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2020 SESSION
Delegate Patrick A. Hope (D) - House District 47
In-session address:
- Pocahontas Building, Room E222
- 900 East Main Street
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-1047
- email: DelPHope@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 3148
- Arlington, Virginia 22203
- (703) 486-1010
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- HB 2 Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks, penalty.
- HB 3 Va. Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices, sexual orientation and gender, etc.
- HB 15 Public school buses; seat belts.
- HB 16 Safety belt system; all occupants of motor vehicles to utilize.
- HB 51 Line of Duty Act; eligible dependents.
- HB 55 Worker cooperatives; establishes as a category of cooperative associations.
- HB 56 Minimum wage; tipped employees, classification.
- HB 66 Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription insulin drugs.
- HB 77 Green New Deal Act; fossil fuel projects moratorium, clean energy mandates, civil penalties.
- HB 99 Va. Fair Housing Law; status as a victim of family abuse, etc.
- HB 111 Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.
- HB 113 Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism, definitions.
- HB 121 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- HB 122 Project labor agreements; public procurement.
- HB 123 Nonpayment of wages; cause of action, civil penalty.
- HB 145 Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students, policies.
- HB 151 Accessory dwelling units; development and use.
- HB 153 Right to work; repeals provisions of Code that refers to denial or abridgement.
- HB 169 Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumptions.
- HB 182 General Assembly; streaming and recording of meetings.
- HB 187 Elections; same-day registration, in-person absentee and election day voting.
- HB 198 Recounts; special election to be held in the case of a tie vote, exception.
- HB 199 Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact.
- HB 201 Elections; same-day registration.
- HB 220 Absentee voting; postage prepaid on return envelope.
- HB 233 Teachers; required to be compensated at or above national average.
- HB 265 Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession, civil penalty.
- HB 267 Police and court records; expungement of records.
- HB 268 Victim of human trafficking; petition for vacatur/expungement of convictions & police/court records.
- HB 269 Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession, penalty.
- HB 274 Juveniles; trial as adult.
- HB 277 Court fines and costs; community work in lieu of payment during imprisonment.
- HB 286 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
- HB 333 Virginia Minimum Wage Act; federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
- HB 336 Nonpayment of wages; investigations.
- HB 337 Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited.
- HB 340 Emergency laws; civil relief, citizens of the Commonwealth furloughed.
- HB 358 Public works contracts; definitions, authorization of project labor agreements.
- HB 360 Elections; voter-nominated open primary elections, ranked choice voting for certain elections.
- HB 361 Family caregiver; tax credit.
- HB 408 Green job creation tax credit; extends sunset date.
- HB 419 Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program; established.
- HB 421 Firearms, ammunition, etc.; control by localities by governing possession, etc., within locality.
- HB 438 Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, law-enforcement officers and firefighters.
- HB 476 Police and court records; expungement of certain misdemeanor and nonviolent felony convictions.
- HB 477 Juveniles; trial as adult, minimum age.
- HB 502 Litter tax; adds $100 to the existing penalty for delinquency.
- HB 503 Health insurance; coverage for prosthetic devices.
- HB 529 Universal health care; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to study options for financing.
- HB 532 Safe reporting of overdoses; immunity from prosecution.
- HB 552 Birth control; definition.
- HB 553 Workplace harassment; policies for legislative branch.
- HB 566 Food stamps and TANF; eligibility, drug-related felonies.
- HB 570 Teachers, public school; grounds for dismissal.
- HB 578 Smoking; illegal in motor vehicle when a minor under the age of 15 is present.
- HB 579 Health insurance; coverage for mammograms.
- HB 581 Diversity and cultural competency; DHRM to develop online training module.
- HB 582 Employees of local governments; collective bargaining.
- HB 583 Minimum wage; farm workers.
- HB 584 Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state government for persons with disabilities.
- HB 590 Income tax, state; housing choice vouchers, definition of eligible housing areas.
- HB 615 Minimum wage; increases to $10.10 per hour effective January 1, 2021, etc.
- HB 618 Hate crimes; gender, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation, penalty, effective clause.
- HB 645 Health insurance; coverage for diabetes.
- HB 658 Virginia Beach mass shooting; independent commission to investigate.
- HB 696 Local human rights ordinances; sexual orientation and gender identity.
- HB 697 School meals; adoption of policies.
- HB 703 School meal debt; donations.
- HB 714 Virginia Energy Plan; climate change pressing challenge.
- HB 717 Electric vehicles; DMME to determine feasibility of a rebate program.
- HB 729 Transit funding; raises the existing regional transportation fee, grantor's tax, etc.
- HB 733 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- HB 738 County board of supervisors; presiding officers, terminology.
- HB 783 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases, conditions before 7/1/20.
- HB 785 Localities; authority to levy taxes.
- HB 789 Consumer lending; replaces references to payday loans with term "short-term loans."
- HB 798 Employment; prohibited retaliatory action.
- HB 800 Employment; disclosure of terms.
- HB 801 Worker classification; penalties.
- HB 802 Employment; wage inquiries, prohibited retaliatory action.
- HB 806 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; victims of sexual assault, report.
- HB 809 Child abuse and neglect; valid report or complaint, alleged abuser.
- HB 825 Paid family and medical leave program; Virginia Employment Commission to establish.
- HB 826 State plan for medical assistance; payment for services provided by certified doulas.
- HB 833 Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works contracts, prevailing wage rate, penalty.
- HB 898 Employees; earned sick leave, civil penalties.
- HB 904 Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs.
- HB 905 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in City of Chesapeake.
- HB 907 Sickle cell anemia; treatment.
- HB 908 Naloxone; possession and administration by employee or person acting on behalf of a public place.
- HB 909 Driver's license; suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses.
- HB 980 Abortion; expands who can perform in first trimester, informed consent required.
- HB 1036 Preventive services; coverage for outpatient mental health screenings or visits.
- HB 1060 Ultrasound prior to abortion; physician civil penalty exemption.
- HB 1063 Suicide; abolishes the common-law crime.
- HB 1083 Minors; allowing access to firearms, Class 1 misdemeanor.
- HB 1159 Black Women's Heritage Month; designating as the month of June.
- HB 1202 Project labor agreements; public procurement by local governments.
- HB 1203 Prevailing wage; public works contracts with localities, penalty.
- HB 1211 Driver privilege cards; definitions, effective date, report.
- HB 1254 Redistricting; population data, reallocation of prison populations.
- HB 1321 Guardianship; supported decision making.
- HB 1338 Smoking; prohibited in multi-unit residential building, civil penalty.
- HB 1351 Temporary detention; expands category of individuals who may evaluate a person.
- HB 1424 American Revolutionary 250 Commission; established, membership, report, sunset provision.
- HB 1426 School boards; availability of school meals to students, effective date.
- HB 1427 Passing stopped school bus; vendor, administrative fee.
- HB 1428 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created.
- HB 1429 Health insurance; nondiscrimination, gender identity or transgender status.
- HB 1445 Reproductive health services; health benefit plans to cover costs of specified health care services.
- HB 1507 Marijuana; possession.
- HB 1508 School counselors; minimum staffing ratio.
- HB 1509 Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund; established and created, report.
- HB 1510 Weapons; carrying into building owned or used by the Commonwealth or political subdivision thereof.
- HB 1514 Virginia Human Rights Act; racial discrimination, hair.
- HB 1517 Police and court records; expungement of records for misdemeanor and nonviolent felony convictions.
- HB 1519 Slavery & Subsequent De Jure & De Facto Racial & Economic Discrimination, Com. to Study; created.
- HB 1523 Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created.
- HB 1526 Electric utility regulation; environmental goals.
- HB 1537 War memorials for veterans; removal, relocation, etc.
- HB 1547 Higher educational institutions, public; eligibility for in-state tuition.
- HB 1554 Public schools; Mental Health First Aid training every three years.
- HB 1559 Prescription drug price transparency; penalties.
- HB 1586 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; allocation of funds.
- HB 1594 Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.
- HB 1625 Veterans; war memorials.
- HB 1641 Coal ash ponds; definitions, testing private wells and public water supply wells, etc.
- HB 1642 Coal ash ponds; definitions, well monitoring program, wells near ponds.
- HB 1651 Corrections, Department of; hepatitis C antiviral medication.
- HB 1663 Discrimination; prohibited in public accommodations, etc., causes of action.
- HJ 1 United States Constitution; ratifies and affirms Equal Rights Amendment.
- HJ 4 Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.
- HJ 8 Commending the Virginia 4-H shotgun development team.
- HJ 10 Gun Violence Awareness Day; designating as June 1, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 17 Commending The American Legion Auxiliary.
- HJ 29 VDOC; various joint subcommittees to study staffing levels, etc.
- HJ 30 Geriatric parole; State Crime Commission to study the low use.
- HJ 38 Gun violence in communities; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study effects.
- HJ 42 Honor and Sacrifice Flag; emblem for honoring fallen public safety personnel.
- HJ 44 JLARC; reinstatement of discretionary parole, report.
- HJ 46 Commending the United States Women's National Soccer Team.
- HJ 55 Commonwealth Corridor passenger rail service; DRPT to study feasibility of an east-west service.
- HJ 56 Privately operated prisons; JLARC to study use.
- HJ 79 Special education staffing ratios; JLARC to study.
- HJ 87 Glass-Steagall Act; memorializing Congress to reinstate Act and develop an infrastructure bank.
- HJ 108 Year of the Eye Exam; designating 2020 as The Year of the Eye Exam.
- HJ 128 Commuter rail systems; DRPT to study and develop best practices for constructing, etc.
- HJ 130 Marijuana; JLARC to study legalization, regulation, etc.
- HJ 136 Global warming; caused by human activity has resulted in a climate and ecological emergency.
- HJ 137 Deported veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces; medical treatment and other benefits.
- HJ 147 Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; commemoration of the American Revolution.
- HJ 148 Indian American Heritage Month; designating as August, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 152 Commending Virginia Organizing.
- HJ 162 Commending the Division of Capitol Police.
- HJ 165 Commending the Washington Nationals.
- HJ 179 Commending the Canines-N-Kids Foundation.
- HJ 180 Commending Brittany Burke.
- HJ 181 Commending the Westfield High School HACE program.
- HJ 182 Commending Westfield High School.
- HJ 183 Celebrating the life of Georgia Bellman.
- HJ 185 Commending the Children's Home Society of Virginia.
- HJ 186 Commending The Faison Center.
- HJ 192 Commending Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
- HJ 193 Commending Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
- HJ 195 Commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Robert Russa Moton.
- HJ 205 Commending Loudoun Now.
- HJ 206 Commending JK Moving Services.
- HJ 207 Commending Fairfax County.
- HJ 210 Celebrating the life of Samuel Hughes Melton, M.D.
- HJ 213 Commending Anjali Nair.
- HJ 214 Commending Team Teens See Tomorrow.
- HJ 215 Commending Asha-Jyothi.
- HJ 216 Commending the Stony Brook Junior Volunteers.
- HJ 217 Commending the Ecumenical Community Helping Others.
- HJ 218 Commending the Stream Critter Cube Lab.
- HJ 219 Commending Branching out for the Homeless.
- HJ 220 Commending the Loudoun County Office of Emergency Management.
- HJ 221 Commending the National Automated Clearing House Association.
- HJ 228 Commending Camille Thomasina Schrier.
- HJ 231 Commending the Virginia Department of State Police.
- HJ 232 Commending the Richmond Police Department.
- HJ 233 Commending Bud Foster.
- HJ 254 Commending the Division of Capitol Police.
- HJ 284 Commending the Virginia Emergency Management Association.
- HJ 310 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Kevin G. Miller, Sr.
- HJ 334 Commending the Honorable Dr. William Ferguson Reid.
- HJ 356 Celebrating the life of Sidney Buford Scott.
- HJ 361 Celebrating the life of Paule Marshall.
- HJ 374 Commending Homestretch.
- HJ 393 Commending the Washington Mystics.
- HJ 438 Commending Rachel Thompson.
- HJ 440 Commending the Wes Strong Foundation.
- HJ 454 Celebrating the life of Maria Bonazzoli Bourne.
- HR 6 Day of Women; designating as January 22, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HR 19 Commending Maureen Caddigan.
- HR 50 Celebrating the life of Debra Sue Maurer.
- HR 82 Commending Kayleigh Kim.
- HR 89 Commending the Virginia Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.
- HR 94 Commending the Douglas S. Freeman High School “We the People” team.
- HR 122 Commending the Honorable Rosalyn Randolph Dance.
- HR 128 Commending Allan M. Carmody.
- HR 132 Commending the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA.
- HR 144 Commending the Unity March Against Hate.
- HR 173 Commending Rosa B. Price.
- HR 190 Celebrating the life of Lorine Bernice Allen Jordan.
- SB 93 Taxes on income, wills, and administrations; exemption for victims of the Va. Beach mass shooting.
- SB 420 Public schools; seizure management and action plan, training.
- SB 560 War veterans; removal, relocation, or altering of monuments.
- SB 635 Right to reproductive choice; right to refuse contraception.
- SB 669 Animal testing; breeding.
- SB 798 Driving after forfeiture of license; guilty of certain offenses.
- SB 802 Death penalty executions; imposes a moratorium.
- SB 805 Robbery; definition, penalty.
- SB 806 Criminal cases; ex parte requests for expert assistance.
- SB 807 Larceny; subsequent offenses, penalty.
- SB 808 Police and court records; expungement of records, misdemeanor and felony convictions.
- SB 809 Parole; application of statutes.
- SB 810 Discretionary sentencing guidelines worksheets; use by juries.
- SB 818 Behavioral health dockets; established.
- SB 821 Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes.
- SB 868 Discrimination; prohibited in public accommodations, etc., causes of action, civil actions.
- SB 1005 CPL Ryan C. McGhee Memorial Bridge; bridge over I-95.
- SJ 20 Celebrating the life of Dorcas Ruth Hardy.
- SJ 21 Commending Mission BBQ.
- SJ 35 Barrier crimes and criminal history records checks; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 39 Justice system; Virginia State Crime Commission to study effect of abolishing jury sentencing.
- SJ 48 Celebrating the life of Dorothy Leah Gerber.
- SJ 62 Commending the Washington Nationals.
- SJ 76 Commending Mission BBQ.
- SJ 88 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Gerald L. Baliles.
- SJ 94 Commending the Virginia Wing, Civil Air Patrol.
- SJ 100 Commending David E. Bowles.
- SJ 103 Commending the University of Virginia men's basketball team.
- SJ 109 Celebrating the life of Master Chief Rudolph Ernest Boesch, USN, Ret.
- SJ 119 Commending the Division of Capitol Police.
- SJ 123 Commending Bud Foster.
- SJ 131 Commending John T. Dever.
- SJ 138 Celebrating the life of Gregory Alan Krause.
- SJ 140 Commending the Richmond Police Department.
- SJ 159 Celebrating the life of Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr.
- SJ 160 Celebrating the life of Bittle Wilson Porterfield III.
- SJ 161 Commending the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke.
- SJ 162 Celebrating the life of Lessie Lula Jones Polk.
- SJ 165 Celebrating the life of Officer Katherine Mary Thyne.
- SJ 167 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Kossen Gregory.
- SJ 168 Commending Rita D. Bishop.
- SJ 178 Celebrating the life of Markiya Simone Dickson.
- SJ 181 Commending Bob Brown.
- SJ 190 Celebrating the life of Winston G. Lawson.
- SJ 215 Celebrating the life of Charles Calvin Singleton.
- SJ 217 Commending the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association.
- SJ 221 Commending Shirley Morrow Marshall.
- SJ 223 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Albert Vickers Bryan, Jr.
- SJ 231 Commending the Roanoke Higher Education Center.
- SJ 249 Commending Joe Taylor.