Del. Fernando J. Martinez

Democrat - VA - 29th district

Limited Government Rating

2024: 9.57%

Ratings by Policy Category

28.57%

44.44%

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Lawmaker Position

Weakening Second Amendment Rights by Banning Home-Crafted Firearms.

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Increasing 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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Hiking Electricity Rates for Appalachian Power Customers Through the Creation of a "Shared Solar Program".

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Jeopardizing Student Safety and Effective Learning Environments by Implementing Barriers to Expelling Students for Violent and Threatening Behavior.

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Driving Up Utility Rates by Forcing Power Companies to Meet New Energy Efficiency Targets.

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Hiking Utility Costs by Further Limiting the Ability of Utility Companies to Disconnect Services for Non-Payment.

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Undermining Election Integrity by Re-Enrolling Virginia in the Soros-Funded ERIC Voter Monitoring System.

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Placing 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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Slightly 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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Creating the Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank to Fund Private Energy Projects.

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Extorting 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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Creating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) to Implement Drug Price Controls.

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Hiking Health Insurance Premiums by Mandating Insurers Provide Contraceptive Drugs and Devices to Enrollees at No Cost or Co-Pay.

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Expanding Access to Healthcare and Reducing Costs by Allowing a Greater Number of APRN's to Practice without Physician Oversight.

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Weakening Election Integrity by Expanding Non-Citizens Access to IDs.

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Weakening Second Amendment Rights by Prohibiting the Sale of "Assault Firearms".

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Growing Government Overreach by Implementing Storage Requirements for Firearms in Residences.

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Hiking Taxes on Liquid Nicotine Products and Further Infringing Individual Liberties.

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Threatening Public Safety by Reducing Oversight of Criminals Through an Automatic Probation Period Reduction Process.

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Threatening Public Safety by Limiting Incarceration for Probation Violations to 14 Days Regardless of Likelihood to Reoffend.

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Forcing Taxpayers to Pay for Government-Favored Infrastructure Projects in Low-Income Areas.

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Threatening Public Safety by Mandating Incarcerated Felons Receive a Hearing to Shorten their Sentence.

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Indebting 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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Weakening Public Safety by Allowing Non-Citizens to Serve in Law Enforcement.

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Growing the Surveillance State and Authorizing "Taxation through Citation" by Allowing Local Law Enforcement to Deploy Speed Cameras.

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Expanding Individual Liberties and Opportunities for Families by Legalizing Surrogacy Brokers.

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Weakening 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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Expanding Individual Liberties by Making Provisions Allowing Off-Premises Alcohol Consumption Permanent.

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Increasing Housing Costs by Superfluously Expanding List of Prohibited Retaliatory Actions by Landlords.

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Increasing Consumer Costs by Imposing New Reporting Requirements on Rideshare Companies.

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Infringing Individual Liberties by Prohibiting the Sale of Vapor Products Not Authorized by the FDA.

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Creating 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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Wasting Taxpayer Resources by Requiring State Agencies to Submit Politicized Annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Reports.

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Expanding Individual Liberties by Legalizing "Skill Game" Betting Machines in Virginia.

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Hiking 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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Voted against Limited Government

Gowing Government Central Planning and Further Distorting the Tax Code through Carveouts to Select Regions of the State.

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Implementing Superfluous Fingerprint Requirements on Applicants for Concealed Handgun Permits.

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Forcing Medical Professionals to Undergo Politicized Bias and Cultural Competency Training in Order to Renew their Licenses.

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Threatening Public Safety by Expanding "Earned Sentence Credits" to Now Count Time Served Prior to Convictions.

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Providing Localities with Superfluous Authority to Adopt Healthy Communities' Strategies.

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Increasing Frivolous Litigation and Exacerbating Court Backlogs by Creating a Pathway for Class Action Lawsuits in Virginia State Courts.

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Increasing Taxpayer Costs by Hiking Maximum Salaries for Mayors and City Councils by at least 81%.

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Allowing Localities to Increase Sales Tax Rates to Fund School Construction Resulting in a Nearly $1.5 Billion Annual Tax Increase.

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Reducing Employment Opportunities and Driving Up Consumer Costs by Increasing the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour by 2026.

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Hiking Freight Costs and Enriching Unions by Mandating Minimum Crew Requirements on Railroads.

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Expanding Minimum Wage Mandates to Include Temporary Foreign Workers and Farm Laborers.

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Increasing Employer Costs and Reducing Employment Opportunities by Mandating 12-Weeks of Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance.

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Reducing Employment Opportunities for Caregivers and Hiking Costs for Families by Expanding Overtime Requirements to Cover Domestic Service Workers.

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Worsening Shortages During an Emergency by Expanding Draconian Prohibitions on Price Gouging.

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Worsening Cronyism by Providing $10 Million in Grants for Select Childcare Centers.

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Voted against Limited Government

Fueling Out-of-Control Spending by Adding $5 Million for a Golf Tournament in the Appropriations Bill.

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Voted against Limited Government

Expanding 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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Voted against Limited Government

Worsening Cronyism and Government Central Planning through Changes to the Economic Development Grant Programs which Expand their Issuance.

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Strengthening Property Rights by Prohibiting Localities from Mandating a Permit to Offer a Residence as a Short-Term Rental.

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Worsening Cronyism by Increasing the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit by $2.5 Million.

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Voted against Limited Government

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