Sen. Louise Lucas

Primary SJ 5

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote, restoration of civil rights (first reference).

In committee Nov 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SJ 5

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote, restoration of civil rights (first reference).

In committee Nov 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 42

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Banks; loan applicant verification.

In committee Nov 21, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 975

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates.

Provides that the duties of a community services board include reviewing any existing Memorandum of Understanding between the community services board and any other community services boards that serve the regional jail to ensure that such memorandum sets forth the roles and responsibilities of each community services board in the preadmission screening process, provides for communication and information sharing protocols between the community services boards, and provides for due consideration, including financial consideration, should there be disproportionate obligations on one of the community services boards.

Signed into law Mar 16, 2017 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 935

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent.

Removes the prohibition on inpatient psychiatric hospital admission for defendants who have already been ordered to receive treatment to restore their competency to stand trial. This bill incorporates

Signed into law Mar 16, 2017 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 974

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Palliative care information and resources.

Requires the Department of Health to make information about and resources on palliative care available to the public, health care providers, and health care facilities on its website. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 13, 2017 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor SB 1425

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Ticket Resale Rights Act; limitations on reselling tickets on Internet ticketing platform, penalty.

Prohibits any person that issues tickets for admission to a professional concert, professional sporting event, or professional theatrical production, open to the public for which tickets are ordinarily sold, from issuing the ticket solely through a delivery method that substantially prevents the ticket purchaser from lawfully reselling the ticket on the Internet ticketing platform of the ticket purchaser's choice. The measure also prohibits a person from being discriminated against or denied admission to an event solely on the basis that the person resold a ticket, or purchased a resold ticket, on a specific Internet ticketing platform. A person violating these prohibitions is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 3, 2017 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 1087

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards.

Introduced Feb 24, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1321

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Ophthalmic prescriptions; definitions, who may provide prescriptions, requirements.

Requires, for ophthalmic prescriptions written on or after July 1, 2017, that an ophthalmologist or optometrist establish a bona fide provider-patient relationship with a patient prior to prescribing spectacles, eyeglasses, lenses, or contact lenses, and sets out requirements for establishing such relationship, which includes options for examination of the patient either in person or through face-to-face interactive, two-way, real-time communication or store-and-forward technologies. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Feb 23, 2017 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SB 1352

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Capital cases; replacing certain terminology.

Replaces the term "mental retardation" in all of its various iterations with a corresponding iteration of the term "intellectual disability" for purposes of the statutes governing capital cases. The U.S. Supreme Court has held in

Signed into law Feb 23, 2017 1 co-sponsor