Del. Jason Ballard

Alcoholic beverage control; exemptions fromlicensure; manufacture of spirits at personal residence for domesticconsumption. Exempts from the licensure requirements of the AlcoholicBeverage Control Act any person who, after being granted a permitby the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage ControlAuthority to keep, store, or possess any still or distilling apparatusfor the purpose of distilling alcohol, manufactures at his residence for domestic consumption spirits in an amount not to exceed (i) 100gallons per year if there are two or more persons 21 years of ageor older residing in the residence or (ii) 50 gallons per year ifthere is only one person 21 years of age or older residing in theresidence.

Carrying a firearm or explosive material intoa building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for highwayrest areas. Provides that the prohibition on carrying a firearmor explosive material in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealthshall not apply to any highway rest area.

State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals theState Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissionsand zero-emissions vehicle standards that apply for vehicles witha model year of 2025 and later.

Special lifetime hunting and fishing license;military veterans. Allows any resident of the Commonwealth whois a veteran of the United States Armed Forces or the National Guardand Reserve who applies for the resident lifetime hunting licenseor the resident lifetime fishing license to receive such license.The cost for such license is set for one of the following fees basedon age: age 50 or younger, $200; age 51 through 55, $150; age 56through 60, $100; age 61 through 64, $50; and age 65 or older, $10.

Disposal of unclaimed property in possessionof sheriff or police; notice of public display and sale. Allowsa law-enforcement agency to publish the required notice that therewill be a public display and sale of certain unclaimed personal propertythat has been in the possession of such law-enforcement agency andremained unclaimed for more than 60 days on the law-enforcement agency'sofficial website or any related social media platforms once a weekfor two successive weeks. Under current law, such notice may onlybe published in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality.

State parks; First Responder and Veteran Passport;discounted entry and parking. Establishes a First Responder andVeteran Passport that entitles a first responder or a veteran ofthe Armed Forces of the United States or other military service toreceive a 50 percent discount on parking and admission fees at stateparks in the Commonwealth.

Disabled Veteran's Passport; service-connecteddisability. Entitles any veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces witha service-connected disability to a Disabled Veteran's Passport forfree entry into state parks and discounted services. Current lawlimits such passport to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with a service-connected disability rating of 100 percent.

Attorney General; instituting or conductingcriminal prosecutions for violations of criminal sexual assault andcommercial sex trafficking committed against children. Authorizesthe Attorney General to institute or conduct criminal prosecutionsin cases involving a violation of criminal sexual assault or commercialsex trafficking when such crimes are committed against children.

Firearm safety device tax credit; definitions.Defines an "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safetydevice tax credit as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or morefirearm safety devices from a commercial retailer, as defined inthe bill.

Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage performingarts facility license; Pulaski County. Amends certain provisionsrelated to the granting of a mixed beverage performing arts facilitylicense by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic BeverageControl Authority to allow certain facilities in Pulaski County tobe eligible for such license.