Sen. John Edwards

Co-sponsor HJ 840

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Colonel John Jack William Hilgers, USMC, Ret.

Introduced Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 858

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Joel Willis Richert.

Introduced Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 854

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.

Introduced Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 855

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of James A. Lewis, Jr.

Introduced Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 839

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Gus George Pappas.

Introduced Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 838

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Steven Charles Buschor.

Introduced Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1444

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Minimum wage; increases minimum wage from its current federally mandated level.

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1583

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Southwestern Virginia Training Center; delay closure.

Provides that the Southwestern Virginia Training Center shall remain open until June 30, 2019, and continue to accept new admissions of individuals with intellectual disabilities for whom treatment in a training center is appropriate.

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 538

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Constitutional amendment marriage; marriage (first reference.)

Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage." The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1395

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Same-sex marriages; civil unions.

Repeals the statutory prohibitions on same-sex marriages and civil unions or other arrangements between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges and obligations of marriage. These prohibitions are no longer valid due to the United States Supreme Court decision in

In committee Feb 7, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track