Rep. Richard P. Bell

Co-sponsor HB 1870

Signed into law · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Certificate of public need; nursing homes and hospitals, establishing a disaster exemption.

Provides for a 30-day exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public need for an increase in the total number of beds in existing hospitals or nursing homes if the State Health Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds. The Board of Health shall adopt regulations for this exemption. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Feb 22, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Primary HB 1930

Signed into law · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Concussions in student-athletes; guidelines, policies, and procedures shall be biennially updated.

Requires (i) the Board of Education to collaborate with various stakeholders to biennially update its guidelines on policies to inform and educate coaches, student-athletes, and student-athletes' parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussions, criteria for removal from and return to play, risks of not reporting the injury and continuing to play, and the effects of concussions on student-athletes' academic performance and (ii) each local school division to biennially update its policies and procedures regarding the identification and handling of suspected concussions in student-athletes.

Signed into law Feb 22, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HR 414

Introduced · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Commending the Mary Baldwin University Alumni Association.

Introduced Feb 22, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HJ 968

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Trooper Lucas B. Dowell.

Introduced Feb 21, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 373

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending the State of Israel.

Introduced Feb 21, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 965

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending John A. Downey.

Introduced Feb 21, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 971

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush.

Introduced Feb 21, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary HB 1985

Signed into law · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Alternative education programs; Department of Education to annually collect data on programs.

Requires the Department of Education to annually collect from each school board and publish on its website various enrollment and achievement data on alternative education programs for students who have been suspended, expelled, or otherwise precluded from attendance at school. The bill requires such data to be published in a manner that protects the identities of individual students and disaggregated by local school division and by student race, ethnicity, gender, and disability. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Feb 21, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor HR 351

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Wayne Tinsley.

Introduced Feb 20, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 2529

Signed into law · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Income tax, state; conformity of taxation system with the IRC, taxable income deductions, etc.

Advances conformity of the Commonwealth's tax code with the federal tax code to December 31, 2018, effective starting in taxable year 2018. Starting in taxable year 2019, the bill deconforms from the provisions of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that limit the deduction for state and local taxes and that suspend the overall limit on itemized deductions.

Signed into law Feb 15, 2019 1 co-sponsor