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Virginia General Assembly, Scott A. Surovell

Legiscan, SB 1323

Legiscan, SB 1333

Wants to focus development around public transit stations and on walkable communities.

Supports providing state tax credits for installation of solar panels, geothermal heat pump systems, wind, and other energy saving home improvements.

Wants to create incentives to transition to renewable energy sources, including offshore wind and solar.

As a state senator, 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 senator, voted for a bill that would have given lowand middle-income Virginians loans and funding to install solar panels or make their homes more energy efficient.

- Wants to focus development around public transit stations and on walkable communities.
- Supports providing state tax credits for installation of solar panels, geothermal heat pump systems, wind, and other energy saving home improvements.
- Wants to create incentives to transition to renewable energy sources, including offshore wind and solar.
- As a state senator, 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 senator, voted for a bill that would have given low- and middle-income Virginians loans and funding to install solar panels or make their homes more energy efficient.

Energy & the Environment

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SB 451

Legiscan, HB 2294

Wants more transparency about where tax dollars are being spent.

Supports creating a whistleblower program for individuals who commit state tax fraud.

As a state senator, 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 senator, voted against 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 transparency about where tax dollars are being spent.
- Supports creating a whistleblower program for individuals who commit state tax fraud.
- As a state senator, 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 senator, voted against 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

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SJ 255

Legiscan, HB 2374

Wants to make healthcare more affordable.

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

As a state senator, voted for a bill that would have put a fundamental right to reproductive freedom in Virginia’s constitution, which would have made abortion constitutionally protected in the state.

- Wants to make healthcare more affordable.
- Supports access to contraception.
- As a state senator, voted for a bill that prevents pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions because they were prescribed via telemedicine.
- As a state senator, voted for a bill that would have put a fundamental right to reproductive freedom in Virginia’s constitution, which would have made abortion constitutionally protected in the state.

Healthcare

Legiscan, HB 319

Legiscan, SB 1515

Supports raising teachers salaries and keeping higher education fully funded.

Wants free digital devices for all students.

Supports reducing the amount of standardized tests to a minimum.

As a state senator, 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 senator, voted for a bill that requires schools to improve reading skills in students from kindergarten through third grade to address learning loss from the pandemic.

- Supports raising teachers salaries and keeping higher education fully funded.
- Wants free digital devices for all students.
- Supports reducing the amount of standardized tests to a minimum.
- Wants to make preschool more accessible.
- As a state senator, 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 senator, voted for a bill that requires schools to improve reading skills in students from kindergarten through third grade to address learning loss from the pandemic.

Education

Virginia's Legislative Information System, HB 2387

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SB 951

Supports increased regulation of firearms, including requiring background checks for all firearms transfers with exceptions for family transfers, bequests, or gun shows, banning assault weapons, and limiting handgun purchases to one per month.

Wants to reform cash bail, invest in supervised release, and use bail for violent criminals.

Supports raising the misdemeanor-felony threshold to $2,500.

Opposes the felon voter restrictions from the Constitution of Virginia.

As a state senator, 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 senator, voted for a bill that gets rid of the option for drivers without insurance to pay a $500 fee when registering their car and be allowed to drive without insurance.

- Supports increased regulation of firearms, including requiring background checks for all firearms transfers with exceptions for family transfers, bequests, or gun shows, banning assault weapons, and limiting handgun purchases to one per month.
- Wants to reform cash bail, invest in supervised release, and use bail for violent criminals.
- Supports raising the misdemeanor-felony threshold to $2,500.
- Opposes the felon voter restrictions from the Constitution of Virginia.
- As a state senator, 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 senator, voted for a bill that gets rid of the option for drivers without insurance to pay a $500 fee when registering their car and be allowed to drive without insurance.

Public Safety

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Scott Surovell

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Believes parents should have access to what their children are taught in the classroom.

- Believes parents should have access to what their children are taught in the classroom.

Opposes reducing the penalties for assaulting a police officer.

- Opposes reducing the penalties for assaulting a police officer.

Mark A. Springman

- Your state representative represents the interests of your district in the Virginia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- The state Senate, along with the House of Delegates, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Virginia General Assembly.
- General Assembly members work together with the Governor to create the state budget. 
- There are 40 Virginia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to four-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $18,000.
