D Virginia Senate · District 40

Sen. Barbara Favola

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Total votes

27,879

all sessions

Attendance

99%

155 missed

Higher than 95% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 92% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 98% of chamber peers

Sponsored bills

Total

1,306

Primary

352

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Primary SB 486

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Food waste; to study VDACS sources, scale, and prevention of food waste.

Study; VDACS; sources, scale, and prevention of food waste in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to study, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and stakeholders, the sources, scale, and prevention of food waste in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, VDACS shall (i) assess the total annual statewide rate of preventable food waste received by landfills within the Commonwealth; (ii) identify the industry sectors within the Commonwealth that contribute to preventable food waste, and determine their rate of contribution to such waste; (iii) identify alternative uses of food that is wasted; and (iv) recommend policies to reduce the annual rate of preventable food waste in the Commonwealth with data-driven reduction targets and timelines, including food donation requirements for certain food waste from grocery stores and restaurants. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Passed Feb 27, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor HJ 253

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Gerald R. Rubin.

Introduced Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 242

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Ilryong Moon.

Introduced Feb 27, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 238

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the All Dulles Area Muslim Society.