Sen. Dick Saslaw

Co-sponsor SB 1727

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, etc.; purchase, possession, and sale.

Passed Feb 11, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 1496

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Installed Solar Energy Equipment Program Grant Fund; created

Creates a grant program for the purchase and installation of solar energy equipment in certain nonresidential areas on and after January 1, 2019, to be administered by the Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy.  The grant is capped at 35 percent of the installed cost of the system. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

In committee Feb 8, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1772

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Pregnant prisoners; use of restraint.

Requires the Board of Corrections to review its standards related to allowable restraint practices for pregnant prisoners to ensure that (i) pregnant prisoners are treated humanely and restrained in a manner that accounts for their specific health needs and (ii) such restraint procedures provide adequate protection for the safety of correctional staff and others who may be in close proximity to such prisoners.

In committee Feb 8, 2019 0 co-sponsors 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 747

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Steve Rogers.

Introduced Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 712

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frederick MacDonald Quayle.

Passed Feb 7, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 1163

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Firearms; trigger activators designed to increase the rate of fire, prohibition, penalty.

In committee Feb 6, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1777

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Restrictive housing; data collection by Department of Corrections.

Requires the Department of Corrections to report to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before October 1 of each year certain population statistics of persons incarcerated in state correctional institutions, including certain statistics regarding offenders placed in and released from restrictive housing and Shared Allied Management Units. This bill incorporates

Passed Feb 6, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HJ 579

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

United States Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.

In committee Feb 5, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1255

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Major Headquarters Workforce Grant Fund; created.

Creates the Major Headquarters Workforce Grant Fund. A qualified e-commerce company that makes a capital investment of at least $2 billion in a major headquarters facility in Arlington County and that creates at least 25,000 new full-time jobs with an average annual wage of $150,000 will be eligible for up to $550 million in grants from the Fund. A qualified company may also be eligible for an additional $200 million in grants for creating an additional 12,850 new full-time jobs. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Feb 5, 2019 1 co-sponsor