Commending Judith Ann White Wyatt.
Del. Sam Rasoul
Sponsored bills
Celebrating the life of Winston G. Lawson.
Claim for attorney fees. Aligns the provisionfor a claim for attorney fees to be paid out of money or property under control of the court with Rule 3:25 of the Rules of SupremeCourt of Virginia by providing that the claim for such attorney feesshall be made in a complaint, petition, or other proceeding. Thebill removes the provision that provides that such attorney feesmay also be paid where the parties are notified in writing that applicationwill be made to the court. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-GravesConference.
George Mason University; establishment of a school of medicine. States that it is the sense of the General Assembly that George Mason University shall be encouraged to take steps to investigate and pursue the potential of establishing a school of medicine in the Northern Virginia area.
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ratificationof the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.Commemorates the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the FifteenthAmendment to the Constitution of the United States. This resolutionis a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission.
Commending the Unity March Against Hate.
Celebrating the life of Corporal Ryan C. McGhee,USA.
Year of the Eye Exam. Designates 2020 as the Year of the Eye Exam in Virginia.
Same-sex marriages; civil unions. Repeals the statutory prohibitions on same-sex marriages and civil unions or other arrangements between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges and obligations of marriage. These prohibitions are no longer valid due to the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015). This bill is identical to SB 17.
Payments of court fines and costs; communitywork in lieu of payment; during imprisonment. Allows courts toprovide an option to any person upon whom a fine and costs have beenimposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earningcredits for the performance of community service work during imprisonment.Under current law, credit may be earned only for the performance ofcommunity service work completed before or after imprisonment.