Sen. Mamie Locke

Co-sponsor SR 536

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Arlington County Fire Department Station 8.

Introduced May 29, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SR 519

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending John Niemiec.

Introduced May 14, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 170

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Public schools; student discipline.

Prohibits, except for drug offenses, firearm offenses, and certain criminal acts, students in preschool through grade three from being suspended for more than three school days or expelled from attendance at school unless (i) the offense involves physical harm or credible threat of physical harm to others or (ii) the local school board or the division superintendent or his designee finds that aggravating circumstances exist, as defined by the Department of Education.

Passed Mar 16, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1183

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Hampton, City of; volunteer property maintenance and zoning inspectors.

Adds the City of Hampton to the list of cities that may utilize volunteer inspectors to issue notice of noncompliance with certain ordinances related to the external maintenance of property or local zoning ordinances.

Passed Mar 15, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 198

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Historical African American cemeteries and graves; adds Mt. Calvary Cemetery in City of Portsmouth.

Adds the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in the City of Portsmouth, with 266 eligible gravesites, to the list of historical African American cemeteries for which qualifying charitable organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. This bill is identical to

Passed Mar 15, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HB 284

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Historical African American cemeteries; owners and localities receiving funds.

Adds any locality or person that owns a historical African American cemetery to the list of qualified organizations able to receive funds for the preservation of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The bill also allows any locality to receive and hold such funds on behalf of any qualified organization until such time as the organization is able to receive or utilize the funds. The bill requires that the owner of a historical African American cemetery allow reasonable ingress and egress to such cemetery by members of an organization qualified to receive funds for cemetery care and maintenance.

Passed Mar 14, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 171

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Henrietta Lacks Commission; established.

Creates the Henrietta Lacks Commission to establish, through a public-private partnership, the Henrietta Lacks Life Sciences Center in Halifax County as a cancer research and treatment center designed to (i) transform and accelerate cancer research and treatment through the use of biodata tools, (ii) provide tailored cancer treatment medicine to an underserved portion of rural Southside Virginia, and (iii) incubate new biotech businesses across the Southside Virginia region. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2021.

Passed Mar 14, 2018 1 co-sponsor 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