Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg)
- Party
- Republican
- District
- 59: Counties of Albemarle (part), Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell (part), and Nelson (part) [map]
- Took Office
- January 2012
- Next Election
- November 2019
- Committees
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, Appropriations, Health, Welfare and Institutions, Public Safety
- Age
- 55
- Website
- mattfariss.com
- Copatroning Habits
- 74% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 87% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 65% of them are Republicans.
- Partisanship
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- Tag Cloud
- Bills Passed
- 44.4% in 2022
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These are all of the video clips of Matt Fariss’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2012. There are 40 video clips in all.
Bills
- HB2151: State parks; master planning requirements.
- HB2157: Interjurisdictional compacts; criminal history record checks.
- HB2158: DMAS; Department shall evaluate its ability to comply with certain federal regulations.
- HB2359: Physical therapy; practice.
- HB2446: County and city courthouses; required to accept mail at the physical address where it is located.
- HB2447: Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices.
- HB2460: State agencies; control of firearms, rights of employees.
- HB2482: Utilities; SCC shall issue final order on certain projects within a certain timeframe.
- HJ809: Celebrating the life of Robert Earl Bryant.
- HR369: Commending the Lynchburg Association of REALTORS
- HB48: Local advisory referenda; exception to rule that prohibits referendum from being placed on ballot.
- HB49: James River; designates an additional portion as a component of Va. Scenic Rivers System.
- HB50: Infant relinquishment laws; DSS to establish hotline to make information available to public.
- HB51: Damage to motor vehicles; penalties.
- HB1166: Capitol Square and the surrounding area, etc.; carrying a firearm or explosive material within area.
- HB1167: Tax credits; creates a vested interest when a taxpayer claims a credit.
- HB1169: Health insurance; association health plans.
- HB1170: Appomattox, Town of; amending charter, election and appointment of officers.
- HB1345: Virginia Transplant Council; increases membership.
- HJ5: Health-related social need; Jt. Com. on Health Care to study benefit of hospitals, etc., addressing.
- HJ351: Commending Edgar Martin Wright, Jr.
- HR94: Commending the Appomattox County High School softball team.
- HR95: Commending the Toga Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
- HR96: Commending the Rustburg High School girls' volleyball team.
- HR97: Commending the Rustburg High School softball team.
- HR120: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Coolidge Elmo Rhodes, Sr.
- HB1858: Appomattox, Town of; amending charter, shifts local elections from May to November, etc.
- HB1858: Appomattox, Town of; amending charter, shifts local elections from May to November, etc.
- HB2106: State highways, bridges, interchanges, etc.;
- HB2107: Health, Board of; public health emergency, virtual visitation for certain facilities.
- HB2108: General Assembly; conduct of business by electronic means joint committee established.
- HB2109: Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; expands membership.
- HB2298: Muzzleloading rifle and shotgun; clarifies definitions.
- HB2298: Muzzleloading rifle and shotgun; clarifies definitions.
- HB2334: Damage to motor vehicles; penalties.
- HR325: Celebrating the life of Martha Carter Watkins.
- HR326: Celebrating the life of Stewart Evan Robinson.
- HR327: Celebrating the life of Herbert Evan Fleshman, Sr.
- HR328: Celebrating the life of Elizabeth McCoy Jones.
- HR329: Celebrating the life of John Willie Scott.
- HR330: Celebrating the life of Paul Douglas Harvey, DDS.
- HR331: Celebrating the life of Pamela Sprouse Palmore.
- HR334: Commending Rebecca Carter.
- HR335: Commending the Honorable J. Samuel Johnston, Jr.
- HB976: Virginia State Police; Executive Protection Unit, possession of firearms.
- HB1585: Altavista, Town of; discounted water and sewer fees.
- HB1593: Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in Buckingham County.
- HB1598: James River; designating as a State Scenic River.
- HB1694: Tax credits; creates vested interest.
- HB5144: Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; virtual visitation during public health emergency.
- HB5145: General Assembly; conduct of business by electronic means joint committee established.
- HR51: Commending the Appomattox Dixie Darlings softball team.
- HR52: Commending the Appomattox County High School football team.
- HR61: Commending the Appomattox County High School Agricultural Education Department.
- HR62: Commending Jacob Johnson.
- HR63: Commending Kelly Price.
- HR79: Commending the Rustburg Dixie Youth AAA All-Stars baseball team.
- HR85: Commending the Rustburg Dixie Youth Baseball O-Zone All-Star team.
- HB1695: Passing a stopped school bus; civil penalty.
- HB1696: Killing of nuisance species; authorizes shooting, etc., from a stationary automobile.
- HB1697: Tow truck drivers; criminal history.
- HB1698: Zoning Appeals, Board of; written order, certified mail.
- HB1783: Forestry, Department of; conveyance of easement in Buckingham County.
- HB1784: Alcoholic beverage control; spirit samples.
- HB1785: Food establishment inspections; exemptions for private homes where resident processes yogurt.
- HB1816: Land preservation tax credit; extends allowable time to claim credit.
- HB2211: Administrative Process Act; formal hearings, proceedings held by telephone.
- HB2212: Certain private roads or rights-of-way; gates and fences.
- HB2657: Telephone/wireless devices; threats of death or bodily injury to a person/member of family.
- HB2755: Conservation easements; comprehensive plan.
- HJ1026: Commending Eugene C. Wingfield.
- HB844: Burn ban; definition of 'orchard' and 'vineyard.'
- HB1299: Alcoholic beverage control; increases amount of spirits that may be offered.
- HB1354: Motor vehicles; covered & unlit lighting devices.
- HB1398: Concealed handgun permit; new application via mail.
- HB1458: Public property and highways; dumping of animal carcasses, penalty.
- HB1459: Signs; permit to post on a Department of Transportation right-of-way.
- HB1460: Land preservation tax credits; transfer to a designated beneficiary.
- HB1607: Abandonment of an animal; penalty.
- HJ408: Commending the Appomattox County High School wrestling team.
- HR71: Commending the Appomattox County High School football team.
- HR72: Commending the Appomattox County High School golf team.
- HB1358: Gas emissions; control systems for certain landfills.
- HB1599: Suspension of driver's license for unpaid fines, etc.; written offer of employment.
- HB1600: Landfills; DEQ, et al., to work towards odor reduction in Campbell County.
- HB1601: Electors for President and Vice President; allocation of electoral votes by congressional district.
- HB1602: Invasion of privacy; civil action, damages, attorney fees and costs.
- HB1792: Firearms; felon sharing residence with person who legally possesses.
- HB1793: Burn ban; exception for frost or freeze protection of orchard or vineyard.
- HB2239: Farm use vehicles, certain; registration exemption, highway distance limitations.
- HB2325: Concealed handgun permit; application for permit requires photo identification.
- HB2381: Dangerous dogs; clarifies definition, etc.
- HB2440: Appomattox, Town of; amending charter, shifts municipal elections from May to November, etc.
- HB2441: Tow truck drivers; registration.
- HB2472: Alcoholic beverage control; spirits tastings by distiller licensee.
- HR289: Commending the Appomattox County High School football team.
- HR290: Commending the Rustburg Dixie Youth Baseball O-Zone All-Star team.
- HR322: Commending the Appomattox Dixie Youth Baseball boys' all-star team.
- HR323: Commending the Rustburg High School baseball team.
- HR339: Commending Doug Smith.
- HR382: Commending the Appomattox Dixie Youth Machine Pitch All-Stars baseball team.
- HR405: Celebrating the life of Margaret Elizabeth Bailey Rackley.
- HR408: Commending first responders to the Appomattox County tornado.
- HR471: Commending the Rustburg Dixie Youth AAA All-Stars baseball team.
- HR472: Commending the Appomattox Dixie Youth Angels softball team.
- HB476: Animal intake policy; animal control officers, etc., shall annually file with State Veterinarian.
- HB1141: Invasion of privacy; civil action; damages; attorney fees and costs.
- HB1142: Slingshot; hunting of wild birds and wild animals, except deer, etc., unless shooting is prohibited.
- HB1274: Judicial officers; recording of citizen complaints.
- HB1275: Magistrates; complaint made by complainant, the written complaint shall be returned to complainant.
- HB1329: Trespass by hunters using dogs; penalty.
- HB1338: Law-enforcement officers; personal security for Governor.
- HB1358: Gas emissions; control systems for certain landfills.
- HJ193: Commending the Appomattox High School football team.
- HJ211: Commending the Virginia Outdoors Foundation.
- HJ272: Commending Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center, Inc.
- HJ337: Commending Springfield Baptist Church.
- HB741: Antique motor vehicles; exempted from exhaust system requirements.
- HB1544: Emergency vehicles; vehicle illuminated identification systems.
- HB1545: United States Postal Service; inspectors.
- HB1546: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; sworn members of enforcement division of DMV added.
- HB1551: Antique motor vehicles; exhaust systems.
- HB1685: Private police departments.
- HB1686: Fish; DGIF shall establish a special permit.
- HB1687: Battery; increases penalty when against a school employee engaged in performance of his duties.
- HB1707: Hugh T. Pendleton Memorial Highway; designating as a portion of Route 24 in Campbell County.
- HB1724: Forest products; revision of definition, changing of tax on all products.
- HB2086: Motor vehicle liability insurance; coverage for damage to covered property.
- HB2230: Electoral college; revises process of allocation of electoral votes.
- HB2371: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain nonprofit entities.
- HB2382: Land preservation; tax credits for individuals and corporations.
- HJ644: Internet; benefit of sharing wireless access with local law-enforcement agencies.
- HJ727: Commending the Nelson County Future Farmers of America Farm Business Management team.
- HJ728: Commending the Nelson County Middle School Future Farmers of America Agronomy team.
- HJ817: Commending ABATE of Virginia, Inc.
- HR202: Federal felons; restoration of gun ownership rights.
- HR243: Commending the Altavista Combined School football team.
- HR258: Commending the Appomattox Machine Pitch All-Stars baseball team.
- HR259: Commending the Rustburg Angels All-Stars softball team.
- HR260: Commending Bob and Annie Bryant.
- HB64: Stephen L. Thompson Memorial Highway; designating as a portion of Va. Route 24 in Town of Rustburg.
- HB398: Statutes of limitation; accrual of right of action.
- HB441: Motor vehicle insurance; salvage vehicles.
- HB560: Land use permits; issued by VDOT to a company providing utility service solely for agricultural use.
- HB741: Antique motor vehicles; exempted from exhaust system requirements.
- HB856: Hazardous waste; removes requirement that permit is required from DEQ to transport.
- HB857: Muzzle-loading rifle season; persons to wear certain blaze orange clothing.
- HB858: State forest activity fee; Department of Forestry to promulgate emergency regulations to establish.
- HB1042: Muzzleloading pistols; allowed to use certain pistols to hunt game birds, etc., in certain counties.
- HB1071: Stormwater Management Program; delays implementation by local governments.
- HB1168: Wetland and stream mitigation banks; state lands that are used to provide compensatory mitigation.
- HJ110: Commending Altavista Combined School football team.
- HJ146: Celebrating the life of Hugh T. Pendleton, Jr.
- HJ215: Commending Charles Warren Falwell, Sr.
- HJ227: Celebrating the life of Clayton Campbell Bryant, Sr.
- HJ282: Celebrating the life of Floyd Withers Merryman, Jr.
- HJ308: Commending the Appomattox Angels All-Star softball team.
- HJ5040: Celebrating the life of James Rudolph Burgess.
- HJ5047: Commending Altavista Combined School boys' basketball team.
- HB1363: Private security services businesses; exempts certain employees and representatives from training.
- HB2085: Consumer Counsel of Dept. of Law, Division of; replaces referenece to Office of Consumer Affairs.
- HB2086: Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; regulatory powers.
- HB2214: Licenses, restricted; issued when suspended for failure to pay fines and costs.
- HB2248: Money laundering; adds investigations of violations to multijurisdiction grand juries.
- HB2279: Children; placement of nonresident child in State residential facility.
- HJ744: United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated; State Recognition.
- HJ765: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Gregory Todd Copes.
- HJ778: Commending J. R. Burgess.
- HB742: Farm vehicles; distance limit.
- HB743: Farm utility vehicles; tax exemption.
- HB744: Interstate Compact on Placement of Children; placement of children in residential facility.
- HB1219: Common Interest Community Board; authorized to terminate inactive condominium, etc., registrations.
- HB1269: Zoning appeals, board of; appeals resulting in tie vote may be carried over until next meeting.
- HJ498: Commending Stephen L. Thompson, M.D.
- HJ499: Commending Hugh W. Rosser.