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2021 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 1755 Right to work; repeals provisions of Code that refers to denial or abridgement.
- HB 1756 Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.
- HB 1779 Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.
- HB 1786 Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees.
- HB 1805 Aging services; social need.
- HB 1810 Voter registration; failure of online voter registration system, deadline extension.
- HB 1811 Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for energy-efficient and water-efficient goods.
- HB 1815 Marijuana; legalization of cultivation, manufacture, sale, possession, and testing, penalties.
- HB 1818 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- HB 1828 Commissioner of DMV; powers and duties during a declared state of emergency.
- HB 1835 Electric utilities; rate reductions.
- HB 1848 Virginia Human Rights Acts; adds discrimination on the basis of disability.
- HB 1853 Lawyers; client accounts.
- HB 1854 U.S. Route 29; county manager plan of government.
- HB 1864 Virginia Human Rights Act; expands definition of employer.
- HB 1865 Kindergarten through grade 3; reading intervention services for certain students.
- HB 1878 Juvenile intake and petition; appeal to a magistrate on a finding of no probable cause.
- HB 1888 Absentee voting; procedural and process reforms, availability and accessibility reforms, penalty.
- HB 1889 Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
- HB 1895 Fines and costs; accrual of interest, deferral or installment payment agreements.
- HB 1899 Coal tax credits; sunset dates.
- HB 1903 Local government; authority to reduce the speed limit in a business district or residence district.
- HB 1914 Electric utilities; triennial review, period costs, rate reductions.
- HB 1915 Teachers; required to be compensated at or above national average.
- HB 1916 Research and development tax credits; availability against bank franchise tax.
- HB 1917 Local planning and zoning; publication of certain notices on locality's website.
- HB 1918 Student driver safety; driver education program shall include dangers of speeding.
- HB 1920 Suspension or modification of sentence; transfer to the Department of Corrections.
- HB 1921 Assistance for certain voters; curbside voting.
- HB 1922 Medical assistance; coverage for reproductive health services.
- HB 1931 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public body authorized to conduct electronic meetings.
- HB 1932 Child-placing agencies; conscience clause.
- HB 1933 Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact.
- HB 1936 Robbery; penalties.
- HB 1937 Green New Deal Act; establishes a moratorium, effective January 1, 2022, etc.
- HB 1940 Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic or political engagement.
- HB 1941 Law-enforcement officer; discharge of firearm, etc., release of video or audio recording.
- HB 1948 Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid, duty to report wrongdoing by another officer.
- HB 1951 Suicide; abolishes the common-law crime.
- HB 1952 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, child care exception.
- HB 1965 State Air Pollution Control Board; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program.
- HB 1980 Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; established, report.
- HB 1984 Electric utilities; triennial review proceeding by SCC, fair rates of return.
- HB 1985 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19.
- HB 1986 George Mason University; management agreement with the Commonwealth.
- HB 1989 Public health emergency; emergency medical services agencies, real-time access to information.
- HB 1992 Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member.
- HB 1993 State agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans.
- HB 1995 Rare Disease Council and Rare Disease Council Fund; created, report.
- HB 2004 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information, criminal files.
- HB 2013 School boards; board policy for students unable to pay for a meal at school.
- HB 2014 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation.
- HB 2015 Essential workers; hazard pay, employer to provide personal protective equipment, civil penalty.
- HB 2016 Paid family and medical leave program; Virginia Employment Commission required to establish.
- HB 2018 Emergency order for adult protective services; acts of violence, force, or financial exploitation.
- HB 2019 Public elementary and secondary schools; administration of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers.
- HB 2038 Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence; limitations on sentence, technical violation.
- HB 2040 Unemployment compensation; failure to respond, continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments.
- HB 2042 Trees; replacement and conservation during development, effective date.
- HB 2046 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.
- HB 2047 Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition and intellectual, etc.
- HB 2048 Electric utility regulation; purchasing from competitive suppliers.
- HB 2049 Electric utilities; eliminates customer credit reinvestment offsets.
- HB 2050 Virginia housing opportunity; tax credit established starting in taxable year 2021.
- HB 2051 Alcoholic beverage control; local outdoor refreshment areas.
- HB 2053 Affordable & market-rate housing; DHCD to evaluate growing demand.
- HB 2054 Comprehensive plan; provision for transit-oriented development.
- HB 2055 Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment/underemployment.
- HB 2056 Status offenders; willful and material violation of court order or terms of probation.
- HB 2063 Virginia Overtime Wage Act; overtime compensation employees, definitions, penalties.
- HB 2065 Produce Rx Program; Dept. of Social Services, et al., to develop a plan for a 3-yr. pilot Program.
- HB 2068 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; established.
- HB 2072 Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door program; VHDA shall report recommendations for creating Program.
- HB 2079 Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices.
- HB 2080 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- HB 2110 Pretrial data collection; VCSC to collect and disseminate on an annual basis.
- HB 2111 Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on; established, report.
- HB 2113 Criminal records; establishes a process for automatic expungement, etc., report.
- HB 2116 Declaration of emergency; essential workers, access to personal protective equipment, immunizations.
- HB 2123 Students; eligibility for in-state tuition.
- HB 2124 COVID-19; DMAS shall deem testing, treatment, and vaccination to be emergency services.
- HB 2125 Voter registration; preregistration for persons 16 years of age or older, effective date.
- HB 2128 Firearms; criminal history record information check delay increased to five days.
- HB 2129 Chesapeake Bay Phase III Watershed Imp. Plan; Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Prog. established.
- HB 2130 Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board; established, report.
- HB 2131 Alcoholic beverage control; license application, locality input.
- HB 2132 Homicides and assaults and bodily woundings; certain matters not to constitute defenses.
- HB 2135 School boards, certain; participation in the Afterschool Meal Program.
- HB 2137 Paid sick leave; employers to provide to certain employees.
- HB 2138 Identification privilege cards; authorizes DMV to issue, fee, confidentiality, penalties.
- HB 2139 Accrual of cause of action; diagnosis of latent injury or disease.
- HB 2140 Alternative application for employment for persons with a disability; DHRM to create a process.
- HB 2160 Electric utilities; triennial review, fair rate of return, customer bill credits.
- HB 2167 Parole; notice and certification, monthly reports, discretionary early consideration.
- HB 2202 Elevator mechanic or accessibility mechanic, certain; exemption from certification.
- HB 2203 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created.
- HB 2204 Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program; established.
- HB 2207 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19.
- HB 2208 Harry F. Byrd, Sr., statue; removal from Capitol Square.
- HB 2210 Civil Rights, Division of; created in the Department of Law.
- HB 2216 Va. Missing Child w/ Autism Alert Program; renames Va. Missing Person w/ Autism Program.
- HB 2227 Uniform Statewide Building Code; amendments, energy efficiency and conservation.
- HB 2228 Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors.
- HB 2260 Vehicle registration fees; imposes an additional fee to be deposited into Public Safety Trust Fund.
- HB 2262 Bicycles; permits operators to treat a stop sign as a yield sign in certain situations.
- HB 2263 Death penalty; abolition of current penalty, repeals certain provisions.
- HB 2276 Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, transfer, etc., penalty.
- HB 2295 Firearm; carrying within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, state-owned bldgs.
- HB 2303 Controlled substances; reduces penalty for possession of a Schedule I or II substance, penalties.
- HB 2312 Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc.
- HB 2324 Virginia Redistricting Commission; removing a citizen commissioner for neglect, etc.
- HB 2333 COVID-19; administration of vaccine.
- HJ 522 Staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at DOC; continued study, appropriations.
- HJ 525 National Statuary Hall Collection at the United States Capitol; Barbara Rose Johns.
- HJ 527 Invasive plant species; DCR, et al., to study the sale and use of species.
- HJ 530 Controlled substances; VSCC to study decriminalization of possession, etc.
- HJ 535 Commending Mark Stripe.
- HJ 537 Racism; General Assembly to recognize as a public health crisis.
- HJ 539 Constitutional amendment; removes same-sex marriage prohibition.
- HJ 542 Transit equity and modernization; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study.
- HJ 546 Constitutional amendment; felon disenfranchisement, etc. (first reference).
- HJ 552 Recurrent inland and urban flooding across the Commonwealth; joint subcommittee to study.
- HJ 555 Constitutional amendment; felon disenfranchisement, etc. (first reference).
- HJ 559 Global warming; caused by human activity has resulted in a climate and ecological emergency.
- HJ 561 Construction trades; joint subcommittee to study occupational licensing laws.
- HJ 565 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Augustus Benton Chafin, Jr.
- HJ 572 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly to extend state recognition.
- HJ 577 Medicaid managed care organizations and provider networks; joint subcommittee to study oversight.
- HJ 578 Criminal justice, behavioral health, & other records; DBHDS to study feasibility of secure database.
- HJ 589 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Mamye E. BaCote.
- HJ 591 Celebrating the life of Billy Joe Roberts.
- HJ 605 Victims of COVID-19 Remembrance Day; designating March 14, 2021 & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 606 Equal Citizens Month; designating as November 2021 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 607 Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month; designating as May 2021 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 618 Racism & racist ideologies; condemns all forms of hate, bigotry, etc., & discrimination.
- HJ 622 Commending the Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS®.
- HJ 631 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Bernard S. Cohen.
- HJ 632 Commending Redella S. Pepper.
- HJ 635 Commending Karen Campblin.
- HJ 636 Commending Aquatech.
- HJ 637 Commending Chris and Jeanne Mussig.
- HJ 638 Commending Homework Helpers Organization.
- HJ 651 Celebrating the life of Katherine Bridgforth Hooker.
- HJ 662 Celebrating the life of Joseph Maurice Tarantino.
- HJ 675 Commending the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
- HJ 676 Commending the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond.
- HJ 681 Commending Samuel Allen.
- HJ 682 Commending Bobby Hill.
- HJ 684 Commending Ethel L. Grandy.
- HJ 689 Celebrating the life of Jamile J. Hill.
- HJ 692 Commending Josh Sweat.
- HJ 693 Commending Marty L. Miller.
- HJ 694 Commending Adrienne Warren.
- HJ 712 Commending the Virginia State Police.
- HJ 713 Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- HJ 714 Commending John R. Broderick.
- HJ 715 Commending Valerie Braxton-Williams.
- HJ 716 Celebrating the life of Thomas Henry Francis.
- HJ 724 Celebrating the life of Tony E. Colden, Jr.
- HJ 725 Celebrating the life of Connie Weldon Edwards.
- HJ 726 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Bobby Eugene Holmes.
- HJ 727 Celebrating the life of Algenon L. Brown.
- HJ 728 Celebrating the life of Ena Ampy Logan.
- HJ 729 Celebrating the life of Willie Makently Andrews.
- HJ 730 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Edna Elizabeth Keys-Chavis.
- HJ 731 Celebrating the life of Rudolph E. Ford, Jr.
- HJ 732 Celebrating the life of Larry Jerome Bland.
- HJ 733 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Willie Woodson.
- HJ 734 Celebrating the life of Thelonius Leander Wood.
- HJ 735 Celebrating the life of William Henry Womack, Jr.
- HJ 736 Celebrating the life of Josephine Johnson Bigger.
- HJ 737 Celebrating the life of Thomas Henry Francis.
- HJ 738 Celebrating the life of Javier J. Smith.
- HJ 739 Celebrating the life of Carolyn Louise Johnson.
- HJ 740 Celebrating the life of Andrew D. Washington.
- HJ 772 Celebrating the life of Michael Wayne Woods.
- HR 225 National Infrastructure Bank; urging Congress of the United States to create and pass H.R. 6422.
- HR 227 Racism; recognizing as a public health crisis.
- HR 253 Commending Jaden Wang.
- HR 254 Commending Ryan Tully.
- HR 255 Commending Shane Rossini.
- HR 265 Commending the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
- HR 267 Celebrating the life of Lonnie Perrin, Sr.
- HR 275 Commemorating the life and legacy of Moses Grandy.
- HR 276 Commending Phillip Twine.
- HR 277 Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms.
- HR 278 Commending Greg Peters.
- HR 279 Commending Betsy Brown.
- HR 281 Commending the Commission on Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program.
- HR 282 Commending Mona Gunn.
- HR 296 Celebrating the life of Charles Wallace Nuttycombe.
- HR 323 Commending the Prince William County Public Schools' Food and Nutrition Services staff.
- HR 324 Commending José Andrés.
- SB 1097 Absentee voting; witness signature not required.
- SB 1101 Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact.
- SB 1102 Personal care aides; DMAS shall establish an orientation program for certain aides.
- SB 1165 Death penalty; abolition of current penalty, life sentence.
- SB 1226 Compensation Board; determining staffing and salaries for an attorney for the Commonwealth.
- SB 1227 Hormonal contraceptives; payment of medical assistance for 12-month supply.
- SB 1263 Bicycles; permits operators to treat a stop sign as a yield sign in certain situations.
- SB 1273 Behavioral Health Commission; created, report.
- SB 1283 Criminal records, certain; establishes a process for the automatic expungement, report.
- SB 1300 Inmates; Board of Local and Regional Jails to review services provided during pregnancy, etc.
- SB 1339 Police and court records; expungement and sealing of records, Expungement Fee Fund created.
- SB 1382 Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member.
- SB 1408 Health Care, Joint Commission on; repeals sunset provision.
- SJ 276 Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month; designating as September 2021 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 277 Commending Marymount University.
- SJ 284 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Augustus Benton Chafin, Jr.
- SJ 290 Constitutional amendment; legislative compensation, Legislative Compensation Commission established.
- SJ 295 Commending Spotsylvania County.
- SJ 296 Commending Barry M. Barnard.
- SJ 318 Celebrating the life of Stephen Teel Goodwin.
- SJ 319 Celebrating the life of Michael Stephen Horwatt.
- SJ 320 Celebrating the life of Dr. John E. Thomasson.
- SJ 321 Commending Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
- SJ 334 Commending Major Wayne R. Lee, USA, Ret.
- SJ 342 Celebrating the life of Wendell Harding Butler.
- SJ 345 Celebrating the life of Sigmund Edward Davidson.
- SJ 377 Celebrating the life of Officer Brian David Sicknick.
- SJ 389 Commending Kojo Nnamdi.