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.

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.

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.

- Wants more transparency about where tax dollars are being spent.
- 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. 
- 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.

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 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.

- Wants to make healthcare more affordable. 
- 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.

Healthcare

Legiscan, HB 319

Legiscan, SB 1515

Supports raising teachers salaries and keeping higher education fully funded.

Supports reducing the amount of standardized tests to a minimum.

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.

- Supports raising teachers salaries and keeping higher education fully funded. 
- Wants to make preschool more accessible. 
- Supports reducing the amount of standardized tests to a minimum. 
- 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.

Education

Virginia's Legislative Information System, HB 2387

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SB 951

Supports gun control, including requiring background checks for all firearms transfers with exceptions for family transfers, bequests, or gun shows, banning assault weapons, banning the sale or possession of magazines with more than 20 rounds, and limiting handgun purchases to one per month.

Wants to ban concealed carry in restaurants, while consuming or under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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 gun control, including requiring background checks for all firearms transfers with exceptions for family transfers, bequests, or gun shows, banning assault weapons, banning the sale or possession of magazines with more than 20 rounds, and limiting handgun purchases to one per month. 
- Wants to ban concealed carry in restaurants, while consuming or under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 
- 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.

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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.
