Sen. George Barker

Primary SB 1296

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact; adds several bridges to Compact.

Adds the Harry W. Nice Bridge, Sandy Hook Bridge, Brunswick Bridge, and Point of Rocks Bridge to the Potomac River bridges subject to the Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia appropriate authority anywhere on the bridges. This amendment to the Compact shall not become effective until a substantially similar amendment is enacted by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia, as provided for in the Compact.

Passed Feb 18, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HJ 701

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Captain Alvin Deon Branch, USN, Ret.

Introduced Feb 18, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 664

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Joe Bagley Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2582.

Introduced Feb 18, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 1298

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Department of Education to annually collect data on programs.

Requires the Department of Education to annually collect from each school board and publish on its website various enrollment and achievement data on alternative education programs for students who have been suspended, expelled, or otherwise precluded from attendance at school. The bill requires such data to be published in a manner that protects the identities of individual students and disaggregated by local school division and by student race, ethnicity, gender, and disability. This bill is identical to

Passed Feb 18, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HJ 853

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Rick Wilson and Henderson Motorsports.

Introduced Feb 18, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 818

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Frank C. Carlucci III.

Introduced Feb 18, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 778

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Margaret Vanderhye.

Introduced Feb 18, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1030

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.

Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer. The measure will become effective if reenacted by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly. The measure also directs the 2020 Session of the General Assembly, in considering and enacting any legislation relating to workers' compensation and the presumption of compensability for certain cancers, to consider any research, findings, and recommendations from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission's review of the Virginia Workers' Compensation program. The provisions of this bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly. The bill incorporates

Signed into law Feb 15, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 762

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Voices for Virginia's Children.

Introduced Feb 14, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 742

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Living Legends of Alexandria.

Passed Feb 14, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track