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Senator Scott A. Surovell (D)

Senate District 36

Member Since: 2016

District: Fairfax County (Part), Prince William County (Part), Stafford County (Part)

Congressional District: 1st, 8th, and 11th

Congressional District Residence: 8th

 

Capitol Office

Pocahontas Building

Room No: E617

Senate of Virginia

P.O. Box 396

Richmond, VA 23218

Phone Number: (804) 698-7536

Email: district36@senate.virginia.gov

 

District Office

P.O. Box 289

Mount Vernon, VA 22121

Phone Number: (571) 249-4484

Email: ScottSurovell@gmail.com

Personal Website: http://www.scottsurovell.org/

 


 

 

Biographical Information:

 

Birth Date and Place:

1971, Washington, D.C.

 

Education:

James Madison University (B.A.)

University of Virginia (J.D.)

 

Occupation/Profession:

Partner, Surovell, Isaacs & Levy, PLC, 1996-

Virginia Delegate, 2009-2016

Chairman, Fairfax County Democratic Committee, 2008-2009

Chairman, Mt. Vernon District Democratic Committee, 2003-2007

 

Membership/Affiliation:

Fairfax County Public Schools Community Leadership Council, 2008-2009

Lee-Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce

Sigma Pi Fraternity

Virginia-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact Commission

 

Military Service:

None

 


 

Legislative Information:

 

Committees

Member

General Laws and Technology

Local Government

Rehabilitation and Social Services

 

Legislation

SB 21 Grand larceny & certain property crimes; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc., to $500.

SB 22 Security freezes; elimination of fees.

SB 74 Handheld personal communications devices; use while driving.

SB 85 Protective orders, preliminary; contents of order.

SB 86 Driver’s license; driving after forfeiture of license, penalty.

SB 87 Careless driving; cause of injury to vulnerable road user.

SB 88 Bicycle lane; penalty for driver to pass another vehicle using lane.

SB 89 Child abuse or neglect; civil proceedings, testimony of children.

SB 93 Parole, eligibility for; at liberty between offenses.

SB 94 Police and court records; expungement of records.

SB 95 Security freezes; protected consumer, proof of authority,

SB 245 Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers.

SB 447 Firearms; transfers, etc., penalties.

SB 607 Electronic transmission of sexually explicit images by minors; penalties.

SB 608 Police and court records; expungement, plea agreements.

SB 609 Juvenile offenders; Retention of jurisdiction.

SB 610 Adultery; reduces Class 4 misdemeanor to a civil penalty.

SB 611 Motor vehicles; increases liability insurance coverage limits.

SB 612 Assisted conception; parentage presumption.

SB 613 Local government; deposition.

SB 614 Spousal support; modification.

SB 615 Spousal support payments; employer withholding.

SB 616 Waiver of immunity; persons covered by insurance policy.

SB 617 Statute of limitations; discovery rule.

SB 618 Expert witnesses; no fees shall be charged by government officer and employees.

SB 619 Virginia Human Rights Act; limitations on causes of action.

SB 620 Arbitration; denial of motion to compel.

SB 621 Driver privilege cards; authorizes issuance of new cards by DMV.

SB 622 Local transportation plan; secondary system road construction program allocation.

SB 623 Electronic Routing Registry; created.

SB 624 Va. Consumer Protection Act; open-end credit plans.

SB 625 Consumer finance companies; licensing by SCC.

SB 626 Life insurance on minors; consent of parents.

SB 627 Home inspection servicers; certain contract provisions prohibited.

SB 628 Notaries; qualifications, misdemeanor offense of moral turpitude.

SB 629 State Corporation Commission; disclosures of information provided by financial institutions.

SB 630 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; civil penalty.

SB 705 Va. Condominium & Property Owners’ Association Act; contents of disclosure packets.

SB 706 Common interest communities; reserves for capital components, budget.

SB 707 Virginia Property Owners’ Association Act; home-based businesses.

SB 722 Condominium and Property Owners’ Association Acts; access to association books and records.

SB 737 Driving under influence of alcohol; license conditions for first offense.

SB 765 Coal ash ponds; mandatory testing of drinking water wells in Chesapeake Bay watershed.

SB 766 Citizen water quality monitoring; use as evidence in enforcement actions.

SB 767 Coal ash ponds; flaws in closure plans, delay of permit.

SB 768 Electric utilities; recovery of costs associated with closure in place of coal ash facilities.

SB 769 Alcoholic beverage control; beer licenses.

SB 770 Absentee voting; alternative locations for in-person absentee voting.

SB 771 Absentee voting; counting military and overseas absentee ballots received after close of polls.

SB 772 Claims; Danial J Williams, Joseph Jesse Dick, Jr., Eric Cameron Wilson, and Derek Elliot Tice.

SB 785 Electronic textbooks; prohibits local school boards from requiring use in any course in grades 6-12.

SB 786 Public schools; fee for enrollment of certain students.

SB 787 Governor’s Schools; enrollment.

SB 789 Family life education; sexually explicit communications and images.

SB 807 Coal combustion residuals and other units; permits, request for proposals.

SB 808 Electric utilities; Transitional Rate Period, coal combustion residuals landfills.

SB 938 Child support; withholding of income, contracts with an independent contractor.

SB 951 Eastern Virginia; hydraulic fracturing prohibited.

SJ 4 United States Constitution; ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.

SJ 17 Commending the Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee.

SJ 28 Driving under influence of alcohol; VSCC to study decrease in convictions.

SJ 58 Law clerks; study on use and impact on judicial workload and work product.

SJ 72 Commending the Honorable Helen Leiner.

SJ 103 Commending the Honorable Craig D. Johnston.

SJ 147 Commending the Honorable James C. Cacheris.

SJ 148 Commending Fort Hunt Little League.

SJ 149 Commending Riverside Elementary School.

SJ 150 Commending John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary School.

SJ 240 Commending Embark Richmond Highway.

SJ 243 Commending the Mount Vernon Voice.

 

Top 10 Campaign Donors

Occupational Donors

Amount

Democratic Party of Virginia

$205,243

Rice, Edward Hart

$59,000

Surovell for Delegate – Scott A

$39,640

Va Trial Lawyers Assn

$33,000

Surovell, Robert John

$29,831

Allen Allen Allen & Allen

$26,500

Genentech Inc.

$23,714

Surovell for Delegate – Scott A

$18,456

Surovell Isaacs Petersen & Levy PLC

$17,750

Firefighters – Local 2068

$15,500

 

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