Sen. Dave Marsden

Co-sponsor HJ 791

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Virginia Commonwealth University.

Introduced Feb 14, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1557

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Pharmacy, Board of; cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil, regulation of pharmaceutical.

Authorizes licensed physician assistants and licensed nurse practitioners to issue a written certification for use of cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil. The bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations establishing dosage limitations, which shall require that each dispensed dose of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil not exceed 10 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol. The bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to convene a work group to review and recommend an appropriate structure for an oversight organization for the medical marijuana program in Virginia and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Education and Health and the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2019.

Passed Feb 13, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 823

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Rosemary Trible.

Introduced Feb 13, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1550

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users; person who operates a motor vehicle in a careless manner

Provides that a person who operates a motor vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and is the proximate cause of serious physical injury to a vulnerable road user, defined in the bill as a pedestrian or person riding a bicycle, electric wheelchair, electric bicycle, wheelchair, skateboard, skates, foot-scooter, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle, is guilty of a traffic infraction. The bill prohibits the driver of a motor vehicle from using or crossing into a bicycle lane to pass or attempt to pass another vehicle except to provide traffic incident management services, when directed by a law-enforcement officer, or when the roadway is otherwise impassable due to weather conditions, an accident, or an emergency situation.

Passed Feb 12, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 1567

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Towing fees; sets maximum towing hookup and initial towing fees.

Provides that localities in Planning District 8 and Planning District 16 shall establish by ordinance a hookup and initial towing fee of not less than $135 and not more than $150. Current law authorizes local governing bodies to set the towing fee at $135.

Passed Feb 12, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1568

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Barbers and cosmetologists; training requirement.

Prohibits the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology from requiring, as a condition of licensure that an applicant for a license to practice barbering or cosmetology complete more than 1,000 hours of training in the field for which the applicant seeks licensure.

In committee Feb 11, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 1702

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Public School Assistance Fund and Program; created.

In committee Feb 8, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1737

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Civil relief; furloughed or otherwise not receiving wages, etc.

Provides a 30-day stay for eviction and foreclosure proceedings for tenants and homeowners who request a stay and provide proof, defined in the bill, that they are (i) an employee of the United States government, (ii) an independent contractor for the United States government, or (iii) an employee of a company under contract with the United States government who was furloughed or was otherwise not receiving wages or payments as a result of the partial closure of the United States government beginning on December 22, 2018. The bill contain a sunset date of September 30, 2019.

Passed Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 748

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Virginia State University.

Introduced Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 758

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Alfred Durham.

Introduced Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track