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30 Years of Voting on Pro-Life Issues—Virginia Senate Vote Key

Check how your State Senator voted:

Reference A: 2004-2007 Senate & Senate Committee Voting Table

Reference B: 1978-2003 Senate Voting Table

Reference C: 1978-2003 Senate Committee Voting Table Full Virginia Senate Votes

 

Table 1: Full Virginia Senate Votes, Prolife Issues from 1978 through 2005

Issue Number

Year

Bill

Issue

Pro-Life Position

Voting Result

Deeds’ Vote

1

1978

HB 502

State Funding of Abortions

NO

18-20

 

2

1982

HB 541

State Funding of Abortions in Cases of Rape & Incest (signed by Governor Robb)

NO

22-17

 

3

1990

SB 296

Parental Notification (amended bill which originally had been on a different subject), vote to refer bill to Education & Health Committee where it would die

NO

21-19

 

4

1992

HB 1110

Parental Notification, passage of final bill (vetoed by Governor Wilder)

YES

23-17

 

5

1994

HB 867

Parental Notification, vote on germaneness of substitution of parental notification wording - critical for passage (failed - Lt. Gov. Beyer cast tie breaking vote against)

YES

20-20

See also similar HOD vote.

6

1994

SB 610

Parental Notification, vote to weaken Gov. Allen's bill by allowing notification of other family members

NO

22-18

O*

7

1997

SB 1148

Parental Notification-vote to add other family members

NO

14-26

O*

8

1997

SB 1148

Parental Notification-vote on passage

YES

26-14

X*

9

1998

SB 552

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban-vote on passage

YES

33-7

X*

10

2001

SB 1211

Informed Consent-vote on passage

YES

24-16

O*

11

2003

SB 1205

Partial-Birth Infanticide-vote to accept Gov.'s amendments

NO

12-28

O*

12

2003

SB 1124

Parental Consent-vote to accept Gov.'s amendments

NO

11-29

O*

25

2004

HB 1

Unborn Victims (death or injury other than abortion)

YES

29-11

X (Prolife position)

26

2004

SB 319

Unborn Victims-vote to accept Gov.'s amendments

NO

15-25

O

27

2005

SB 1194

Stem Cell-vote on amendment to delete embryonic stem cell research

YES

23-17

O

 

* 1994 to 2003: Deeds Voted in House of Delegates on similar language  SEE HOD VOTES NEAR END OF DOCUMENT

 

Table 2: Senate Education & Health Committee (Deeds not on this committee)

N

Year

Bill

Issue

Pro-Life Position

Voting Result

13

1992

SB 182

Parental Notification-vote to forward bill to Senate floor (killed bill but wording later attached to another bill on Senate floor and passed; vetoed by Gov. Wilder)

YES

4-11

14

1994

HB 1355

Parental Notification-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

7-8

15

1996

SB 25 & HB 267

Parental Notification-vote to forward bills to Senate floor (both bills killed on identical votes; wording later attached to another bill on Senate floor and passed but died in House)

YES

6-9

16

1997

SB 1149

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

5-9

17

1998

HB 1371

Informed Consent-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

6-9

18

1999

HB 2108

Informed Consent-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

7-8

19

1999

HB 749

Clinic Licensing-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

4-11

20

2000

HB 1482

Informed Consent-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

7-8

22

2002

HB 601

Parental Consent-vote to forward bill to Senate floor (failed)

YES

7-7

23

2002

HB 563

Abortion Conscience clause-vote to kill the bill

NO

10-3

24

2003

HB 2367

Abortion Clinic Licensing-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

7-8

28

2004

HB 1290

Abortion Clinic Licensing-vote to refuse to forward bill to Senate floor

NO

9-6

29

2004

SB 146

Abortion Clinic Licensing-vote to refuse to forward bill to Senate floor

NO

9-6

30

2004

SB 371

Fetal Pain-information and pain relief-vote to forward bill

YES

6-9

31

2004

HB 1315

Fetal Pain-information and pain relief-vote to refuse to forward bill

NO

9-5

32

2005

SB 1194

Stem Cell Research-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

NO

9-6

33

2005

HB 1524

Fetal Pain-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

6-9

34

2005

HB 2784

Abortion Clinic Licensing-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

6-9

35

2006

HB 189

Abortion Clinic Licensing-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

6-9

36

2006

HB 1274

Reporting of Abortion Complications-vote to kill the bill

NO

9-6

37

2007

HB 1665

Forced or Coerced Abortion-vote to kill the bill

NO

9-6

38

2007

HB 1883

Abortion Clinic Licensing-vote to kill the bill

NO

9-6

39

2007

HB 2456

Unborn Child Pain Awareness-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

5-10

40

2007

HB 2808

Ultrasound Prior to Abortion-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

6-9

 

Senate Courts of Justice Committee (Deeds not on this committee)

N

Year

Bill

Issue

Pro-Life Position

Voting Result

21

2001

HB 2403

Feticide-vote to forward bill to Senate floor

YES

6-9

 

 

State Senate Voting Record

2004-2007 (from archived file 2007_Va_Senate_Vote_Table.shtml)

State Senate Votes

2004-2007 (Key to Votes)

(NOTE: * in this chart Denotes a vote in a Senate committee)

 

SENATOR

District

25

26

27

28*

29*

30*

31*

32*

33*

34*

35*

36*

37*

38*

39*

40*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deeds

D-25

 

X

 

O

 

O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legend:

X = Vote for Pro-Life position

O = Vote against Pro-life position

blank = Not in Senate or Senate Committee at time of vote

 

 

State Senate Votes  1978-2003 (See also Key to Votes in chart below from 2003)

 

SENATOR

 

District

1

2

3

4

5

6

Parental Notification

7

Parental Notification

8

Parental Notification

(Passage)

9

Partial Birth Abortion Ban (Passage)

10

Informed Consent

11

Partial Birth Abortion (amendments)

12

Parental Consent (amendments)

YEAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

1994

1997

1997

1998

2001

2003

2003

Deeds

D-25

 

 

 

 

 

O*

O*

X*

X*

O*

O*

O*

 

* Voted in House of Delegates on similar language

** Voted For Senate bill but Against House bill with identical language

 

Legend:

X = Vote for Pro-Life position

O = Vote against Pro-life position

A = Abstained

-- = Did not vote

blank = Not in Senate at time

Published in VSHL Lifesaver, October 2003

 

 

From 9_5_7_Va_Vote_Key.shtml

In elections\2003

 

26 Years of Voting on Pro-Life Issues

Check how your State Senator voted:

1978-2003 Senate Voting Table

 

 

Deeds’ votes – see N 6 through 12 below

1978-2003 Senate Committee Voting Table – Key to Votes

Issue Number

Year

Bill

Issue

Pro-Life Position

Voting Result

6

1994

SB 610

Parental Notification, vote to weaken Gov. Allen's bill by allowing notification of other family members

NO

22-18

7

1997

SB 1148

Parental Notification-vote to add other family members

NO

14-26

8

1997

SB 1148

Parental Notification – Vote on Passage

YES

26-14

9

1998

SB 552

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban – vote on passage

YES

33-7

10

2001

SB 1211

Informed Consent- Vote on Passage

YES

24-16

11

2003

SB 1205

Partial-Birth Infanticide- vote to accept Governor’s amendments

NO

12-28

12

2003

SB 1124

Parental Consent-vote to accept Gov.’s amendments

NO

11-29

 

Excerpted From 7_5_4_Va_House_of_Delegates_Vote_Table_1-15.shtml in 2001 folder in elections folder

House of Delegates Votes 1978-1997 (Votes 1-15)

 

Delegate

District

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Year

 

 

 

 

 

1992

1994

1994

1995

1995

1995

1996

1997

1997

1997

1997

Deeds

D-12

 

 

 

 

O

O

X

O

O

X

O

O

X

O

O

 

Legend:

X = Vote for Pro-Life position

O = Vote against Pro-life position vote

-- = Did not vote

blank = Not in Senate at time

Published in VSHL Lifesaver, October 2001

 

 

Explanation of Virginia House of Delegates Votes (from 7_5_3_Va_House_of_Delegates_Vote_Key.shtml) 

--Excerpted Issue Numbers (N) 5 through 15 as listed above

N

Year

Bill

Issue

Pro-Life Position

Voting Result

5

1992

HB 1110

Parental Notification vote to refer (kill the bill)

NO

47-48

6

1994

HB 1355

Parental Notification vote to weaken by allowing notification of other family members

NO

30-65

7

1994

HB 1355

Parental Notification passage in House (died in Senate E&H)

YES

71-26

8

1995

HB 1359

Obstruction of Free Passage (clinic access)

NO

66-32

9

1995

HB 2539

Outlawing assisted suicide -vote to refer (kill the bill)

NO

51-41

10

1995

HB 1420

Parental Notification vote to weaken by allowing notification of grandparents and siblings over 21

NO

58-42

11

1996

HB 277

Assisted Suicide – vote to re-refer (kill) the bill

NO

52-48

12

1997

HB 1148

Parental Notification - vote on substitute bill to weaken by allowing notification of grandparents and siblings over 21

NO

38-62

13

1997

HB 1148

Parental Notification – Final passage of the law

YES

74-26

14

1997

HB 2898

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban-vote to weaken with health exception

NO

56-44

15

1997

HB 2878

Licensing Abortion Clinics-vote to rerefer (kill the bill)

NO

50-49

Published in VSHL Lifesaver, October 2001