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2016 SESSION
Senator A. Benton "Ben" Chafin (R) - Senate District 38
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 428
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: district38@senate.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 1210
- Lebanon, Virginia 24266
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- HB 251 Cover sheets; multiple deeds or instruments concerning the same interest in real property.
- HB 264 Local government; prohibiting certain practices requiring contractors to provide compensation, etc.
- HB 294 Southwestern Virginia Training Center and Southeastern Virginia Training Center; closure prohibited.
- HB 412 Aircraft, certain; local regulation.
- HB 413 Fly Wisely Unmanned Aerial Systems Accelerator Authority; created.
- HB 1119 Motor vehicles; exhaust system in good working order.
- HJ 4 Celebrating the life of Emily Elizabeth Selke.
- HJ 5 Celebrating the life of Yvonne Marie Ciarlo Selke.
- HJ 75 Commending Frank M. Beamer.
- HJ 126 Commending Penelope Ward Kyle.
- HJ 158 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas W. Moss, Jr.
- HJ 177 Anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS); condemnation.
- HJ 190 Celebrating the life of Joseph Rodney Johnson.
- HJ 232 Commending Let’s Fly Wisely.
- HJ 234 Celebrating the life of Cecil Taylor.
- HJ 295 Commending Dennis Ellmer.
- HJ 317 Commending the Honorable Mamye E. BaCote.
- HJ 344 Commending Micronic Technologies.
- HJ 404 Commending Sean McMurray.
- HJ 409 Commending Sergeant First Class Charles Martland, USA.
- HJ 411 Commending the Rural Retreat High School wrestling team.
- HJ 437 Commending the Carroll County High School girls' basketball team.
- HJ 445 Commending the Clintwood High School girls' basketball team.
- HJ 487 Celebrating the life of Carl William Cardwell.
- HJ 491 Commending the Carroll County High School softball team.
- SB 41 Religious freedom; marriage solemnization, participation, and beliefs.
- SB 175 Concealed handgun permits; sharing of information.
- SB 247 Search warrants; issuance for any person to be arrested for whom warrant, etc., has been issued.
- SB 576 New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; established, Fund created, report.
- SB 609 Academic credit; industry credentials.
- SB 610 Concealed handgun permits, out-of-state; photo identification issued by government agency, etc.
- SB 616 Out-of-state concealed handgun permits; photo identification.
- SB 641 Certificate of public need.
- SB 679 General Services, Department of; shall provide dashboard of purchase order reports from eVa.
- SB 680 General Assembly; JLARC to review fiscal impact statements for executive orders when requested.
- SB 699 Concealed handgun permits, out-of-state; government-issued photo id., reciprocal agreements.
- SB 764 Concealed handgun; recognition of out-of-state permits.
- SJ 10 Celebrating the life of Richard Langley Settle, Jr.
- SJ 52 Celebrating the life of Joseph Anthony DiJulio.
- SJ 55 Celebrating the life of Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Bernard Wisniewski, Jr., USA, Ret.
- 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 116 Commending Colonel Wesley L. Fox, USMC, Ret.
- SJ 130 Commending Paul D. Fraim.
- SJ 148 Commending David Bailey Associates.
- SJ 153 Commending Law Enforcement United.
- SJ 156 Commending Savannah Morgan Lane.
- SJ 160 Celebrating the life of Peggy Ann Tyree-Wells.
- SJ 162 Celebrating the life of Darwin E. Rogers.
- SJ 163 Commending the Washington Redskins.
- SJ 171 Commending Fred Whyte.
- SJ 183 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Madison Ellis Marye.
- SJ 196 Celebrating the life of Officer Ashley Marie Guindon.
- SJ 210 Commending Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers.
- SJ 213 Commending Carl Lum.
- SR 36 Commending the University of Virginia baseball team.
- SR 44 Commending Johnye Bennett.
- SR 56 Celebrating the life of Senior Trooper Michael P. Dooley.
- SR 60 Commending Maryann Horch.
- SR 92 Celebrating the life of Walter Willson Craigie, Jr.
- SR 95 Celebrating the life of Police Chief George T. Owens.