Del. Patrick A. Hope
Democrat - VA - 1st district
Limited Government Rating
2024: 12.50%
Lifetime: 9.06%
22.22%
16.67%
10.71%
9.09%
23.81%
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Lawmaker Position
HB 570
Assembly 2024
3xCreating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) to Implement Drug Price Controls.
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HB 805
Assembly 2024
3xAllowing Localities to Increase Sales Tax Rates to Fund School Construction Resulting in a Nearly $1.5 Billion Annual Tax Increase.
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HB 819
Assembly 2024
2xHiking Health Insurance Premiums by Mandating Insurers Provide Contraceptive Drugs and Devices to Enrollees at No Cost or Co-Pay.
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HB 971
Assembly 2024
1xExpanding Access to Healthcare and Reducing Costs by Allowing a Greater Number of APRN's to Practice without Physician Oversight.
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HB 1454
Assembly 2024
2xWeakening Election Integrity by Expanding Non-Citizens Access to IDs.
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HB 2
Assembly 2024
3xWeakening Second Amendment Rights by Prohibiting the Sale of "Assault Firearms".
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HB 183
Assembly 2024
2xGrowing Government Overreach by Implementing Storage Requirements for Firearms in Residences.
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SB 582 (Prior to Governor Recommendations)
Assembly 2024
1xHiking Taxes on Liquid Nicotine Products and Further Infringing Individual Liberties.
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HB 799
Assembly 2024
1xImplementing Superfluous Fingerprint Requirements on Applicants for Concealed Handgun Permits.
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HB 1130
Assembly 2024
2xForcing Medical Professionals to Undergo Politicized Bias and Cultural Competency Training in Order to Renew their Licenses.
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HB 45
Assembly 2024
2xThreatening Public Safety by Expanding "Earned Sentence Credits" to Now Count Time Served Prior to Convictions.
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HB 208
Assembly 2024
1xProviding Localities with Superfluous Authority to Adopt Healthy Communities' Strategies.
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SB 259
Assembly 2024
2xIncreasing Frivolous Litigation and Exacerbating Court Backlogs by Creating a Pathway for Class Action Lawsuits in Virginia State Courts.
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HB 456
Assembly 2024
1xIncreasing Taxpayer Costs by Hiking Maximum Salaries for Mayors and City Councils by at least 81%.
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SB 100
Assembly 2024
1xWeakening Second Amendment Rights by Banning Home-Crafted Firearms.
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HB 830
Assembly 2024
1xIncreasing Bureaucracy and Taxpayer Costs by Creating an Unnecessary New Position within the Department of Education to Implement the Farm to School Program Task Force.
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SB 255
Assembly 2024
2xHiking Electricity Rates for Appalachian Power Customers Through the Creation of a "Shared Solar Program".
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SB 586
Assembly 2024
2xJeopardizing Student Safety and Effective Learning Environments by Implementing Barriers to Expelling Students for Violent and Threatening Behavior.
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HB 746 (Prior to Governor Recommendations)
Assembly 2024
2xDriving Up Utility Rates by Forcing Power Companies to Meet New Energy Efficiency Targets.
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HB 906 (Prior to Governor Recommendations)
Assembly 2024
2xHiking Utility Costs by Further Limiting the Ability of Utility Companies to Disconnect Services for Non-Payment.
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SB 606
Assembly 2024
3xUndermining Election Integrity by Re-Enrolling Virginia in the Soros-Funded ERIC Voter Monitoring System.
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SB 454 (Prior to Governor Recommendations)
Assembly 2024
3xPlacing Virginia Electricity Users at Risk of a Boondoggle by Permitting Dominion Energy to Pass Modular Reactor Project Costs onto Ratepayers Before Project Completion.
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SB 454 (Governor Recommendation)
Assembly 2024
1xSlightly Reducing Higher Energy Rates by Lowering Maximum Monthly Bill Increase for Modular Reactor Project Costs from $1.75 to $1.40 Per Month.
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SB 729
Assembly 2024
1xCreating the Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank to Fund Private Energy Projects.
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SB 119
Assembly 2024
1xExtorting Drug Manufacturers by Forcing them to Expand their Distribution of Discounted Drugs (340B-Covered) to Pharmacies in Order to Operate in the State.
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HB 157
Assembly 2024
2xExpanding Minimum Wage Mandates to Include Temporary Foreign Workers and Farm Laborers.
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SB 373
Assembly 2024
3xIncreasing Employer Costs and Reducing Employment Opportunities by Mandating 12-Weeks of Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance.
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SB 494
Assembly 2024
1xReducing Employment Opportunities for Caregivers and Hiking Costs for Families by Expanding Overtime Requirements to Cover Domestic Service Workers.
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HB 1301
Assembly 2024
1xWorsening Shortages During an Emergency by Expanding Draconian Prohibitions on Price Gouging.
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HB 30 (Amd. 103 #7h)
Assembly 2024
2xWorsening Cronyism by Providing $10 Million in Grants for Select Childcare Centers.
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HB 30 (Amd. 114 #2h)
Assembly 2024
1xFueling Out-of-Control Spending by Adding $5 Million for a Golf Tournament in the Appropriations Bill.
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HB 478
Assembly 2024
2xExpanding Cronyism and Fueling Wasteful Spending by Permitting All Localities in the State to Fund Residential Revitalization Projects Through Loans and Grants.
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SB 496
Assembly 2024
1xWorsening Cronyism and Government Central Planning through Changes to the Economic Development Grant Programs which Expand their Issuance.
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SB 556
Assembly 2024
2xWorsening Cronyism by Increasing the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit by $2.5 Million.
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HB 457
Assembly 2024
2xThreatening Public Safety by Reducing Oversight of Criminals Through an Automatic Probation Period Reduction Process.
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SB 505
Assembly 2024
2xThreatening Public Safety by Limiting Incarceration for Probation Violations to 14 Days Regardless of Likelihood to Reoffend.
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HB 673 (Prior to Governor Recommendation)
Assembly 2024
1xForcing Taxpayers to Pay for Government-Favored Infrastructure Projects in Low-Income Areas.
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SB 696
Assembly 2024
2xThreatening Public Safety by Mandating Incarcerated Felons Receive a Hearing to Shorten their Sentence.
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HB 1514
Assembly 2024
2xIndebting Taxpayers and Growing Government Central Planning by Creating a New Public Entity to Construct a Sports and Entertainment Campus in Alexandria which will Enrich Billionaire Ted Leonsis.
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SB 69
Assembly 2024
2xWeakening Public Safety by Allowing Non-Citizens to Serve in Law Enforcement.
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SB 336
Assembly 2024
2xGrowing the Surveillance State and Authorizing "Taxation through Citation" by Allowing Local Law Enforcement to Deploy Speed Cameras.
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HB 110
Assembly 2024
1xExpanding Individual Liberties and Opportunities for Families by Legalizing Surrogacy Brokers.
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SB 635
Assembly 2024
2xExpanding Individual Liberties by Making Provisions Allowing Off-Premises Alcohol Consumption Permanent.
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HB 817
Assembly 2024
2xIncreasing Housing Costs by Superfluously Expanding List of Prohibited Retaliatory Actions by Landlords.
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HB 924
Assembly 2024
1xIncreasing Consumer Costs by Imposing New Reporting Requirements on Rideshare Companies.
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HB 1069 (Prior to Governor Recommendations)
Assembly 2024
2xInfringing Individual Liberties by Prohibiting the Sale of Vapor Products Not Authorized by the FDA.
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SB 544 (Prior to Governor Recommendations)
Assembly 2024
2xStrengthening Property Rights by Prohibiting Localities from Mandating a Permit to Offer a Residence as a Short-Term Rental.
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HB 1251
Assembly 2024
1xCreating a New Rent Avoidance Loophole for Devious Tenants by No Longer Requiring a Tenant to Deposit Owed Rent into an Escrow Account to File a Noncompliance Case Against a Landlord
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HB 1452
Assembly 2024
1xWasting Taxpayer Resources by Requiring State Agencies to Submit Politicized Annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Reports.
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SB 212
Assembly 2024
1xExpanding Individual Liberties by Legalizing "Skill Game" Betting Machines in Virginia.
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SB 256 (Prior to Governor Recommendations)
Assembly 2024
2xHiking Auto Insurance Premiums Through a "First-Party Bad Faith Law" which may Subjects Insurers to Double Pay-outs to Policy Holders.
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HB 598
Assembly 2024
2xWeakening Property Rights and Further Delaying the Eviction Process by Forcing Landlords to Wait 14 Days to Seek Legal Remedies for Tenant Non-Payment (Previously 5 Days).
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SB 564
Assembly 2024
2xGowing Government Central Planning and Further Distorting the Tax Code through Carveouts to Select Regions of the State.
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HB 1
Assembly 2024
3xReducing Employment Opportunities and Driving Up Consumer Costs by Increasing the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour by 2026.
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SB 143
Assembly 2024
1xHiking Freight Costs and Enriching Unions by Mandating Minimum Crew Requirements on Railroads.
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