Del. Margaret Ransone

Co-sponsor HB 1738

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

School buildings; plans to be reviewed by a professional trained & experienced in crime prevention.

Requires the plans and specifications for new or remodeled public school building construction to be reviewed by an individual or entity with professional expertise in crime prevention through environmental design. All comments by such reviewer shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction along with the final plans and specifications.

Signed into law Mar 5, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 1811

Failed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Handheld personal communications devices; prohibition on holding while driving.

Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits only the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that are being held and used (i) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (ii) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services.

Failed Feb 24, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 2470

Failed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Minors; prostitution and human trafficking related crimes, increases penalty.

Increases from a Class 3 felony to a Class 2 felony and imposes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 25 years for the following crimes if minors under 15 years of age are involved: (i) pandering; (ii) receiving money for procuring a person for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or child pornography; (iii) receiving money from the earnings of a person engaged in prostitution; and (iv) commercial sex trafficking.

Failed Feb 24, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1702

Failed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Library of Virginia; disposition of official correspondence of the Governor.

Failed Feb 24, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 873

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Ralph L. Axselle, Jr.

Introduced Feb 23, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 1139

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Bradford Turner Clark.

Introduced Feb 23, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 455

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Joshua Wayne Bell.

Introduced Feb 23, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1732

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

School safety procedures; emergency situations, annual training.

Requires each school board to develop training on safety procedures in the event of an emergency situation on school property. The bill requires such training to be delivered to each student and employee in each school at least once each school year. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Feb 22, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HR 397

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Virginia Indians.

Introduced Feb 22, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1729

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

Guidance counselors; changes name to school counselors, staff time.

Changes the name of guidance counselors to school counselors and requires each school counselor employed by a school board in a public elementary or secondary school to spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of individual students or groups of students.

Signed into law Feb 22, 2019 1 co-sponsor