Del. Delores McQuinn

Primary HB 284

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Historical African American cemeteries; owners and localities receiving funds.

Adds any locality or person that owns a historical African American cemetery to the list of qualified organizations able to receive funds for the preservation of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The bill also allows any locality to receive and hold such funds on behalf of any qualified organization until such time as the organization is able to receive or utilize the funds. The bill requires that the owner of a historical African American cemetery allow reasonable ingress and egress to such cemetery by members of an organization qualified to receive funds for cemetery care and maintenance.

Passed Mar 14, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HB 260

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Virginia Critically Missing Adult Alert Program; created.

Creates a program for local, regional, or statewide notification of a critically missing adult, defined as an adult whose whereabouts are unknown, who is believed to have been abducted, and whose disappearance poses a credible threat to his health and safety.

Passed Mar 14, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 360

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Historical African American cemeteries; adds Daughters of Zion Cemetery in Charlottesville to list.

Passed Mar 14, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 527

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Historical African American cemeteries and graves; adds Mt. Calvary Cemetery in City of Portsmouth.

Adds the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in the City of Portsmouth, with 266 eligible gravesites, to the list of historical African American cemeteries for which qualifying charitable organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. This bill is identical to

Passed Mar 14, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 165

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel.

In committee Mar 10, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

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

Primary HJ 483

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Celebrating the life of Dr. Wanda S. Mitchell.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 0 co-sponsors 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 198

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Brenda J. Johnson.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track