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Wants more public transportation infrastructure, including sidewalks, bike lands, and hiking and walking trails.

Supports transitioning to renewable energy sources while making them affordable.

Wants fair wages for renewable energy workers.

Supports transitioning away from single use plastics.

Opposes new oil and gas pipelines and new gold mines.

- Wants more public transportation infrastructure, including sidewalks, bike lands, and hiking and walking trails.
- Supports transitioning to renewable energy sources while making them affordable.
- Wants fair wages for renewable energy workers.
- Supports transitioning away from single use plastics.
- Opposes new oil and gas pipelines and new gold mines.

Energy & the Environment

Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 and providing paid sick, medical, and family leave for all workers.

Supports "right to repair" policies for home appliances and agricultural equipment.

Wants to limit the influence of real estate developers in politics.

Supports the right for workers to form a union.

- Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 and providing paid sick, medical, and family leave for all workers.
- Wants emergency funds for renters.
- Supports "right to repair" policies for home appliances and agricultural equipment.
- Wants to limit the influence of real estate developers in politics.
- Supports the right for workers to form a union.

Economy

Wants more funding for mental health services.

Wants to lower or cap the price of prescription drugs.

Plans to create a program to help people relieve their medical debt.

- Supports abortion.
- Wants more funding for mental health services.
- Supports expanding access to Medicaid.
- Wants to lower or cap the price of prescription drugs.
- Plans to create a program to help people relieve their medical debt.

Healthcare

Supports raising the salaries of teachers and all public school staffers.

Plans to reduce gaps in opportunities and outcomes for students of color, special education, English Language Learners, and low-income students.

Wants more funding for the public education system, including a state grant program to fund school infrastructure.

Supports transgender and nonbinary students expressing their gender at school.

- Supports raising the salaries of teachers and all public school staffers.
- Plans to reduce gaps in opportunities and outcomes for students of color, special education, English Language Learners, and low-income students.
- Supports education on race and racism.
- Wants more funding for the public education system, including a state grant program to fund school infrastructure.
- Supports transgender and nonbinary students expressing their gender at school.

Education

Wants to raise pay for the police and firefighters and provide better training.

Plans to promote the police using non-lethal force, supports civilian oversight of the police, and wants traffic enforcement to be done by an unarmed civilian agency rather than the police.

Wants to automatically expunge criminal records of individuals who have been released from prison.

Opposes the criminal justice system trying minor children as adults.

Supports increased regulation of firearms, such as "red flag" laws and a ban assault weapons.

- Wants to raise pay for the police and firefighters and provide better training.
- Plans to promote the police using non-lethal force, supports civilian oversight of the police, and wants traffic enforcement to be done by an unarmed civilian agency rather than the police.
- Wants to automatically expunge criminal records of individuals who have been released from prison.
- Opposes the criminal justice system trying minor children as adults.
- Supports increased regulation of firearms, such as "red flag" laws and a ban assault weapons.

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Legiscan, SB 1323

Legiscan, HB 1783

Wants to encourage energy efficiency in homes and businesses.

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

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

- Wants to encourage energy efficiency in homes and businesses.
- As a state delegate, voted for a bill that will lower energy bills for Virginians by $6-$7 per month by changing the way Virginia’s monopoly energy provider, Dominion Energy, can set prices.
- As a state delegate, voted for a bill that would have banned Virginia’s government from banning or restricting the use of natural gas.

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SB 451

Legiscan, HB 2294

Supports trade policies that prioritize American jobs and industries.

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 against 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.

- Supports trade policies that prioritize American jobs and industries.
- 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 against 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.

Legiscan, HB 2427

Legiscan, HB 2374

Opposes government mandates that force individuals and businesses to purchase or provide specific healthcare coverage.

As a state delegate, voted for 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.

- Opposes government mandates that force individuals and businesses to purchase or provide specific healthcare coverage.
- As a state delegate, voted for 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.

Legiscan, HB 2432

Legiscan, SB 1515

Wants to reduce federal government involvement in education.

As a state delegate, voted for 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.

- Wants to reduce federal government involvement in education.
- As a state delegate, voted for 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.

Virginia's Legislative Information System, HB 2387

Virginia's Legislative Information System, HB 1642

Supports stricter limitations on people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

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 for 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 stricter limitations on people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
- 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 for 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.

Buddy Fowler

- 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.