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Delegate Sam Rasoul (D)

House District: 11th District

Member Since: 2014

District: City of Roanoke (part)

Congressional District: 6th

Congressional District Residence: 6th

 

Capitol Office:

Pocahontas Building

900 E Main Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Room E320

Office: (804) 698-1011

Email: DelSRasoul@house.virginia.gov

Personal Website: http://www.sam4roanoke.com/

 

District Office:

P.O. Box 13842

Roanoke, VA 24037

Office:  (540) 904-6905

 


 

Biographical Information:

 

Birth Date and Place:

1981, Warren Ohio

 

Education:

Roanoke College (B.B.A.)
Hawaii Pacific University, HI (M.B.A)

 

Occupation/Profession:

Healthcare consultant

 

Membership/Affiliation:

Kiwanis of Roanoke

Williamson Road Business Association

Goodwill (board member)

Science Museum of Western Virginia (board member)

NAACP (lifetime member)

Junior Achievement

American National University (adjunct business professor)

Meals on Wheels

 

Military Service:

Virginia Defense Force (2007-08)

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2018 Committee Assignments

Member

Privileges and Elections

Militia, Police and Public Safety

Health, Welfare and Institutions

Subcommittee Membership

Member

Health, Welfare and Institutions – Subcommittee #2

Militia, Police and Public Safety – Subcommittee #2

Privileges and Elections – Subcommittee #4

 

Legislation:

HB 6 Security freezes; elimination of fees.

HB 96 Electric utility regulation; suspension of reviews of earnings, transitional rate period.

HB 120 Unemployment compensation; wage offset.

HB 121 Community schools; development of program to establish schools.

HB 148 Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers, prescriptions for opioids.

HB 149 Child support order payee; change in physical custody of child, orders involving DSS.

HB 157 Right to Treat Act; requirement of Maintenance of Certification prohibited, etc.

HB 159 Family life education curricula; local school board to implement in grades kindergarten through 12.

HB 240 Wage or salary history; inquiries prohibited, civil penalty.

HB 275 Campaigns, certain; voluntary public financing.

HB 276 Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans.

HB 382 Voter precincts; precincts contained wholly within congressional or state legislative district.

HB 1112 Voter registration at the DMV; REAL ID compliant applications.

HB 1129 Elections; establishes voter-nominated open primary elections.

HB 1130 Assisted living facilities, etc.; licensure of facilities operated by agencies of the Commonwealth.

HB 1133 Prisoners; medical and mental health treatment of those incapable of giving consent.

HB 1136 Aboveground chemical storage tanks; local ordinance, inspection.

HB 1141 Interstate natural gas pipeline; Virginia Water Protection Permit, etc., regulations.

HB 1294 Interstate natural gas pipeline construction; water quality impact bond.

HB 1295 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of info to a public institution of higher education.

HB 1296 Statewide public defender system and appellate defender officer; established.

HB 1394 Firearms show; list of vendors or exhibitors submitted to State Police.

HB 1483 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; open-end credit plans.

HB 1490 Fossil fuel projects moratorium; establishes, clean energy mandates.

HJ 33 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters,16-year-olds.

HJ 34 Constitutional amendment; initiatives, referendums, and recalls.

HJ 395 Celebrating the life of Tom Cain.

HJ 463 Commending Yodie Swain.

HJ 464 Commending St. John’s Episcopal Church.

HJ 465 Commending Virginia Prosthetics and Orthotics.

HJ 466 Commending Center in the Square.

HJ 467 Commending Jefferson College of Health Sciences.

HJ 468 Commending Child Health Investment Partnership of Roanoke Valley.

HJ 469 Commending Community High School.

HJ 470 Commending the Reverend Kirk Ballin.

HJ 473 Celebrating the life of Julien H. Meyer, Jr., M.D.

HR 1 Glass-Steagall Act; memorializing Congress to reinstate portions of Act.

 

Top 10 Campaign Donors

Occupations Donor

Amount

Democratic Party of Virginia

$26,161

Reston Investments

$13,700

Rasoul, Sam

$10,200

Rao, Willa

$10,000

Mac-Jac Investments Inc

$8,600

Ali, Basem

$8,500

Amir, Abdul

$8,000

Baig, Mirza

$7,400

Ahmed, Mahfouz

$6,350

Siddiqui, Mona

$6,200

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2019 Committee Assignments

Committee Membership

  • Privileges and Elections
  • Militia, Police and Public Safety
  • Health, Welfare and Institutions

Subcommittee Membership

  • Health, Welfare and Institutions – Subcommittee #2
  • Militia, Police and Public Safety – Subcommittee #2
  • Privileges and Elections – Subcommittee #4

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