Del. David Reid

Celebrating the life of Karen Harrison Jones.

Celebrating the life of Karen Harrison Jones.

Disqualification from office under Section 3of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; affidavitof eligibility for candidates for elective office; removal from officefor current officeholders. Provides that any person who is foundto have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United Statesor to have given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof shall be disqualifiedfrom holding any office of the Commonwealth or of its governmentalunits in accordance with Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment tothe Constitution of the United States. Persons holding office whoare so disqualified may be removed by a writ of quo warranto, exceptthat a member of the General Assembly may be removed by the housein which he sits. The bill requires any candidate for any electiveoffice to submit an affidavit of eligibility attesting that suchcandidate is eligible to hold elective office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Installation of crosswalks; waiving certainrequirement. Authorizes the Department of Transportation, whendetermining the need for a crosswalk within a community subject tothe Property Owners' Association Act, to waive any requirement thata certain number of individuals cross such highway within a particularperiod of time if the location of the proposed crosswalk is adjacentto and providing access to a facility that attracts pedestrians orgenerates an increased pedestrian presence.

Sale, transfer, etc., of certain firearms and firearm magazines; Virginia Firearm Buy-Back Program and Fund established; penalties. Provides that, unless otherwise prohibited by law, any person may import, sell, transfer, manufacture, or purchase an authorized rifle, defined in the bill, in accordance with the relevant provisions of law. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, or purchase a restricted rifle or large-capacity firearm magazine, both defined in the bill, with certain exceptions. The bill also provides that a person is civilly liable for injuries to person or property or wrongful death of another caused by a third party if it can be shown that the civil defendant sold or transferred a restricted rifle or large-capacity firearm magazine in violation of the provisions of the bill to the person who committed the crime resulting in such injury or death.The bill also provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least three days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal history record information, with exceptions enumerated in the bill.The bill also directs the Department of State Police to develop policies for the establishment of uniform standards for the creation of the Virginia Firearm Buy-Back Program. The bill clarifies that participation in the Program by a local law-enforcement agency is voluntary and also directs the Department to establish the Virginia Firearm Buy-Back Fund, a nonreverting fund to be used solely for the purposes of development and implementation of the Program.

Commending Dr. Willis L. Lonzer III.

Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.

Commending Peter A. Blake.

Commending Scott McGeary.

Weapons; possession or transportation; facility that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess in or transport into any facility that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including a hospital or an emergency department or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) firearm or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and specifies exceptions to the prohibition.