Del. Keith Hodges

Co-sponsor HB 1415

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Henrietta Lacks Commission; established, report, sunset date.

Creates the Henrietta Lacks Commission to establish through a public-private partnership the Henrietta Lacks Life Sciences Center in Halifax County as a cancer research and treatment center designed to (i) transform and accelerate cancer research and treatment through the use of biodata tools, (ii) provide tailored cancer treatment medicine to an underserved portion of rural Southside Virginia, and (iii) incubate new biotech businesses across the Southside Virginia region. The bill requires the Commission to annually submit a report on its interim activity and work to the Governor and General Assembly. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2021.

Passed Mar 10, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 285

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Honorable Robert H. Brink.

In committee Mar 10, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 435

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Ronald E. Carrier.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 249

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Neilson Jay November.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 182

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the National Federation of Independent Business.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary HB 574

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Va. Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement, stream restoration & stormwater management.

Excludes the purchase of (i) stream restoration and (ii) stormwater management practices, and all associated and necessary construction and maintenance, from the prohibition on using cooperative procurement to purchase construction. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 9, 2018 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor SB 883

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Income tax; modification for certain companies and subtraction for their employees, local grants.

Establishes an income tax modification for companies that, from 2018 through 2028, either (i) invest at least $5 million in new capital investment in a qualified locality and create at least 10 jobs paying at least twice the minimum wage in a qualified locality or (ii) create at least 50 jobs paying at least twice the minimum wage in a qualified locality. A company is eligible to claim the modification only if it had no property or payroll in Virginia on the effective date of the act.

Passed Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 222

Failed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Income tax, corporate & state; modification for certain companies, grants.

Establishes an income tax modification for companies that, from 2018 through 2028, either (i) invest at least $5 million in new capital investment in a qualified locality and create at least 10 jobs paying at least twice the minimum wage in a qualified locality or (ii) create at least 50 jobs paying at least twice the minimum wage in a qualified locality. A company is eligible to claim the modification only if it had no property or payroll in Virginia on the effective date of the act.

Failed Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 203

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Suzanne Davis Miller.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 218

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Robert Purkey.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track