HB27 - Kinship foster care; placement of child with foster parent.

10 Co-Sponsors

Kinship foster care; alternative living arrangements; Parental Child Safety Placement Program established. Establishes the Parental Child Safety Placement Program to promote and support placements of children with relatives by local boards of social services in order to avoid foster care. The bill establishes the requirements for a parental child safety placement agreement, the procedure for assessing a proposed caregiver, and the process for terminating the placement.

HB391 - Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses.

4 Co-Sponsors

Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle and removes the accompanying exclusionary provisions.

HB465 - Election administration; recommended number of deputy general registrars.

1 Co-Sponsor

Election administration; deputy general registrars; recommended number. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt guidance for determining the recommended number of deputy registrars to serve in a county or city based on the size of the county's or city's population as of the most recent decennial census and prohibits a local electoral board from setting a number in excess of such recommendation. The bill allows for additional deputy registrars to be appointed if the local electoral board determines that a greater number than the State Board's recommended number for a county's or city's population is needed and the local governing body approves such number. The bill also requires the Department of Elections to convene a work group no later than July 1, 2024, to advise and collaborate with the State Board on the development of such guidance and directs the work group to complete its work and make public such guidance no later than December 1, 2024. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Department to convene the work group have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.

HR6 - Commending the Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department.

1 Co-Sponsor

HB461 - Photo speed monitoring devices; pole-mounted speed display sign.

1 Co-Sponsor

Photo speed monitoring devices; pole-mounted speed display sign. Requires a pole-mounted speed display sign, defined in the bill, to be placed between 250 and 1,000 feet from any photo speed monitoring device that is in use.

HB676 - School resource officers; establishment of minimum employment qualifications prohibited.

1 Co-Sponsor

Department of Criminal Justice Services; school resource officers; establishment of minimum employment qualifications prohibited. Prohibits the Department of Criminal Justice Services from establishing minimum qualifications for the employment of school resource officers, including any minimum age or experience requirement, or providing guidance or standards or adopting regulations relating to such minimum qualifications unless expressly authorized by law.

HR16 - Celebrating the life of Justine Rachel Tilghman.

1 Co-Sponsor

HB464 - Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions for nonprofit entities.

1 Co-Sponsor

Retail sales and use tax; exemptions for nonprofit entities. Increases from $1 million to $1.5 million the minimum threshold for gross revenue of a nonprofit entity that allows the Department of Taxation to require such entity to provide a financial audit before receiving a federal income tax exemption. Retail sales and use tax; exemptions for nonprofit entities. Increases from $1 million to $1.5 million the minimum threshold for gross revenue of a nonprofit entity that allows the Department of Taxation to require such entity to provide a financial audit before receiving a federal income tax exemption.

HR32 - Commending Bridgewater Volunteer Rescue Squad.

1 Co-Sponsor

HR29 - Commending the Associated General Contractors of Virginia.

2 Co-Sponsors