Sen. Jennifer Boysko
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Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Juvenile community correctional centers and facilities; establishment, placement of juveniles. [SB-1033]
Juvenile community correctional centers and facilities; establishment; placement of juveniles. Changes the term "juvenile correctional centers and facilities" to "juvenile community correctional centers and facilities." The bill further provides that any juvenile community correctional center established after July 1, 2020, shall (i) be located within a locality in which at least five percent of all juvenile commitments occur statewide, using an average of the rate of commitments of the three most recent consecutive years, and (ii) be designed to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 12/04/2020
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Death penalty executions; imposes a moratorium. [SB-802]
Death penalty executions; moratorium. Imposes a moratorium on executions. The bill does not affect any other matter of law related to the death penalty, including bringing and trying capital charges, sentencing proceedings, imposition of the death penalty, appeals of the death penalty, and habeas review. The moratorium will remain in effect until adjournment of the first regular session of the General Assembly after a joint subcommittee established pursuant to a joint resolution passed by the 2020 General Assembly conducts a study of the death penalty
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Left In Judiciary on 12/04/2020
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Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Juvenile records; expungement. [SB-223]
Juvenile records; expungement. Provides for the expungement of juvenile records for offenses that would be felony larceny if committed by an adult. Under current law, juvenile records of all delinquent acts that would be a felony if committed by an adult are retained.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
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Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Virginia Equal Pay Act; civil penalties. [SB-660]
Virginia Equal Pay Act; civil penalties. Prohibits Virginia Equal Pay Act; civil penalties. Prohibits public and private employers from discriminating between employees on the basis of membership in a protected class in the payment of wages or other compensation, including benefits, by paying wages or other compensation to employees who are members of a protected class at a rate less than the rate at which it pays wages or other compensation to employees who are not members of the protected class for substantially similar work. The measure also
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Judiciary on 12/04/2020
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Death penalty; abolishes penalty, including those persons currently under a death sentence. [SB-449]
Abolition of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
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Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, restoration of rights. [SJR-59]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of voters; automatic restoration of civil rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies upon completion of their sentences. The present Constitution provides for restoration of rights by the Governor, and the amendment retains this right. Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of voters; automatic restoration of civil rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies upon
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Privileges And Elections on 12/04/2020
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Animal testing; breeding. [SB-669]
Animal testing; breeding. Prohibits any person from breeding a dog or cat for the express purpose of producing offspring for (i) use in research, experimentation, or testing that is not required pursuant to federal law or regulation or (ii) sale to a manufacturer, institution of higher learning, or contract testing facility outside the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Left In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources on 12/04/2020
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Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; intercollegiate athletics, student-athletes, compensation. [SB-464]
Institutions of higher education; intercollegiate Institutions of higher education; intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation, representation, and injury. Prohibits any private institution of higher education, baccalaureate public institution of higher education, athletic association, athletic conference, or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i) providing a prospective student-athlete with compensation that results from the use of the student's name, image, or likeness; (ii) prohibiting or preventing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
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Constitutional amendment; personal property tax exemption for motor vehicle of a disabled veteran. [SJR-58]
Constitutional amendment (second resolution); personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle owned by a veteran who is disabled. Provides that one motor vehicle of a veteran who has a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability shall be exempt from state and local taxes. The amendment provides that only automobiles and pickup trucks qualify for the exemption. Additionally, the exemption is only applicable on the date the motor vehicle is acquired or the effective date of the amendment, whichever is later, and is not applicable
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 12/04/2020
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Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Reproductive health services; health benefit plans to cover costs of specified health care services. [SB-917]
Reproductive health services. Requires health benefit plans to cover the costs of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products, and procedures related to reproductive health. The health benefit plan requirements become effective when a plan is delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended in the Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2021, or at any time thereafter when any term of the health benefit plan is changed or any premium adjustment is made. The measure also requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Left In Education And Health on 12/04/2020