Rep. Buddy Fowler

Co-sponsor SJ 338

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Charles J. Colgan.

Introduced Feb 10, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 369

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer.

Introduced Feb 10, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 844

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Marci Bartley.

Introduced Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 830

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Sam Rogers.

Introduced Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 840

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Colonel John Jack William Hilgers, USMC, Ret.

Introduced Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1564

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Planning & Budget, Department of; establishment of Div. of Regulatory Management & Red Tape Comm.

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1841

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Virginia Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Program and Fund.

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary HB 1430

In committee · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Third-party registration groups; registration, disclosure, and recordkeeping requirements, etc.

In committee Feb 8, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HB 2273

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Blind parents; custody or visitation rights.

Provides that a blind parent's blindness, as defined in the bill, shall not be the sole basis of the denial or restriction of such parent's custody or visitation rights. The bill requires a party who alleges that a parent's blindness should be a factor to be considered to not be in the best interests of the child, or should otherwise be a reason to deny or restrict such a parent's custody or visitation rights, to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the child's best interests would not be met or served due to such parent's blindness. The bill allows a blind parent to demonstrate how supportive parenting services would appropriately address any threats to the child's best interests and further allows that such services be ordered by the court. The bill requires a court to make written findings where the court denies or restricts custody or visitation of a blind parent or where supportive parenting services are not ordered. The same requirements apply to the denial of approval of a blind prospective foster parent, or removal of a child from a blind foster parent's home, and to the denial of a final order of adoption wherein the prospective adoptive parent is blind.

In committee Feb 7, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1473

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty.

Creates the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (the Act). The Act prohibits an abortion after 20 weeks' gestation unless, in reasonable medical judgment, the mother has a condition that so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. When an abortion is not prohibited post-20 weeks' gestation, and if the woman elects to have an abortion, the physician is required to terminate the pregnancy in a manner that would provide the unborn child the best opportunity to survive. The bill punishes performance of an abortion in violation of the Act as a Class 4 felony. The bill also provides for civil remedies against a physician who performs an abortion in violation of the Act.

In committee Feb 7, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track