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2018 SESSION
Delegate Dawn M. Adams (D) - House District 68
In-session address:
- Pocahontas Building, Room E426
- 900 East Main Street
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: DelDAdams@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 25331
- Richmond, Virginia 23260
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- HB 6 Security freezes; elimination of fees.
- HB 10 Hate crimes; criminal acts against persons because of gender, etc.
- HB 17 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 24 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for menstrual supplies.
- HB 39 Minimum wage, local alternative; establishes procedure by which wage may be imposed in any locality.
- HB 41 Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty.
- HB 43 Firearms; reporting when lost or stolen.
- HB 57 Absentee voting; no excuse.
- HB 66 Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.
- HB 67 Virginia Human Rights Act; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, causes of action.
- HB 68 Firearms; libraries owned or operated by localities.
- HB 69 Virginia Grocery Investment Program and Fund; created, report.
- HB 96 Electric utility regulation; suspension of reviews of earnings, transitional rate period.
- HB 100 Method of execution; lethal injection drugs.
- HB 106 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; established.
- HB 112 Summons; falsely signing, misdemeanor.
- HB 122 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, civil penalty.
- HB 137 Marijuana; possession or distribution for medical purposes.
- HB 146 Va. National Guard, Va. Defense Force, etc.; employment protections.
- HB 147 FOIA; scholastic records, student handheld mobile telephone numbers, etc.
- HB 183 Income tax return; notification of data breach, taxpayer identity information.
- HB 261 Localities; regulation of firearms in government buildings.
- HB 264 Oyster-planting ground; transfer or assignment of lease to locality.
- HB 266 Hate crimes; gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation, penalty.
- HB 282 VHDA Act; pilot program to help low-income persons who are currently renters become home owners.
- HB 283 Richmond, City of; amending charter, creates office of the inspector general.
- HB 284 Historical African American cemeteries; owners and localities receiving funds.
- HB 319 Virginia Preschool Initiative program; enrollment.
- HB 322 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession & administration.
- HB 386 Health insurance; step therapy protocols.
- HB 425 Cruelty to animals; treatment for violations, ownership of animals.
- HB 446 Drivers' license; driving on a suspended or revoked license, punishable as traffic infraction.
- HB 527 Historical African American cemeteries and graves; adds Mt. Calvary Cemetery in City of Portsmouth.
- HB 563 Motor vehicles, certain; flashing red or red and white warning lights.
- HB 615 Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established.
- HB 624 Teacher, counselor, principal, etc.; expenses tax credit.
- HB 635 Fishing; free day due to inclement weather.
- HB 687 Virginia Public School Improvement Program; created, report.
- HB 688 Student discipline; alternative education programs.
- HB 689 Human trafficking training standards; DCJS to establish for law-enforcement.
- HB 710 Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; created.
- HB 718 Hate crimes; criminal acts against persons because of gender, etc.
- HB 828 Personal property tax; computer equipment and peripherals used in data centers.
- HB 883 Regulatory reduction pilot program; Department of Planning and Budget to implement, report.
- HB 1007 Delegate Lacey E. Putney Memorial Highway; designating certain portion of U.S. Route 221.
- HB 1053 Workplace harassment; legislative branch required to adopt policies.
- HB 1072 Absentee voting; no excuse.
- HB 1079 Voter identification; repeal of photo identification requirements.
- HB 1114 Professional and occupational regulation; authority to suspend or revoke licenses, certificates.
- HB 1116 Virginia voter registration; students to have access to information.
- HB 1124 Service and Volunteerism, Advisory Board on; membership terms, repeals sunset provision.
- HB 1226 Post-election deadlines; provisional ballots and absentee ballots.
- HB 1237 Assault and battery against a family or household member; first offense.
- HB 1250 Electoral boards and general registrars; direction by the State Board and Department of Elections.
- HB 1259 Minimum wage; exclusions, tips.
- HB 1322 Dual enrollment agreements; scope.
- HB 1376 Employment; break to express breast milk.
- HB 1409 Charter; amending charter, school infrastructure.
- HB 1415 Henrietta Lacks Commission; established.
- HB 1419 Public schools; instructional time for elementary school.
- HB 1439 Assisted living facilities; regulations governing staff.
- HB 1550 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 1552 Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; strategies to identify and engage certain persons.
- HB 1600 Student discipline; long-term suspension.
- HJ 2 United States Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.
- HJ 15 Community gardens; Sec. of HHR to study use of gardens to eliminate food deserts in Commonwealth.
- HJ 25 Midtown and Downtown Tunnels in Hampton Roads; JLARC to study reduction or elimination of tolls.
- HJ 31 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- HJ 33 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters,16-year-olds.
- HJ 37 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Green v. County School Board of New Kent County.
- HJ 38 I am my brother and sister's keeper Day; designating as Friday after Thanksgiving in 2018.
- HJ 56 Teaching profession in Virginia; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 64 General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Day; designating as October 15, 2018, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 75 Institutional student loans; SCHEV to study payment structures.
- HJ 76 Women Veterans Week; designating as third full week of March 2018, and each succeeding year.
- HJ 110 Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office (first reference).
- HJ 139 Celebrating the life of Special Agent Michael T. Walter.
- HJ 142 Recovery Sunday; designating as third Sunday of September 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 151 Commending the 1987 Washington Redskins replacement players.
- HJ 163 Commending the Virginia Capitol Police.
- HJ 177 Celebrating the life of Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates.
- HJ 178 Electrical Safety Month; designating as May 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 215 Commending Bristol Baseball, Inc.
- HJ 219 Commending the Fort Hunt Little League Senior All Stars.
- HJ 223 Celebrating the life of Michael Evan Watkins.
- HJ 230 Commending the XXIII Olympic Winter Games.
- HJ 233 Commending Neighborhood Health.
- HJ 239 Commending the Monacan High School girls' basketball team.
- HJ 240 Commending the Historic 1917 Courthouse in Chesterfield County.
- HJ 279 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Lacey E. Putney.
- HJ 281 Commending the Virginia Poverty Law Center.
- HJ 285 Commending the Honorable Robert H. Brink.
- HJ 293 Commending the Valentine First Freedom Center.
- HJ 294 Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Lee Harward Jolly.
- HJ 295 Commending the New Dominion Women's Club.
- HJ 297 Commending women who ran for public office in Virginia in 2017.
- HJ 302 Celebrating the life of Heather Danielle Heyer.
- HJ 306 Commending the Honorable William J. Howell.
- HJ 308 Commending Earl Flanagan.
- HJ 309 Celebrating the life of Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen III.
- HJ 310 Commending Laszlo Berkowits.
- HJ 312 Commending the Podium Foundation.
- HJ 313 Commending the Richmond Symphony.
- HJ 321 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Edwin H. Ragsdale.
- HJ 322 Celebrating the life of Ryland Yancey Bailey, Sr.
- HJ 327 Commending Manchester High School's Lancer Theatre Company.
- HJ 361 Celebrating the life of the Honorable William T. Stone.
- HJ 366 Commending the Falls Church-McLean Children's Center.
- HJ 381 Commending Teresa A. Sullivan.
- HJ 385 Commending Hampton Roads Pride.
- HJ 391 Commending Patrick C. Kinlaw.
- HJ 395 Celebrating the life of Tom Cain.
- HJ 404 Commending the Virginia State Beekeepers Association.
- HJ 406 Commending Ashley Vollrath.
- HJ 415 Celebrating the life of Mildred Leigh Shiver.
- HJ 416 Celebrating the life of Deputy Curtis Allen Bartlett.
- HJ 417 Celebrating the life of Sarah Danielle Sanders.
- HJ 423 Commending the American's Creed.
- HJ 435 Celebrating the life of Ronald E. Carrier.
- HJ 443 Commending Lucy Cordell Wells.
- HJ 444 Commending the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
- HJ 446 Commending The Governor's School for the Arts.
- HJ 449 Celebrating the life of Father Gerard Creedon.
- HJ 456 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Robert Purkey.
- HJ 458 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Burns Blevins, Sr.
- HJ 466 Commending Center in the Square.
- HJ 487 Commending Eileen Curtis.
- HJ 498 Commending Growing Kids Therapy Center.
- HJ 500 Commending Barbara Sorenson.
- HJ 501 Celebrating the life of Donald S. Beyer, Sr.
- HJ 503 Celebrating the life of Chief Warrant Officer Edwin Linek, USN, Ret.
- HJ 508 Commending the Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
- HJ 509 Commending the Alexandria Harmonizers.
- HJ 510 Commending Susan Ungerer.
- HJ 511 Commending Bringing Resources to Aid Women's Shelters.
- HJ 512 Commending Nancy Ruth Sherwood.
- HJ 514 Commending Madeleine LeBeau.
- HJ 516 Commending Helen Burch Hess.
- HJ 552 Celebrating the life of the Reverend William Franklin Graham, Jr.
- HJ 554 Commending HealthWorks.
- HJ 566 Commending Nancy Howell Agee.
- HR 4 Reid, William Ferguson; recognizing achievements.
- HR 14 Day of Women; designating as January 22, 2018, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HR 85 Commending Adrian K. Lund, Ph.D.
- HR 95 Commending Debra Ann Smith.
- HR 104 Commending the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.
- HR 105 Celebrating the life of Grace Victoria Edmondson Harris.
- HR 111 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Earle C. Mobley.
- HR 115 Commending the Prince William County Historic Preservation Division.
- HR 119 Commending Cecile Richards.
- HR 122 Commending Thierry G. Dupuis.
- HR 125 Commending Bob Brown.
- HR 131 Commending the Honorable Robert H. Brink.
- HR 134 Celebrating the life of Edwin C. Luther III.
- HR 136 Celebrating the life of Laurie Genise Snead Westbrook.
- HR 160 Commending the Honorable David G. Brickley.
- HR 161 Commending the C.D. Hylton High School cheer team.
- HR 170 Commending Sonnie P. Penn Elementary School.
- HR 178 Celebrating the life of George Francis Maida.
- HR 196 Commending the Radford University men's basketball team.
- HR 198 Commending Brenda J. Johnson.
- HR 199 Celebrating the life of the Reverend James W. McNeil.
- HR 203 Celebrating the life of Suzanne Davis Miller.
- SB 19 Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans.
- SB 79 Firearms; prohibited at certain preschools and child day centers.
- SB 268 Personal property tax; computer equipment and peripherals used in data centers.
- SB 353 White Oak Technology Park; conveyance of property in Henrico County.
- SB 399 Drug overdose fatality review teams, local or regional; localities to establish.
- SB 426 Victims of domestic violence; clerk of court shall make certain information available to petitioner.
- SB 755 Pension de-risking; transfer of retirement annuity contracts, subject to approval of Commissioner.
- SJ 4 United States Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.
- SJ 7 State-owned ports; JLARC to study impact on local governments.
- SJ 36 Women Veterans Week; designating as third full week of March 2018, and each succeeding year.
- SJ 42 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; extends state recognition within the Commonwealth.
- SJ 48 School-based health care; DMAS, et. al., to study.
- SJ 117 Celebrating the life of Gayle P. Emerson.
- SJ 118 Celebrating the life of Keith H. Emerson.
- SJ 121 Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Hovis.
- SJ 131 Celebrating the life of Martha Jeraldine Morris Tata.
- SJ 143 Commending James S. Utterback.
- SJ 145 Commending the Honorable James C. Dimitri.
- SJ 167 Commending Guy Kinman.
- SJ 187 Celebrating the life of William Henry Muehleib.
- SJ 215 Commending the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association.
- SJ 217 Celebrating the life of Eugene L. Crump, Jr.
- SJ 218 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Robert Purkey.
- SJ 235 Commending the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26.
- SJ 249 Celebrating the life of Neilson Jay November.