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2016 SESSION
Delegate Steve E. Heretick (D) - House District 79
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 809
- Capitol Square
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: DelSHeretick@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- 715 Loudoun Avenue
- Portsmouth, Virginia 23707
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 5 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- HB 6 Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; unlawful conversion of political contributions to personal use.
- HB 7 Sick leave; certain private employers to provide employees with paid benefits.
- HB 26 Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria for drawing districts.
- HB 32 Voter identification; accepted forms of identification.
- HB 67 Voter registration; automatic voter registration.
- HB 68 Elections; early voting.
- HB 179 Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibits discrimination in employment.
- HB 199 Fire or rescue volunteers; mental health treatment; funding by locality.
- HB 275 Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; composition.
- HB 276 Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; administrative expenses.
- HB 300 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination, definition of sexual orientation, etc.
- HB 355 Forensic Science Board; membership.
- HB 392 Family and Children's Trust Fund; revenue matching for special license plates for supporters.
- HB 400 Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority established.
- HB 416 Voter registration; automatic voter registration.
- HB 417 DMV; contracts with state or federal agencies to conduct customer service transactions.
- HB 418 Elections; absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person.
- HB 429 Virginia Human Rights Act; public employment, prohibited discrimination.
- HB 477 Veterans care centers; issuance of bonds for certain projects.
- HB 539 Income tax, corporate; lowers rate of taxation.
- HB 540 Income tax, state; increases deduction for personal exemptions.
- HB 603 Veterans Services Foundation; Department of Veterans Services to provide support.
- HB 633 Standards of Learning; history and social science instruction.
- HB 645 Criminal defendants; orders for evaluation or treatment, duties of clerk of court.
- HB 834 Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board and Fund; established, report.
- HB 846 Virginia Collaborative Economic Development Act; established, sunset provision.
- HB 915 Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons.
- HB 959 Women's Right to Vote, Commission for Commemoration of Centennial of; established.
- HB 971 Small businesses; implementation of certification programs, report.
- HB 1041 Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.
- HB 1069 Tolls; toll collection procedures, fees, etc.
- HB 1083 Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program; changes to Program, report.
- HB 1111 Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; distribution of moneys.
- HB 1149 Police & court records; if order of expungement, clerk of court shall refund petitioner costs paid.
- HB 1225 Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.
- HB 1335 Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes.
- HB 1346 Commonwealth Transportation Board; regional membership.
- HB 1350 Alcoholic beverage control; spirits tastings by distiller licensee.
- HB 1375 Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of distillery licensees.
- HJ 67 Commending SCORE Hampton Roads.
- HJ 71 Commending Temple Emanuel.
- HJ 82 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote; restoration of civil rights.
- HJ 83 Student nutrition; Office of School Nutrition Programs in the Department of Education to study.
- HJ 89 Celebrating the life of Ernestine K. Middleton.
- HJ 108 Medicaid; JLARC to study electronic sources of data, etc.
- HJ 118 Celebrating the life of Alphonzo LaSalle Holland, Sr.
- HJ 158 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas W. Moss, Jr.
- HJ 177 Anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS); condemnation.
- HJ 202 Commending Richmond International Raceway.
- HJ 218 Commending Angela West.
- HJ 259 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Franklin P. Hall.
- HJ 317 Commending the Honorable Mamye E. BaCote.
- HJ 351 Commending the Honorable James Martin Scott.
- HJ 391 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frederick Hillary Creekmore, Sr.
- HJ 409 Commending Sergeant First Class Charles Martland, USA.
- HJ 502 Commending Janet J. Zitt.
- HJ 513 Commending Green Run Collegiate.
- HR 32 Celebrating the life of Moses Malone.
- HR 149 Commending the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic.
- HR 152 Celebrating the life of Joseph John DellaVecchio, Jr.
- HR 185 Commending the Virginia Arts Festival.
- HR 206 Commending the Honorable Thomas Davis Rust.
- SB 28 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame; created, report.
- SB 31 Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans.
- SB 32 Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming, penalties.
- SB 33 Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming, penalties.
- SB 34 Virginia Lottery Board; regulation of casino gaming, penalties.
- SB 104 Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession, reduces penalties for distribution.
- SB 194 Police and court records; expungement of records.
- SB 221 Discrimination between employees on the basis of sex; payment of wages.
- SB 222 Voter registration; automatic voter registration.
- SB 223 New sentencing hearing; abolition of parole.
- SB 227 Environmental Quality, Department of; toxic waste site inventory.
- SB 228 Environmental Quality, Department of; raises civil penalty that may be included with a special order
- SB 229 U. S. of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia; purchase of flags by public bodies.
- SB 310 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount of money taken to $1500, etc.
- SB 311 Virginia Public Procurement Act; use of best value contracting, construction & professional service.
- SB 335 Public employment; inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal convictions.
- SB 471 Commonwealth Transportation Board; increases regional membership.
- SB 472 Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; local representation.
- SB 476 Hampton Roads Transportation Fund; distribution of moneys.
- SB 641 Certificate of public need.
- SB 669 Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes.
- SJ 33 Commending the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- SJ 37 Employees; encouraging employers in the Commonwealth to pay a living wage.
- SJ 39 Commending the Henrico High School boys' basketball team.
- SJ 40 Recognition of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia.
- SJ 55 Celebrating the life of Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Bernard Wisniewski, Jr., USA, Ret.
- SJ 56 Celebrating the life of George Burke.
- SJ 72 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Thomas W. Moss, Jr.
- SJ 74 Celebrating the life of Dennis M. Gronka.
- SJ 98 Commending Richmond International Raceway.
- SJ 101 Purple Heart State; designating as the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- SJ 102 Purple Heart Day; designating as August 7, 2016, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 103 Celebrating the life of Vincent Johns Thomas.
- SJ 130 Commending Paul D. Fraim.
- SJ 160 Celebrating the life of Peggy Ann Tyree-Wells.
- SJ 196 Celebrating the life of Officer Ashley Marie Guindon.