D Virginia House of Delegates · District 38

Del. Sam Rasoul

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Total votes

17,351

all sessions

Attendance

99%

190 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

96%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Sponsored bills

Total

2,466

Primary

328

Co-sponsor

2,138

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Co-sponsor HB 284

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Teachers; criteria for initial renewable licensure for certain individuals.

Board of Education; criteria for initial renewableteacher licensure for certain individuals. Requires the Boardof Education to issue an initial renewable license as a teacher toany applicant who (i) is enrolled in an accredited education preparationprogram at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth;(ii) is recommended for such licensure by the dean of such educationpreparation program; (iii) has attempted, unsuccessfully, to obtaina qualifying score on the communication and literacy assessment prescribedby the Board; (iv) meets all other requirements for such license;and (v) meets any other criteria for the issuance of such licensein such circumstances as may be established by the Board of Education.

In committee Feb 7, 2024 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 386

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Public schools; increase staffing ratios for specialized student support positions.

Public school staffing ratios; specializedstudent support positions. Increases the number of specialized student support positions required to be employed by each local schoolboard from at least three to at least four such positions per 1,000students in the local school division. Such specialized student supportpositions include school social workers, school psychologists, schoolnurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts,and other licensed health and behavioral positions.

In committee Feb 7, 2024 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 721

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty.

Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance adopt anti-rent gougingprovisions. The bill provides for notice and a public hearing priorto the adoption of such ordinance and specifies that all landlordswho are under the ordinance may be required to give at least two months'written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent bymore than the locality's calculated allowance, described in the billas the maximum amount a landlord can increase a tenant's rent duringany 12-month period, in effect at the time of the increase. The bill sets such allowance as equal to the annual increase in the ConsumerPrice Index or seven percent, whichever is less, states that suchallowance is effective for a 12-month period beginning July 1 each year, and requires the locality to publish such allowance on itswebsite by June 1 of each year. Certain facilities, as outlined inthe bill, are exempt from such ordinance. The bill also allows alocality to establish an anti-rent gouging board that will developand implement rules and procedures by which landlords may apply forand be granted exemptions from the rent increase limits set by theordinance. Finally, the bill provides that a locality may establisha civil penalty for failure to comply with the requirements set outin the ordinance.

In committee Feb 7, 2024 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HR 89

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Dr. Willis L. Lonzer III.

Passed Feb 6, 2024 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 79

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending the Culpeper County Volunteer Fire Department.

Commending the Culpeper County Volunteer FireDepartment.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 71

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor