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2017 SESSION
Delegate Vivian E. Watts (D) - House District 39
In-session address:
- Pocahontas Building, Room E203
- 900 East Main Street
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- email: DelVWatts@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- 8717 Mary Lee Lane
- Annandale, Virginia 22003
Legislation as Co-Patron: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 1395 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
- HB 1397 Income tax, state; subtraction for National Guard pay.
- HB 1405 Trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 143 bridge over Interstate 64.
- HB 1446 Campaign finance; permitted use of excess funds.
- HB 1449 Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
- HB 1453 Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
- HB 1482 Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact.
- HB 1593 Sales and use tax; personal hygiene products.
- HB 1684 Firearms; restricting access to children, Class 1 misdemeanor.
- HB 1685 Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.
- HB 1724 Tuition; eligibility for in-state charges for members of Virginia National Guard.
- HB 1771 Minimum wage.
- HB 1773 Firearms; criminal history record information check before transfer, penalties.
- HB 1776 Hate crimes; adds gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, penalty.
- HB 1778 Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime.
- HB 1779 Hate crimes; immigration status; penalty.
- HB 1782 Corrections, State Board of; membership, powers and duties, review of deaths of inmates.
- HB 1783 Prisoners; mental health screening upon admission to a local correctional facility.
- HB 1784 Forensic discharge planning services; local and regional correctional facilities.
- HB 1803 Workers' compensation; disease presumptions, correctional officers.
- HB 1841 Virginia Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Program and Fund.
- HB 1857 Tuition, in-state; eligibility, certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency, etc.
- HB 1915 Student loan servicers; student loan ombudsman.
- HB 1916 Virginia Student Loan Authority; established, report.
- HB 1935 Absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person available 21 days prior to election.
- HB 2044 Protective orders; possession of firearms, felony.
- HB 2046 Unused dispensed drugs; guidelines for provision of counseling and information on proper disposal.
- HB 2094 Localities; regulation of firearms in government buildings.
- HB 2136 Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; Va. authorized to become a signatory.
- HB 2173 Science laboratory classes; establishes a maximum class size of 24 students in grades 6 through 12.
- HB 2174 School boards; annual report on pupil/teacher ratios in elementary, middle, etc., school classrooms.
- HB 2181 Food stamps; eligibility to receive benefits if convicted of drug-related felonies.
- HB 2182 Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration.
- HB 2186 Whole Woman's Health Act; performance of abortions.
- HB 2258 Suicide; task force to raise public awareness, etc.
- HB 2267 Health benefit plans; coverage for hormonal contraceptives.
- HB 2279 Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces.
- HB 2283 Wages; cause of action against an employer for nonpayment.
- HB 2296 African Americans, formerly enslaved; identification of history in Virginia.
- HB 2348 Women's right to vote; Va. Historical Society shall plan commemoration of centennial anniversary.
- HJ 538 Constitutional amendment marriage; marriage (first reference.)
- HJ 554 Celebrating the life of Jean Alexandria Glontz.
- HJ 573 Pongal Day.
- HJ 575 Study; Department of General Services; Infrastructure investments that yield energy savings; report.
- HJ 584 Commending the Roanoke Catholic School football team.
- HJ 628 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established (first reference).
- HJ 631 Commending Peter Allen Lewis.
- HJ 632 Commending Naval Station Norfolk.
- HJ 633 Study; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; incentives for grocery stores to donate.
- HJ 646 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Johnny S. Joannou.
- HJ 653 Commending Trauma-Informed Community Networks.
- HJ 669 Celebrating the life of Phyllis Anderson Blevins.
- HJ 670 Celebrating the life of Don Flanery May.
- HJ 684 Commending Robert C. Vaughan III.
- HJ 687 Commending the Rappahannock Emergency Medical Services Council.
- HJ 702 Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the funding needs of elections.
- HJ 725 Commending Justin Scott Grimm.
- HJ 726 Commending J. Hamilton Lambert.
- HJ 727 Commending Dr. Toney Lee McNair, Jr.
- HJ 729 Commending New Hope Housing.
- HJ 730 Commending The Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary of Fredericksburg.
- HJ 741 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Johnny S. Joannou.
- HJ 749 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission, established, apportionment.
- HJ 788 Commending the Virginia Health Care Foundation.
- HJ 789 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Jackie Thomas Stump.
- HJ 823 Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month.
- HJ 824 Commending Colonel Edward D. Shames, USA, Ret.
- HJ 829 Commending the James Madison University football team.
- HJ 849 Commending J. Plunky Branch.
- HJ 850 Commending the Virginia Councils of the Boy Scouts of America.
- HJ 851 Celebrating the life of Elie Wiesel.
- HJ 857 Commending the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office.
- HJ 875 Celebrating the life of the Honorable John C. Miller.
- HJ 887 Commending Daniel W. Duncan.
- HJ 910 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank Medico.
- HJ 924 Commending Michael Wardian.
- HJ 925 Commending the ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia.
- HJ 938 Celebrating the life of Ralph McKinley Dillow, Jr.
- HJ 942 Celebrating the life of Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator William Ryan Owens.
- HJ 953 Commending Penny Halpern.
- HJ 961 Commending Holly DeVore.
- HJ 969 Commending FAITH Social Services.
- HJ 974 Celebrating the life of Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott C. Dayton.
- HJ 993 Celebrating the life of Pierre Paul Saunier, Jr.
- HJ 995 Commending the Girl Scouts of the USA.
- HJ 997 Commending The Koinonia Foundation, Inc.
- HJ 1000 Commending the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology STEM All-Stars.
- HJ 1011 Commending Ed Turner.
- HJ 1019 Commending Fairfax County.
- HJ 1023 Commending the Virginia Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs.
- HJ 1046 Commending the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
- HJ 1086 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Michèle McQuigg.
- HJ 1087 Commending The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards.
- HR 303 Denouncing the intimidation of the Commonwealth's residents.
- HR 347 Celebrating the life of Jose Monge Montano, Jr.
- HR 364 Commending the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.
- HR 378 Commending the Honorable Mamye E. BaCote.
- HR 391 Celebrating the life of Brian M. Clukey.
- HR 422 Celebrating the life of Richard Edward Cornwell.
- SB 855 Trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 143 bridge over Interstate 64.
- SB 1027 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; permitting of pharmaceutical processors to manufacture and provide.
- SB 1117 School counselors; licensure.
- SB 1462 Financial exploitation of adults; cases referred to law-enforcement agency.
- SJ 228 Commending Townley Haas.
- SJ 235 Celebrating the life of Lelia Baum Hopper.
- SJ 249 Celebrating the life of the Honorable John C. Miller.
- SJ 250 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Johnny S. Joannou.
- SJ 261 Commending J. Hamilton Lambert.
- SJ 279 Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century.
- SJ 282 Substance-Exposed Infant Awareness Week.
- SJ 365 Commending the Honorable David S. Schell.
- SJ 369 Celebrating the life of Trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer.
- SJ 370 Commending Bernard S. Cohen and Philip J. Hirschkop.
- SJ 375 Commending the Honorable Jane Marum Roush.
- SJ 421 Celebrating the lives of those lost in the Virginia Tech tragedy.
- SJ 428 Commending the Honorable John William Warner.