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Sen. Dick Saslaw

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Total votes
10,368
all sessions
Attendance
98%
130 missed
Higher than 79% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 85% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 91% of chamber peers
Sponsored
511
bills & resolutions
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
511 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
511
Primary
103
Co-sponsor
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Co-sponsor HJ 539
In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor
Constitutional amendment; removes same-sex marriage prohibition.

Constitutional amendment (first reference);marriage; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; recognition ofsame-sex marriages. Repeals the constitutional provision definingmarriage as only a union between one man and one woman, as well asthe related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of theUnited States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges,576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the Commonwealthand its political subdivisions and its agents are required to issuemarriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equallyunder the law, regardless of the gender of the two parties to themarriage. The amendment further provides that religious organizationsand clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuseto perform any marriage.

In committee Feb 3, 2021 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1101
In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor
Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact.

Presidential electors; National Popular VoteCompact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known asthe Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by NationalPopular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United Statesgives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide the mannerof awarding their electoral votes. Under the compact, Virginia agreesto award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receivesthe most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessinga majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact. A statemay withdraw from the compact; however, a withdrawal occurring withinsix months of the end of a President's term shall not become effectiveuntil a President or Vice President has qualified to serve the nextterm.

In committee Jan 26, 2021 1 co-sponsor
Primary SB 1376
In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
Absentee voting; processing of absentee ballots before election day.

Absentee voting; processing of absentee ballotsbefore election day; reporting of absentee ballot vote totals; centralabsentee voter precincts. Requires certain actions to be takento process absentee ballots returned before the day of the election,including opening sealed ballot envelopes and inserting the ballotinto a ballot container or counting machine. The bill requires theestablishment of a central absentee voter precinct in each locality;currently, establishment is optional. On the day of the election,officers of election are required to begin processing absentee ballotsin the central absentee voter precincts prior to the close of thepolls but that no ballot vote counts are permitted to be transmittedoutside of the central absentee voter precinct before the close ofthe polls; a violation of such prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor.When reporting election results to the Department of Elections, thegeneral registrars are required to report absentee ballots cast earlyin person separately from all other absentee ballots. The bill containstechnical amendments for organizational and readability purposes.

In committee Jan 26, 2021 0 co-sponsors
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