Rep. Robert Bell
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Crimes by gangs; expands definition, penalties for gang crimes. [HB-1478]
Crimes by gangs. Provides that the definition of "predicate criminal act" includes all violent felony offenses for purposes of predicate criminal acts for street gangs. The bill also increases various penalties for gang crimes.
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Weapon of terrorism; definition, penalty. [HB-1682]
Weapon of terrorism; definition; penalty. Includes any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, as a weapon of terrorism for the purpose of defining terrorism offenses. The bill provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally manufactures or knowingly and intentionally distributes a weapon of terrorism when such person knows that such weapon of terrorism is, or contains, any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl is guilty
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Health insurance; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis units. [HB-2216]
Health insurance; mental health benefits; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis stabilization units. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for mobile crisis response services, defined in the bill, and support and stabilization services provided in a residential crisis stabilization unit, defined in the bill, to the extent that such services are covered in other settings or modalities, regardless of any difference in billing codes. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Sexually violent predators; civil commitment, penalty. [HB-1931]
Civil commitment of sexually violent predators; penalty. Creates a Class 6 felony for any civilly committed sexually violent predator who tampers with or in any way attempts to circumvent the operation of his GPS equipment while on conditional release.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Enhanced earned sentence credits; firearm-related offense, felony conviction during confinement. [HB-1603]
Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; firearm-related offense; felony conviction during confinement. Removes any person convicted of a felony offense involving a firearm from eligibility for enhanced earned sentence credits and reduces enhanced earned sentence credit to zero for a person who receives a felony conviction for an offense that occurred during confinement. Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; firearm-related offense; felony conviction during confinement. Removes any person convicted of a felony offense involving a firearm
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Prostitution; solicitation, penalties, fees for certain offenses. [HB-1523]
Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony. The bill increases the fines from $100 to $1000 and from $500 to $2500 for certain offenses related to sex trafficking. The bill also make it a Class 5 felony to solicit prostitution from any minor. Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult from a Class 1 misdemeanor
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Patient visitation; request visitation from clergy members during declared public health emergency. [HB-1689]
Patient visitation; visitation from clergy members. Requires hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities to allow patients to receive visits from clergy members during a declared public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, unless the hospital, nursing home, or certified nursing facility demonstrates that it is unable to reasonably accommodate the visits without undue hardship on the facility. Under the bill, the hospital, nursing home, or certified nursing facility may restrict visits of a clergy
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Commending G. Gilmer Minor III. [HJR-642]
Commending G. Gilmer Minor III.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Commending Hsiao Bi-khim. [HR-302]
Commending Hsiao Bi-khim.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Commending Jay T. Braxton. [HJR-646]
Commending Jay T. Braxton.