Josh Cole

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Cosponsored bills (182)

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HB 1432 Marijuana or marijuana products; underage possession, consequences, procedures. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
HJ 17 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly to extend state recognition. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
HB 28 Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records. · Passed One Chamber · Jul 21, 2026
HB 372 Income tax, state; removes sunset from and makes permanent increase in refundable earned tax credit. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
HB 143 Surplus real property; prioritization of disposition for affordable and middle-income housing. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
SB 624 Assault and battery; definition of "Islamophobia," penalty. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
HB 334 Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. · Passed One Chamber · Jul 21, 2026
HB 858 Legal holidays; replaces Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, with Indigenous Peoples' Day. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
HB 1195 School bds., etc.; applicants for employment involving direct contact w/children in public schools. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
HB 1345 Public schools; industry-recognized uniform inspection and evaluation of indoor air quality. · Passed One Chamber · Jul 21, 2026
HB 203 Middle Eastern and North African Advisory Board; established, sunset. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
HB 92 Public schools; At-Risk Program established, Standards of Quality. · Passed One Chamber · Jul 21, 2026
HB 885 Court Date Reminder Program; established, report. · Passed One Chamber · Jul 21, 2026
HB 278 Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
HB 1373 Regional special ed.; DOE to assess enhancements & strategies to maximize use of funds for students. · Passed One Chamber · Jul 21, 2026
HB 415 Pawpaw (Asimina triloba); designating as official state fruit. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
HR 2132 Commending the Reverend Dr. Raymond A. Bell. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2129 Commending the Central Virginia Transportation Authority. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2128 Commending Providence Park Baptist Church. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2179 Commending Grady James, Ph.D. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2074 Commending Colonel James T. O'Kelley, USMCR (Ret.). · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2100 Celebrating the life of Tarun Mehta. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2131 Commending Marvin Fields. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2130 Commending four women leaders from Caroline County Public Schools. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2187 Commending the Greater Fredericksburg Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2086 Commending Ramoth Baptist Church. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2164 Commending the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2185 Commending Timmy Maness and Chelsea Spangler. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2059 Celebrating the life of Susan Bulkley Kellom. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2058 Celebrating the life of Alice Irene Cohan. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2115 Commending Orleans Bistro & Grill. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
HR 2045 Celebrating the life of Madison Warner. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2026
HR 2037 Celebrating the life of Wilhelmina Gregory James. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2026
HR 2005 Commending the LEADE Foundation. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
HR 2004 Commending St. John Baptist Church of Woodford. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
HR 2011 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Marian Van Landingham. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2026
HR 2006 Commending the Omicron Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
HR 2009 Commending Land of Promise Church. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
HR 2001 Commending Brigadier General Terrence A. Adams, USAF. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
HR 267 Commending the Franklin High School boys' basketball team. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
HR 249 Commending Clipse. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
HR 194 Commending the first Black voters in Virginia. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
HR 224 Celebrating the life of Seuk Kim. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 20, 2026
HR 263 Commending Eastland United Methodist Church. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
HR 154 Commending the Virginia University of Lynchburg. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
HR 199 Commending the Ealey Project. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
HR 201 Commending Amy Reardon. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
HR 237 Commending Mount Olive Baptist Church. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
HR 273 Celebrating the life of Michael Antoine Newsome. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 20, 2026
HR 85 Commending the Front Royal Little League 12U All-Stars. · Passed Legislature · Apr 16, 2026
HR 106 Commemorating the life and legacy of Mildred Delores Jeter Loving. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 16, 2026
HR 120 Commending United Faith Christian Ministry. · Passed Legislature · Apr 16, 2026
HR 83 Commending Edward Joseph Face. · Passed Legislature · Apr 16, 2026
HR 130 Celebrating the life of the Honorable James A. Davis. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 16, 2026
HJ 267 Commending Community Eligibility Provision schools in Virginia. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1418 Sickle Cell Trait Awareness and Education Program; established. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 27 Overtime for certain employees; pay for domestic workers, delayed effective date. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1446 School nurses; sickle cell disease training. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HJ 311 Commending Virginia Youth Poet Laureate. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1414 Children; certain injuries to be reported by physicians, etc., penalties for failure to report. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1491 Electric utilities; construction of new overhead transmission lines, siting requirements. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1357 Nursing facilities; comprehensive study of quality of care, etc., and operational practices. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1391 Sickle Cell Coordinated Access Network; established. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1322 Sheriff Javier J. Smith Memorial Bridge; designates bridge on St. Route 106 in Charles City County. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 496 Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 392 Sickle cell disease education and screening program; cancer risk. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HJ 279 Commending Andrea Miller. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1263 Public employees; repeals existing prohibition on collective bargaining, etc. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
HB 675 Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
HB 636 Prospective employer; prohibited from seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
HJ 283 Commending Sergeant Dianne M. Dowdy. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
HJ 245 Commending the veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
HB 938 Publicly owned treatment works; monitoring of PFAS. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1113 Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 967 Voting Rights Act of Virginia; revises provisions. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 969 Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center; work group to develop policy, etc., to establish. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
HB 965 National Popular Vote Compact; enters Virginia into an interstate compact. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 1207 Paid family & med. leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action, report. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
HB 211 Head start, etc.; Head Start State Collaboration Office to develop for endorsement a report, etc. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 667 Juvenile/domestic rel. district cts.; petition, noncitizen aged 18-21 years for leg. custody/relief. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 18 Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, reports. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 26 Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence, sunset. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
HB 173 State correctional facilities; visitation policies, annual report. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HB 14 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
HJ 280 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Gerald Edward Connolly. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 13, 2026
HB 95 Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. · To Executive · Apr 12, 2026
HB 5 Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. · To Executive · Apr 12, 2026
HB 650 Courthouses; certain civil arrests prohibited, penalty. · To Executive · Apr 12, 2026
HB 215 Voter registration; list maintenance, third-party data exchanges approved by State Bd. of Elections. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
HB 630 Elections; ranked choice voting, locally elected offices, report. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
HB 1182 Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs & devices, including over-the-counter. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
HB 1441 Law-enforcement agencies; agreements with federal authority for immigration enforcement. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
HJ 87 Day of Remembrance for Victims of Lynching in Virginia. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 172 Commending Andrew Billingsley, Ph.D. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 173 Commending Elisha Harris. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 208 Celebrating the life of Deborah Fisher Williams. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 156 Commending RADAR Transit. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 170 Celebrating the life of Horace Christopher Belcher. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 131 Commending the Honorable S. Bernard Goodwyn. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 237 Commending St. Elmo's Coffee Pub. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 194 Commending Table Talk. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 174 Commending the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 190 Commending Timothy Zachery Mosley. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 159 Commending the Virginia Community College System. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 196 Commending the staff of Theogony. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 153 Celebrating the life of Sincere B. Allah. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 177 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Barry D. Knight. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 103 Commending Saint Martin's Parish. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 145 Celebrating the life of Donald C. Pfanz. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 148 Commending the Spotsylvania County Museum. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 206 Commending the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 158 Commending 211 Virginia. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 207 Commending David Cooper. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 154 Commending the Greater Richmond Virginia Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 168 Commending the Stafford County Branch of the NAACP. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 193 Commending the Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 199 Commending the Roanoke Chapter of Continental Societies, Inc. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 212 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Charles Douglas Poindexter. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 102 Commending Patrick Henry High School. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 171 Celebrating the life of Cecelia Taliaferro Tucker. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 187 Commending the Zeta Upsilon Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 165 Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Thomas Bulova, USAR. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
HJ 157 Commending the Taubman Museum of Art. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
HB 6 Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
HB 1166 Financial institutions; check cashers, expiration of registration. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
HB 594 Affordable housing developments, certain; expedited approval. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
HB 1 Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
HB 15 Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
HB 20 Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
HB 422 Water utilities; prohibition of multiple rate increases within 3-year period for water utilities. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
HB 413 High School Certified Nurse Aide Training/Certification Program; established, requirements, report. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
SB 206 Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; petitions for relief of care and custody. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 414 Two-Year college Transfer Grant, etc.; eligibility. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 1036 Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 1086 Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for Virginia goods, school nutrition programs, sunset. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 1404 Local government; appointment of youth representative. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 55 Noise abatement monitoring systems; local authorities to place and operate, civil penalties. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 282 Real property tax; classification of land and improvement in Cities of Charlottesville/Falls Church. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 201 School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 456 Health, State Board of, regulations; standards for levels of neonatal care. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 957 Public elementary & secondary schools; use 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to address bullying, etc. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 494 Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state government, certain former federal employees. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 894 Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 835 Elections; candidates and elected officials, confidentiality of personally identifiable information. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
HB 38 Public schools; mental health awareness training and instruction, requirements. · Became Law · Apr 2, 2026
HJ 18 Miller, Yvonne Bond; portrait thereof to be framed and placed in the Capitol. · Passed Legislature · Apr 1, 2026
HJ 25 Non-Apparent Disabilities Awareness Wk; designating 3rd full week of Oct 2026 & each succeeding yr. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 1, 2026
HJ 55 Celebrating the life of Anthony L. Bennett, Sr. · Passed Legislature · Apr 1, 2026
HJ 23 Make-A-Will Month; designating as August 2026 and each succeeding year thereafter. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 1, 2026
HJ 24 Immunization Awareness Month; designating as August 2026 and each succeeding year thereafter. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 1, 2026
HJ 52 Celebrating the life of William J. Martin. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 1, 2026
HJ 1 Constitutional amendment (second reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
SJ 3 Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
HB 60 Life or health insurances; unfair discrimination, pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of HIV. · Became Law · Mar 31, 2026
HJ 3 Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
HJ 4 Constitutional amendment; apportionment, congress dists, limited authority of the GA to modify. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
HJ 2 Constitutional amendment (second reference); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
SJ 275 Celebrating the life of the Honorable John Granger Macfarlane II. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 24, 2026
SJ 156 Celebrating the life of Christian A. Jurgensen III. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 14, 2026
SJ 118 Celebrating the life of Martin Gerald Farber. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 14, 2026
HR 423 Commending John W. Haun, Ed.D. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 13, 2026
HR 395 Commending the Richmond Chapter of Continental Societies, Inc. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 12, 2026
HR 375 Commending the John Marshall High School boys' basketball team. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 11, 2026
HB 334 Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 9, 2026
SB 636 Confederate monuments and memorials; Department of General Services to remove from Capitol Square. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 9, 2026
HB 1373 Regional special ed.; DOE to assess enhancements & strategies to maximize use of funds for students. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 6, 2026
SJ 120 Commending the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. · Passed Legislature · Mar 5, 2026
SJ 129 Commending the Virginia Black Restaurant Experience. · Passed Legislature · Mar 5, 2026
SJ 121 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Barnie Keith Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 5, 2026
SJ 106 Commending Curtis Allen. · Passed Legislature · Mar 5, 2026
HB 92 Public schools; At-Risk Program established, Standards of Quality. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 4, 2026
SJ 101 Celebrating the life of Gladys Mae West. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 25, 2026
HB 335 Independent Pharmacy Access and Resilience Pilot Program; established, report, sunset. · Introduced · Feb 18, 2026
HR 3 National Infrastructure Bank; urging Congress to create to finance infrastructure projects. · Introduced · Feb 18, 2026
HB 610 Commonwealth Food Security and Coordination Act; established, report. · Introduced · Feb 18, 2026
HB 1174 Children in foster care; supplemental clothing allowance rate increase. · Introduced · Feb 18, 2026
HB 1116 Publicly accessible nursing home info. portal; reporting of incident involving emerg. med. services. · Introduced · Feb 18, 2026
SJ 85 Commending the Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III. · Passed Legislature · Feb 17, 2026
SJ 93 Commending Malcolm Mitchell. · Passed Legislature · Feb 17, 2026
HB 372 Income tax, state; removes sunset from and makes permanent increase in refundable earned tax credit. · Introduced · Feb 11, 2026
HB 415 Pawpaw (Asimina triloba); designating as official state fruit. · Introduced · Feb 6, 2026
HJ 17 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly to extend state recognition. · Introduced · Feb 6, 2026

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