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Legiscan, SB 1323

Legiscan, HB 1783

Supports the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which is set to transition Virginia to zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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 the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which is set to transition Virginia to zero carbon emissions by 2050.
- 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

Supports workers’ rights, LGBTQ+ and immigrants rights, opportunities for small businesses, access to a living wage, and workforce training.

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.

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.

- Wants more affordable housing.
- Supports workers’ rights, LGBTQ+ and immigrants rights, opportunities for small businesses, access to a living wage, and workforce training.
- 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.
- 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.

Economy

Legiscan, HB 2374

Legiscan, HB 2427

Wants to make healthcare more available and accessible.

Supports expanding funding and resources for mental and behavioral health services,

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

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

- Supports unimpeded access to abortion.
- Wants to make healthcare more available and accessible.
- Supports expanding funding and resources for mental and behavioral health services,
- As a state delegate, voted for a bill that prevents pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions because they were prescribed via telemedicine.
- As a state delegate, voted against a bill that would have let patients sue hospitals that weren’t transparent about their prices for services.

Healthcare

Legiscan, SB 1515

Legiscan, HB 2432

Supports universal preschool and free community college for Virginians.

Wants to minimize debt from higher education.

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.

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.

- Supports universal preschool and free community college for Virginians.
- Wants to minimize debt from higher education.
- 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.
- 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.

Education

Virginia’s Legislative Information System, HB 2387

Virginia’s Legislative Information System, HB 1642

Opposes mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent felony crimes.

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.

- Opposes private prisons.
- Opposes mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent felony crimes.
- 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.

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VPAP, Sharon Ashurst

As of July 25, 2023, Sharon E. Ashurst’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports reducing taxes for hardworking families.

- Supports reducing taxes for hardworking families.

Supports solutions to lower healthcare costs.

- Supports solutions to lower healthcare costs.

Supports an "all of the above" approach to education that would allow parents to choose to send their children to private or charter schools using government-funded vouchers.

- Supports an "all of the above" approach to education that would allow parents to choose to send their children to private or charter schools using government-funded vouchers.

Supports having the "highest-paid, most highly trained, and widely esteemed law enforcement officers in the country."

- Supports having the "highest-paid, most highly trained, and widely esteemed law enforcement officers in the country."

Sharon E. Ashurst

- 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.