Sen. Chap Petersen

Co-sponsor HJ 826

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending the Westfield High School football team.

Introduced Feb 22, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 909

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending First Baptist Church of Vienna.

Introduced Feb 22, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 907

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Money & King Funeral Home.

Introduced Feb 22, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 1019

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending Fairfax County.

Introduced Feb 22, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SR 149

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending the Virginia Commission for the Arts.

Introduced Feb 22, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 418

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Lewis G. Saunders.

Introduced Feb 22, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1718

Signed into law · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Civics Education, Commission on; renamed Commission on Civic Education, extends sunset provision.

Renames the Commission on Civics Education as the Commission on Civic Education and extends from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2019, the expiration of such commission. This bill is identical

Signed into law Feb 21, 2017 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SB 1400

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Poker; definition of illegal gambling and charitable gaming.

Provides that poker is a game of skill and therefore not illegal gambling. The bill also allows a qualified organization to conduct poker games in conjunction with its charitable gaming activities, but does not allow a charitable organization to conduct poker tournaments. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Charitable Gaming Board to regulate poker tournaments, defined in the bill as a competition organized for the purpose of conducting poker games at one or multiple tables where (i) competitors play a series of poker games, (ii) prizes are awarded to winning players on a fixed or proportional payout basis, and (iii) the total prize amount awarded to all winning players at the event is $50,000 or more. Finally, the bill requires poker tournament sponsors to obtain a permit before conducting a tournament and tournament managers and operators to be registered with the Department. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.

In committee Feb 21, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1066

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Petition for writ of actual innocence.

In committee Feb 21, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1082

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

School principals; incident reports.

Eliminates the requirement that school principals report certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense to law enforcement.

In committee Feb 21, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track