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SB348 - Gaming; posting of illegal gaming tip line information.
Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Gaming; posting of illegal gaming tip line information. Requires those legally authorized to sell Virginia lottery tickets or conduct charitable gaming, horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering, and casino gaming in the Commonwealth to post in a conspicuous place on their premises a sign that bears the toll-free telephone number and website of the illegal gaming tip line established and administered by the Office of the Gaming Enforcement Coordinator in the Department of State Police for members of the public to report concerns about, or suspected instances of, illegal gaming activities.
STATUS
Introduced
SB7 - Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, nondiscrimination in employment, etc., penalties.
Bryce E. Reeves, Lamont Bagby, J.D. Diggs
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity; penalties. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination in employment and in places of public accommodation because of such individual's ethnic origin and prohibits such discrimination. The bill also adds victims who are intentionally selected because of their ethnic origin to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense. The bill also provides that no provider or user of an interactive computer service on the Internet shall be liable for any action voluntarily taken by it in good faith to restrict access to material that the provider or user considers to be intended to incite hatred on the basis of ethnic origin.
STATUS
Passed
SB166 - Financial institutions; consumer has option of completing certain payments electronically.
Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Financial institutions; certain payments required electronically. Requires any financial institution that initiates an electronic fund transfer as payment for the sale to a consumer of a security issued by such financial institution to make available to the consumer the option of completing any payment of principal, interest, dividend, or other distribution related to the security via an electronic fund transfer. Financial institutions; certain payments required electronically. Requires any financial institution that initiates an electronic fund transfer as payment for the sale to a consumer of a security issued by such financial institution to make available to the consumer the option of completing any payment of principal, interest, dividend, or other distribution related to the security via an electronic fund transfer.
STATUS
Passed
SB168 - Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio.
Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio. Reduces the current 45 percent food-to-beverage ratio for certain mixed beverage licensees. The bill requires that a mixed beverage restaurant, caterer's, or limited caterer's licensee meet or exceed the following: (i) for such licensees with monthly food sales of at least $4,000 but less than $10,000, the food-to-beverage ratio shall be 35 percent and (ii) for such licensees with monthly food sales of at least $10,000, there shall be no food-to-beverage ratio requirement imposed.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB167 - Candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary and write-in votes.
Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Elections; candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary and write-in votes. Provides that the declaration of candidacy include a statement that if the signer's name appears on the primary ballot and he is not nominated then his name is not to be printed on the ballots for that office in the succeeding general election. The bill also provides that, at all elections except primary elections, no write-in vote for any person for any office whose name has appeared on the ballot in a primary election for the same office in the same year will be counted.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3 - State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations, low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards.
Richard H. Stuart, Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig
Last updated about 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals the State Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards that apply for vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later.
STATUS
Introduced
SB8 - Notary public or electronic notary public; application for recommission.
Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Notary public or electronic notary public; application for recommission. Removes the requirement that a person applying for recommission as a notary public or electronic notary public include in his application an applicant oath, provided that such person is in good standing as a notary public or electronic notary public, is not subject to any investigation or proceeding, and has never been removed from office. Under current law, persons applying for recommission are required to include such oath. Notary public or electronic notary public; application for recommission. Removes the requirement that a person applying for recommission as a notary public or electronic notary public include in his application an applicant oath, provided that such person is in good standing as a notary public or electronic notary public, is not subject to any investigation or proceeding, and has never been removed from office. Under current law, persons applying for recommission are required to include such oath.
STATUS
Passed
SB164 - Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, artificial intelligence disclosure.
Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; artificial intelligence disclosure. Prohibits the dissemination or sale of an item created with artificial intelligence technology that contains a videographic or still image intending to depict an actual person or an audio or audio-visual recording intending to depict the voice of an actual person where the creator has not disclosed the use of artificial intelligence technology.
STATUS
Introduced
SB165 - Candidates for office; petition of qualified voters, start date.
Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Elections; candidates for office; petition of qualified voters; start date. Clarifies the date from which valid signatures for petitions of qualified voters can be collected for persons seeking to become candidates in certain elections.
STATUS
Passed
SB367 - Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement, Task Force on; established, report.
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig, J.D. Diggs
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement established. Creates the Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement whose purpose is to study ways to enhance the ability of law-enforcement officers throughout the Commonwealth to combat the illegal manufacturing, importation, and distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and other similar controlled substances. The bill requires the Task Force to meet at least annually and to report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 of each year regarding its activities and any recommendations. Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement established. Creates the Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement whose purpose is to study ways to enhance the ability of law-enforcement officers throughout the Commonwealth to combat the illegal manufacturing, importation, and distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and other similar controlled substances. The bill requires the Task Force to meet at least annually and to report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 of each year regarding its activities and any recommendations.
STATUS
Passed
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