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HR643 - Commending the Virginia First Cities Coalition.
Don L. Scott, Bonita Grace Anthony, Alex Q. Askew
Last updated 4 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
HB6003 - Va. Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program & related programs; repeal of modifications.
Luke E. Torian, Mike A. Cherry, Michael B. Feggans
Last updated 3 months ago
99 Co-Sponsors
General appropriation act; repeal of modifications to waiver programs. Removes language in the appropriation act imposing additional requirements on financial aid waivers and stipends for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related programs.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR705 - Commending the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA.
Joshua G. Cole, Bonita Grace Anthony, Alex Q. Askew
Last updated 3 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
#commendations-and-commemorations#ahmadiyya-muslim-community-usaHB6004 - Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Program & related programs; modifications, surplus revenues.
Luke E. Torian, Mike A. Cherry, Michael B. Feggans
Last updated 2 months ago
79 Co-Sponsors
General appropriation act; designation of additional surplus; repeal of modifications to certain waiver programs. Designates certain additional surplus revenues in the amount of $90 million to offset the impact of financial aid waivers and stipends for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related programs and removes language in the appropriation act that imposes additional requirements for such programs.
STATUS
Passed
HB338 - Siting of data centers; locality may perform site assessment before approval.
Joshua E. Thomas, Dan I. Helmer, Kannan Srinivasan
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Siting of data centers; site assessment. Allows a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a data center, to perform a site assessment to examine the effect of the data center on water usage and carbon emissions within the locality. Siting of data centers; site assessment. Allows a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a data center, to perform a site assessment to examine the effect of the data center on water usage and carbon emissions within the locality.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB68 - Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers.
David L. Bulova, Dan I. Helmer, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers. Allows dispatchers, as defined in the bill, to claim workers' compensation benefits relating to post-traumatic stress disorder under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. Currently, only law-enforcement officers and firefighters may claim such benefits.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1280 - Consumer protection; failure to honor service warranty.
Phil M. Hernandez, Dan I. Helmer
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Consumer protection; failure to honor service warranty. Prohibits a supplier in connection with a consumer transaction from failing to honor a service warranty of another supplier after acquiring the business of such other supplier. A violation of the provisions of the bill constitutes a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1284 - Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers, definitions.
Alex Q. Askew, Bonita Grace Anthony, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Last updated 8 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved. Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB369 - Sexual misconduct policies; SCHEV to convene task force on combating violence, civil penalty.
Fernando J. Martinez, Dan I. Helmer
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Institutions of higher education; sexual misconduct policies; civil penalty. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to appoint and convene a task force on combating sexual violence for the purpose of developing a base sexual misconduct campus climate survey to be distributed to institutions of higher education no less than annually. The bill defines "institution of higher education" as any public institution of higher education or any private institution of higher education. The bill permits each institution of higher education to append campus-specific questions to the base survey and, within 120 days after completion of the survey, requires each institution to submit a summary of the results to the Director of the Council and post a summary of the results on the institution's website in an easily accessible manner. The bill also requires survey data to be posted on the Council's website. Institutions of higher education; sexual misconduct policies; civil penalty. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to appoint and convene a task force on combating sexual violence for the purpose of developing a base sexual misconduct campus climate survey to be distributed to institutions of higher education no less than annually. The bill defines "institution of higher education" as any public institution of higher education or any private institution of higher education. The bill permits each institution of higher education to append campus-specific questions to the base survey and, within 120 days after completion of the survey, requires each institution to submit a summary of the results to the Director of the Council and post a summary of the results on the institution's website in an easily accessible manner. The bill also requires survey data to be posted on the Council's website. The bill directs each institution of higher education to establish a written memorandum of understanding with a sexual assault crisis center, domestic violence center, or other victim support service in order to provide sexual assault victims with immediate access to a confidential, independent advocate who can provide a trauma-informed response that includes an explanation of options for moving forward. Currently, only Richard Bland College and each baccalaureate public institution of higher education and nonprofit private institution of higher education are required to enter into such agreements. The bill requires each institution of higher education to include in its campus security policy the designation of at least one confidential resource advisor whose role shall be to serve as a confidential resource for students and employees to discuss alleged acts of sexual misconduct and receive information on resources available to such students or employees. The bill creates a statutory privilege between the confidential resource advisor and a student or employee who is sharing information with such confidential resource advisor. The bill sets out required awareness programming and training for students and employees to be conducted each year by each institution of higher education. The bill also requires each institution of higher education to adopt a policy on sexual misconduct that includes information set out in the bill and provides information that the institution shall provide to parties involved in an alleged incident of sexual misconduct. The bill sets forth data reporting requirements of sexual misconduct incidences and investigations that each institution of higher education shall prepare annually. After reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing, upon determination that an institution of higher education has violated or failed to carry out any provision or any rule adopted under the bill, the Director of the Council may impose a civil penalty upon such institution for each violation not to exceed $150,000, which shall be adjusted for inflation annually, or one percent of an institution's annual operating budget, whichever is lower.
STATUS
Introduced
HB564 - Public schools; classified instructional support staff, competitive compensation, biennial review.
Alex Q. Askew, Dan I. Helmer, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Public schools; classified instructional support staff; competitive compensation; biennial review. Declares that it is a goal of the Commonwealth that its classified instructional support staff, defined in the bill as any individual who works more than 90 days total in a 200-day school year as a substitute for a licensed teacher, be compensated at a rate that is competitive in order to provide a quality education in the absence of a licensed teacher. The bill requires the Department of Education to conduct a biennial review of the compensation for classified instructional support staff and to consider the Commonwealth's compensation for classified instructional support staff relative to the national average teacher salary and report the results of such review to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Board of Education by June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Virginia district HD-040
COMMITTEES
Virginia House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Dan I. Helmer was raised in Nebraska, where he attended public schools. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 2003. Dan served tours in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. After leaving active duty service, Dan earned a Masters in Business Administration from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He lives in Fairfax Station, VA with his wife and their two young children.read less
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