D Virginia Senate · District 13

Sen. John Bell

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Total votes

5,867

all sessions

Attendance

99%

37 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 82% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 88% of chamber peers

Sponsored bills

Total

811

Primary

202

Co-sponsor

609

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Co-sponsor SJ 197

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of E. Bruce Heilman.

Passed Mar 7, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 258

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Charles Henry Duff, Jr.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable CharlesHenry Duff, Jr.

Introduced Mar 7, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Primary SB 268

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain gun safes.

Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishes an exemption from retail sales tax for a gun safe with a selling price of $1,000 or less. The bill defines a gun safe as a safe or vault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digital or dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism, and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or of ammunition for use in a firearm. Under the bill, a gun safe does not include a glass-faced cabinet. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2025.

Signed into law Mar 6, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor HJ 393

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Washington Mystics.

Introduced Mar 5, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 453

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Elaine E. Thompson.

Introduced Mar 5, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 443

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce.