Rep. Fernando Martinez
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District HD-029
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 66
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Plastic bag tax; distribution to towns. [HB-4]
Plastic bag tax; distribution to towns. Provides that any town located within a county that has imposed a disposable plastic bag tax shall receive a distribution of revenues collected by the county based on the local sales tax distribution formula for appropriations to towns. The bill requires that towns use such revenues for the same purposes allowable for a county or city.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Reid
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Town of Leesburg Parking Authority; created. [HB-5]
Town of Leesburg Parking Authority. Authorizes the creation of the Town of Leesburg Parking Authority. The bill grants to the Authority various powers, including the authority to construct, operate, and lease parking facilities, contract with outside entities, issue revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds, and acquire property. The bill also exempts the Authority from taxation.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Reid
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0265) on 04/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. [HJR-2]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Continued To 2025 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 02/09/2024
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Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction. [HB-45]
Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits shall include any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state hospital, or juvenile detention facility for the offense such person was held deducted from such person's term of incarceration or detention. The bill also provides that all time actually spent by a person in confinement or detention shall be used in calculating such person's earned sentence credits. Earned
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Photo speed monitoring devices; location. [HB-20]
Photo speed monitoring devices; location. Authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town to provide by ordinance for the placement and operation of photo speed monitoring devices in any location deemed necessary by the locality for the purposes of recording violations resulting from the operation of a vehicle in excess of the speed limit. The bill provides the same requirements for such devices, information collected from such devices, and any enforcement actions resulting from information collected from such devices as current law applies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Fernando Martinez
Continued To 2025 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/06/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty. [HB-22]
Manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of auto sears; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of an auto sear, defined in the bill as a device, other than a trigger activator, for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any auto sear concealed, possessed, transported,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0163) on 03/26/2024
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Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. [HB-40]
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee to personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Medicine, Board of; continuing ed. related to implicit bias and cultural competency in health care. [HB-32]
Board of Medicine; continuing education; implicit bias and cultural competency in health care. Requires the Board of Medicine to adopt and implement policies that require each practitioner licensed by the Board who has direct contact with persons who are or may become pregnant to complete two hours of continuing education related to implicit bias, defined in the bill, and cultural competency in health care at least once every other license renewal cycle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Incorporated By Health And Human Services on 01/30/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Public drinking water; Commissioner of Health's work group to study occurrence of microplastics. [HB-33]
Commissioner of Health; work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water; report. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water and develop recommendations for the reduction of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Invasive plant species; requirements for retail sales. [HB-47]
Invasive plant species; retail sales; civil penalty. Requires, for the retail sale of any invasive plant species for outdoor use on a list established by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, a retail establishment to post in a conspicuous manner on the property located in proximity to each invasive plant display signage identifying such plant as invasive, educating consumers regarding invasive plant species, and encouraging consumers to ask about alternatives. The bill requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to designate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024