Del. Luke Torian (D-Woodbridge)

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Party
Democratic
District
52: County of Prince William (part) [map]
Took Office
January 2010
Next Election
November 2019
Committees
Appropriations, General Laws
Website
delegatetorian.com
Copatroning Habits
70% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 90% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 58% of them are Democrats.
Partisanship
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Tag Cloud ?
absentee voting affordable housing business college commendation conceal conflict of interest economic development education election fairfax firearm handgun locality mass transit metro military politics prince william rail regulation safety school school board tax tolls transportation voting voting elections vrs
Bills Passed
30.8% in 2022
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From the Legislator’s Website

Delegate Torian’s Statement on his Re-election to the House of Delegates

November 8, 2023
Thank you. I am humbled by my re-election to serve as your Delegate and represent the people of the 24th district in the Virginia General Assembly. It has been an honor to represent the people of Prince William County for 14 years, and I look forward to another term. Since my initial swearing in, my actions […] The post Delegate Torian’s Statement on his Re-election to the House of Delegates appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

52nd District Newsletter: 2023 Election Special!

November 8, 2023
If you have not yet voted in the 2023 Election, then this newsletter should serve as a comprehensive guide to ensuring your voice is heard this year. Returning a Mail-In Ballot If you have already applied for and received a mail-in ballot, it’s not too late to return your completed ballot. Technically, the law only […] The post 52nd District Newsletter: 2023 Election Special! appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

52nd District November Newsletter

November 8, 2023
This has been an extremely busy fall season campaigning and gearing up for Election Day on November 7th. As we head into the hectic time of holiday preparation and celebration, let’s remain focused on caring for ourselves and each other. This month’s newsletter is packed with information about election day, tax rebates, our next General […] The post 52nd District November Newsletter appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

52nd District October Newsletter

October 2, 2023
We know this familiar chill in the air is ushering us into autumn. This is indeed a busy season throughout Prince William County. We are currently in the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct 15). This is a time to celebrate and learn more about Hispanic culture, art, and history. It is also a great time to prepare […] The post 52nd District October Newsletter appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

52nd District September Newsletter

October 2, 2023
Happy Labor Day! Today, we honor and appreciate the incredible contributions and relentless spirit of workers who shape our world. Your dedication and hard work drive our progress and contribute to our future. We thank you for everything you do. Budget and Special Session Update I am happy to announce that after months of discussion, […] The post 52nd District September Newsletter appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

52nd District August Newsletter

August 2, 2023
It’s officially August! While we are headed into the fall season, there is still a lot of summer fun left to enjoy, and I encourage everyone to take advantage of all the activities Prince William County has to offer.  Back to School Prince William County Public Schools will begin the 2023-2024 school year on Monday, […] The post 52nd District August Newsletter appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

52nd District July Newsletter

July 5, 2023
As we start the month of July. I hope everyone had a great July 4th and stayed cool when enjoying time outside with family and friends this summer.  Dale City Independence Day Parade The Dale City Civic Association, in partnership with ten non-profit organizations, kicked off its annual Independence Day and Family Fun Day today at […] The post 52nd District July Newsletter appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

52nd District June Newsletter

June 16, 2023
It is officially summer, and I hope you to are prepared for what I anticipate will be an eventful time. We have much to look forward to today. Read on for information on the Crisis Receiving Center, the 2023 summer reading series, the June primaries, and to see my latest campaign endorsement! Crisis Receiving Center […] The post 52nd District June Newsletter appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

52nd District May Newsletter

May 5, 2023
We’ve had a lot going on in the past month, and much more lies ahead. While General Assembly has gaveled out of the 2023 Veto Session, our work continues. I-95 Southbound Auxiliary Lane On April 27th, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and representatives from Prince William County opened the new one-and-a-half-mile auxiliary lane on I-95 […] The post 52nd District May Newsletter appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

52nd District April Newsletter

April 4, 2023
Happy April! As we enter a new month, I hope everyone can take some time to enjoy the warmth of springtime outside with friends and family. These past months in Richmond have been eventful, as we have worked on issues of importance to the people of Virginia and Prince William County. It’s good to be […] The post 52nd District April Newsletter appeared first on Delegate Luke Torian.

These are all of the video clips of Luke Torian’s remarks on the floor of the House since 2010. There are 9 video clips in all.

Bills

  • HB1828: Leesylvania State Park; DCR to grant certain easement to River Mouth Corporation.
  • HB1829: Small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses; certification, grant and procurement awards.
  • HB1830: Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
  • HB1831: Long-term services and supports screening; authorization to share assessments.
  • HB814: Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; agency procurement enhancement plans.
  • HB815: Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; mentorship program.
  • HB816: Va. Public Procurement Act; any bid or offer under Act to identify all subcontractors.
  • HB817: Grants and public procurement; grants or contracts issued by Governor, state agency, etc.
  • HB818: Virginia Public Procurement Act; prompt payment of bills by state agencies, etc.
  • HB819: Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; collecting and reporting local tax data.
  • HB820: Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; disparity study.
  • HB821: Judges; increases from six to seven the maximum number in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.
  • HB822: Occoquan, Town of; new charter, previous charter repealed except section 2.
  • HB823: Maternal health; Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures to study.
  • HB824: Low-income housing; tax credit for specialty populations, expands availability.
  • HB1142: Virginia Community Policing Act; collection of data and reporting requirements.
  • HB1338: Deed of trust; notices required before proposed sale by trustee.
  • HJ76: Northern Virginia regional transit plan; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study.
  • HB1800: Budget Bill.
  • HB1800: Budget Bill.
  • HB2174: VirginiaSaves Program; established, membership.
  • HB2174: VirginiaSaves Program; established, membership.
  • HB2175: Homeowners and tenants of manufactured home parks; housing protections, foreclosures, etc.
  • HB2175: Homeowners and tenants of manufactured home parks; housing protections, foreclosures, etc.
  • HB2176: School board policies; abusive work environments, definitions.
  • HB2176: School board policies; abusive work environments, definitions.
  • HB2177: Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
  • HB2177: Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
  • HB2178: Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created.
  • HB2178: Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created.
  • HB2179: Refunding bonds; alters the principal and interest requirements.
  • HB2179: Refunding bonds; alters the principal and interest requirements.
  • HB5001: Shipping and Logistics Headquarters Grant Program; established, report.
  • HB7001: The Budget Bill.
  • HJ741: Celebrating the life of Mary Louise Tuell.
  • HJ741: Celebrating the life of Mary Louise Tuell.
  • HR230: Virginia House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.
  • HR501: House of Delegates; salaries, session expense payments, and contingent and incidental expenses.
  • HR720: Salaries; contingent and incidental expenses; and session expense payments.
  • HR721: Celebrating the life of Clyde Nathaniel Washington, Jr.
  • HR722: Celebrating the life of James L. Hicks.
  • HB29: Budget Bill.
  • HB30: Budget Bill.
  • HB1246: Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2020; created.
  • HB1247: Capital outlay plan; updates six-year plan for projects.
  • HB1248: Capital outlay bill; timing of required submission.
  • HB1249: Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park, termination due to sale of park, notice.
  • HB1250: Virginia Community Policing Act; data collection and reporting requirement.
  • HB1251: Health insurance; definitions, payment to out-of-network providers, emergency services.
  • HB1495: Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school resource officers.
  • HB5005: Budget Bill.
  • HR16: Virginia House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.
  • HR516: Virginia House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.
  • HR571: Commending Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Semyon Vindman, USA, Ret.
  • HB2431: My Virginia Plan Program; multiple employer plan for private employers and their employees.
  • HB2432: My Virginia Plan Program; establishes My Virginia Plan Board, creates Fund.
  • HB2433: Family caregiver; tax credit.
  • HB2434: Manufactured home parks; sale of park, notice, rights of association.
  • HB2435: Virginia Public Procurement Act; local labor use requirement for certain construction contracts.
  • HB2436: Community Policing Act; data collection and reporting requirement.
  • HB2437: Electronic toll collection devices; monthly statements, fees.
  • HB2474: Long-term care; expediting review of applications, report.
  • HB2475: Virginia Public Procurement Act; use of competitive negotiation for construction, etc.
  • HB2670: Dumfries, Town of; amending charter, town council elections, etc.
  • HB2685: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
  • HB2795: Handheld photo speed monitoring devices; DSP may operate in or around a highway work zone.
  • HJ674: DVS & TAX; feasibility of exempting military retirement income from taxation, report.
  • HJ855: Commending Action in Community Through Service.
  • HJ977: Commending Paul B. Ebert.
  • HR283: Celebrating the life of John D. Jenkins.
  • HR284: Celebrating the life of John Harper.
  • HB1042: Absentee voting; counting military and overseas absentee ballots received after close of polls.
  • HB1044: School board; policies prohibiting abusive work environment, etc.
  • HB1045: Electronic toll collection devices; monthly statements, fees.
  • HB1046: School personnel; staffing ratios, school nurses.
  • HB1047: Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; definition of manufactured home park.
  • HB1048: Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans Grant Fund; created.
  • HB1049: My Virginia Plan Program; establishes My Virginia Plan Board, creates Fund.
  • HB1050: Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; sale of manufactured home park, notice to residents, penalties.
  • HB1332: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
  • HB1377: Epinephrine; possession and administration at outdoor educational programs.
  • HJ102: Military retirement income; exempt from taxation.
  • HJ103: Virginia Retirement System; CNU to study feasibility and merits of a plan.
  • HJ280: Commending the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Prince William County Chapter.
  • HB2195: School attendance officer; powers and duties.
  • HB2202: Employment; abusive work environment.
  • HB2203: Uniform Statewide Building Code; notice to residents of code violations.
  • HB2204: My Virginia Plan Program; created, retirement plans for employees of private employers.
  • HB2357: Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
  • HB2451: Professional and occupational licensing; restoration of rights.
  • HB826: Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
  • HB827: Concussions in student-athletes; guidelines for school division policies and procedures.
  • HB828: TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies.
  • HJ119: Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights
  • HJ159: Public transportation services; DRPT to evaluate study necessary to identify, etc.
  • HB693: Paper ballot; chief officer of election may provide when conditions at precinct necessitate use.
  • HB694: Voter registration; early registration for persons 16 years of age or older.
  • HB1998: State and federal programs; VRS shall convene a work group to review, etc.
  • HB1999: Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
  • HB2000: Elections; voter registration, early registration for persons 16 years of age or older.
  • HB2001: MMIE projects; Virginia Public Building Authority authorized to finance certain activities.
  • HB2002: 'Jake brakes' or Jacobs brakes; local regulation.
  • HB2003: Virginia Public School Authority; loans to school boards for the acquisition of capital projects.
  • HB2004: School nurses; divisionwide ratio students in average daily membership.
  • HB2005: School Performance Report Card; instructional costs.
  • HB2006: School divisions; concussion policies and procedures; management plan.
  • HB2285: E-ZPass transponder; VDOT prohibited from charging monthly fees.
  • HJ628: Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights.
  • HB685: Communications sales and use tax revenues; changes distribution.
  • HB686: Virginia Retirement System; retirees hired as school board security personnel.
  • HB687: Building Revitalization Grant Fund; created.
  • HB688: VRS; management of assets of nongovernmental investors.
  • HB689: General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; lobbyist reports.
  • HB691: Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
  • HB692: Absentee voting; allows qualified voters to vote absentee in person without an excuse.
  • HB693: Paper ballot; chief officer of election may provide when conditions at precinct necessitate use.
  • HB694: Voter registration; early registration for persons 16 years of age or older.
  • HB695: Concealed handgun permit; changes to types of firearms safety courses.
  • HB1101: Service districts; underground utilities.
  • HB1209: Family day homes; approval or denial of application by local government.
  • HJ107: Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights if person has served full sentence.
  • HJ402: Commending the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Prince William County chapter.
  • HJ403: Commending Earnie Porta.
  • HJ5004: Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Goode Gary.
  • HB407: Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
  • HB1326: Concealed handgun permits; firearms safety courses.
  • HB2003: Income tax, state; recycled building rehabilitation tax credit.
  • HB2013: Early voting; any registered voter qualified to vote in election may vote in person.
  • HB2015: Paper ballot; voter entitled to cast when electronic system is available.
  • HB2016: Elections; extension of polling hours from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • HB2017: Mechanical and electronic voting devices; number required.
  • HB2172: Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
  • HJ904: Celebrating the Life of Robert K. Lehto.
  • HJ905: Celebrating the life of Emma Lorraine Musselman.
  • HJ906: Commending the Pi Lambda Lambda Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
  • HR223: Celebrating the life of Betty Jane Varner.
  • HB403: Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria.
  • HB404: Handheld personal communication devices; prohibits use while driving.
  • HB405: Planning commissions; appointments.
  • HB406: Incentives, local; local government to provide regulatory flexibility to defense contractors.
  • HB407: Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
  • HB1226: Higher educational institutions; regulation of firearms.
  • HJ356: Celebrating the life of Kevin Timothy English.
  • HB1313: Prince William County Metro Rail Improvement District; created.
  • HB2238: Prince William County Metrorail Improvement District; created.
  • HB2239: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts certain computer equipment and enabling software.
  • HB2240: Governor's Development Opportunity Fund; criteria for awarding grants or loans from the Fund.
  • HB2241: Length of school term; minimum number of teaching days if closed due to bad weather.
  • HB2242: School divisions, local; annual notification of estimated average per pupil cost to put on website.
  • HB2243: School board policies; adopt policies which certain electronic records and signatures are accepted.
  • HB2244: Personal Property Tax Relief Act; transmission of certain information by DMV.
  • HB2245: License plates, special; issuance to those bearing legend: IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007.
  • HB2246: Tuition, in-state; certain civilian employees of Department of Defense employees shall pay.
  • HB2247: Repair of potholes on private property; localities to require on certain parking areas and roads.
  • HB2248: Public transportation service; obstructing operation of transit vehicle is Class 1 misdemeanor.
  • HB2388: Nursing homes & assisted living facilities; required to provide info. about family councils, etc.
  • HB298: Removal of motor vehicles; adds Prince William Co. to localities that may remove or immobilize.
  • HB299: Uniform Statewide Building Code; increases civil penalty.
  • HB1238: Higher educational institutions; crisis and emergency management.
  • HB1239: Tuition, in-state; certain Department of Defense employees as result of Base Realignment & Closure.
  • HB1271: Firearms; governing body of an educational institution has power to establish rules therefor.
  • HB1313: Prince William County Metro Rail Improvement District; created.
  • HJ392: Commending Mt. Zion Baptist Church.