Sen. Barbara Favola

Co-sponsor HB 2258

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Child day programs; staff training requirements, exemption for cooperative preschools.

Signed into law Mar 19, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Primary SB 1145

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW); transitional child care.

Allows VIEW participants whose Temporary Assistance for Needy Families financial assistance is terminated to receive child care assistance for up to 12 months after termination if the individual is enrolled in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and is taking courses as part of a curriculum that leads to a postsecondary credential, such as a degree or an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license. Under current law, such child care assistance is only available if it enables the individual to work. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 5, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1094

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Family day homes; zoning permits.

Passed Mar 4, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 1026

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Absentee voting; no-excuse absentee.

Allows for any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in person beginning on the second Saturday immediately preceding any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill makes absentee voting in person available beginning on the forty-fifth day prior to the election and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding the election. The bill retains the current provisions for voting an absentee ballot by mail or in person prior to the second Saturday immediately preceding the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting. The provisions of the bill do not become effective until the November 3, 2020, general election, and the State Board of Elections is required to submit a report on the procedures and instructions it promulgates for conducting absentee voting pursuant to the provisions of the bill.

Passed Mar 4, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1025

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Companion animals; adequate shelter and space.

Provides that in order to meet the requirement that an animal be given adequate space, a tether must be at least three times the length of the animal or 10 feet in length, whichever is greater, and not cause injury or pain, weigh more than one-tenth of the animal's body weight, or have weights or heavy objects attached to it. Current law requires that the tether be at least three times the length of the animal. The bill exempts agricultural animals from provisions of the law related to tethering. The bill defines "adequate shelter" to mean the provision of shelter that, during hot weather, is shaded and does not readily conduct heat and, during cold weather, has a windbreak at its entrance and provides sufficient bedding material.

Passed Mar 4, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 1141

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Family life education; BOE to include instruction on prevention of human trafficking.

. Requires the Board of Education, in its curriculum guidelines for family life education, to include instruction on the prevention of human trafficking. Additionally, the bill requires any high school family life education program offered in a local school division to incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the prevention of human trafficking.

Passed Feb 27, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HJ 962

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Calista Garcia.

Introduced Feb 23, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 1029

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending James Madison High School.

Introduced Feb 23, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 1058

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Alexis Wesolowsky Press.

Introduced Feb 23, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 963

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Arlington Free Clinic.

Introduced Feb 23, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track