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SB61 - Income tax, state; establishes a subtraction for firefighter benefits.
Christie New Craig
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Income tax subtraction; firefighter benefits. Establishes an income tax subtraction for up to $20,000 of firefighter benefits in taxable year 2024, up to $30,000 in taxable year 2025, and up to $40,000 in taxable year 2026 and each year thereafter. The bill defines firefighter benefits to include retirement income related to professional firefighting services and benefits paid to the surviving spouse of a firefighter whose death occurred in the line of duty.
STATUS
Introduced
SB111 - Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedules I, II, IV, and V of Act.
Mark J. Peake, Christie New Craig
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to Schedules I, II, IV, and V of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule.
STATUS
Passed
SB269 - General oyster-planting ground leases; riparian assignments, Marine Resources Commission.
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
General oyster-planting ground leases; riparian assignments; Marine Resources Commission. Directs the Marine Resources Commission to not issue or renew any private leases for general oyster-planting grounds in the Commonwealth on or after July 1, 2024, and to promulgate regulations to conform to the provisions of the bill. The bill returns any general oyster-planting grounds that are unassigned or currently leased by the Commission to public oyster rocks, beds, and shoals that are unassignable to any person for private use but does not curtail the length of time remaining on existing leases.
STATUS
Introduced
SB262 - Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, expansion of board of equalization.
Christie New Craig
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Charter; City of Virginia Beach; board of equalization. Amends the charter for the City of Virginia Beach by expanding the board of equalization from four members to five members and an alternate.
STATUS
Passed
SB649 - Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits.
Saddam Azlan Salim, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Creigh Deeds
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Line of Duty Act; payment of benefits. Increases from $25,000 to $75,000 the death benefit payout under the Virginia Line of Duty Act for a death caused by occupational cancer, respiratory disease, or hypertension or heart disease for those deaths that will occur on or after January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB203 - Firearms-related offenses; mandatory minimum sentences, penalty.
J.D. Diggs, Christie New Craig
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Firearms-related offenses; mandatory minimum sentences; penalty. Increases from five to 10 years for a second or subsequent offense the mandatory minimum sentences for use or display of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies.
STATUS
Introduced
SB531 - Communications; application for and issuance of order authorizing interception.
Emily M. Brewer, Christie New Craig
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Application for and issuance of order authorizing interception of communications; Superintendent of State Police. Allows the Superintendent of State Police or his designee, if the Superintendent so designates in writing, to apply to a judge of competent jurisdiction for an order authorizing the interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications. The bill adds commercial sex trafficking and racketeering to the list of offenses for which an order authorizing the interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications may be sought. The bill also provides that an application for an order authorizing the interception of a wire, electronic, or oral communication may be verified by the Chief Deputy Attorney General, as designated by the Attorney General.
STATUS
Introduced
SB662 - Income tax, state; subtraction for state police retirement benefits.
Mark J. Peake, Christie New Craig
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Income tax subtraction; state police retirement benefits. Establishes an income tax subtraction for up to $10,000 of state police retirement benefits in taxable year 2024 and each year thereafter. The bill defines state police retirement benefits to include retirement income received by a Virginia State Police officer who is at least 55 years of age and benefits paid to the surviving spouse of such officer whose death occurred in the line of duty.
STATUS
Introduced
SB193 - Fleeing from a law-enforcement officer; penalty.
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Fleeing from a law-enforcement officer; penalty. Removes the requirement that a law-enforcement officer have the immediate physical ability to place a person under arrest for the crime of fleeing from a law-enforcement officer.
STATUS
Introduced
SB275 - Marine Resources Commission; certain permits in the Lynnhaven River and its tributaries prohibited.
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Marine Resources Commission; certain permits in the Lynnhaven River and its tributaries prohibited. Prohibits the Marine Resources Commission from issuing any permit for any floating oyster cage in a water column, rack-and-bag, or other similar apparatus for oyster aquaculture in the Lynnhaven River or its tributaries.
STATUS
Introduced
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