Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund; established. [HB-1137]
Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund. Establishes the Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund to be used by the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, with the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, on projects that expand and improve commuter rail service.
HB-1137: Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund; established.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Transportation on 11/30/2018
Firearms; use or display during commission of a felony, killing or injuring police animals, penalty. [HB-1616]
Use or display of firearm during commission of a felony; killing or injuring police animals; penalty. Adds maliciously shooting, stabbing, wounding, or otherwise causing bodily injury to or administering poison to any animal used or trained by a law-enforcement agency, regional jail, or the Department of Corrections to the list of felonies for which a separate penalty is prescribed if a firearm is used during the commission of the offense.
HB-1616: Firearms; use or display during commission of a felony, killing or injuring police animals, penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/05/2019
Hunting license; trip hunting license for residents. [HB-1621]
Hunting license; trip hunting license for residents. Allows Virginia residents to purchase a trip hunting license in lieu of the standard local or statewide hunting license. Current law allows only nonresidents to purchase a trip hunting license.
HB-1621: Hunting license; trip hunting license for residents.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0147) on 02/22/2019
Absentee voting; persons age 65 or older. [HB-1628]
Absentee voting; eligibility of persons age 65 or older. Entitles a person who will be age 65 or older on the day of an election to vote by absentee ballot in that election.
HB-1628: Absentee voting; persons age 65 or older.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/05/2019