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2016 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 5 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- HB 7 Sick leave; certain private employers to provide employees with paid benefits.
- HB 26 Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria for drawing districts.
- HB 50 Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons to owner of vehicle.
- HB 74 Drug offenses, misdemeanor; expungement of records.
- HB 144 Indigenous Peoples Day; designating as fourth Wednesday in November and each succeeding year.
- HB 152 Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; investigative authority.
- HB 222 Recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; created.
- HB 233 Fire or rescue volunteers; mental health treatment; funding by locality.
- HB 243 Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons.
- HB 248 Financial exploitation of adults; documentation referred to local law-enforcement agency.
- HB 261 Armed Forces of the U.S. or Va. National Guard, former members of; provisional teaching licenses.
- HB 300 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination, definition of sexual orientation, etc.
- HB 391 Motor vehicle title loan offices; distance from military base.
- HB 392 Family and Children's Trust Fund; revenue matching for special license plates for supporters.
- HB 400 Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority established.
- HB 405 Professional and occupational licenses; temporary licenses for spouses of military service members.
- HB 416 Voter registration; automatic voter registration.
- HB 429 Virginia Human Rights Act; public employment, prohibited discrimination.
- HB 454 Motor vehicles; vehicles not to be equipped with televisions and video within view of driver.
- HB 461 Handheld personal communications devices; use while driving, penalty.
- HB 477 Veterans care centers; issuance of bonds for certain projects.
- HB 540 Income tax, state; increases deduction for personal exemptions.
- HB 572 Fines and costs; statutes of limitation on collection, etc.
- HB 599 Transfer of firearms; criminal history record information check, penalties.
- HB 603 Veterans Services Foundation; Department of Veterans Services to provide support.
- HB 611 Water and sewer utilities; regulation.
- HB 707 Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, Board for; licensure of former methamphetamine property.
- HB 807 Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; planning, coordination, and implementation of 400th anniversary.
- HB 825 Military medical personnel; pilot program for personnel to practice medicine.
- HB 829 Prescribers of covered substances; continuing education.
- HB 834 Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board and Fund; established, report.
- HB 842 Teachers; preparation and licensure, professional development in indicators of dyslexia.
- HB 846 Virginia Collaborative Economic Development Act; established, sunset provision.
- HB 929 Cybersecurity; promotion of industry in the Commonwealth.
- HB 959 Women's Right to Vote, Commission for Commemoration of Centennial of; established.
- HB 971 Small businesses; implementation of certification programs, report.
- HB 1144 Local taxes; interest on refunds.
- HB 1149 Police & court records; if order of expungement, clerk of court shall refund petitioner costs paid.
- HB 1175 Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force; pay allowance.
- HB 1203 Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans and spouse of a service member killed in action.
- HB 1207 Family and Children's Trust Fund; exempt from taxation.
- HB 1223 Polling place; voter may give full name and current residence address orally or in writing.
- HB 1225 Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.
- HB 1353 U.S. of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia; purchase of flags by public bodies.
- HB 1391 Protective orders; possession of firearms, penalty.
- HJ 4 Celebrating the life of Emily Elizabeth Selke.
- HJ 5 Celebrating the life of Yvonne Marie Ciarlo Selke.
- HJ 8 Celebrating the life of George Albert Williams.
- HJ 33 Commending Friends of Falls Church Homeless Shelter.
- HJ 35 Celebrating the life of Adam Ward.
- HJ 41 Commending Pamela L. Michell.
- HJ 44 Commending the Honorable John C. Watkins.
- HJ 48 Commending Colonial Heights American Legion Post 284.
- HJ 75 Commending Frank M. Beamer.
- HJ 82 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; restoration of civil rights.
- HJ 83 Student nutrition; Office of School Nutrition Programs in the Department of Education to study.
- HJ 89 Celebrating the life of Ernestine K. Middleton.
- HJ 91 Commending the Virginia Coalition for Open Government.
- HJ 102 Commending Michael Moore.
- HJ 117 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established, apportionment.
- HJ 130 Commending the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce.
- HJ 146 Commending The Omni Homestead Resort.
- HJ 158 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas W. Moss, Jr.
- HJ 162 Commending Dr. Katherine G. Johnson.
- HJ 191 Commending Kim Snead.
- HJ 195 Commending Mary Baldwin College.
- HJ 197 Chagas Disease Awareness Day; designating as April 14, 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 201 Commending the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation.
- HJ 202 Commending Richmond International Raceway.
- HJ 205 Constitutional amendment; congressional and legislative districts.
- HJ 207 Commending ADAMS Compassionate Healthcare Network.
- HJ 218 Commending Angela West.
- HJ 220 Commending Newport News Shipbuilding.
- HJ 222 Commending S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, Inc.
- HJ 224 Commending the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
- HJ 227 Commending the Goochland High School girls' volleyball team.
- HJ 228 Commending the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
- HJ 235 Commending the Galax High School football team.
- HJ 239 Commending the Mills E. Godwin High School boys' soccer team.
- HJ 240 Commending the Mills E. Godwin High School girls' tennis team.
- HJ 241 Commending the James River Association.
- HJ 250 Commending Houff Transfer, Inc.
- HJ 251 Commending the recipients of the 2016 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Awards.
- HJ 256 Commending the Westfield High School football team.
- HJ 259 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Franklin P. Hall.
- HJ 262 Celebrating the life of Ashby B. Allen.
- HJ 272 Commending Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center, Inc.
- HJ 273 Commending the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls.
- HJ 274 Commending Arlington Thrive.
- HJ 276 Commending Google.
- HJ 283 Commending the Honorable Walter A. Stosch.
- HJ 284 Commending the Commonwealth Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
- HJ 302 Celebrating the life of William J. Wilde.
- HJ 322 Commending Chris Mamalis.
- HJ 346 Commending Just Neighbors.
- HJ 347 Indigenous Peoples Day.
- HJ 351 Commending the Honorable James Martin Scott.
- HJ 361 Commending the Virginia members of Team USA at the 2015 Pan American Maccabi Games.
- HJ 363 Commending the Great Falls Grange.
- HJ 364 Commending Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.
- HJ 366 Commending McLean Orchestra.
- HJ 367 Commending McLean Little League.
- HJ 368 Commending 100WomenStrong.
- HJ 383 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Madison Ellis Marye.
- HJ 389 Commending Drew Hunter.
- HJ 390 Commending Katherine Slover.
- HJ 391 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frederick Hillary Creekmore, Sr.
- HJ 397 Commending Rock Ridge Performing Arts.
- HJ 398 Commending Freedom High School.
- HJ 409 Commending Sergeant First Class Charles Martland, USA.
- HJ 411 Commending the Rural Retreat High School wrestling team.
- HJ 417 Celebrating the life of Mathew Daniel Frank.
- HJ 418 Celebrating the life of Tyler Michael Frank.
- HJ 423 Celebrating the life of Horace Julian Bond.
- HJ 437 Commending the Carroll County High School girls' basketball team.
- HJ 447 Commending the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization.
- HJ 452 Commending Saving Sweet Briar, Inc.
- HJ 454 Commending The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception.
- HJ 458 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Antonin Gregory Scalia.
- HJ 486 Commending the Reverend Charles Robinson Philips.
- HJ 487 Celebrating the life of Carl William Cardwell.
- HJ 490 Celebrating the life of Allen Huddleston.
- HJ 491 Commending the Carroll County High School softball team.
- HJ 525 Commending Boy Scout Troop 956.
- HJ 527 Commending the Loudoun County Public Schools Student Records Department.
- HJ 528 Commending Everybody Code Now!
- HR 1 Celebrating the life of Allen Oat Woody III.
- HR 9 Commending Donnie E. Wheatley.
- HR 25 Commending the Cave Spring High School girls' tennis team.
- HR 32 Celebrating the life of Moses Malone.
- HR 39 Commending the Lord Botetourt High School football team.
- HR 40 Commending the Archer family.
- HR 45 Celebrating the life of Harry Gilbert Miller III.
- HR 75 Commending religious liberty and freedom from political persecution.
- HR 95 Commending the United States Colored Troops Descendants.
- HR 105 Commending the Emporia Rotary Club.
- HR 111 Commending the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities.
- HR 134 Commending Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers.
- HR 149 Commending the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic.
- HR 206 Commending the Honorable Thomas Davis Rust.
- SB 4 Weekend jail time; replaces the provision limiting nonconsecutive days.
- SB 7 Appointed counsel for parents or guardians; attorneys who qualify as guardian ad litem.
- SB 12 Public employment; prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
- SB 23 Grand larceny and certain property crimes; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc.
- SB 26 Problem-Solving Docket Act; established, report.
- SB 104 Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession, reduces penalties for distribution.
- SB 177 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc., to $1,000.
- SB 190 Voting systems; prohibits use of direct recording electronic machines (DREs) after July 1, 2020.
- SB 221 Discrimination between employees on the basis of sex; payment of wages.
- SB 222 Voter registration; automatic voter registration.
- SB 249 Financial exploitation of adults; documentation referred to local law-enforcement agency.
- SB 286 Motor vehicles; vehicles not to be equipped with televisions and video within view of driver.
- SB 292 Sediment reduction credits.
- SB 310 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount of money taken to $1500, etc.
- SB 394 Health care; plan to increase transparency in delivery, etc.
- SB 435 Immigrant Assistance, Office of; created.
- SB 613 Driver's license; marijuana possession.
- SB 628 Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty.
- SJ 1 United States Constitution; ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment.
- SJ 4 Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office.
- SJ 10 Celebrating the life of Richard Langley Settle, Jr.
- SJ 14 Commending Ken Tuck, M.D.
- SJ 15 Celebrating the life of Paul E. Torgersen.
- SJ 17 Commending M. Douglas Scott.
- SJ 18 Commending Barbara Donnellan.
- SJ 19 Commending Susanne Eisner.
- SJ 33 Commending the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- SJ 39 Commending the Henrico High School boys' basketball team.
- SJ 40 Recognition of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia.
- SJ 51 Comprehensive indigent defense system; State Crime Commission to study.
- SJ 55 Celebrating the life of Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Bernard Wisniewski, Jr., USA, Ret.
- SJ 56 Celebrating the life of George Burke.
- SJ 72 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas W. Moss, Jr.
- SJ 98 Commending Richmond International Raceway.
- SJ 99 Commending Frank Beamer.
- SJ 101 Purple Heart State; designating as the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- SJ 102 Purple Heart Day; designating as August 7, 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 106 Commending Ebenezer Baptist Church.
- SJ 109 Commending the Highland Springs High School football team.
- SJ 112 Commending the City of Hopewell.
- SJ 116 Commending Colonel Wesley L. Fox, USMC, Ret.
- SJ 118 Commending Mary Baldwin College.
- SJ 122 Commending Henrico High School.
- SJ 123 Commending Douglas S. Freeman High School.
- SJ 124 Commending Deep Run High School.
- SJ 125 Commending Mills E. Godwin High School.
- SJ 131 Commending Virginia State Parks.
- SJ 134 Commending the Virginia peanut industry.
- SJ 135 Commending the Town of Tazewell.
- SJ 137 Commending Brian O'Connor.
- SJ 138 Commending the Saint Gertrude High School robotics team.
- SJ 139 Commending the 30th anniversary of elementary school counseling in Virginia.
- SJ 141 Commending Charles Haley.
- SJ 144 Celebrating the life of Roy C. Kinsey, Jr.
- SJ 153 Commending Law Enforcement United.
- SJ 160 Celebrating the life of Peggy Ann Tyree-Wells.
- SJ 163 Commending the Washington Redskins.
- SJ 183 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Madison Ellis Marye.
- SJ 196 Celebrating the life of Officer Ashley Marie Guindon.
- SJ 199 Celebrating the life of Crystal Sheree Hamilton.
- SJ 213 Commending Carl Lum.