Virginia Elections Database, Sara Hutchison Ratcliffe

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Supports more funding renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric power.

Wants stronger environmental regulations to reduce pollution.

- Supports more funding renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric power.
- Wants stronger environmental regulations to reduce pollution.

Energy & the Environment

Wants to create environmentally friendly jobs and attract sustainable technology businesses to the district.

Supports paid family and medical leave for workers.

- Wants to create environmentally friendly jobs and attract sustainable technology businesses to the district.
- Supports paid family and medical leave for workers.

Economy

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Wants more access to affordable healthcare, mental health, and substance abuse counseling.

- Wants more access to affordable healthcare, mental health, and substance abuse counseling.
- Supports abortion.

Healthcare

Supports school curricula that focuses on critical thinking and problem-solving.

- Supports school curricula that focuses on critical thinking and problem-solving.
- Wants to raise teacher pay.

Education

Wants more training on how to deescalate potentially violent or tense situations for the police.

Supports increased regulation of firearms.

Wants partnerships between the police and social service agencies and mental health practitioners.

- Wants more training on how to deescalate potentially violent or tense situations for the police.
- Supports increased regulation of firearms.
- Wants partnerships between the police and social service agencies and mental health practitioners.

Public Safety

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Virginia General Assembly, Nick Freitas

Legiscan, SB 1323

Legiscan, HB 1783

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

- 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 for a bill that would have banned Virginia’s government from banning or restricting the use of natural gas.

Legiscan, HB 2294

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SB 451

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.

- 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

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 for a bill that would have let patients sue hospitals that weren’t transparent about their prices for services.

- Opposes abortion.
- 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 for a bill that would have let patients sue hospitals that weren’t transparent about their prices for services.

Legiscan, HB 2432

Legiscan, SB 1515

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.

- 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

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.

- 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.

Nick Freitas

- 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.