Prayer at public events; governmental agency shall have no authority to regulate, etc. [HB-1409]
Prayer at public events. Provides that whenever an individual is requested to provide prayer, invocation, or benediction at a public event that is sanctioned by a governmental agency, such governmental agency shall have no authority to regulate how that individual refers to God in prayer or to prohibit the religious content of the individual's prayer, invocation, or benediction, provided such prayer, invocation, or benediction is not used to advance a particular religion or to disparage another faith or belief.
HB-1409: Prayer at public events; governmental agency shall have no authority to regulate, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/08/2011
Reckless handling of firearms; revocation of hunting license. [HB-1411]
Reckless handling of firearms; revocation of hunting license. Provides that a person's hunting or trapping license, or privilege to hunt or trap while possessing a firearm, may be revoked for a period of one to five years for a violation of §18.2-56.1 (reckless handling of firearms) while hunting. Revocation for a person whose privilege to hunt has been revoked who hunts with a firearm will be for a period of one year to life. Currently, the penalties are revocation for a period of one year to life and for hunting with a firearm while the privilege
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HB-1411: Reckless handling of firearms; revocation of hunting license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0684) on 03/26/2011
Immigration laws; State Police to enter into agreement with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement. [HB-1420]
Enforcement of immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Provides that the Superintendent of State Police shall seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would allow the State Police to perform certain federal immigration law-enforcement functions in the Commonwealth. Such an agreement is often referred to as an agreement under the federal 287(g) program.
HB-1420: Immigration laws; State Police to enter into agreement with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
House: Incorporated By Courts Of Justice (hb1934-miller, J.h.) By Voice Vote on 01/31/2011
Immigration laws, federal; enforcement by State, political subdivisions, or localities. [HB-1421]
Enforcement of federal immigration law by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions. Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth, political subdivision of the Commonwealth or locality, or an employee of any of them acting in his official capacity, may limit or restrict the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.
HB-1421: Immigration laws, federal; enforcement by State, political subdivisions, or localities.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Senate: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/22/2011
Abortion clinics; licensure and regulation. [HB-1428]
Abortion clinics; licensure and regulation. Requires all abortion clinics, defined as any facility other than a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center in which 25 or more first-trimester abortions are performed in any 12-month period, to be licensed and regulated by the Board of Health.
HB-1428: Abortion clinics; licensure and regulation.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (10-y 5-n) on 02/17/2011
Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain. [HB-1430]
Arresting officer to ascertain citizenship of arrestee. Supplements the existing law that requires sheriffs to make a query into legal presence when a person is "taken into custody" at a jail. This bill expands such inquiries by requiring inquiries of everyone arrested, and requires that an arresting officer inquire of every arrestee whether he (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States.
HB-1430: Citizenship of arrestee; if accused is not committed to jail, arresting officer to ascertain.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Senate: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/22/2011
Cannabinoids, synthetic; penalties for transport, possession, sale, or distribution, etc. [HB-1434]
Penalties for possession, sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute synthetic cannabinoids; bath salts. Lists those chemicals that comprise synthetic cannabinoids and makes possession a Class 1 misdemeanor. Possession with intent to distribute and manufacturing are felonies. The first offender statute applies as it does to marijuana and controlled substances. The bill criminalizes privately compounding with the specific intent to circumvent the criminal penalties for synthetic cannabinoids. The bill also allows
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HB-1434: Cannabinoids, synthetic; penalties for transport, possession, sale, or distribution, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0384) on 03/23/2011
Goods; those produced or manufactured within State are not subject to federal law, regulation, etc. [HB-1438]
Goods produced or manufactured in the Commonwealth; not subject to federal regulation. Provides that all goods produced or manufactured within the Commonwealth, when such goods are held, retained, or maintained in the Commonwealth, shall not be subject to federal law, federal regulation, or the constitutional power of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce. The bill does not apply to goods ordered, procured, or purchased by the federal government or by a federal contractor. The bill only applies to goods produced or manufactured
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HB-1438: Goods; those produced or manufactured within State are not subject to federal law, regulation, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Senate: Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/22/2011
Unborn children; construing the word "person" under Virginia law to include. [HB-1440]
Rights of unborn children. Provides that unborn children at every stage of development enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of the Commonwealth, subject only to the laws and constitutions of Virginia and the United States, precedents of the United States Supreme Court, and provisions to the contrary in the statutes of the Commonwealth.
HB-1440: Unborn children; construing the word "person" under Virginia law to include.
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (10-y 5-n) on 02/17/2011