Sen. George Barker

Co-sponsor HJ 61

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby, USN.

Introduced Feb 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 150

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.

Introduced Feb 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 177

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates.

Introduced Feb 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 78

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Specialist Douglas J. Green, USA.

Introduced Feb 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 163

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Virginia Capitol Police.

Introduced Feb 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 78

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Gerald Thomas Halpin.

Introduced Feb 2, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 139

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Special Agent Michael T. Walter.

Introduced Feb 1, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 156

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Master Sergeant George Allen Bannar, Jr., USA.

Introduced Feb 1, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 83

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending the George Mason University Alumni Association.

Introduced Jan 26, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 830

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Virginia Open Data Initiative Act; created, report.

Creates the Virginia Open Data Initiative Act to increase public awareness of and access to the data created by and available from state agencies. The bill provides for appointment by the Governor of a Chief Data Officer to oversee the establishment of procedures, standards, and best practices regarding the appropriate access and presentation of open data and datasets by each agency. The Chief Data Officer shall develop a dataset format standard to be used by all agencies when providing their datasets to the Chief Data Officer or when making their data available on their own websites and shall ensure that, under the standard, the datasets are accessible in a nonproprietary, machine-readable format that is compliant with state and federal law. The bill also provides for the Chief Data Officer to submit by December 31, 2019, a written report to the Governor and the General Assembly consisting of (i) the progress made on the implementation of the provisions of the bill, (ii) the effectiveness in providing open data and datasets to the public and among agencies, and (iii) the feasibility of expanding the open data initiative to the legislative and judicial branches of government. This bill was incorporated into

In committee Jan 25, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track