Sen. Ryan McDougle

Co-sponsor SJ 102

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Jesse Waltz.

Commending Jesse Waltz.

Introduced Feb 14, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 73

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Russell Potts, Jr.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable HarryRussell Potts, Jr.

Passed Feb 14, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SR 19

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Rita Carter Forrester.

Commending Rita Carter Forrester.

Introduced Feb 11, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 635

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Public charter schools; applications, review and approval.

Public charter schools; applications; reviewand approval. Permits the Board of Education (the Board) to receive, review, and rule upon applications for public charter schools andenter into agreements for the establishment of public charter schools.Under current law, the power to grant or deny a public charter schoolapplication and enter into an agreement for the establishment ofa public charter school rests solely with local school boards. Thebill also provides that the decision of the Board or a local schoolboard to grant or deny a public charter school application or to revoke or fail to renew a public charter school agreement is finaland is not subject to appeal. Current law contains an appeal processfor such decisions.

Passed Feb 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 381

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Income tax, state; exempts military retirement income of a veteran.

Income tax; military retirement income subtraction.Exempts, beginning with taxable year 2022, up to $40,000 of militaryretirement income of a veteran who is at least 55 years old and who was honorably discharged after active duty service in the Armed Forcesof the United States, its reserve components, or the National Guardof Virginia or any other state.

In committee Feb 10, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 747

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Uniform Statewide Building Code; religious exemptions.

Uniform Statewide Building Code; religious exemptions. Provides that the Board of Housing and Community Development shallhave the power to grant religious exemptions from the Uniform StatewideBuilding Code if certain findings are made by the Board.

In committee Feb 9, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 398

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI); preexisting contracts.

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; preexisting contracts. Establishes a reserve account for the purchase of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) allowances by an entity that has a preexisting contractual arrangement related to a power purchase entered into on or before May 16, 2017, and continuing in effect on July 1, 2020, through December 31, 2025. Such entity is authorized under the bill to purchase RGGI credits at a discounted rate, subject to conditions set forth in the bill, if, because of the preexisting contractual arrangement, the entity is unable to pass through or recover its RGGI costs.

Passed Feb 8, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 380

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption, etc., definitions.

Sales tax; exemption for food purchased forhuman consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Exemptsfood purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygieneproducts (the grocery tax) from all state, regional, and local salestaxes. The bill dedicates state sales tax revenue to provide a supplementalschool payment to counties and cities. For fiscal year 2023, thepayment is the county or city's fiscal year 2022 distribution ofrevenue from the grocery tax. For fiscal year 2024 and after, thepayment is the previous year's payment multiplied by the county orcity's local sales tax index, defined in the bill as the ratio by which sales tax revenues in a county or city for the current yearexceed the previous year's revenues.

In committee Feb 8, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SJ 74

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons.

Commending Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons.

Passed Feb 7, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 65

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank DuVal Hargrove, Sr.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.

Passed Feb 7, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track