SJR96 - Commending Claudia Flores.

40 Co-Sponsors

SJR236 - Commending John C. Lee, Jr.

5 Co-Sponsors

SB7 - Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, nondiscrimination in employment, etc., penalties.

20 Co-Sponsors

Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity; penalties. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination in employment and in places of public accommodation because of such individual's ethnic origin and prohibits such discrimination. The bill also adds victims who are intentionally selected because of their ethnic origin to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense. The bill also provides that no provider or user of an interactive computer service on the Internet shall be liable for any action voluntarily taken by it in good faith to restrict access to material that the provider or user considers to be intended to incite hatred on the basis of ethnic origin.

SJR100 - Commending the Bath County Fair Association, Inc.

2 Co-Sponsors

SJR95 - Celebrating the life of Commander Edward S. Stolle, Jr., USN, Ret.

40 Co-Sponsors

SB157 - Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications, requirements.

2 Co-Sponsors

Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications; requirements. Provides that, where any ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement instead may be published in an online-only news publication subject to certain requirements specified in the bill. The bill sets out a process by which an online-only news publication shall petition the circuit court of the appropriate jurisdiction to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements and authorizes the court to grant such online-only news publication the authority to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements for a period of one year. The bill also describes the process by which an online-only news publication may continue renewing such authority to publish in each successive year.

SB577 - Campaign finance; exemption for candidates for certain office or directors.

1 Co-Sponsor

Elections; campaign finance; exemptions for candidates for certain offices; directors of soil and water conservation districts. Provides that a candidate for director of a soil and water conservation district may also seek an exemption from the requirement that he designate a separate campaign depository by certifying that (i) he has not and will not contribute any money to his own campaign and (ii) he has not and will not expend any money in the course of the campaign. The bill also provides that a candidate for local office or for director of a soil and water conservation district applying for a general exemption is exempt from having to make special reports for certain large pre-election contributions.

SR139 - Celebrating the life of David Wiett Reed.

37 Co-Sponsors

SR141 - Celebrating the life of Marvin Joseph Weniger.

35 Co-Sponsors

SJR151 - Commending Mark E. Smith.

39 Co-Sponsors