Sen. A. Benton "Ben" Chafin

Co-sponsor HJ 566

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Nancy Howell Agee.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 834

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Voter registration list maintenance; voters identified as registered in multiple states.

Requires the Department of Elections to provide to the general registrars a list of registered voters who have been found through list comparisons and data-matching exchanges with other states to be registered in another state.

Passed Mar 8, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SR 76

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Timothy Scott Edwards.

Introduced Mar 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 859

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Airbow hunting; authorized to hunt deer & small game when hunter is licensed to hunt w/bow & arrow.

Authorizes the use of an arrowgun, a pneumatic-powered air gun, for hunting and allows certain disabled hunters to obtain an archery license for hunting with an arrowgun. This bill is identical to

Passed Mar 8, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SR 59

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Richard E. Hickman, Jr.

Introduced Mar 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 996

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Animal shelters; administration of Schedule VI biological products.

Authorizes the operator or custodian of a public animal shelter to vaccinate animals that are confined in such shelter to prevent the risk of communicable diseases. The bill also provides that a public or private animal shelter may purchase, possess, and administer certain Schedule VI biological products for the purpose of preventing, controlling, and treating certain communicable diseases that failure to control would result in transmission to the animal population in the shelter and may administer such biological products only pursuant to written protocols.

In committee Mar 8, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 567

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Agricultural operations; nuisance.

Requires agricultural operations to be in substantial compliance, defined in the bill, with applicable laws, regulations, and best management practices in order to be exempt from becoming a public or private nuisance. The bill prohibits a person from bringing a nuisance action against any agricultural operation the existence of which was known or reasonably knowable when that person's use or occupancy of his property began. The bill also prohibits anyone other than a person with an ownership interest in the affected property from bringing an action for private nuisance and sets out certain limitations on recovery for compensatory damages. This bill is identical to

Passed Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 189

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Burns Blevins, Sr.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SJ 180

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Commending the CGI Southwest Virginia Technology Center of Excellence.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 374

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Cattle Industry Board; assessment from sale of cattle.

Renames the Beef Industry Council as the Cattle Industry Board (the Board) and renames the Virginia Beef Industry Fund as the Virginia Cattle Industry Fund (the Fund). The bill simplifies the definition of the term "cattle" and reduces the size of the Board from 15 to 11 members. Beginning in 2019 and ending in 2023, the bill increases the amount of the assessment from the sale of cattle, currently at $0.25 per head, to $0.50 per head, with the assessment to be deposited in the Fund to support Board activities. The bill allows producers who are dissatisfied with the assessment and the Board's use of it to receive a refund and prohibits the Department of Taxation from collecting assessments that were unpaid or uncollected prior to July 1, 2018. Finally, the bill staggers the terms of the initial members appointed to the Board and distinguishes the assessment-supported Fund from the National Beef Checkoff.

Passed Mar 7, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track