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2019 SESSION
Delegate Patrick A. Hope (D) - House District 47
In-session address:
- Pocahontas Building, Room E222
- 900 East Main Street
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: DelPHope@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 3148
- Arlington, Virginia 22203
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- HB 1628 Absentee voting; persons age 65 or older.
- HB 1635 Fossil fuel projects moratorium; clean energy mandates.
- HB 1644 Firearms; reporting when lost or stolen, civil penalty.
- HB 1645 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.
- HB 1647 Virginia Fair Housing Law; prohibits discriminating in application of land use ordinances.
- HB 1651 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 1654 Prohibited public carrying of certain firearms in public areas; penalty.
- HB 1658 Vote by mail; Department of Elections to develop a pilot program.
- HB 1659 Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters.
- HB 1686 Electric utilities; limitations on fossil fuel facilities.
- HB 1688 Elementary school, etc.; students not guilty of disorderly conduct, school property or school bus.
- HB 1689 Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes.
- HB 1690 Line of Duty Act; Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police officers.
- HB 1693 High school family life education curricula; students with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
- HB 1699 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, civil penalty.
- HB 1701 Gender-neutral terms; assisted conception, prohibitions on same-sex marriage and civil unions, etc.
- HB 1710 Public school buses; seat belts.
- HB 1720 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; possession or distribution at public school.
- HB 1724 Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Programs Fund; created.
- HB 1744 Smoking; unlawful in motor vehicle with a minor present.
- HB 1745 Juvenile offenders; eligibility for parole.
- HB 1753 School buildings; electronic room partitions.
- HB 1762 Worker cooperatives; established as a category of cooperative associations.
- HB 1791 Guidance counselors; changes the name to school counselors.
- HB 1793 Public schools; lock-down drills, notice to parents.
- HB 1794 Early voting; any registered voter allowed to vote early without providing reason, etc.
- HB 1795 Student voters; Virginia voter registration.
- HB 1799 Criminal cases and traffic infractions; eliminates accrual of interest on fines and costs.
- HB 1800 Correctional facilities, local; voting information for persons incarcerated.
- HB 1804 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases, review of program.
- HB 1813 Alcoholic beverage control; possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by interdicted persons.
- HB 1856 Firearms; libraries owned or operated by localities.
- HB 1857 Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.
- HB 1858 Virginia Grocery Investment Program and Fund; created, report.
- HB 1859 Virginia Human Rights Act; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, causes of action.
- HB 1860 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; nonpayment of rent, written notice of termination.
- HB 1861 Police & court records; expungement of records relating to misdemeanor/nonviolent felony conviction.
- HB 1862 Employees; break time and location to express breast milk.
- HB 1864 Health insurance; nondiscrimination, gender identity or transgender status.
- HB 1872 Motorcycles and autocycles; protective helmets, organ donor exemption.
- HB 1886 Professional Football Team Franchise Facility Incentives; Interstate Compact on Washington Area.
- HB 1891 Food stamps; eligibility, drug-related felonies.
- HB 1904 Voter registration; registration on election day, registration of provisional voters, etc.
- HB 1917 DOC; Director to establish health care continuous quality improvement committee.
- HB 1936 Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, foreign service officer.
- HB 1984 Legal holidays; Election Day.
- HB 1991 Domestic terrorism offenses; penalty.
- HB 1992 Localities; regulation of firearms in government buildings.
- HB 1993 Recounts; special election to be held in the case of a tie vote.
- HB 1994 Child care providers; fingerprint background checks.
- HB 1997 Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders, notification.
- HB 1999 Emergency Management, Department of; responsibilities of political subdivisions.
- HB 2007 Eviction; writs of possession and eviction.
- HB 2021 Va. Investment Performance Grant/Va. Economic Development Incentive Grant Programs; reauthorization.
- HB 2024 Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers.
- HB 2025 Driver privilege cards; penalty.
- HB 2042 Assault and battery against a family or household member; prior conviction, etc.
- HB 2049 Health insurance; coverage for donated human breast milk.
- HB 2053 School boards; staffing ratios, guidance counselors.
- HB 2069 Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.
- HB 2079 Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession, penalty.
- HB 2091 Smoking; unlawful in motor vehicle with a minor present.
- HB 2092 Campaign finance; direct contributions from corporations and business entities prohibited.
- HB 2094 Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state government for persons with disabilities.
- HB 2095 Local prohibition on single use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local tax.
- HB 2104 Public elementary and secondary schools; dress or grooming codes.
- HB 2114 License plates, special; members of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
- HB 2117 Electric utilities; retail competition, renewable energy.
- HB 2121 Bail; data collection and reporting standards, report.
- HB 2126 Accident and sickness insurance; step therapy protocols.
- HB 2128 Telemedicine; physicians licensed in contiguous jurisdictions.
- HB 2130 Election laws; time off to vote.
- HB 2146 Land development; conservation or replacement of trees, local option.
- HB 2155 Vehicles stopped at crosswalks; prohibition on passing.
- HB 2157 Minimum wage; increases to $10.10 per hour effective January 1, 2020, etc.
- HB 2158 Naloxone; expands list of individuals who may dispense.
- HB 2159 Plastic Pollution Prevention Advisory Council; established.
- HB 2160 Low-income taxpayers; refundable income tax credit.
- HB 2194 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for menstrual supplies.
- HB 2250 Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism.
- HB 2261 Employees; paid medical and family leave, civil penalties.
- HB 2263 Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures, etc.
- HB 2277 Driver's license; suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses.
- HB 2285 Firearms; allowing access by minors, penalty.
- HB 2329 Distributed renewable energy; promotes establishment of solar and other renewable energy.
- HB 2371 Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession, penalty.
- HB 2376 School meal; adoption of policies.
- HB 2377 War veterans; removal or upkeep of monument or memorial.
- HB 2388 In-state tuition; eligibility for certain individuals.
- HB 2392 Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes.
- HB 2394 Product safety; flame retardants, penalty.
- HB 2400 School Breakfast Program/National School Lunch Program; school boards to determine eligibility, etc.
- HB 2401 Public service corporations; statements of government influence spending.
- HB 2421 Discrimination; sexual orientation and gender identity.
- HB 2423 Apparel-cleaning service; gender-based price discrimination, civil penalty.
- HB 2462 School boards; school meal policies, student debt, parental notification.
- HB 2463 Children with disabilities; due process hearings, burden of proof.
- HB 2472 Hate crimes; adds gender, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation, penalty.
- HB 2479 Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks, penalty.
- HB 2491 Abortion; eliminate certain requirements.
- HB 2507 Attorney General, Office of the; FOIA Ombudsman appointed, powers and duties, report.
- HB 2518 Disabled Veteran's State Museum Passport; established.
- HB 2519 Virginia Information Technologies Agency; cybersecurity task force created.
- HB 2542 Parental or legal custodial powers; delegation of powers, child-placing agency.
- HB 2577 Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- HB 2601 Health insurance; coverage for hearing aids for minors.
- HB 2612 Public school teachers; planning time.
- HB 2613 Maternity care patients; adds information about perinatal anxiety.
- HB 2629 Corrections Private Management Act; unauthorized private contracts, etc.
- HB 2642 Cruelty to animals with intent to intimidate or threaten a household member; penalty.
- HB 2645 Electric Utility Regulation; Refund Act.
- HB 2681 Historical African American cemeteries; adds seven cemeteries in City of Hampton.
- HB 2699 Humanities, Virginia Foundation for the; adds members to task force.
- HB 2713 Death with Dignity Act; penalties.
- HB 2734 DCJS; training standards for school resource officers.
- HB 2748 Tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, etc.; purchase, possession, and sale.
- HB 2754 Motor vehicles; when headlights to be lighted.
- HJ 579 United States Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.
- HJ 582 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established (first reference).
- HJ 586 Celebrating the life of William E. Ward.
- HJ 587 Commending the American Legion.
- HJ 593 Remembering the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
- HJ 598 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (first reference).
- HJ 600 Commending the 2nd Street Festival.
- HJ 608 Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office (first reference).
- HJ 609 Health care spending in the Commonwealth; JLARC to study.
- HJ 611 Celebrating the life of Joseph Benjamin Fuller.
- HJ 617 Year of Reconciliation and Civility.
- HJ 622 Commending the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
- HJ 623 Celebrating the life of Matthew Wayne Shepard.
- HJ 630 Silence Empowers Violence Break the Code Awareness-to-Action Week.
- HJ 648 Commending the University of Mary Washington men's soccer team.
- HJ 650 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established (first reference).
- HJ 655 Lynching; acknowledging with profound regret the existence and acceptance within the Commonwealth.
- HJ 667 Celebrating the life of Stacey Visser Dendy.
- HJ 669 Glass-Steagall Act; infrastructure bank
- HJ 671 DRPT; cost of commuter and light rail projects, report.
- HJ 672 Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office (first reference).
- HJ 673 JLARC; Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program, report.
- HJ 679 Virginia Retirement System; part-time public school teachers, report.
- HJ 686 Commending Arlington County Fire Department Station 8.
- HJ 695 Celebrating the life of Bettie Woodson Weaver.
- HJ 711 Celebrating the life of Charles William Davis, Jr.
- HJ 712 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frederick MacDonald Quayle.
- HJ 716 Commending the Honorable Daun Sessoms Hester.
- HJ 720 World Refugee Day.
- HJ 724 Green New Deal; recognizing need for clean energy economy.
- HJ 727 Commending Louis Kokonis.
- HJ 733 Commending the Richmond 34.
- HJ 737 Commending Francis W. Pedrotty.
- HJ 739 Commending Virginia is for Lovers.
- HJ 748 Commending Virginia State University.
- HJ 749 Commending Dennis S. Hall.
- HJ 758 Commending Alfred Durham.
- HJ 791 Commending Virginia Commonwealth University.
- HJ 799 Celebrating the life of Thomas Francis Byrne.
- HJ 812 Celebrating the life of Barbara Beatrice Abernathy Ross.
- HJ 829 Commending Jhermaine Richey.
- HJ 836 Commending Ruth Coles Harris.
- HJ 837 Commending Thomas E. Ousley.
- HJ 838 Commending Senior Officer Joseph M. Nichols.
- HJ 839 Celebrating the life of Krissia Ansara Henderson Burrus.
- HJ 840 Celebrating the life of Walter T. Kenney, Sr.
- HJ 857 Commending Randolph-Macon College.
- HJ 864 Commending the Virginia Defense Force.
- HJ 872 Celebrating the life of Lillie A. Estes.
- HJ 873 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Ralph L. Axselle, Jr.
- HJ 881 Commending the 29th Infantry Division.
- HJ 912 Commending Girls on the Run of NOVA.
- HJ 913 Commending Safe Space NOVA.
- HJ 915 Celebrating the life of Colonel Robert B. Mason, USMC, Ret.
- HJ 918 Commending David Rosenberg.
- HJ 920 Commending the Presbyterian Children's Home of the Highlands.
- HJ 923 Celebrating the life of Lou Dean.
- HJ 925 Celebrating the life of Milton Thomas Edgerton, Jr., M.D.
- HJ 926 Celebrating the life of Helen B. Snook.
- HJ 928 Commending Marcus L. Martin, M.D.
- HJ 929 Commending the Jefferson Area Board for Aging.
- HJ 930 Commending Steven G. Meeks.
- HJ 931 Commending Charles Alexander.
- HJ 933 Commending Frederick S. Middleton III.
- HJ 940 Celebrating the life of Bellamy Malaki Gamboa.
- HJ 946 Celebrating the life of John George Liakos.
- HJ 947 Celebrating the life of William Garfield Dabney.
- HJ 948 Celebrating the life of Annie Lee Farmer McGuire.
- HJ 949 Commending Sherley Stuart.
- HJ 950 Commending Evelyn Bethel and Helen Davis.
- HJ 953 Commending George Miller.
- HJ 954 Commending Sue Ranson.
- HJ 955 Commending the Hilton Downtown Richmond.
- HJ 956 Commending the United Network for Organ Sharing.
- HJ 957 Celebrating the life of Dr. Donn Lancaster.
- HJ 959 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Robert Franklin Hagans, Jr.
- HJ 960 Commemorating the life and legacy Thomas Calhoun Walker.
- HJ 963 Commending Arlington Free Clinic.
- HJ 968 Celebrating the life of Trooper Lucas B. Dowell.
- HJ 971 Celebrating the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush.
- HJ 987 Celebrating the life of Robert LeeErtiese Crenshaw, Jr.
- HJ 1001 Commending the Princess Anne High School girls' basketball team.
- HJ 1006 Commending the Rotary Club of Portsmouth.
- HJ 1023 Commending Robert J. Austin.
- HJ 1040 Commending the Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services.
- HJ 1041 Commending Fairfax County.
- HJ 1042 Commending Bayside High School.
- HJ 1043 Commending Kempsville Meadows Elementary School.
- HJ 1044 Commending Kempsville Middle School.
- HJ 1046 Commending Pembroke Meadows Elementary School.
- HJ 1050 Commending Larkspur Middle School.
- HJ 1051 Commending Princess Anne High School.
- HJ 1058 Celebrating the life of Alexis Wesolowsky Press.
- HJ 1061 Commending Lieutenant James Layne.
- HJ 1080 Celebrating the life of John Davis Williams.
- HJ 1113 Commending the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.
- HJ 1118 Commending Edu-Futuro.
- HJ 1134 Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library; sit-in.
- HJ 1138 Celebrating the life of Captain Anthony Reid Adams, USCG, Ret.
- HJ 1139 Celebrating the life of Bradford Turner Clark.
- HR 217 VDC; staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation.
- HR 225 Commending the University of Virginia.
- HR 229 Celebrating the life of Edythe Horwitz Hoffman.
- HR 230 Celebrating the life of Michael Joseph Bogese, Jr.
- HR 231 Celebrating the life of Robert Carey Goodman, Jr.
- HR 232 Celebrating the life of Edward Armistead Talman, M.D.
- HR 236 Celebrating the life of Sarah Goldenberg Fraher.
- HR 237 Commending Thomas Jefferson High School.
- HR 244 Celebrating the life of Richardson Grinnan, M.D.
- HR 245 Celebrating the life of Richard Eugene Kevorkian.
- HR 246 Celebrating the life of Edward Jarratt Ramsey, Jr., M.D.
- HR 247 Celebrating the life of Marshall Wayne Smith.
- HR 270 Commending the Princess Anne High School girls' basketball team.
- HR 271 Celebrating the life of Sergeant First Class Joshua Zachary Beale, USA.
- HR 272 Celebrating the life of Jerry Allen Hurt.
- HR 274 Rules of the House of Delegates; consideration of SJR ratifying an amendment to U.S. Constitution.
- HR 280 Rules of the House of Delegates; voting requirement to discharge a committee/consideration of reso.
- HR 292 Commending Stop the Flooding NOW.
- HR 298 Celebrating the life of Bellamy Malaki Gamboa.
- HR 299 Commending the Honorable Daun Sessoms Hester.
- HR 300 Commending the Lake Taylor High School boys' basketball team.
- HR 301 Celebrating the life of Sandra J. DeLoatch.
- HR 306 Commending Monroe E. Harris, Jr., M.D.
- HR 307 Commending the Armenian Food Festival.
- HR 315 Commending Judy Boyce Perry.
- HR 320 Commending Tracey Zaval.
- HR 321 Commending Health Brigade.
- HR 322 Commending the Virginia Girls Choir.
- HR 325 Commending Liberty High School.
- HR 326 Commending Minnieville Elementary School.
- HR 327 Commending the Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- HR 328 Commending Salem High School.
- HR 329 Commending Green Run High School.
- HR 330 Commending New Castle Elementary School.
- HR 331 Commending Indian Lakes Elementary School.
- HR 332 Commending Centerville Elementary School.
- HR 333 Commending JoAnn Falletta.
- HR 334 Commending the Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater, Virginia, Inc.
- HR 335 Commending Oanh Pham Kim Dang.
- HR 344 Commending Irma Becerra, Ph.D.
- HR 347 Commending the Trinity Episcopal School varsity field hockey team.
- HR 348 Commending the Richmond Shakespeare Festival.
- HR 349 Commending Lauren Serpa.
- HR 350 Commending the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k.
- HR 351 Commending Wayne Tinsley.
- HR 356 Commending the Virginia Stage Company.
- HR 358 Commending the Virginia Opera.
- HR 365 Commending Margaret O'Sullivan Flanagan.
- HR 397 Commending Virginia Indians.
- HR 455 Celebrating the life of Joshua Wayne Bell.
- SB 1013 Driver's license; suspension for nonpayment of fines or costs.
- SB 1190 Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; created.
- SB 1202 Correctional facilities, local; voting information for persons incarcerated.
- SB 1291 Legal holidays; Election Day.
- SB 1437 Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes, investigations and reports.
- SB 1438 Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; hearing on summons for unlawful detainer.
- SB 1451 Abortion; eliminate certain requirements, civil penalty.
- SB 1545 Public schools; alternative accountability process.
- SB 1551 School resource officers; memorandums of understanding.
- SB 1626 Unlawful detainer; appeal bond.
- SB 1640 In-state tuition; eligibility, certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency.
- SB 1642 Cosmetics; animal testing prohibited, penalty.
- SB 1737 Civil relief; citizens furloughed or otherwise not receiving wages, etc.
- SB 1789 Designating the Trooper Lucas B. Dowell Bridge.
- SJ 256 Celebrating the life of William E. Ward.
- SJ 266 Commending the Washington Capitals.
- SJ 269 Celebrating the life of Stacey Visser Dendy.
- SJ 270 United States Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.
- SJ 274 Constitutional amendment; apportionment, criteria for legislative and congressional districts.
- SJ 284 United States Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.
- SJ 313 Commending the Commissioners of the Revenue Association of Virginia.
- SJ 317 Celebrating the life of Douglas Ronald Fahl.
- SJ 327 Commending Doorways for Women and Families.
- SJ 339 Commending Margaret E. McKeough.
- SJ 366 Commending the Orange County Agricultural Initiative.
- SJ 367 Commending the Dolley Madison Garden Club.
- SJ 369 Celebrating the life of Captain Andrew Patrick Ross, USA.
- SJ 380 Celebrating the life of Walter T. Kenney, Sr.
- SJ 381 Commending The National Society of Madison Family Descendants.
- SJ 382 Commending the Chancellor High School field hockey team.
- SJ 383 Commending Dewey Leon Fincher.
- SJ 385 Celebrating the life of Tyler McKellan Spruill.
- SJ 397 Commending Ashland D. Fortune.
- SJ 405 Commending Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
- SJ 407 Commending St. Timothy's Episcopal Church.
- SJ 409 Celebrating the life of Roy Linwood Clark.
- SJ 415 Commending the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia.
- SJ 427 Celebrating the life of Barbara Beatrice Abernathy Ross.
- SJ 440 Commending the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust.
- SJ 448 Celebrating the life of Manuel Baca Fierro.
- SJ 449 Commending Sully Elementary School.
- SJ 450 Commending the NextStop Theatre Company.
- SJ 451 Commending Carol G. Jameson.
- SJ 452 Commending Food For Neighbors.
- SJ 453 Commending the Rotary Club of Herndon.
- SJ 462 Commending Lieutenant James Layne.
- SJ 473 Commending Equality Virginia.
- SJ 474 Commending Signature Theatre.
- SR 128 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Robert Elson Russell, Sr.