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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government and Capital Outlay, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on General Laws #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Rules #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Studies, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Education

  • Graduated, Kempsville High School

Professional Experience

  • Graduated, Kempsville High School
  • Owner, Barry D. Knight Farms, present

Political Experience

  • Graduated, Kempsville High School
  • Owner, Barry D. Knight Farms, present
  • Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, District 81, 2009-present
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 81, 2019

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government and Capital Outlay, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on General Laws #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Rules #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Studies, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Board of Trustees for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Member, Commission on State Water

Member, Commission on Virginia Housing

Member, General Laws Committee

Member, Rules Committee

Member, School Readiness

Member, Subcommittee on ABC/Gaming

Member, Subcommittee on Capital Outlay

Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources

Member, Subcommittee on Joint Rules

Member, Subcommittee on Open Government/Procurement

Member, Subcommittee on Standards of Conduct

Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Safety

Member, Subcommittee on Virginia Preschool Initiative

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Graduated, Kempsville High School
  • Owner, Barry D. Knight Farms, present
  • Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, District 81, 2009-present
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 81, 2019
  • Member, Virginia Pork Industry Board, 1995-present
  • Member, Back Bay/Pungo Civic League, present
  • Member, Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) Fund Advisory Commission, Virginia, present
  • Chair, Grounds Committee, Oak Grove Baptist Church, present
  • Board Member, Military Aviation Museum, present
  • Member/Sunday School Teacher, Oak Grove Baptist Church, present
  • Vice President, Virginia Beach Farm Bureau, present
  • Board Member, Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District, present
  • Former Secretary, Creeds Ruritans
  • Former Chair, Southern States Cooperative-Chesapeake Association
  • Former Chair/Member, Virginia Beach Planning Commission
  • President, Tidewater Pork Producers, 1984-1990

Other Info

— Awards:

  • American Farm Bureau, Virginia Young Farmer of the Year (1983)
  • Virginia Beach Jaycees, Outstanding Young Farmer (1984)
  • National Pork Producers Council, Pork All-American (1989)
  • City of Virginia Beach, Outstanding Agriculture Operation (1994), Man of the Year in Agriculture (1998)
  • Department of Conservation and Recreation, Clean Water Farm Award (1998), Grand Basin Clean Water Farm Award, Chowan River (1999)
  • Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Champion of Free Enterprise (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
  • Virginia FREE, No. 1 Pro Business Legislator

Favorite Movie:

I haven`t been in a while but I liked PURE COUNTRY with George Strait. I always wanted to be able to sing but never could.

Favorite Quote:

Thomas Jefferson. I am a very lucky person but I notice that the harder that I work the luckier I am.

Favorite TV Shows:

Deadliest Catch and Swamp Loggers on the Discovery channel.

State Bills
Endorsements
Patriot Parents
Events

2019

Nov. 5
Vote Election Day November 5th

Tue 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM EST