The Deed's Don't Add Up !
Voting Record of Delegate R. Creigh Deeds (D)

His Quote ---- His Vote

The Deeds Quote:

• "Keep more of what they earn"

The Deeds Vote:

HB 601 (1999) – Vehicle Registration fees

• Deeds voted for HB601 increasing the cost to Virginia families for vehicle registration. VETOED by the Governor.

HB 1711 (1999) – Local Utility Tax; Additional Landfill Expansion Use Fee

• Deeds voted for HB1711 that states "Any county, city or town" to "impose a tax on the consumers of the utility service or services provided by any water or heat, light and power company or other corporations coming within the provisions of Chapter 26 (§58.1-2600 et seq.)".  VETOED by the Governor

HB 2613 (1995) – Tax Cuts for Working Families

• Deeds voted against Governor Allen’s proposed tax cut for working Virginians and their families. "Keep more of what they earn" - (?)

SB 1025 (1995) – Governor’s Amendment – Small Business Protection against Ruinous Lawsuits

• Deeds voted against SB1025 protecting small businessmen from costly and potentially ruinous lawsuits.

HB 1450 (1995) – Motion to re-refer HB 1450 Back to House Appropriations Committee

• Deeds voted in favor of returning HB 1450 to Committee, thereby killing the Governor’s Amendment to the budget. Among other things, the Amendment would have eliminated $15 million in non-essential spending and return the funds to localities for education, law enforcement and tax relief.

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The Deeds Quote:

• "We've taken health care decisions too far from the patient/physician relationship "

The Deeds Vote:

HB 2628 (1999) – Medical Malpractice Limit.

• A classic case of feathering one's own nest? Delegate Deeds, a Lawyer by profession, and co-sponsor of this bill, voted to increase the damages in law suits against doctors. The million-dollar cap was to be raised to three-million. Paving the way for Trial Lawyers (among the top contributors to Deeds' campaigns) to also increase the fees they charge.

The Deeds Quote:

• "Delivering for law enforcement " & "I have fought to keep our families safe"

The Deeds Vote:

HB 1775 (1999) – Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators

• Deeds voted against, against, for (See the Deeds Flip-Flop)

HB 1317 (1995) – Mandatory Minimums for Gun Crimes

• Deeds voted against HB1317's tougher mandatory sentences for criminals who use guns to commit crimes against Virginia families.

HB 1318 (1995) – Mandatory Minimums for Repeat Violent Criminals

• Deeds voted against HB1318's tougher sentences for repeat, violent criminals.

HB 1452 (1995) – Prisons for Violent Criminals

• Deeds voted in favor of a Conference Report that opposed Governor Allen’s plan to provide needed prison space for maximum-security inmates preventing the release of violent criminals back into Virginia communities.

The Deeds Quote:

• "A world class education"

The Deeds Vote:

HB 2030 (1995) – Higher Academic Standards (Standards of Learning)

• Deeds voted yes on a motion to re-refer HB 2030 back to Committee. This was a vote against requiring higher academic standards for Virginia’s school children.

SJR 400 (1995) – Marshall Amendment. Local Control Over Curriculum (Goals 2000)

• Deeds voted against SJR400 allowing local control of Education and against insisting that Federal money be provided to states and localities with no strings attached.

HJR 180 (1994) – School Choice Study

• Deeds voted to re-refer JHR187 back to Committee, thus delaying action or killing the bill. This Bill would have established a subcommittee to study the feasibility of implementing a school choice plan in Virginia.

HB 2347 (1995) - Pay as you go for Prisons and Colleges

• Deeds voted against the Governor’ recommendation for using the proceeds from sale of surplus property for pay as you go funding for prisons and higher education capital projects.

HB 2282 (1995) – Senate Amendment. Teacher Immunity

• Deeds voted against HB 2282 giving teachers protection from frivolous lawsuits and against improving school safety.

SB 340 (1994) – Governor’s Amendment – Class Size Unfunded Mandate

• Deeds voted against the Governor’s amendment. A vote that was in favor of imposing and unfunded mandate dictating class size from Richmond rather than leaving it up to local school districts and providing increased funding on an incentive basis.

HB 1056 (1994) – Professional Standards Board for Teachers

• Deeds voted in favor of HB1056 moving the authority for teacher licensure from the State Board of Education to a newly created state bureaucracy controlled by teacher unions.

The Deeds Quote:

• "An economic development fund to jump start entrepreneurship"

The Deeds Vote:

HB 1073 (1994) - Economic Impact Analysis for Regulations

• Deeds voted against HB1073 requiring an economic impact analysis before government agencies are allowed to impose new regulatory burdens on Virginians.

SB 558 (1994) - Economic Impact Analysis for Regulations

• Deeds voted in favor of the Murphy substitute against requiring an economic impact analysis before government agencies are allowed to impose new regulatory burdens on Virginians.

The Deeds Quote:

• "Fight for our families and what is important to us"

The Deeds Vote:

HB 2716 (1999) – Assault and Battery Against a Family or Household Member

• Deeds voted against amending the Va Code 18.2-57.2 allowing a trial on any charges of  family member assault to be held within 45 days from the serving of a warrant.

HB 2108 (1999) – Informed Written Consent for Abortions

• Deeds voted against informing a woman of all the facts prior to obtaining an abortion. This Bill would have required a physician (24 hours prior to the abortion) to provide materials and information about this clinical procedure, it's risk, and other options available allowing a woman to make a fully informed decision with all the facts in hand. 

HB 2899 (1997) – Parental (or other) Notification for Abortions by Minors

• Deeds voted in favor of an amendment which would have allowed persons other than the parents to receive "parental notification" before a minor could obtain an abortion. Making this an ineffective parental tool. 

HB 2736 (1999) – Covenant Marriage Act

• Deeds voted against the option of allowing persons to enter into premarital counseling and to recite and sign a declaration of intent, acknowledging that marriage is a lifelong relationship.

HB 1359 (1995) – Governor’s Amendment. Abortion Clinic Access

• Deeds voted to defeat the Governor’s Amendment that would have expanded the restrictions imposed on peaceful protests at health facilities to those at all public buildings.

The Deeds Quote:

• "I am proud of the independent leadership I have provided"

The Deeds Vote:

HB 30 (1994) – Wilkins Amendment – Insurance Coverage for Homosexual Partners of College Faculty

• Deeds voted against the Wilkins Amendment and in lockstep with the gay lobby's position, by voting to kill a bill that would have prohibited extending state paid  insurance benefits to homosexual partners of faculty members at state colleges and universities. Do you want your tax dollars supporting the homosexual agenda?

HB 2692 (1999) – Deer or bear kill permits

• Deeds "independent leadership" stands out as he (98 to 1) solely voted against issuing a permit prior to killing of deer or bear on land used for commercial agricultural production.

Independent leadership (?)

• Deeds voted FOR 22 of the 23 bills VETOED by the Governor.
  HB601, HB1560, HB1705, HB1711, HB1748, HB1940, HB2046, HB2073, HB2127, HB2169, HB2200, HB2201, HB2265, HB2339, HB2414, HB2434, HB2452, HB2567, HB2706, SB721, SB857, SB1122.

SB 1126 (1995) – Fair Campaign Practices

• Deeds voted against this bill. His vote was in favor of allowing anonymous "sleaze polling" and against fair campaign practices.

The Deeds Quote:

• "100% of lottery profits to education"

The Deeds Vote:

HB 1450 (1995) – Marshall Amendment – Lottery Revenues to Localities

• Deeds voted against the Marshall Amendment. This in effect was a vote vote against cutting wasteful spending on items like the state yacht in order to return $15 million in lottery profits to local communities this year. It  would have also prohibited the use of your state tax revenues to perform abortions.

HB 2616 (1995) – Lottery Revenues to Localities

• Deeds voted against HB2616 to send lottery profits back to local communities to be used for education, law enforcement and/or tax relief.

HB 2542 (1995) – Lottery Revenues to Localities

• Deeds voted against the Governor’s Amendments 8, 9,10 & 11. Proposals that would have returned more than $300 million annually in lottery profits to local communities to be used for education, law enforcement or tax relief.

The Deeds Quote:

• "I won’t let anyone steal our children’s dreams"

The Deeds Vote:

HJR 504 (1995) – Initiative and Referendum

• Deeds voted to "Pass By Indefinitely" (PBI), killing a bill that allows for a citizen’s right to vote directly on major issues that affect their lives and the lives of their children.

SB 515 (1994) – Teaching of Virginia Historical Documents

• Deeds voted against SB515 teaching our children about ALL the Virginia documents that our dreams are founded on. This bill would have added the three Charters of the Virginia Company of London, (including their references to God and religious freedoms), to the list of historical documents to be taught to all students in Virginia public schools.

The Deeds Flip -- Flop

Finger in the wind & the political winds are blowing !!!

HB 1775 (1999) – Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Deeds voted against HB1775, sending persons convicted of a violent sex offense and found "unrestorably incompetent" to be committed to facilities operated by the Department of Mental Health for an indeterminate period of time for treatment consistent with their needs.  Deeds voted twice against this bill, once in his Committee on 02/08/99 (17 Yea to 10 Nay) and again on the House Floor one day later 02/09/99 (74 Yea to 26 Nay). It's clear by these two votes that Deeds did not want this bill to pass. The Senate then passed an equivalent substitute bill SB845 and it became clear that a "Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators" bill was going to be passed into law. Only then did Deeds change his vote.

The FLIP - FLOP:

• Voted in Committee: NAY   (02/08/99)

• Voted on the Floor: NAY   (02/09/99)

After attempts to kill the bill in committee and on the floor failed,
it became clear the bill was going to pass into law:

• Deeds Voted YEA (04/07/99) in favor of the equivalent senate substitute SB845

HB 2445 (1999) Battery of a teacher, principal, guidance counselor, etc.
Provides for mandatory jail time when the object of the battery is a teacher, principal or guidance counselor, and/or if gun or weapon prohibited on school property is used.

• Voted in Committee: NAY
• Voted on the Floor: YEA

HB 2689 (1999) Air emission trading
Authorized the State Air Pollution Control Board to establish an emissions trading program base on emission caps which are currently voluntary.

• Voted in Committee: NAY
• Voted on the Floor: YEA

HB 2323 (1999) Buying, selling and possessing dog or cat fur.
No significant changes were made between the committee and floor votes on this bill. This Bill states the buying or selling of cat and/or dog fur garments are prohibited.

• Voted in Committee: NAY
• Voted on the Floor: YEA