Sen. Russet Perry
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain criminal violations. [SB-15]
Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt or provision of or assistance with reproductive health care services within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that such limit on extradition shall not apply
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty. [SB-210]
Manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of auto sears; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of an auto sear, defined in the bill as a device, other than a trigger activator, for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any auto sear concealed, possessed, transported,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0164) on 03/26/2024
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Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination for military personnel, stop certain order. [SB-213]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination for military personnel; stop movement order; emergency. Allows certain military personnel to terminate a rental agreement upon receipt of a stop movement order issued in response to a local, national, or global emergency that is effective for either an indefinite period or for a period of not less than 30 days and that prevents the service member from occupying the leased dwelling unit for a residential purpose. The bill also allows such military personnel to terminate a rental agreement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Russet Perry
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0154) on 03/26/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Protective orders; venue. [SB-211]
Violation of protective orders; venue. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a violation of a protective order charge in the jurisdiction where the party protected by the protective order resided at the time of such violation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Russet Perry
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0118) on 03/20/2024
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Adoption; award of damages, death by wrongful act. [SB-209]
Adoption; award of damages; death by wrongful act. Provides that, in a case for death by wrongful act, the child of a decedent who has been adopted after the death of such decedent shall be included in the class of beneficiaries entitled to an award of damages resulting from such case, provided that a court had not previously terminated the parental rights of such decedent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Russet Perry
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0070) on 03/14/2024
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FOIA; removal of Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files. [SB-215]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; removal of Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files. Removes the requirement that persons to whom non-ongoing criminal investigation files shall otherwise be disclosed be citizens of the Commonwealth. Current law limits disclosure of public records to individuals who are citizens of the Commonwealth unless a clear exception applies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0582) on 04/05/2024
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Virginia Human Rights Act; right to sue. [SB-350]
Virginia Human Rights Act; right to sue. Permits a complainant who has not received a notice of the right to file a civil action from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Law or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, regardless of whether the complaint was dual-filed, as requested after 180 days have passed from the date the complaint was filed to commence a timely civil action in an appropriate general district or circuit court having jurisdiction over the person who allegedly unlawfully discriminated against the complainant.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Russet Perry
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0784) on 04/17/2024
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Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees. [SB-356]
Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would have owed if such fees had been assessed on or before June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0770) on 04/08/2024
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Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation. [SB-129]
Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation. Provides that moneys from the Forest Sustainability Fund must be allocated proportionally among localities that forgo tax revenues as a result of the use value assessment and taxation for real estate devoted for forest use. The bill specifies that no locality shall receive an allocation of more than four percent or less than one-half of one percent of available funds from the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0703) on 04/08/2024
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Protective orders; respondent to notify court of change of address. [SB-398]
Protective orders; respondent to notify court of change of address. Requires the respondent against whom a protective order has been issued to notify the court in writing within seven days of any change of residence while such order is in effect, provided that such order has been properly served upon the respondent. In a proceeding involving a preliminary protective order, the bill provides that the court may require the respondent to notify the court in writing within seven days of any change of residence while such preliminary protective order
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Sponsored by: Sen. Russet Perry
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0594) on 04/05/2024