Sen. Barbara Favola

Co-sponsor SJ 345

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending ECPI University.

Introduced Feb 10, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 231

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission, criteria to redraw certain districts.

Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission (the Commission) to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever occurs later, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of the year following the census, whichever occurs later. The amendment also establishes the standards to govern redistricting plans, which include the current constitutional standards on population equality, compactness, and contiguity and additional standards to minimize splits of localities and to prohibit consideration of incumbency and political data.

In committee Feb 9, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1462

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Voter identification; accepted forms of identification.

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1465

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Electric energy; consumption reduction goal, annual progress reports.

Directs the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, in consultation with the staff of the State Corporation Commission, to report annually, commencing no later than December 15, 2018, on the progress the Commonwealth is making toward meeting the goal adopted in 2007 of reducing the consumption of electric energy by retail customers by the year 2022 by an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of electric energy consumed by retail customers in 2006. The bill requires the reports to be made to the General Assembly and the Governor's Executive Committee on Energy Efficiency or, if the Committee ceases operations, to the Governor.

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 2041

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; DSS to establish and administer.

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 540

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote (first reference).

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 538

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Constitutional amendment marriage; marriage (first reference.)

Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage." The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1550

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Women's Right to Vote, Commission for Commemoration of; established.

In committee Feb 8, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1395

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Same-sex marriages; civil unions.

Repeals the statutory prohibitions on same-sex marriages and civil unions or other arrangements between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges and obligations of marriage. These prohibitions are no longer valid due to the United States Supreme Court decision in

In committee Feb 7, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1418

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Firearms; libraries owned or operated by localities.

Allows a locality to adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components or a combination thereof in libraries owned or operated by the locality.

In committee Feb 7, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track