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HB113 - Handguns; possession, purchase, or transportation by persons convicted of certain drug offenses.
Richard C. Sullivan, Laura Jane Cohen
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Possession, purchase, or transportation of handgun by persons convicted of certain drug offenses and operating a boat or vehicle while intoxicated prohibited; penalty. Provides that any person who within a five-year period has been convicted of two misdemeanor driving or boating while intoxicated offenses shall be ineligible to possess, purchase, or transport a handgun. The bill also provides that any person who within a three-year period has been convicted of two misdemeanor drug offenses shall be ineligible to possess a handgun. Under current law, such person who has been convicted of two misdemeanor drug offenses is ineligible to purchase or transport a handgun. The bill also provides that any person who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense for violating the prohibition on possessing, purchasing, or transporting a handgun following convictions of these offenses shall be given the opportunity to voluntarily relinquish any firearm in his possession.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1216 - Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report.
Adele Y. McClure, Carrie Emerson Coyner, Michael B. Feggans
Last updated 8 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program (the Program) to provide matching funds to employers in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (the Foundation). To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed-delivery provider on behalf of the employee and shall provide any other information deemed necessary by the Foundation. To the extent funds are available, the Foundation shall issue a state match directly to such eligible mixed-delivery provider or to a third-party administrator. Program funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the Foundation is encouraged to prioritize awards to small businesses. Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program (the Program) to provide matching funds to employers in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (the Foundation). To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed-delivery provider on behalf of the employee and shall provide any other information deemed necessary by the Foundation. To the extent funds are available, the Foundation shall issue a state match directly to such eligible mixed-delivery provider or to a third-party administrator. Program funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the Foundation is encouraged to prioritize awards to small businesses.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB639 - Real property tax; notice of rate and assessment changes.
Richard C. Sullivan, Wendell Scott Walker
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Real property tax; notice of assessment changes. Provides that in certain localities, in the event that the total assessed value of real property would result in an increase of one percent or more in the total real property tax levied, the notice of assessment changes shall state the tax rate that would levy the same amount of real estate tax as the previous year when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate.
STATUS
Passed
HB568 - Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations.
Alex Q. Askew, Joshua G. Cole, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Last updated 4 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations. Eliminates the exemption from state recordation taxes for the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and eliminates the tax-exempt designation for real and personal property owned by the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the General Organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, and the Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Incorporated.
STATUS
Vetoed
HB119 - Electric utilities; clarifies definition of energy efficiency programs.
Richard C. Sullivan
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs. Adds electrification to the definition of "energy efficiency program" for the purposes of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act, provided that the electrification measures reduce total onsite energy consumption and, to the maximum extent practical, seek to utilize federally authorized customer rebates for heat pump technology.
STATUS
Introduced
HB254 - Candidates in elections; party identification of candidates on ballot.
Richard C. Sullivan
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Elections; form of ballot; party identification of candidates. Provides that any candidate nominated by a political party or at a primary election shall be identified on the ballot by the name of his political party. Currently, only candidates for federal, statewide, and General Assembly offices are so identified.
STATUS
Introduced
HB805 - Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in counties & cities to support schools.
Sam Rasoul, Shelly Anne Simonds, Joshua G. Cole
Last updated 6 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. The bill removes the requirement that such a tax must have an expiration date on either (i) the date of the repayment of any bonds or loans used for such capital projects or (ii) a date chosen by the governing body. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax.
STATUS
Vetoed
HJR7 - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Awareness Day; designating as October 25, 2024.
Richard C. Sullivan, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker, Michael J. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Awareness Day. Designates October 25, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Awareness Day in Virginia.
STATUS
Passed
HB746 - Energy efficiency programs; definitions, incremental annual savings.
Michael J. Webert, Richard C. Sullivan, Alfonso H. Lopez
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Energy efficiency programs; incremental annual savings. Provides that for the 2029 program year and all subsequent years, "in the public interest" for the purpose of assessing energy efficiency programs means that the State Corporation Commission determines that the program is cost-effective. The bill directs the Commission to promulgate regulations no later than September 30, 2025, establishing a single, consistent cost-effectiveness test for use in evaluating proposed energy efficiency programs. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power Company to track, quantify, and report to the Commission the incremental annual savings, as defined in the bill, achieved by such utility's energy efficiency programs.
STATUS
Passed
HB118 - Electric utilities; cost recovery for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Richard C. Sullivan
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Electric utilities; cost recovery for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power, by May 1, 2025, to (i) file a proposal with the State Corporation Commission to design and deploy all electrical distribution infrastructure on the utility side of a customer's meter for each customer installing separately metered infrastructure to support electric vehicle charging stations, other than those in single-family residences; (ii) file an application with the Commission to accelerate widespread transportation electrification across the Commonwealth in a manner designed to lower total ratepayer costs and that significantly contributes to meeting air quality standards and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a manner consistent with the objectives of the energy policy of the Commonwealth, as defined by relevant law; and (iii) submit to the Commission a proposal for a specific rate or set of rates for electricity supplied to commercial and industrial facilities used to charge electric vehicles that encourage electric vehicle charging and support the efficient off-peak utilization of the electric grid. Electric utilities; cost recovery for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power, by May 1, 2025, to (i) file a proposal with the State Corporation Commission to design and deploy all electrical distribution infrastructure on the utility side of a customer's meter for each customer installing separately metered infrastructure to support electric vehicle charging stations, other than those in single-family residences; (ii) file an application with the Commission to accelerate widespread transportation electrification across the Commonwealth in a manner designed to lower total ratepayer costs and that significantly contributes to meeting air quality standards and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a manner consistent with the objectives of the energy policy of the Commonwealth, as defined by relevant law; and (iii) submit to the Commission a proposal for a specific rate or set of rates for electricity supplied to commercial and industrial facilities used to charge electric vehicles that encourage electric vehicle charging and support the efficient off-peak utilization of the electric grid.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Virginia district HD-048
COMMITTEES
Virginia House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Richard C. Sullivan is a former Massachusetts State Representative for the 31st Middlesex district, covering parts of Framingham. He assumed office in 2011 and left office in 2015. Prior to his election, Sullivan was a member of the Framingham School Committee from 1996 to 2010. He has also worked as an attorney. Sullivan earned his B.A. from Boston College in 1978 and his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1986. He and his wife Diane have three adult children.read less
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