Rep. Joesph Lindsey
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District HD-090
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 6
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Victim of human trafficking; petition for vacatur/expungement of convictions & police/court records. [HB-268]
Petition for vacatur and expungement of convictions and police and court records of victims of human trafficking. Allows any person who was a victim of human trafficking at the time of an offense that led to a criminal charge or conviction of certain crimes to petition the court to vacate such conviction and expunge the police and court records related to such conviction or to expunge the police and court records related to such charge. The bill provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that a person's participation in an offense was a result
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/04/2020
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Charges and convictions, certain; expungement. [HB-31]
Expungement of certain charges and convictions. Allows a person to petition for expungement of convictions and deferred disposition dismissals for marijuana possession, underage alcohol possession, and using a false ID to obtain alcohol when the offense occurred prior to the person's twenty-first birthday; all court costs, fines, and restitution have been satisfied; and five years have elapsed since the date of completion of all terms of sentencing and probation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joesph Lindsey
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Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Norfolk, City of; financing of an arena and facility. [HB-559]
City of Norfolk; financing of an arena and facility. Grants the City of Norfolk certain powers relating to construction of an arena and facility. Among those powers is the authority to (i) issue bonds to construct the arena and facility, (ii) receive state sales and use tax revenue that is attributable to the arena and facility, and (iii) use such revenue to repay such bonds. The bill provides that the City of Norfolk's entitlement to state sales and use tax revenue will expire on the earliest of (a) the maturity date of any bonds it issues related
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joesph Lindsey
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
VA Human Rights Act; public employment, public accommodation, & housing, prohibited discrimination. [HB-1005]
Virginia Human Rights Act; public employment, public accommodation, and housing; prohibited discrimination; sexual orientation. Prohibits discrimination in employment and public accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill defines "sexual orientation" as a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity or expression. The bill expressly provides that "sexual orientation" does not include any person's attraction toward persons with whom sexual conduct would be illegal due to the age of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Left In General Laws on 02/16/2016
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture. [HB-1041]
Driver's license; marijuana possession. Revises the existing provision that a person loses his driver's license for six months when convicted of or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense to provide that the provision does not apply to simple possession of marijuana. The exception applies only to adults; juveniles will still be subject to license suspension. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon the Governor's certifying, in accordance with federal law, to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation that the Governor is opposed and that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Students; expulsion and referral to a local law-enforcement agency. [HB-1061]
The expulsion of students and the referral of students to a local law-enforcement agency. Permits elementary and secondary school students to be expelled from attendance or referred to a local law-enforcement agency for sufficient cause but only after all feasible alternatives to such expulsion or referral have been considered. The bill does not apply to the expulsion of elementary or secondary school students who possess firearms or certain other weapons on school property or at a school-sponsored activity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Electronic tolls; nonpayment civil actions. [HB-1071]
Nonpayment of electronic tolls; civil actions. Provides that no action to recover an unpaid electronic toll shall be brought until at least 120 days have elapsed from the date of the violation. Any such action shall only be brought in the locality in which the vehicle is registered, if registered in the Commonwealth, or in the locality in which the violation occurred, if the vehicle is registered outside the Commonwealth. No judgment resulting from such action shall exceed five times the amount of the unpaid toll, including administrative fees and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Retention of case records; electronic format. [HB-113]
Retention of case records; electronic format. Allows the clerk of a district court to destroy the papers, records, and documents in all cases after three years if such papers, records, and documents have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Under current law, records for certain misdemeanors cannot be destroyed regardless of whether they have been preserved electronically.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joesph Lindsey
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Body-worn cameras; required policies. [HB-1143]
Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn cameras; required policies. Requires localities to adopt and establish a written policy for the operation of a body-worn camera system that conforms to the model policy established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services prior to purchasing or deploying a body-worn camera system. The bill requires such policy to provide that (i) recorded individuals have a right to review any audiovisual recording in which they are depicted; (ii) recordings be destroyed within 30 days unless certain exceptions apply; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joesph Lindsey
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Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Grand larceny; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc., to $1,000. [HB-1167]
Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $200 to $1,000 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joesph Lindsey
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/16/2016