Sen. Barbara Favola

Co-sponsor HJ 602

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Thomas Michael Bello.

Introduced Jan 19, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 598

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Arlington Community Foundation.

Introduced Jan 19, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 593

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Woman's Club of Arlington.

Introduced Jan 19, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 716

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Patrick Henry College international moot court team.

Introduced Jan 19, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 594

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Lee Highway Alliance.

Introduced Jan 19, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 1524

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Hate crimes; criminal acts against persons because of gender, etc.

Adds disability, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense. The bill also adds disability, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation status to the categories of hate crimes that are to be reported to the central repository of information regarding hate crimes maintained by the Virginia State Police. The bill also provides that a person who is subjected to acts of vandalism to his real or personal property, where such vandalism is motived by disability, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation, may bring a civil action to recover his damages. The bill also provides that no provider or user of an interactive computer service on the Internet shall be liable for any action voluntarily taken by it in good faith to restrict access to material that the provider or user considers to be intended to incite hatred on the basis of disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation.

In committee Jan 19, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HJ 714

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the McLean High School band.

Introduced Jan 19, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SR 103

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Frederick J. Napolitano.

Introduced Jan 19, 2017 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 1502

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Hate crimes; adds to list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate.

In committee Jan 18, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1503

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Central absentee voter precincts; expedited counting of absentee ballots.

In committee Jan 18, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track