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R Virginia Senate · District 2

Sen. Mark Obenshain

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Total votes
28,667
all sessions
Attendance
97%
653 missed
Lower than 99% of chamber peers
With party
97%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Sponsored
781
bills & resolutions
Lower than 80% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
781 bills and resolutions

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781
Primary
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Primary SB 542
Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
Surplus lines insurance; establishes criteria for SCC licensing of domestic surplus line insurers.

Establishes criteria for the licensing by the State Corporation Commission of domestic surplus line insurers. A domestic surplus lines insurer is considered a nonadmitted insurer for the purposes of the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 with respect to risks insured in the Commonwealth. The measure provides that policies issued by a domestic surplus lines insurer are subject to the same taxes and maintenance assessments levied upon surplus lines policies issued by eligible nonadmitted insurers, if the Commonwealth is the home state of the insured. Policies issued by a domestic surplus lines insurer are not subject to protections provided by the Virginia Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association. The measure exempts policies issued by a domestic surplus lines insurer from all statutory requirements relating to insurance rating plans, policy forms, policy cancellation and nonrenewal, and premium charged to the insured in the same manner and to the same extent as a nonadmitted insurer domiciled in another state. The measure provides that a domestic surplus lines insurer is only authorized to write the types of insurance in the Commonwealth that a surplus lines broker may procure with a nonadmitted insurer approved by the Commission.

Signed into law Mar 5, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 566
Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
Arrests; law-enforcement agency to report, etc.

Requires that a law-enforcement agency make a report of any arrest of a person for trespassing (§ 18.2-119) or disorderly conduct (§ 18.2-415) to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and that such report be accompanied by the fingerprints and photograph of the person arrested. Under current law, such a report is required for all other misdemeanors punishable by confinement in jail under Title 18.2 (Crimes and Offenses Generally). This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 5, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 544
Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
Prescription drugs; donation of used medicines.

Requires that the existing prescription drug donation program regulated by the Board of Pharmacy accept eligible prescription drugs from individuals, including those residing in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or intermediate care facilities established for individuals with intellectual disability (ICF/IID), licensed hospitals, any facility operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, from an agent pursuant to a power of attorney, a decedent's personal representative, a legal guardian of an incapacitated person, and a guardian ad litem donated on behalf of the represented individual. The bill also provides liability protection for those who donate, accept, and dispense such unused drugs.

Passed Mar 5, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 980
In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
Statewide e-filing system; creating for civil case filings.

Provides that, except as otherwise provided by law, beginning July 1, 2019, no petition, pleading, motion, order, or decree filed in a civil case in a circuit court, including any agreement of the parties or transcripts, shall contain the social security number of any party, or of any minor child of any party, or any identifying financial information of any party. The bill further provides that, where such information is required by law, such information shall be contained in a separate addendum file by the attorney or party in such civil case. The bill further requires each circuit clerk to establish and operate a system for electronic filing. Current law provides that any such clerk may establish and operate such a system. The bill provides that, in any civil case filed on or after July 1, 2019, clerks of the circuit courts shall maintain all nonconfidential documents in electronic form and make such documents available through secure remote access and searchable by name and case number across all circuit courts that use the Office of the Executive Secretary's electronic imaging system. The bill directs the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to administer a paid subscription service that provides access to all electronic records maintained by the clerks who use such electronic imaging system for civil cases filed on or after July 1, 2019. The bill specifies that such subscription shall be on an annual basis, with an annual fee to be established by the Judicial Council of Virginia. The bill provides that any sums collected pursuant to such subscription shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the Courts Technology Fund. The bill directs the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to update its document entitled "Security Standard for Restricted Remote Access to Documents on Court-Controlled Websites" consistent with the provisions of the bill by July 1, 2019. The requirement that the Virginia Information Technologies Agency update such document becomes effective in due course; the remaining provisions of the bill become effective on July 1, 2019. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon funding in a general appropriation act.

In committee Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 524
Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
Electronic case papers; transmission between district and circuit courts.

Makes applicable to juvenile and domestic relations district courts current provisions related to electronic case papers and transmission of such papers between the general district courts and the circuit courts by relocating such provisions from a statute specifically addressing general district courts to a statute applicable to all district courts. The bill also allows the appellate court clerk to request the forwarding of paper trial records. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 525
Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
Judges; maximum number in each judicial district and circuit.

Increases or decreases the maximum number of judges in select judicial districts and circuits to reflect the number of authorized judgeships recommended by the Supreme Court of Virginia in the 2017 "Virginia Judicial Workload Assessment Report." This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 980
In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
Statewide e-filing system; creating for civil case filings.

Provides that, except as otherwise provided by law, beginning July 1, 2019, no petition, pleading, motion, order, or decree filed in a civil case in a circuit court, including any agreement of the parties or transcripts, shall contain the social security number of any party, or of any minor child of any party, or any identifying financial information of any party. The bill further provides that, where such information is required by law, such information shall be contained in a separate addendum file by the attorney or party in such civil case. The bill further requires each circuit clerk to establish and operate a system for electronic filing. Current law provides that any such clerk may establish and operate such a system. The bill provides that, in any civil case filed on or after July 1, 2019, clerks of the circuit courts shall maintain all nonconfidential documents in electronic form and make such documents available through secure remote access and searchable by name and case number across all circuit courts that use the Office of the Executive Secretary's electronic imaging system. The bill directs the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to administer a paid subscription service that provides access to all electronic records maintained by the clerks who use such electronic imaging system for civil cases filed on or after July 1, 2019. The bill specifies that such subscription shall be on an annual basis, with an annual fee to be established by the Judicial Council of Virginia. The bill provides that any sums collected pursuant to such subscription shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the Courts Technology Fund. The bill directs the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to update its document entitled "Security Standard for Restricted Remote Access to Documents on Court-Controlled Websites" consistent with the provisions of the bill by July 1, 2019. The requirement that the Virginia Information Technologies Agency update such document becomes effective in due course; the remaining provisions of the bill become effective on July 1, 2019. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon funding in a general appropriation act.

In committee Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors
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