Del. Kelly Fowler

Co-sponsor SJ 377

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Officer Brian David Sicknick.

Celebrating the life of Officer Brian DavidSicknick.

Introduced Feb 8, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 342

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Wendell Harding Butler.

Celebrating the life of Wendell Harding Butler.

Introduced Feb 8, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 345

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Sigmund Edward Davidson.

Celebrating the life of Sigmund Edward Davidson.

Introduced Feb 8, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 363

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Steven R. Cover.

Commending Steven R. Cover.

Introduced Feb 8, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 607

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month; designating May, in 2021 and each succeeding year thereafter.

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. DesignatesMay, in 2021 and in each succeeding year, as Cystic Fibrosis AwarenessMonth in Virginia.

In committee Feb 5, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 548

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Constitutional amendment; public schools, standards of quality.

Constitutional amendment (first reference);education; public schools; standards of quality. Provides thatit is the responsibility of the Commonwealth, rather than the GeneralAssembly, to provide for a system of free public elementary and secondaryschools and to ensure a high-quality educational program is establishedand maintained. The amendment also removes the authority of the GeneralAssembly to revise the standards of quality that are determined andprescribed by the Board of Education for school divisions.

In committee Feb 5, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary HB 2080

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases; local authority to apply to certain emergency services personnel. Adds full-time, salaried emergency medical services personnel employed by any locality that has authorized such presumption by ordinance to the list of persons to whom, after five years of service, the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease applies. This bill was incorporated into HB 1818.

In committee Feb 5, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HB 2016

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Paid family and medical leave program; Virginia Employment Commission required to establish.

Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administera paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2024. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program isprovided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginningin 2023. The amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee'saverage weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weeklywage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflectchanges in the statewide average weekly wage. The measure caps theduration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. The billprovides self-employed individuals the option of participating inthe program.

In committee Feb 5, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1915

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Teachers; required to be compensated at or above national average.

Teacher compensation; at or above national average.Requires that public school teachers be compensated at a rate thatis at or above the national average. Under current law, compensationat such rate is aspirational. The bill requires state funding tobe provided pursuant to the general appropriation act in a sum sufficientto fund a 4.5 percent annual increase for public school teacher salaries,effective from the 2022-23 school year through the 2026-27 schoolyear. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.

In committee Feb 5, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 631

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Bernard S. Cohen.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable BernardS. Cohen.

Introduced Feb 4, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track