Rep. Katrina Callsen
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. [HJR-2]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Continued To 2025 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 02/09/2024
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Kinship foster care; placement of child with foster parent. [HB-27]
Kinship foster care; alternative living arrangements; Parental Child Safety Placement Program established. Establishes the Parental Child Safety Placement Program to promote and support placements of children with relatives by local boards of social services in order to avoid foster care. The bill establishes the requirements for a parental child safety placement agreement, the procedure for assessing a proposed caregiver, and the process for terminating the placement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0629) on 04/08/2024
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Decreasing probation period; establishes criteria for mandatory reduction. [HB-457]
Decreasing probation period; criteria for mandatory reduction; report. Establishes criteria for which a defendant's supervised probation period shall be reduced, including completing qualifying educational activities, maintaining verifiable employment, and complying with or completing any state-certified or state-approved mental health or substance abuse treatment program. The bill provides that a court may decrease a defendant's probation period if warranted by the defendant's conduct and in the interests of justice and may do so without a hearing.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Glass
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Kinship foster care; barrier crimes. [HB-453]
Kinship foster care; barrier crimes. Allows local boards of social services or child-placing agencies to approve kinship foster care parent applicants who have been convicted of certain felony drug offenses if five years have elapsed since the date of the conviction, where under current law 10 years must have elapsed in order to be eligible for approval as a kinship foster care parent. The bill also adds exceptions for certain misdemeanor assault and battery convictions not involving a minor if five years have elapsed since the date of the conviction.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Katrina Callsen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0529) on 04/05/2024
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Firearm/explosive material; carrying w/in Capitol Square or bldg. owned or leased by Commonwealth. [HB-454]
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties that currently applies to any property owned or operated by a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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First offender drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction, etc. [HB-452]
First offense drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction. Allows any person to participate in the first offender drug program even if such person was previously convicted of an offense related to misdemeanor possession of marijuana or who has had a previous dismissal of a misdemeanor offense for possession of marijuana pursuant to the program. Current law prohibits any person with a previous marijuana conviction from participating in the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0811) on 04/17/2024
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Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in all counties & cities to support schools. [HB-458]
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Katrina Callsen
Left In Finance on 02/13/2024
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Controlled substances; possession of an item containing residue of a substance, penalty. [HB-455]
Possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for the offense of possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance. The bill provides that upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, a charge for possession of a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II of the Drug Control Act may be reduced to unlawful possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance. Currently, possession of any amount of such controlled substance is a Class 5 felony.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Katrina Callsen
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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City council salaries; permitted salaries. [HB-456]
City council salaries. Increases the statutory salary caps for members of city councils and requires a public hearing prior to adopting an ordinance to set city council salaries. The bill also provides that the maximum salaries may be adjusted in any year by an inflation factor not to exceed five percent. City council salaries. Increases the statutory salary caps for members of city councils and requires a public hearing prior to adopting an ordinance to set city council salaries. The bill also provides that the maximum salaries may be adjusted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0608) on 04/08/2024
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Collective bargaining by public employees; public transportation providers. [HB-780]
Collective bargaining by public employees; public transportation providers. Permits the governing body of a public transportation provider, as defined in the bill, to adopt a resolution authorizing such public transportation provider to (i) recognize a labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of public officers and employees and (ii) collectively bargain or enter into a collective bargaining contract with such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to such transportation district or its employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Incorporated By Labor And Commerce on 01/30/2024