Sen. John McGuire
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Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Sexual assault nurse examiners; place of practice. [HB-1176]
Sexual assault nurse examiners; place of practice. Requires every hospital to report quarterly to the Department of Health information regarding the number of certified sexual assault nurse examiners employed by the hospital and the location, including street address, and contact information for the location at which each certified sexual assault nurse examiner provides services. The bill also requires the Department of Health to make information regarding the availability of certified sexual assault nurse examiners in the Commonwealth, including
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap1088) on 04/10/2020
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Family life education programs; materials, summaries. [HB-1394]
Family life education programs; materials; summaries. Requires each local school board that offers a family life education program to post for public viewing on the local school division's official website a summary of such program. The bill also requires local school boards to share through any available parental portal a complete copy of all printed family life education program materials not subject to copyright protection and a description of all family life education program audio-visual materials. The bill requires each local school board
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0689) on 04/06/2020
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Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Unemployment compensation; leaving employment to follow military spouse. [HB-143]
Unemployment compensation; leaving employment to follow military spouse. Repeals the sunset provision on the current statutory provision that provides that good cause for leaving employment exists if an employee voluntarily leaves a job to accompany the employee's spouse, who is on active duty in the military or naval services of the United States, to a new military-related assignment established pursuant to a permanent change of duty order from which the employee's place of employment is not reasonably accessible. This provision will presently
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0261) on 03/10/2020
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Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Short-term rentals; regulation by locality. [HB-1474]
Regulation of short-term rentals. Requires any ordinance adopted by the governing body of any locality relating to regulation of short-term rentals to comply with various provisions related to the short-term rental of property, including limits on (i) the total number of nights permitted for short-term rental on the short-term rental operator's property and (ii) the number of short-term rental properties owned by any one person or entity. The bill also requires such ordinance to comply with various Code of Virginia provisions related to zoning enforcement,
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
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Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Assault and battery against a family or household member; prior conviction, mandatory minimum term. [HB-1475]
Assault and battery against a family or household member; prior conviction; mandatory minimum term of confinement; penalty. Provides that upon a conviction for assault and battery against a family or household member where it is alleged in the warrant, petition, information, or indictment on which a person is convicted that such person has been previously convicted of an offense that occurred within a period of 10 years of the instant offense against a family or household member of (i) assault and battery against a family or household member, (ii)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph McNamara
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/11/2020
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Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act; created. [HB-1484]
Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act. Prohibits the practice of dismemberment abortion.
Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/11/2020
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Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Income tax, state; deduction for primary and secondary school tuition or home instruction expenses. [HB-158]
Income tax deduction; primary and secondary school tuition or home instruction expenses. Provides an income tax deduction beginning in taxable year 2020 for education expenses incurred by the parent or guardian of a child under the age of 18. Qualifying education expenses for the deduction are defined in the bill as tuition for a primary or secondary school in the Commonwealth, or expenses directly related to the home instruction of children.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Finance on 02/11/2020
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Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required. [HB-161]
Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required. Allows any person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a resident concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun without a permit anywhere he may lawfully carry a handgun openly within the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Public Safety on 02/11/2020
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Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Firearm-free zones designated by the Commonwealth or a locality; waiver of sovereign immunity. [HB-162]
Firearm-free zones designated by the Commonwealth or a locality; waiver of sovereign immunity. Provides that (i) if the Commonwealth designates any property owned by it or (ii) if any locality designates such locality or any part of such locality as a firearm-free zone, the Commonwealth or such locality waives its sovereign immunity as it relates to any injuries sustained by persons lawfully present in such firearm-free zone.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Public Safety on 02/11/2020
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Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Mountain ridges; prohibition on construction, local ordinance. [HB-1636]
Mountain ridges; prohibition on construction; local ordinance. Prohibits the construction of any building more than 50 feet tall at any elevation within 100 feet of the crest of a vulnerable mountain ridge, as defined in the bill. The bill provides an exception for construction that complies with a county or city ordinance adopted to mitigate the effect of such structures on views of the ridge. The bill also authorizes any city or county to opt out of the prohibition on construction by referendum if the petition for such referendum is made prior
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter
Left In Appropriations on 02/11/2020