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2015 SESSION
Senator A. Benton "Ben" Chafin (R) - Senate District 38
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 307
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district38@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 1210
- Lebanon, Virginia 24266
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 1330 Campaign finance; fundraising during legislative sessions.
- HB 1367 Temporary injunction; affidavit or verified pleading.
- HB 1613 Secondary state highway system construction projects; relocation or removal of utility facilities.
- HB 1614 Southwestern Va. Training Center & Southeastern Va. Training Center; closure prohibited.
- HJ 517 Commending Japanese American veterans of World War II.
- HJ 580 Commending the Newbern Community Christian Church and Glen Lyn Church of Christ Bible Bowl team.
- HJ 630 Opioid; mandating health insurance coverage for abuse deterrent formulations.
- HJ 643 Celebrating the life of Edna H. McEachin.
- HJ 650 Celebrating the life of James Conrad Blankenbecler, Jr.
- HJ 656 Celebrating the life of James Winfield Bowers.
- HJ 666 Clean Water Act; opposition to definition of "waters of the United States."
- HJ 732 Commending New River Community Action.
- 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 751 Celebrating the life of Brock Anthony Michael Funk.
- HJ 787 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Herbert E. Harris II.
- HJ 800 Celebrating the life of Marian M. Bailey.
- HJ 828 Celebrating the life of Jim Bullington.
- HJ 834 Commending Robert Simpkins.
- HJ 837 Commending Joseph Sheffey.
- HJ 843 Celebrating the life of Robert Barns Brittain.
- HJ 893 Commending Bethany College.
- HJ 919 Commending the Eastside High School one-act play team.
- HJ 924 Celebrating the life of Walter Blair Keller, Jr.
- HJ 929 Celebrating the life of Paul P. Arrington.
- HJ 930 Commending Dickenson County.
- HJ 931 Celebrating the life of Clynard C. Belcher.
- HJ 932 Celebrating the life of Sharon Kay Gilbert Clevinger.
- SB 684 Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; conviction required.
- SB 692 Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officers.
- SB 727 School Performance Report Card; redesign to be more effective in communicating to parents & public.
- SB 740 Carbon dioxide emissions; regulation, General Assembly approval of state plan.
- SB 741 Coalfield employment enhancement; extends expiration date of tax credit to January 1, 2019.
- SB 753 Trooper Andrew Fox Memorial Bridge; designating as New River Bridge on Interstate 81.
- SB 786 Electoral college; revises process for allocation of electoral votes.
- SB 806 Higher educational institutions; fixed four-year tuition rate.
- SB 808 Building Revitalization Grant Fund; established, report.
- SB 809 Virginia Economic Development Authority; may develop a site and building assessment program.
- SB 849 Community colleges; enrollment policies.
- SB 948 Concealed handgun permits; sharing of information.
- SB 955 Industrial hemp production and manufacturing.
- SB 1032 Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; created, report, eliminates ABC Board.
- SB 1137 Loaded rifle or shotgun; regulation of transportation.
- SB 1147 Median income taxpayers; creates a $250 nonrefundable tax credit.
- SB 1188 Commercial sex trafficking; penalties.
- SB 1202 Clean Power Plan; preparation of state implementation plan.
- SB 1360 Commonwealth's Attorneys Training Fund.
- SB 1365 Carbon dioxide emissions; DEQ to develop state plan to regulate emissions.
- SB 1442 Clean Power State Implementation Plan; DEQ prohibited from expending funds, etc., federal ruling.
- SJ 331 Celebrating the life of Brock Anthony Michael Funk.
- SJ 340 Celebrating the life of E. Cabell Brand.
- 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 108 Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the creation of the Court of Scott County.
- SR 109 Commending Rachel Davis Fowlkes, Ed.D.
- SR 126 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Joseph Benedict Benedetti.
- SR 133 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Dudley J. Emick, Jr.