On the Record
Dick Black's priorities in Richmond
2005 Session
Bills introduced by Black in 2005
Total: 15
6 are resolutions, commendations, symbolic or otherwise unproductive legislation;
1 concerns firearms; 2 concern abortion or homosexuality; 1 concerns transportation funding; 0 concern education.
Passed or incorporated: 6, three of which were symbolic commendations or license plate bills
Failed: 9
Bills co-patroned by Black in 2005
Total: 113
40 are symbolic in nature
26 concern censorship, birth control, abortion, sexuality, firearms, or imposing personal viewpoints on religion, education or other social matters.
2004 Session
Bills introduced by Black in 2004
Total: 16
6 concern abortion, sexuality or intrusions on private family matters; 1 is a failed attempt to secure an exemption from the Establishment Clause of the US Constitution; 2 concern schools, 1 of which would require public funding of private education. 0 concern funding for public education.
Passed or incorporated: 3, one of which is a symbolic commendation
Failed: 13
Bills co-patroned by Black in 2004
Total: 96
25 are symbolic in nature
27 concern censorship, birth control, abortion, sexuality, firearms, or imposing personal viewpoints on religion, education or other social matters.
2003 Session
Bills introduced by Black in 2003
Total: 21
3 concern special license plates; 2 concern abortion; 2 concern firearms. 4 concern school policies, but 0 have anything to do with funding public education.
Passed or incorporated: 6, one of which was a license plate bill
Failed: 15
Bills co-patroned by Black in 2003
Total: 128
46 are symbolic in nature
36 concern censorship, birth control, abortion, sexuality, firearms, or imposing personal viewpoints on religion, education or other social matters.
2002 Session
Bills introduced by Black in 2002
Total: 20
6 concern abortion, censorship, or private family matters; 2 are license plate bills; 1 is a resolution to study bailout from the Voting Rights Act. Of 5 bills concerning schools, 5 dictate what shall be displayed or said in public school classrooms and 0 address funding for public education.
Passed or incorporated: 8, two of which were license plate bills
Failed: 12
Bills co-patroned by Black in 2002
Total: 200
133 are symbolic in nature
27 concern censorship, birth control, abortion, sexuality, firearms, or imposing personal viewpoints on religion, education or other social matters.
2001 Session
Bills introduced by Black in 2001
Total: 27
4 are symbolic resolutions or license plate bills, 5 concern censorship or the insertion of personal beliefs into public places. Of 5 bills concerning school policy, 0 have anything to do with funding public education.
Passed or incorporated: 9, three of which were symbolic resolutions
Failed: 18
Bills co-patroned by Black in 2001
Total: 72
22 are symbolic in nature
12 concern censorship, birth control, abortion, sexuality, firearms, or imposing personal viewpoints on religion, education or other social matters.
2000 Session
Bills introduced by Black in 2000
Total: 23
3 concern abortion or censorship; 3 concern party identification in election policy; 3 are symbolic in nature or concern tax exemptions for special interest groups. 2 concern schools, but 0 concern funding for public education.
Passed or incorporated: 8, one of which was a symbolic commendation and one of which was the Route 28 bill that Black had nothing to do with except to submit it
Failed: 14
Bills co-patroned by Black in 2000
Total: 147
41 are symbolic in nature
16 concern censorship, birth control, abortion, sexuality, firearms, or imposing personal viewpoints on religion, education or other social matters.
1999 Session
Bills introduced by Black in 1999
Total: 17
6 are symbolic in nature or concern tax exemptions for special interest groups; 3 concern internet filtering policies.
Passed: 5, two of which were symbolic in nature
Failed: 12
Bills co-patroned by Black in 1999
Total: 141
38 are symbolic in nature
12 concern censorship, birth control, abortion, sexuality, firearms, or imposing personal viewpoints on religion, education or other social matters.
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