Del. R. Steven Landes

Co-sponsor HR 271

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Sergeant First Class Joshua Zachary Beale, USA.

Introduced Feb 18, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1030

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.

Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer. The measure will become effective if reenacted by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly. The measure also directs the 2020 Session of the General Assembly, in considering and enacting any legislation relating to workers' compensation and the presumption of compensability for certain cancers, to consider any research, findings, and recommendations from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission's review of the Virginia Workers' Compensation program. The provisions of this bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly. The bill incorporates

Signed into law Feb 15, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SB 1469

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Timber theft; theft, accounting, penalty.

Provides that a person who buys and removes timber from a landowner's property is guilty of timber theft if he fails to pay the landowner by the date specified in their agreement or, if there is no written agreement, within 60 days of removing the timber. The bill provides that a person who is convicted of timber theft is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be ordered to pay three times the value of the timber removed in addition to any penalties imposed by the court. The bill also provides that, following the passing of the payment deadline, a buyer's failure to pay within 10 days of receiving a demand for payment shall constitute prima facie evidence of the buyer's intent to violate the timber theft provision. An exception exists for a purchaser who made payment to a person he believed in good faith to be the rightful owner of the timber.

Passed Feb 15, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1655

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouse's ability to move.

Enacts as statutory law an amendment to subdivision (a) of Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which applies the real property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to such spouse's principal place of residence regardless of whether such spouse moves to a different residence. The provisions of the bill would apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019. The bill makes technical corrections related to the real property tax exemptions for surviving spouses of members of the armed forces killed in action and surviving spouses of certain persons killed in the line of duty. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Feb 15, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Primary HB 1615

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Elections; date of June primary election.

Passed Feb 15, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HB 2529

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · 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

Co-sponsor HJ 821

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Michael J. Brown.

Introduced Feb 14, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 762

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Voices for Virginia's Children.

Introduced Feb 14, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 840

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Walter T. Kenney, Sr.

Introduced Feb 14, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 834

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Scott Marvin Anderson.

Introduced Feb 14, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track