
- SB 681 Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour.
- SB 682 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- SB 772 Payment of wages; discrimination between employees on basis of sex.
- SB 785 Public employment; prohibits discrimination based on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
- SB 866 Health insurance; school board allowed to elect to have employees & retirees to receive state plan.
- SB 910 Elections; absentee voting by persons age 65 or older.
- SB 1103 Disposable plastic shopping bags; distribution prohibited, local option.
- SB 1300 Northern Virginia Training Center; prohibition of closure.
- SB 1329 Higher educational institutions; memorandum of understanding and policies for sexual assaults.
- SB 1386 Teacher licensure; professional development.
- SB 1427 Breastfeeding in public places; mother's right.
- SJ 214 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage.
- SJ 223 Commending Sandra Levin.
- SJ 304 Commending Faye O. Prichard.
- SJ 306 Commending Virginia Organizing.
- SJ 328 Commending the Rock Ridge High School marching band.
- SJ 336 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Donald W. Devine.
- SJ 337 Commending Robert G.Templin.
- SJ 340 Celebrating the life of E. Cabell Brand.
- SJ 345 Commending Eric Betzig, Ph.D.
- SJ 358 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; designating as March 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 364 Commending Ted Edlich.
- SJ 365 Commending Mary Hughes Hynes.
- SJ 366 Commending Walter Tejada.
- SJ 367 Commending Abby Raphael.
- SJ 369 Commending Julie Pastor.
- SJ 371 Commending Laura Puleo.
- SR 91 Celebrating the life of Dr. William Cleveland Bosher, Jr.
- SR 94 Commending the George Mason University Green Machine.
- SR 95 Commending John McE. Garrett.
- SR 115 Commending Ida Annette Minor Ward.
- SR 126 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Joseph Benedict Benedetti.
- SR 127 Commending Michael R. Frey.
- SR 133 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Dudley J. Emick, Jr.