SJR200 - Celebrating the life of Locke A. Taylor, DVM.

1 Co-Sponsor

SR608 - Commending Arthur Ellsworth Dick Howard.

9 Co-Sponsors

SR621 - Celebrating the life of Stewart Hamilton Gamage.

7 Co-Sponsors

SB6010 - Va. Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program & related programs; repeal of modifications.

21 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.

SB6003 - Va. Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program, etc.; repeal of modifications, report.

21 Co-Sponsors

General appropriation act; repeal of modifications to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related financial aid waivers; stakeholder work group. 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 financial aid waivers. The bill also directs the Secretary of Finance, in collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Education, to convene a stakeholder work group for the purpose of evaluating the history, current structure, and utilization trends of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related financial aid waivers and making recommendations on legislative actions and budgetary modifications that could improve the long-term viability of the Program. The bill requires the Secretary of Finance to submit the work group's recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2025.

SB6006 - Va. Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program, etc.; repeal of modifications, report.

20 Co-Sponsors

General appropriation act; repeal of modifications to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related financial aid waivers; stakeholder work group. 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 financial aid waivers. The bill also directs the Secretary of Finance, in collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Education, to convene a stakeholder work group for the purpose of evaluating the history, current structure, and utilization trends of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related financial aid waivers and making recommendations on legislative actions and budgetary modifications that could improve the long-term viability of the Program. The bill requires the Secretary of Finance to submit the work group's recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2024.

SB6012 - Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Program & related programs; modifications, surplus revenues.

30 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.

SB430 - Residential development in certain areas; affordable housing.

1 Co-Sponsor

Residential development in certain areas; affordable housing. Provides that any type of residential use that is permitted in a locality shall be considered a conforming residential use on any parcel other than parcels zoned for (i) agriculture, (ii) conservation, or (iii) a different residential use. The bill states that no local ordinance shall require that a special exception, special use, or conditional use permit be obtained for a conforming residential use and that rights under existing zoning shall be considered vested pursuant to existing vesting provisions. The bill further provides that any residential development pursuant to the authority granted in the bill shall dedicate a minimum of 10 percent of the total number of housing units to housing affordable to households making at or below 120 percent of the area median income.

SB123 - Improvements, repairs, or maintenance of property; entering adjoining property, petition for entry.

1 Co-Sponsor

Improvements, repairs, or maintenance of property; entering adjoining property; petition for entry. Allows an owner or lessee of real property who seeks to improve, repair, or maintain his property to petition the circuit court for a license to enter adjoining property for the purpose of performing the improvements, repairs, or maintenance when the property is so situated that it is impossible to perform the improvements, repairs, or maintenance without entering such adjoining property and permission to enter such adjoining property has been denied. The bill provides that such license shall be granted by the court in an appropriate case upon such terms as justice requires. No such entry shall be deemed a trespass, and the licensee shall be liable to the adjoining owner or his lessee for actual damages occurring as a result of the entry.

SB124 - Sports betting; permitted on Virginia college sports.

1 Co-Sponsor

Sports betting; Virginia college sports. Permits betting, with the exception of proposition betting, on Virginia college sports. Under current law, betting other than proposition betting is allowed on all college sports except Virginia college sports.