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2017 SESSION
Delegate C. Matthew Fariss (R) - House District 59
In-session address:
- Pocahontas Building, Room E212
- 900 East Main Street
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: DelMFariss@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- 243-C Livestock Road
- Rustburg, Virginia 24588
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 1392 School security officers; carrying a firearm in performance of duties.
- HB 1394 Franchisees; status thereof and its employees as employees of the franchisor.
- HB 1397 Income tax, state; subtraction for National Guard pay.
- HB 1398 Hate crimes; acts against law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and EMS personnel.
- HB 1400 Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report.
- HB 1404 Fire alarms; maliciously activating, penalty.
- HB 1405 Trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 143 bridge over Interstate 64.
- HB 1406 Firearms; restoration of right to person convicted of a nonviolent felony to possess, etc.
- HB 1407 Voters, qualified; definition of violent felony.
- HB 1412 Weight limits; increases maximum gross weight of a motor vehicle eligible for an overload permit.
- HB 1413 Driver's licenses; expiration and renewal.
- HB 1424 Prescription drugs; purpose of labeling.
- HB 1425 President and Vice President electors; allocation of electoral votes by congressional district.
- HB 1428 Absentee voting; photo identification required with application.
- HB 1453 Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
- HB 1457 Part-time deputy sheriffs; compensation.
- HB 1459 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, penalty.
- HB 1473 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty.
- HB 1562 Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund; grants from Fund.
- HB 1583 Southwestern Virginia Training Center; delay closure.
- HB 1586 Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements; transmission of order to child's school.
- HB 1598 Voter registration; proof of citizenship required to register to vote in certain elections.
- HB 1605 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report.
- HB 1612 Physical Privacy Act; created.
- HB 1786 In utero exposure to a controlled substance; departments of social services to collect information.
- HB 1822 Place of worship; carrying dangerous weapon personal protection.
- HB 1839 School principals; incident reports.
- HB 1841 Virginia Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Program and Fund.
- HB 1926 ABC; definition of municipal golf course, food sales exemptions.
- HB 1972 Closure of the Southwestern Virginia Training Center and the Southeastern Virginia Training Center.
- HB 2000 Sanctuary policies; prohibited.
- HB 2025 Religious freedom; solemnization of marriage.
- HB 2027 Adoption fees and expenses, certain; creates income tax deduction and credit.
- HB 2048 Child support and fines; nonpayment, suspension of driver's license.
- HB 2051 Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.
- HB 2053 Direct primary care agreements; the Commonwealth's insurance laws do not apply.
- HB 2092 Application for public assistance; eligibility, review of records.
- HB 2093 Local Government, Commission on; estimated fiscal impact on a locality of relocated refugees.
- HB 2148 Veterans Services Foundation; powers and duties, appointment of Executive Director, report.
- HB 2206 Virginia Veteran and Family Support program; established, report.
- HB 2267 Health benefit plans; coverage for hormonal contraceptives.
- HB 2273 Blind parents; custody or visitation rights.
- HB 2299 Comprehensive community colleges; tuition grants and fees for certain individuals.
- HB 2386 Unpaid court fines, etc.; increases grace period for collection.
- HJ 542 Constitutional amendment; qualification of voters, executive clemency (first reference).
- HJ 543 Constitutional amendment; failure to pass an appropriation act (first reference).
- HJ 546 Virginia High School League; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 577 Constitutional amendment; reducing assessed value of real property (first reference).
- HJ 610 Virginia Aviation Week.
- HJ 632 Commending Naval Station Norfolk.
- HJ 646 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Johnny S. Joannou.
- HJ 687 Commending the Rappahannock Emergency Medical Services Council.
- HJ 716 Commending the Patrick Henry College international moot court team.
- HJ 727 Commending Dr. Toney Lee McNair, Jr.
- HJ 741 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Johnny S. Joannou.
- HJ 789 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Jackie Thomas Stump.
- HJ 818 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Alan E. Mayer.
- HJ 829 Commending the James Madison University football team.
- HJ 840 Commending Colonel John Jack William Hilgers, USMC, Ret.
- HJ 857 Commending the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office.
- HJ 867 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Charles J. Colgan.
- HJ 869 Celebrating the life of Anthony Pearly Tucker, Jr.
- HJ 875 Celebrating the life of the Honorable John C. Miller.
- HJ 897 Celebrating the life of Eugene H. Farley, Jr.
- HJ 910 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank Medico.
- HJ 923 Commending Central Virginia Community College.
- HJ 938 Celebrating the life of Ralph McKinley Dillow, Jr.
- HJ 942 Celebrating the life of Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator William Ryan Owens.
- HJ 956 Commending Brandon Eric Guyer.
- HJ 974 Celebrating the life of Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott C. Dayton.
- HJ 993 Celebrating the life of Pierre Paul Saunier, Jr.
- HJ 995 Commending the Girl Scouts of the USA.
- HJ 1011 Commending Ed Turner.
- HJ 1023 Commending the Virginia Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs.
- HJ 1086 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Michèle McQuigg.
- HJ 1087 Commending The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards.
- HR 268 Day of Tears.
- HR 378 Commending the Honorable Mamye E. BaCote.
- HR 422 Celebrating the life of Richard Edward Cornwell.
- SJ 225 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of Governor; residency requirement.
- SJ 228 Commending Townley Haas.
- SJ 249 Celebrating the life of the Honorable John C. Miller.
- SJ 250 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Johnny S. Joannou.
- SJ 282 Substance-Exposed Infant Awareness Week.
- SJ 338 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Charles J. Colgan.
- SJ 358 Commending Amherst Fire Department.
- SJ 369 Celebrating the life of Trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer.
- SJ 370 Commending Bernard S. Cohen and Philip J. Hirschkop.
- SJ 385 Commending Peggy Whitehead.
- SJ 389 Commending the Nelson County Future Farmers of America Forestry Judging team.
- SJ 410 Celebrating the life of Earl Hamner, Jr.
- SJ 418 Celebrating the life of Lewis G. Saunders.
- SJ 421 Celebrating the lives of those lost in the Virginia Tech tragedy.
- SJ 427 Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Virginia's Underwood Convention of 1867.