Rep. Christopher Peace
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District HD-097
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 0
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2019 Regular Session
New Kent County; Department of Forestry's conveyance of easement. [HB-2016]
Department of Forestry; conveyance of easement; New Kent County. Authorizes the conveyance of a right-of-way easement from the Department of Forestry to John D. Tolley and Laurie L. Tolley. The easement, which will follow an existing road across a portion of the New Kent Forestry Center, will allow ingress and egress from State Route 60 to the Tolleys' property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0186) on 03/05/2019
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Auxiliary grants; supportive housing. [HB-2017]
Auxiliary grants; supportive housing. Allows individuals receiving auxiliary grants to select supportive housing without any requirement that such individuals wait until their first or any subsequent annual reassessment to make such selection. The bill directs the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to (i) promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill within 180 days of its enactment and (ii) develop guidance documents for implementation of the provisions of the bill no later than February 1, 2020. The bill establishes
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0657) on 03/21/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Career and Technical Education Work-Based Learning Guide; Bd of Education shall review and revise. [HB-2018]
Board of Education; Career and Technical Education Work-Based Learning Guide. Requires the Board of Education to review and revise, in consultation with certain stakeholders and no later than December 1, 2019, its Career and Technical Education Work-Based Learning Guide to expand the opportunities available for students to earn credit for graduation through high-quality work-based learning experiences such as job shadowing, mentorships, internships, and externships. This bill is identical to SB 1434.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0143) on 02/22/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
School boards; staffing ratios, guidance counselors. [HB-2053]
School boards; staffing ratios; guidance counselors. Changes the name of guidance counselors to school counselors and requires school boards to employ school counselors in accordance with the following ratios: in elementary schools, one hour per day per 91 students, one full-time at 455 students, one hour per day additional time per 91 students or major fraction thereof; in middle schools, one period per 74 students, one full-time at 370 students, one additional period per 74 students or major fraction thereof; and in high schools, one period per
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/03/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Accident and sickness insurance; step therapy protocols. [HB-2126]
Health insurance; step therapy protocols. Requires carriers issuing health benefit plans that develop step therapy protocols for a health benefit plan to ensure that those step therapy protocols are (i) developed and endorsed by a multidisciplinary panel of experts that manages conflicts of interest among the members; (ii) based on peer-reviewed research and medical practice; and (iii) continually updated based on a review of new evidence, research, and newly developed treatments. The measure requires that when coverage of a prescription drug for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0337) on 03/12/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Corporate officer; deposition witness. [HB-2167]
Deposition of corporate officer. Provides that when an officer, as defined in the bill, who is called as a deposition witness files a motion for a protective order because the discovery sought by the deposition is obtainable from some other source that is more convenient, less burdensome, or less expensive, the burden is on the party seeking the deposition to defeat such a motion by showing that (i) the officer's deposition is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, (ii) the officer may have personal knowledge of discoverable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0009) on 02/13/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Trooper Mark Barrett Memorial Bridge; designating as the bridge on Meadow Road over Interstate 64. [HB-2226]
Designating the Trooper Mark Barrett Memorial Bridge. Designates the bridge on Meadow Road over Interstate 64 at mile marker 202 in Henrico County the "Trooper Mark Barrett Memorial Bridge." This bill is identical to SB 1690.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0156) on 02/27/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Tetrahydrocannabinol; products containing, permits to process and dispense cannabidiol oil. [HB-2245]
Products containing tetrahydrocannabinol; permits to process and dispense cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil. Clarifies that products containing a concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol that is no greater than that allowed by federal law does not constitute marijuana, as defined in the Code. The bill also increases from one to two the number of pharmaceutical processor permits the Board of Pharmacy may issue or renew for each health service area in any year and allows each pharmaceutical processor to whom a permit has been issued by the Board of Pharmacy
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Tabled In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 02/05/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Police animals; killing or injuring, penalty. [HB-2307]
Killing or injuring police animals; penalty. Requires a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of six months for any person who maliciously kills or injures an animal owned, used, or trained by a law-enforcement agency, regional jail, or the Department of Corrections while such animal is performing its lawful duties or is being kept in a kennel, pen, or stable while off duty. The bill also provides that such punishment shall be separate and apart from, and shall be made to run consecutively with, any other sentence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/05/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Gaming, Commission on; created, sunset provision. [HB-2321]
Gaming Study Commission. Creates the Gaming Study Commission to analyze the Commonwealth's existing gaming industry and proposals to expand gaming in Virginia, which include the following: (i) commercial casino gaming, (ii) in-person and online sports wagering, (iii) online and internet gaming, (iv) tribal gaming, (v) historical horse racing, and (vi) electronic devices approved by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to be placed in establishments licensed by the Authority. The Commission must submit final recommendations to the General
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules (14-y 0-n) on 02/14/2019