Kathy J. Byron (born September 5, 1953) is an American politician. She was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1997 as a Republican, representing the 22nd district in the Virginia Piedmont, consisting of parts of Bedford, Campbell and Franklin Counties and the city of Lynchburg. In September 2023, Byron resigned from the Virginia House after being appointed as Deputy Director for External Affairs at the Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement.
Virginia House of Delegates In February 2012, Byron sponsored HB462, a bill that would require that Virginia women seeking an abortion would have to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound, without her written consent and even if it is against the wishes of her doctor.
After the controversy caused by passing of this bill by Virginia representatives, Governor Bob McDonnell amended the bill to include language that would require the written consent of the woman seeking an abortion, and would also require only a transabdominal ultrasound. However, Byron urged rejection of the amendment on its grounds that a transvaginal ultrasound is an invasive procedure because, "[i]f we want to talk about invasiveness, there's nothing more invasive than the procedure that she is about to have," she said, referring to her belief that abortions harm viable persons within the womb.
In January 2017, she proposed HB2108, a bill that would prevent municipalities from expanding beyond their current footprint and from building and offering broadband to those within the municipalities.Google, Ting, Netflix Dare To Suggest That Maybe Giant, Anti-Competitive ISPs Shouldn't Be Writing State Telecom Laws TechDirt
Byron and her husband received a tax break designated for a person’s primary residence in Florida, she says her husband is a resident but she is not.
Electoral history Date Election Candidate Party Votes % Virginia House of Delegates, 22nd district November 4, 1997 General Kathy J. Byron Republican 10,232 59.04 Kaye Sweeney Lipscomb Democratic 7,082 40.87 Write Ins 16 0.92 Joyce Crouch retired; seat stayed Republican November 2, 1999 General K J Byron Republican 7,880 63.86 J P Campbell Democratic 4,440 35.98 Write Ins 19 0.15 November 6, 2001 General K J Byron Republican 11,564 56.32 W S Miles III 8,968 43.68 November 4, 2003 General K J Byron Republican 12,946 99.95 Write Ins 6 0.05 November 8, 2005 General K J Byron Republican 15,343 99.03 Write Ins 151 0.97 November 6, 2007 General Kathy J. Byron Republican 8,783 98.98 Write Ins 90 1.01 November 3, 2009 General Kathy J. Byron Republican 18,107 98.99 Write Ins 183 1.00 November 8, 2011 General Kathy J. Byron Republican 12,922 97.69 Write Ins 305 2.30 November 5, 2013 General Kathy J. Byron Republican 15,025 66.3 Katie Cyphert Democratic 7,612 33.6 Write Ins 38 0.20 November 3, 2015 General Kathy J. Byron Republican 9,228 96 Write Ins 384 4November 7, 2017 GeneralKathy J. Byron Republican19,01496.2Write Ins7563.8November 5, 2019 GeneralKathy J. Byron Republican14,39069Jennifer Kay Woofter Democratic6,45230.9Write Ins250.1June 8, 2021 Republican primaryKathy J. Byron3,20081.2Isaiah J. Knight73918.8November 2, 2021 GeneralKathy J. Byron Republican23,92272.65Gregory K. EatonDemocratic8,41525.56Sarah R. JeroseLibertarian5371.63Write Ins520.16
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