Sen. John Edwards

Primary SB 78

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Trust decanting; authorized fiduciary.

Passed Mar 14, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 51

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Income withholding orders; employer's duty to request disclosure.

Repeals the requirement, enacted in 1993, that an employer request that each new employee disclose whether the employee has an income withholding order. This requirement has been superseded in practice by requirements that an employer submit information about new hires to the Virginia New Hire Reporting Center within 20 days of the employee's hire date. Under the current system, relevant data in the State Directory of New Hires and the National Directory of New Hires is used by the Division of Child Support Enforcement to issue orders enforcing child support obligations. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.

Passed Mar 14, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 222

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Patients; medically or ethically inappropriate care not required.

Establishes a process whereby a physician may cease to provide health care that has been determined to be medically or ethically inappropriate for a patient. This bill is identical to

Passed Mar 12, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 153

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Elections; definition of "time of filing for the office."

Defines "time of filing for the office" for purposes of determining the order on the ballot of independent candidates as the time at which the candidate has filed his petition signature pages with a number of signatures at least equal to the number required by law for the office for which he is seeking election. For offices for which no petition is required, the "time of filing for the office" is defined as the time at which the candidate has filed his completed statement of qualification.

Passed Mar 12, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 150

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Elections; ascertainment of results by the electoral board, write-in votes.

Changes one of the criteria for determining when an electoral board is required to ascertain the total votes for each write-in candidate for an office from when less than five percent of the total number of votes cast for that office are write-in votes to when less than 10 percent of the total number of votes cast for that office are write-in votes.

Passed Mar 12, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 149

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Outdoor amphitheater or concert venue; nonsmoking areas, penalty.

Authorizes any locality, by ordinance, to designate reasonable no-smoking areas within an outdoor amphitheater or concert venue owned by the locality. The bill requires such ordinance to (i) require adequate signage designating such areas, (ii) provide that a violation of such ordinance is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25 to be paid into the treasury of the locality where the offense occurred and expended solely for public health purposes, and (ii) provide that any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons regarding a violation of the ordinance. The provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2019 Session of the General Assembly.

Passed Mar 10, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SJ 245

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Captain Paul F. Hollandsworth, Jr., USN, Ret.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 449

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Father Gerard Creedon.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 249

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Neilson Jay November.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 548

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending The College of William and Mary.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track