Del. Ibraheem S. Samirah

Co-sponsor HJ 253

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Gerald R. Rubin.

Commending Gerald R. Rubin.

Introduced Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 242

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Ilryong Moon.

Commending Ilryong Moon.

Introduced Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 238

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the All Dulles Area Muslim Society.

Commending the All Dulles Area Muslim Society.

Introduced Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 288

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Visit Loudoun.

Commending Visit Loudoun.

Introduced Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1322

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications, criminal history of applicant.

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institution of higher education, with the exception of the Virginia Military Institute, from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant or (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basis of any criminal history information provided by the applicant on any third-party admissions application accepted by the institution.

Passed Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 287

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA.

Commending the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA.

Introduced Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 39

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Justice system; Virginia State Crime Commission to study effect of abolishing jury sentencing.

Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; effectof abolishing jury sentencing on the justice system; report.Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to (i) identify the mostcommon charges tried before juries within the Commonwealth and determinethe average sentence per charge as recommended by a jury; (ii) comparethe jury-recommended sentence to the average sentence for each identifiedcharge, factoring in alternative sentences and suspended time, asdetermined by a judge during a bench trial; (iii) identify any perceived negative impacts to the judicial system associated with abolishingthe practice of jury sentencing and make recommendations as to howthese potential negative impacts could be avoided; and (iv) determinethe feasibility of abolishing jury sentencing for noncapital offenseswithin the Commonwealth.

Passed Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 233

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Bud Foster.

Commending Robert Eugene Foster, Jr.

Introduced Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 4

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.

Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.

Passed Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1151

Failed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Plastic bag tax; use of revenues.

Single-use plastic and expanded polystyreneproducts; local prohibition; local tax. Authorizes a localityto prohibit by ordinance the purchase, sale, or provision, whetherfree or for a cost, of certain single-use products that are not recyclable or compostable and for which there is a suitable and cost-effectivecompostable or recyclable alternative product available, with certainexceptions. The bill also authorizes any locality to impose a five-centper item tax on single-use plastics and polystyrene products providedto customers by certain retailers, with certain products being exemptfrom the tax. The bill directs revenue from the local tax to be usedby the locality imposing the tax for cleanup or education programsdesigned to reduce waste. The bill allows every restaurant or retailerthat collects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax if the tax is paid in a timely manner.

Failed Feb 26, 2020 1 co-sponsor Track