Ballotpedia, Patrick Hope

Patch, Candidate Profile: Patrick Hope For VA House Of Delegates​

Legiscan,SB 1323 

Legiscan, HB 1783

Supports reducing greenhouse gasses by investing in renewable energy sources.

Wants to protect water quality and preserving natural spaces.

Supports providing tax credits for the purchase of energy efficient appliances.

As a state delegate, voted for a bill that will lower energy bills for Virginian’s by $6-$7 per month by changing the way Virginia’s monopoly energy provider, Dominion Energy, can set prices.

As a state delegate, voted against a bill that would have banned Virginia’s government from banning or restricting the use of natural gas.

- Supports reducing greenhouse gasses by investing in renewable energy sources.
- Wants to protect water quality and preserving natural spaces.
- Supports providing tax credits for the purchase of energy efficient appliances.
- As a state delegate, voted for a bill that will lower energy bills for Virginian’s by $6-$7 per month by changing the way Virginia’s monopoly energy provider, Dominion Energy, can set prices.
- As a state delegate, voted against a bill that would have banned Virginia’s government from banning or restricting the use of natural gas.

Energy & the Environment

Virginia’s Legislative Information System, SB 451

Legiscan, HB 2294

Plans to find ways to protect existing jobs and create new ones.

Wants to continue benefits for workers who lose their jobs until they find stable employment.

Plans to decrease employee turnover by improving benefits and increasing minimum wage.

As a state delegate, voted for a bill that lowered taxes on groceries from 2.5% to 1%, except for alcohol, tobacco, and prepared hot foods. Diapers and feminine hygiene products were included in the tax decrease.

As a state delegate, voted for a bill that limits the amount of THC in hemp products to 0.3% of the product and 2 milligrams total. Possession of marijuana is decriminalized in Virginia but there is no legal market for sales of THC products.

- Plans to find ways to protect existing jobs and create new ones.
- Wants to continue benefits for workers who lose their jobs until they find stable employment.
- Plans to decrease employee turnover by improving benefits and increasing minimum wage.
- As a state delegate, voted for a bill that lowered taxes on groceries from 2.5% to 1%, except for alcohol, tobacco, and prepared hot foods. Diapers and feminine hygiene products were included in the tax decrease.
- As a state delegate, voted for a bill that limits the amount of THC in hemp products to 0.3% of the product and 2 milligrams total. Possession of marijuana is decriminalized in Virginia but there is no legal market for sales of THC products.

Economy

 Legiscan, HB 2427

Legiscan, HB 2374 

Plans to support equality for people with disabilities through equal opportunity, independent living and economic self-sufficiency.

Wants to protect the expansion of Medicaid to every Virginian.

Plans to develop programs to support people who abuse substances.

Wants to ensure adequate mental health resources.

As a state delegate, voted against a bill that would have let patients sue hospitals that weren’t transparent about their prices for services.

As a state delegate, voted for a bill that prevents pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions because they were prescribed via telemedicine.

- Plans to support equality for people with disabilities through equal opportunity, independent living and economic self-sufficiency.
- Wants to protect the expansion of Medicaid to every Virginian.
- Plans to develop programs to support people who abuse substances.
- Wants to ensure adequate mental health resources.
- As a state delegate, voted against a bill that would have let patients sue hospitals that weren’t transparent about their prices for services.
- As a state delegate, voted for a bill that prevents pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions because they were prescribed via telemedicine.

Healthcare

Legiscan, HB 2432

Legiscan, SB 1515

As a state delegate, voted for a bill that lets companies be sued for publishing or distributing online content that is “harmful to minors” without checking the age of the internet users accessing the content.

As a state delegate, voted against a bill that would have required school principals to tell parents if their child tells a school employee that they don’t identify with their gender assigned at birth or asks to be identified by another gender.

Supports fully funding the Virginia Standards of Quality which protects teachers and students from unfair working and learning conditions.

Advocates for affordable public school education from pre-k to high school.

Plans to increase school funding and teacher salaries.

- As a state delegate, voted for a bill that lets companies be sued for publishing or distributing online content that is “harmful to minors” without checking the age of the internet users accessing the content.
- As a state delegate, voted against a bill that would have required school principals to tell parents if their child tells a school employee that they don’t identify with their gender assigned at birth or asks to be identified by another gender.
- Supports fully funding the Virginia Standards of Quality which protects teachers and students from unfair working and learning conditions.
- Advocates for affordable public school education from pre-k to high school.
- Plans to increase school funding and teacher salaries.

Education

Virginia’s Legislative Information System, HB 2387

Supports gun control laws such as background checks, one handgun a month laws, and strengthening penalties for unsecured firearms that endanger children.

Supports prison reform that eliminates solitary confinement and ends mass incarceration.

Supports police reforms for increased transparency and accountability.

As a state delegate, voted for a bill that gives people $300 off their taxes if they buy a gun safe or lock box. The credit expires in 2027.

As a state delegate, voted against a bill that would have let drug dealers be charged with murder if one of their customers dies of a drug overdose. The punishment would have been 5-40 years in prison.

- Supports gun control laws such as background checks, one handgun a month laws, and strengthening penalties for unsecured firearms that endanger children.
- Supports prison reform that eliminates solitary confinement and ends mass incarceration.
- Supports police reforms for increased transparency and accountability.
- As a state delegate, voted for a bill that gives people $300 off their taxes if they buy a gun safe or lock box. The credit expires in 2027.
- As a state delegate, voted against a bill that would have let drug dealers be charged with murder if one of their customers dies of a drug overdose. The punishment would have been 5-40 years in prison.

Public Safety

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Patrick A. Hope

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Virginia State House of Delegates.
- Your state delegate can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. - All bills dealing with the state budget start in the Virginia House of Delegates.
- The state House of Delegates, along with the state Senate, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Virginia General Assembly.
- There are 100 members of the Virginia House of Representatives, each representing a single district.
- State Delegates are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,640.