Sen. Bill Stanley

Primary SB 171

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Henrietta Lacks Commission; established.

Creates the Henrietta Lacks Commission to establish, through a public-private partnership, the Henrietta Lacks Life Sciences Center in Halifax County as a cancer research and treatment center designed to (i) transform and accelerate cancer research and treatment through the use of biodata tools, (ii) provide tailored cancer treatment medicine to an underserved portion of rural Southside Virginia, and (iii) incubate new biotech businesses across the Southside Virginia region. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2021.

Passed Mar 14, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 35

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Sentence reduction; substantial assistance to prosecution.

Allows a convicted person's sentence to be reduced if such person provides substantial assistance, defined in the bill, in the furtherance of the investigation or prosecution of another person engaged in an act of violence or for offenses involving the manufacture or distribution of controlled substances or marijuana. Sentence reduction can occur only upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to

Passed Mar 12, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 28

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Medical research on dogs and cats; prohibition on use of state funds, civil penalty.

Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated, granted, or awarded by the Commonwealth by any person or entity, public or private, to directly fund medically unnecessary research classified under pain and distress category E by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on animal subjects. The direct funding of research shall not include the appropriation, grant, or award of funds for the construction or maintenance of facilities; the purchase or maintenance of general-use equipment; overhead costs; capital improvements; or faculty or employee salaries.

Passed Mar 12, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 36

Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Weekend jail time; replaces provision limiting nonconsecutive days.

Allows courts, for good cause and absent objection by the Commonwealth, to impose nonconsecutive or weekend jail time for defendants convicted of a misdemeanor, a traffic offense, any offense under Chapter 5 (§ 20-61 et seq.) of Title 20, or a felony that is not an act of violence as defined in § 19.2-297.1, provided that the active portion of the sentence remaining to be served is 45 days or less. Under current law, the imposition of nonconsecutive or weekend jail time is limited to defendants convicted of a misdemeanor, a traffic offense, or any offense under Chapter 5 (§ 20-61 et seq.) of Title 20.

Passed Mar 12, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HJ 536

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Ringgold Volunteer Fire and Rescue.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 515

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Thompson Insurance Services.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 245

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Captain Paul F. Hollandsworth, Jr., USN, Ret.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 537

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the Galileo Magnet High School Academic Competition for Excellence team.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 437

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Herman J. Chaney.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 249

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Neilson Jay November.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track