VIRGINIA GENERAL
ASSEMBLY 2015 SESSION
HIGHLIGHTS
Delegate Ron Villanueva, 21st House District
Delegate Glenn Davis, 84th House District
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Elected to Virginia General Assembly in
2010 to present, Served on Virginia
Beach City Council from 2002-2009
Veteran, Small Business Owner,
Entrepreneur, and Community Leader
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Graduate of Green Run High School ’88
and Old Dominion University ‘92
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Married with Children
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Current Assignments and Committees:
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Transportation
(Chairman/incoming)
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Commerce and Labor
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Courts of Justice
Other:
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Deputy Majority Whip
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Tourism Caucus, Chairman
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Bioscience and Technology,
Chairman
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High Speed Rail Compact, Member
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Disability Commission, Member
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Veterans Caucus, Member
DELEGATE RON VILLANUEVA
R- 21ST HOUSE DISTRICT (PARTS OF VIRGINIA
BEACH/CHESAPEAKE)
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Elected to Virginia General Assembly
in 2014 to present, Served on Virginia
Beach City Council from 2009-2013
Small Business Owner, Entrepreneur,
Community Leader
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Graduate of Green Run High School
’93 and various education programs
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Married
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Current Assignment and Committees:
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Education
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Transportation
Other
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Business Development Caucus,
Member
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Joint Commission on Technology,
Member
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House Bipartisan Efforts Coalition,
Chair
DELEGATE GLENN DAVIS
R- 84TH HOUSE DISTRICT (PARTS OF VIRGINIA BEACH)
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Spends ~$1 billion less in general funds than originally adopted two-year budget
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Does not raise taxes
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Pre-pays $129.5 million for 2017 rainy-day fund deposit, restoring balance to ~$429
million
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Eliminates $11.7 million in fees proposed by Governor McAuliffe
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Restaurant Inspection Fee
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VDACS Inspection Fee
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Weights & Measures Fee
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Underground storage cleanup deductible
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Saltwater License Fee
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Eliminates $33 million in debt proposed by Governor McAuliffe
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Provides $43 million in funding in order to accelerate funding at 90% of VRS
certified rates for the state employee retirement plans.
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Pays cash for all college capital projects
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
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State funding for 1.5% teacher pay raise, including support staff
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Overall increase of $60 million for K-12 education compared to
Governor McAuliffe’s budget proposal
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Deposits an additional $43 million into teacher retirement fund
compared to Governor McAuliffe’s budget proposal, bringing
the total deposit to $193 million
K-12 EDUCATION
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Includes an additional $42 million for higher education, restoring
94% of cuts adopted by the supplemental budget to address
shortfall
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$19.8 million to incentivize enrollment
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$10.1 million for financial aid
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$5 million for research
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2% faculty pay raise
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$1,000 per student incentive to encourage colleges and
universities with low graduation rates to accept transfer students
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$132 million for capital construction projects at James Madison,
Virginia Tech, Longwood, Radford, Virginia Commonwealth
University and Danville Community College.
HIGHER EDUCATION
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Restores $30 million in funding cuts adopted by the supplemental
budget to address shortfall
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2% pay raise for state-supported local employees
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Deposits $193 million into teacher retirement fund, saving
localities over $30 million in required teacher retirement costs
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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$132.9 million for healthcare safety net
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Funding to provide targeted services to ~22,000 seriously
mentally-ill patients, including a prescription drug benefit
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Nearly doubles operational funding for free clinics – total of $6
million in funding
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Funds behavioral health community services including three new
PACT teams and six new drop-off centers
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Increases funding for children’s psychiatry and crisis services
HEALTHCARE SAFETY NET
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$27 million in funding for the Governor’s Opportunity Fund; earmarks
$4 million for Jefferson Lab Ion Collider efforts
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Authorizes bonds to construct two new Veterans Care Centers, one
in Northern Virginia and one in Hampton Roads
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$9 million for housing & homelessness
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$8 million deposit into the Housing Trust Fund
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$1 million for rapid rehousing efforts, including $500,000 specifically for
veterans
OTHER ITEMS
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$1.0m additional funding for the Vocational Rehabilitation Program that
helps individuals with disabilities get ready for, find, and keep jobs by
providing training, placement, and job coaching services along with
workplace
accommodations.
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$364,943.00 for long-term employment support services (LTESS) program for
individuals for disabilities.
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$1.0m in funding to support a new grant and program that
provides incentives to small businesses that hire veterans who are
transitioning out of the military. Virginia Values Veterans (V3 program)
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Transportation Funding Formula Bills
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Public Private Partnership Bills
DELEGATE VILLANUEVA HIGHLIGHTS
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HB1623(Davis)/HB1360(Taylor/Davis/Head) - Crowd Funding
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Asked to carry HB1623 - came out of the work accomplished between the State
Corporation Commission and other Stakeholders over the summer on this issue.
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Helps entrepreneurs get the funding they need to grow
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Bill would allow entrepreneurs the ability to raise investment funds from any individual,
up to $10,000, without regards to that individual's net worth.
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Gives entrepreneurs additional access to funds for their start-up businesses and helps
Virginia to continue to be one of the best places in the country to start and grow a
company.
HB 1562 (Rust/Davis)/SB 814(Watkins) - Digital ID Management
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Allows a company whose purpose is to identify, working with the DMV, someone’s
online identity as a credible alternative to the current practice of multiple user
name/passwords.
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trusted identity that could be used online
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Legislation defines and bounds the duties owed by identity system participants and
trust frameworks for known risks of harm resulting from reliance on identity credentials
and trust marks issued in conformance with Commonwealth approved standards, and
gives non-contracting participants a basis upon which to recover for economic losses.
DELEGATE GLENN DAVIS HIGHLIGHTS