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HB1413 - Identity of persons communicating anonymously over Internet; procedure governing certain subpoenas.
Mike A. Cherry
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Identity of persons communicating anonymously over the Internet; procedure governing certain subpoenas in civil proceedings; social media companies and platforms. Applies the procedures governing certain subpoenas in civil proceedings, currently applicable to Internet service providers, to social media companies and platforms.
STATUS
Introduced
HB631 - Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to emergency dispatchers.
Mike A. Cherry
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. Extends membership in the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (VaLORS) to emergency dispatchers who are employed by the Department of State Police and agencies whose law-enforcement officers are eligible for membership in VaLORS. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and provides that such membership would apply only to service earned on or after July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB401 - Child abuse; adds to list of mandatory reporters.
Mike A. Cherry
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Child abuse; mandatory reporters. Adds to the list of persons who are required to report suspected child abuse or neglect employees of the Department of Labor and Industry whose duties include ensuring compliance with child labor laws.
STATUS
Introduced
HB815 - Medical cannabis program; product expiration, confidentiality, penalty.
Mike A. Cherry
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Medical cannabis program; product expiration; confidentiality; penalty. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum expiration date allowable for a cannabis product after registration absent stability testing. The bill allows pharmaceutical processors to employ as pharmacy technician trainees individuals who have less than one year of experience and allows pharmaceutical processors to employ persons with less than one year of experience to perform certain other supervised duties for which current law requires two years of experience. The bill also provides for the confidentiality of certain records and other information of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, including the exemption of certain information from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Medical cannabis program; product expiration; confidentiality; penalty. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum expiration date allowable for a cannabis product after registration absent stability testing. The bill allows pharmaceutical processors to employ as pharmacy technician trainees individuals who have less than one year of experience and allows pharmaceutical processors to employ persons with less than one year of experience to perform certain other supervised duties for which current law requires two years of experience. The bill also provides for the confidentiality of certain records and other information of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, including the exemption of certain information from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
STATUS
Passed
HB891 - Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers.
Hillary Pugh Kent, Mike A. Cherry, William Chad Green
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officers. Extends membership in the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (VaLORS) to conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and provides that such membership would apply only to service earned on or after July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1469 - Venue; obtaining documents from DMV when not entitled thereto, penalty.
Mike A. Cherry
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Venue; obtaining documents from the Department of Motor Vehicles when not entitled thereto; penalty. Provides that the venue for a violation of the offense of obtaining documents from the Department of Motor Vehicles (the Department) when not entitled thereto may be in the jurisdiction (i) from which any person obtained any document issued by the Department, (ii) where any person received or created any counterfeit, forged, or altered document used to obtain a document issued by the Department, or (iii) where any counterfeit, forged, or altered document has been filed with the Department. Venue; obtaining documents from the Department of Motor Vehicles when not entitled thereto; penalty. Provides that the venue for a violation of the offense of obtaining documents from the Department of Motor Vehicles (the Department) when not entitled thereto may be in the jurisdiction (i) from which any person obtained any document issued by the Department, (ii) where any person received or created any counterfeit, forged, or altered document used to obtain a document issued by the Department, or (iii) where any counterfeit, forged, or altered document has been filed with the Department.
STATUS
Passed
HJR13 - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness.
Richard C. Sullivan, Bonita Grace Anthony, Jonathan Arnold
Last updated 7 months ago
100 Co-Sponsors
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness. Designates May, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness in Virginia. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness. Designates May, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness in Virginia.
STATUS
Passed
HB1406 - Fishing license requirements; free fishing days.
Hyland F. Fowler, Mike A. Cherry, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Fishing license requirements; exemptions; free fishing days. Increases from three to six the maximum number of days that the Board of Wildlife Resources may designate as free fishing days for a person to fish in any inland waters of the Commonwealth without a fishing license.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB41 - Standards of Learning; programs of instruction, civics education on local government.
William Chad Green, Mike A. Cherry, Mark L. Earley
Last updated 9 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Standards of Learning; programs of instruction; civics education; instruction on local government. Requires the Board of Education to include in the Standards of Learning for Virginia and United States Government for grade 12 and requires each school board to provide as a part of any Virginia and U.S. Government course or civic education course offered to students in grade 12 instruction on local government, including instruction on the types of localities in the Commonwealth and the structure and functions of local governments in the Commonwealth. The bill also requires the Board to consider in its criteria for awarding a diploma seal for excellence in civics education and understanding of the state and federal constitutions and the democratic model of government the successful completion of government or civics courses that include instruction on the structures and functions of local government.
STATUS
Introduced
HB321 - Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits.
Delores L. McQuinn, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker, Ellen H. Campbell
Last updated 6 months ago
12 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
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Representative from Virginia district HD-066
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Mike A. Cherry is a resident of Orlando. He was born on July 2, 1961. He received his education from University of Central Florida. Mike is a small business owner and entrepreneur. He is proud to call Florida home.read less
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