Ballotpedia, Matthew Lang

- Wants to preserve Reston's green spaces.

Energy & the Environment

Wants to expand job and career training opportunities for veterans and their spouses.

- Wants to expand job and career training opportunities for veterans and their spouses.

Economy

As of July 25, 2023, Matthew Lang’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Healthcare

Supports raising pay for teachers and school staff.

Wants to increase opportunities for Virginians to go to trade schools or community college, and to make college more affordable.

- Supports raising pay for teachers and school staff.
- Wants to increase opportunities for Virginians to go to trade schools or community college, and to make college more affordable.

Education

Reston Now, Veteran Matt Lang challenges Del. Ken Plum in House Race

Opposes reduction of funding for law enforcement

Wants to see more professionalization of the police, with more training and opportunities, and better recruitment.

- Opposes reduction of funding for law enforcement
- Wants to see more professionalization of the police, with more training and opportunities, and better recruitment.

Public Safety

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Virginia General Assembly, Jennifer Boysko

Legiscan, SB 1323

Legiscan, SB 1333

As a state senator, 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 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.

- As a state senator, 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 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.

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SB 451

Legiscan, HB 2294

As a state senator, 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 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 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 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.

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SJ 255

Legiscan, HB 2374

Supports increasing funding for mental health treatment

As a state senator, passed legislation to ensure that Medicaid and FAMIS recipients could obtain 12 months of birth control.

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.

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

- Supports increasing funding for mental health treatment
- As a state senator, passed legislation to ensure that Medicaid and FAMIS recipients could obtain 12 months of birth control.
- 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.
- As a state senator, voted for a bill that prevents pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions because they were prescribed via telemedicine.

Legiscan, SB 1515

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.

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.
- 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.

Virginia's Legislative Information System, HB 2387

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SB 951

As a state senator, passed legislation that allowed incarcerated individuals with the opportunity to earn sentence credits by participating in counseling, jobs, education, and good behavior records.

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.

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, passed legislation that allowed incarcerated individuals with the opportunity to earn sentence credits by participating in counseling, jobs, education, and good behavior records.
- 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.
- 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.

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- 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.
