Sen. Steve Newman

Primary SB 760

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Online Va. Network Authority; adds Chancellor of Va. Community College System to board of trustees.

Adds the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee and one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the State Board for Community Colleges to the members of the board of trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority (Authority). The bill also provides that the Online Virginia Network, established by the Authority, will facilitate the completion of degrees at comprehensive community colleges as well as at George Mason University and Old Dominion University. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 5, 2018 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor SJ 175

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending W. Taylor Reveley III.

Introduced Mar 2, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SJ 136

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Commending the recipients of the 2018 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Awards.

Introduced Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 511

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Optometry; scope of practice.

Provides that the practice of optometry includes the evaluation, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal or diseased conditions of the human eye and its adnexa by the use of medically recognized and appropriate devices, procedures, or technologies but that it does not include treatment through surgery, including laser surgery, other invasive modalities, or the use of injections, except for certain injections by TPA-certified optometrists and for the treatment of emergency cases of anaphylactic shock with intramuscular epinephrine. The bill authorizes a TPA-certified optometrist to administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents by injection for the treatment of chalazia by means of an injection of a steroid included in Schedule VI controlled substances, provided that the optometrist provides written evidence that he has completed certain training requirements to the Board of Optometry.

Passed Mar 2, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SR 45

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Charles Alwyn Perkinson, Jr.

Introduced Mar 1, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SR 44

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Patricia Ann Nicholson Perkinson.

Introduced Mar 1, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SR 46

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Charlotte A. Mary.

Introduced Mar 1, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 364

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Motor vehicle liability insurance; increases minimum liability coverage amount.

Increases the minimum liability coverage amount from $20,000 to $50,000 for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. The bill applies to motor vehicle insurance policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2019. This bill incorporates

In committee Mar 1, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 364

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Motor vehicle liability insurance; increases minimum liability coverage amount.

Increases the minimum liability coverage amount from $20,000 to $50,000 for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. The bill applies to motor vehicle insurance policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2019. This bill incorporates

In committee Mar 1, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SR 42

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending David McKee.

Introduced Mar 1, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track