Del. Kaye Kory

Co-sponsor SB 1496

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Installed Solar Energy Equipment Program Grant Fund; created

Creates a grant program for the purchase and installation of solar energy equipment in certain nonresidential areas on and after January 1, 2019, to be administered by the Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy.  The grant is capped at 35 percent of the installed cost of the system. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

In committee Feb 8, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1604

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Cruelty to animals; increases penalty.

Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for cruelly or unnecessarily beating, maiming, mutilating, or killing a dog or cat. Current law requires that the dog or cat die as a direct result of torture, or inhumane injury or pain, before the violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill incorporates

In committee Feb 8, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1737

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Civil relief; furloughed or otherwise not receiving wages, etc.

Provides a 30-day stay for eviction and foreclosure proceedings for tenants and homeowners who request a stay and provide proof, defined in the bill, that they are (i) an employee of the United States government, (ii) an independent contractor for the United States government, or (iii) an employee of a company under contract with the United States government who was furloughed or was otherwise not receiving wages or payments as a result of the partial closure of the United States government beginning on December 22, 2018. The bill contain a sunset date of September 30, 2019.

In committee Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 733

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Richmond 34.

Passed Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 2113

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Higher educational institutions, public; withdrawal of veteran student.

Requires each public institution of higher education to provide a refund of the tuition and mandatory fees paid by any veteran student for any course from which he is forced to withdraw, for the first time, due to a service-connected medical condition during a semester, as certified in writing to the institution by a physician licensed to practice medicine who treated the veteran student for such medical condition.

Passed Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1827

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Tethering animals; adequate space.

Provides that a tether meets the requirement that an animal be given adequate space if the tether is four times the length of the animal or 15 feet long, whichever is greater, and does not cause injury or pain or weigh more than one-tenth of the animal's body weight. The bill provides that the walking of an animal on a leash by its owner shall not constitute tethering for the purpose of the definition of "adequate space."

Passed Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 748

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Virginia State University.

Passed Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 737

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Francis W. Pedrotty.

Passed Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 758

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Alfred Durham.

Passed Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 739

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Virginia is for Lovers.

Passed Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track