Rep. Will Morefield

Co-sponsor HB 1394

Vetoed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Franchisees; status thereof and its employees as employees of the franchisor.

Provides that, notwithstanding any voluntary agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and the franchisee or franchisor, neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisee's franchisor. The measure also provides that this exclusion does not apply with respect to a specific claim for relief made by a franchisee or a franchisee's employee if the franchisor has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have exercised a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee's employees not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademarks and brand.

Vetoed Apr 5, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1720

Signed into law · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Flag at half staff or mast; public safety personnel.

Expands the category of flags required to be flown at half staff or mast when a service member, police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services provider is killed in the line of duty to include flags flown at any building owned and operated by any political subdivision of the Commonwealth. In addition, the bill adds state correctional officers to the list of public safety personnel for whom such flags are flown at half staff or mast.

Signed into law Mar 13, 2017 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 2313

Signed into law · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Courthouses; county removal.

Signed into law Mar 13, 2017 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 2206

Signed into law · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Virginia Veteran and Family Support program; established, report.

Updates the purposes and priorities of the Virginia Veteran and Family Support program to, in a cost-effective manner, refer veterans to mental health, physical rehabilitation, and other services as needed to help them achieve individually identified goals and to monitor their progress toward achieving those goals. The program is available to veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard in the Commonwealth, residents of the Commonwealth in the Armed Forces Reserves who are not in active federal service, and family members of covered military members who have been affected by the covered military members' service and deployments and who are located in the Commonwealth. The bill requires an annual report on the program be sent to the Governor and the General Assembly.

Signed into law Mar 13, 2017 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 646

Failed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Johnny S. Joannou.

Failed Feb 25, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1760

Passed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Electric utilities; costs of pumped hydroelectricity generation and storage facilities.

Authorizes an investor-owned electric utility to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval of a rate adjustment clause for recovery of the costs of one or more pumped hydroelectricity generation and storage facilities that utilize associated on-site or off-site renewable energy resources as all or a portion of their power source and such facilities and associated resources are located in the coalfield region of the Commonwealth. The measure provides that the requirement that a utility demonstrate that it has considered and weighed alternative options, including third-party market alternatives, in its selection process applies only to a generation facility that is described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subdivision A 6 of § 56-585.1.

Passed Feb 24, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 1050

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending William King Museum of Art.

Introduced Feb 23, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 1003

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Judy A. Brannock.

Introduced Feb 23, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 1052

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Thelma Montalee Mullins.

Introduced Feb 23, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary HB 2329

Signed into law · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Capitol Police, Division of; arrest without warrant.

Signed into law Feb 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors