Commending Third Street Bethel African MethodistEpiscopal Church.
Sponsored bills
Celebrating the life of Markiya Simone Dickson.
Special license plates; #TEAMTOMMIE. Authorizesthe issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supportersof the Richmond Animal Care and Control Foundation bearing the legend#TEAMTOMMIE.
Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. DimitriR. Bradley.
Claim for attorney fees. Aligns the provisionfor a claim for attorney fees to be paid out of money or property under control of the court with Rule 3:25 of the Rules of SupremeCourt of Virginia by providing that the claim for such attorney feesshall be made in a complaint, petition, or other proceeding. Thebill removes the provision that provides that such attorney feesmay also be paid where the parties are notified in writing that applicationwill be made to the court. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-GravesConference.
George Mason University; establishment of a school of medicine. States that it is the sense of the General Assembly that George Mason University shall be encouraged to take steps to investigate and pursue the potential of establishing a school of medicine in the Northern Virginia area.
Victims of human trafficking; affirmative defense to prosecution for certain offenses. Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution for prostitution and keeping, residing in, or frequenting a bawdy place if, at the time of the offense leading to such charge, such person was a victim of human trafficking, as defined in the bill, and (i) was coerced to engage in the offense through the use of force or intimidation of another, (ii) such offense was committed as part of a commercial sex trafficking scheme, or (iii) such offense was committed at the direction of an operator of a commercial sex trafficking scheme. The bill also states that a victim of human trafficking may raise such affirmative defense regardless of whether any other person has been arrested for, prosecuted for, charged with, or convicted of an offense.
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ratificationof the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.Commemorates the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the FifteenthAmendment to the Constitution of the United States. This resolutionis a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission.
Year of the Eye Exam. Designates 2020 as the Year of the Eye Exam in Virginia.
Payments of court fines and costs; communitywork in lieu of payment; during imprisonment. Allows courts toprovide an option to any person upon whom a fine and costs have beenimposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earningcredits for the performance of community service work during imprisonment.Under current law, credit may be earned only for the performance ofcommunity service work completed before or after imprisonment.