Del. James Edmunds

Co-sponsor HB 1404

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Fire alarms; maliciously activating, penalty.

Removes the condition that a building must be for public use in order for the Class 1 misdemeanor for maliciously activating a building's fire alarm to apply. The bill authorizes any locality to provide by ordinance that a person convicted of maliciously activating a fire alarm shall be liable for the reasonable expense in responding to such a fire alarm. Current law allows such an ordinance to impose liability for the reasonable expense of an emergency response to an imitation version of a weapon of terrorism, fire bomb, other explosive device, bomb threat, or incitement of a bomb threat. The bill increases the maximum amount that a locality or volunteer emergency medical services agency may recover under such an ordinance from $1,000 to $2,500. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Feb 20, 2017 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 875

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable John C. Miller.

Introduced Feb 16, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 851

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Elie Wiesel.

Introduced Feb 16, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 857

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office.

Introduced Feb 16, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 910

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank Medico.

Introduced Feb 16, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 405

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Margaret Elizabeth Bailey Rackley.

Introduced Feb 15, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 656

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Spirit of '45 Day.

In committee Feb 14, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 610

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Virginia Aviation Week.

In committee Feb 14, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary HB 2254

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Tobacco Board; composition, increases excise tax on bright flue-cured & type 21 dark-fired tobaccos.

Alters the member nomination process, tax rate, and other functions of the Tobacco Board (the Board). The bill removes the 90-day deadline for submission of industry nominees for a seat on the Board, as well as the requirement that there be two or more nominations for each seat. The bill removes from the Board the power to appoint a secretary and other employees. Finally, the bill raises the excise tax on tobacco from 20 cents to 40 cents per 100 pounds of tobacco harvested and renames it an assessment; authorizes the Board, at its discretion, to waive interest on the assessment when it is paid late or is left unpaid; and provides criteria for such waiver. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Feb 13, 2017 0 co-sponsors

Primary HR 384

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Commending Tri-County Community Action Agency.

Introduced Feb 10, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track