28 Years of Voting on Pro-Life Issues

Check how your State Senator voted:

  • 2004-2005 Senate & Senate Committee Voting Table
  • 1978-2003 Senate Voting Table
  • 1978-2003 Senate Committee Voting Table

    Full Virginia Senate Votes

    Year Bill Issue Pro-Life Position Voting Result
    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
    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 Gov.'s amendments NO 12-28
    12 2003 SB 1124 Parental Consent-vote to accept Gov.'s amendments NO 11-29
    25 2004 HB 1 Unborn Victims (death or injury other than abortion) YES 29-11
    26 2004 SB 319 Unborn Victims-vote to accept Gov.'s amendments NO 15-25
    27 2005 SB 1194 Stem Cell-vote on amendment to delete embryonic stem cell research YES 23-17

    Senate Education & Health Committee

    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

    Senate Courts of Justice Committee

    Year Bill Issue Pro-Life Position Voting Result
    21 2001 HB 2403 Feticide-vote to forward bill to Senate floor YES 6-9
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