R Virginia House · District 59

Rep. Matt Fariss

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Total votes

6,243

all sessions

Attendance

98%

104 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

95%

of cast votes

Lower than 88% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 86% of chamber peers

Sponsored bills

Total

408

Primary

100

Co-sponsor

308

This page

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Co-sponsor SJ 76

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Linwood A. Holton, Jr.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable LinwoodA. Holton, Jr.

Introduced Feb 7, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 148

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank DuVal Hargrove, Sr.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.

Introduced Feb 3, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HR 15

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending the Honorable Mark Cole.

Introduced Jan 31, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HR 16

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Robert Tata.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable RobertTata.

Introduced Jan 27, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Primary HB 48

In committee · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Local advisory referenda; exception to rule that prohibits referendum from being placed on ballot.

Elections; referenda; local advisory referenda.Provides for an exception to the rule that prohibits a referendumfrom being placed on the ballot unless specifically authorized bystatute or by charter, allowing each locality to provide by ordinancea process for holding an advisory referendum provided such advisoryreferendum is placed on the ballot not more than once per calendaryear.

In committee Jan 21, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor HJ 10

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Feeding Southwest Virginia.

Introduced Jan 20, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 20

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending The Arc of Northern Virginia.

Introduced Jan 20, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 98

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Antioch Baptist Church.

Introduced Jan 20, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HR 2

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending the Honorable M. Kirkland Cox.

Introduced Jan 12, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 1985

Signed into law · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19.

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of health care providers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill provides that the COVID-19 virus is established by a positive diagnostic test for COVID-19, an incubation period consistent with COVID-19, and signs and symptoms of COVID-19 that require medical treatment. The bill provides that such presumption applies to any death or disability occurring on or after March 12, 2020, caused by infection from the COVID-19 virus, provided that for any such death or disability that occurred on or after March 12, 2020, and prior to December 31, 2021, the claimant received a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed physician, after either a presumptive positive test or a laboratory-confirmed test for COVID-19, and presented with signs and symptoms of COVID-19 that required medical treatment. The bill provides that such presumptions do not apply to any person offered by his employer a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 unless the person's physician determines in writing that immunization would pose a significant risk to the person's health.

Signed into law Mar 31, 2021 1 co-sponsor