Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence. [HB-2310]
Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence; emergency. Provides that any applicant for a concealed handgun permit who completed an online course to demonstrate competence with a handgun and contacted the circuit court clerk's office prior to January 1, 2021, but was prohibited from appearing in person at a circuit court clerk's office because of COVID-19 restrictions is eligible to apply for such permit through April 30, 2021. The bill contains an emergency clause. Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence; emergency. Provides
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HB-2310: Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Continued To 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 In Judiciary (14-y 0-n) on 02/05/2021
Objects of antiquity; unlawful to remove from battlefield, penalty. [HB-2311]
Objects of antiquity; removal from battlefield; penalty. Adds land owned by a battlefield preservation organization and land on which such organization holds an easement to the category of lands on which it is unlawful to intentionally damage, disturb, or remove any object of antiquity. Current law prohibits such acts on any designated state archaeological site or on state-controlled land and provides that a violation of the prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
HB-2311: Objects of antiquity; unlawful to remove from battlefield, penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Mullin
Read Third Time And Passed House Block Vote (100-y 0-n) on 02/05/2021
License plates, special; bearing legend NOT FORGOTTEN. [HB-2096]
Special license plates; NOT FORGOTTEN. Authorizes Special license plates; NOT FORGOTTEN. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of Americans listed as prisoners of war or missing in action bearing the legend NOT FORGOTTEN. The bill requires that the design of such plate incorporate the POW/MIA Flag as designated by the federal National POW/MIA Flag Act. The bill exempts these special license plates from the requirement to obtain 450 prepaid applications for such plate. The bill provides that some of the
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HB-2096: License plates, special; bearing legend NOT FORGOTTEN.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Transportation on 02/05/2021
Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established, report. [HB-2058]
Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established; report. Creates the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Board to create a unified vision regarding STEM education initiatives, language, and measures of success to promote a culture of collaboration for STEM programming in the Commonwealth. The Board shall develop the infrastructure for creating STEM Regional Hubs and naming STEM Champions in communities across the Commonwealth. Additionally, the Board shall report annually to the Governor and the General
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HB-2058: Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Continued To 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 02/05/2021
Special hunting and fishing licenses for disabled veterans; 50 percent disabled. [HB-1839]
Special hunting and fishing license for disabled veterans; 50 percent disabled. Authorizes any resident veteran who has a service-connected disability of 50 percent or more to receive at no cost from the Department of Wildlife Resources a lifetime license to hunt and freshwater fish. Current law authorizes the provision of such license at no cost to a veteran who is totally and permanently disabled and at half-cost to a veteran who is 70 percent disabled.
HB-1839: Special hunting and fishing licenses for disabled veterans; 50 percent disabled.
Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/05/2021
Group Violence Intervention Board and Division of Group Violence Intervention; established, report. [HB-2231]
Group Violence Intervention Board; Division of Group Violence Intervention; Project Ceasefire Grant Fund; Project Exit Grant Fund. Establishes the Group Violence Intervention Board to coordinate and assist federal, state, and local group violence intervention efforts. The bill also establishes within the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) the Division of Group Violence Intervention (the Division), to be headed by an executive director appointed by the Director of the Department. The bill provides that the Division is responsible
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HB-2231: Group Violence Intervention Board and Division of Group Violence Intervention; established, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2021
Income tax, state; deduction for multigenerational households. [HB-1955]
Income tax deduction; multigenerational households. Creates a $1,000 deduction from Virginia adjusted gross income for taxable years on and after January 1, 2021, for the head of household taxpayer or married taxpayers filing jointly of a multigenerational residence in the Commonwealth comprised of no less than two adult parent-child generations who are living together for the duration of the taxable year in which the deduction is claimed.
HB-1955: Income tax, state; deduction for multigenerational households.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Finance on 02/05/2021
Income tax, state; late payment penalty. [HB-1956]
Individual income tax; late payment penalty. Provides that the Department of Taxation shall not assess a late payment penalty to the entire tax or to any unpaid balance of the income tax owed by an individual unless and until the taxpayer fails to file his return by the time fixed by law for filing a return or by the time prescribed pursuant to a filing extension, as applicable. Under current law, the late payment penalty is assessed at the time a return is received by the Department if payment is not made in full when due.
HB-1956: Income tax, state; late payment penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Finance on 02/05/2021
License plates, special; removes fee for issuance to Va. National Guard retirees. [HB-1796]
Special license plates; Virginia National Guard retirees. Removes the fee for the issuance of a special license plate for retired members of the Virginia National Guard. Currently, such special license plates cost the same as the prescribed cost for a typical Virginia license plate.
HB-1796: License plates, special; removes fee for issuance to Va. National Guard retirees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Continued To 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 In Transportation (15-y 0-n) on 02/05/2021
License plates, special; fees for certain military declarations. [HB-1797]
Special license plates; certain military declarations; fees. Removes the fee for one special license plate for one motor vehicle owned and used by an applicant who has been awarded the Bronze Star, Bronze Star with a "V" for valor, or the Silver Star. The bill provides that the applicant will be charged the typical fee for state license plates for any such additional special license plates.
HB-1797: License plates, special; fees for certain military declarations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Left In Transportation on 02/05/2021