Otto Wachsmann - Virginia

Failed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Group violence intervention; definition, Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund created.

Group Violence Intervention Board; Divisionof Group Violence Intervention; Project Ceasefire Grant Fund; ProjectExit Grant Fund; report. Establishes the Group Violence InterventionBoard to coordinate and assist federal, state, and local group violenceintervention efforts. The bill also establishes within the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services (the Department) the Division of GroupViolence Intervention (the Division), to be headed by an executivedirector appointed by the Director of the Department. The bill providesthat the Division is responsible for (i) coordinating the effortsof members of state and local law enforcement, community members,and social services providers to combat group violence; (ii) servingas a clearinghouse for research, best practices, and strategies thatmay be utilized in the implementation, execution, and evaluationof group violence interventions; and (iii) implementing and administeringvarious federal, state, and local grant funds that aid group violenceintervention efforts. Finally, the bill creates the Project CeasefireGrant Fund, which provides money to organizations that are involvedin group violence intervention efforts, and creates the Project ExitGrant Fund, which provides money to organizations that assist formergang members or individuals attempting to leave gangs.

Failed Mar 12, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 86

Failed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Campaign finance; disclosure reports, searchable electronic database.

Elections; campaign finance; disclosure reports;searchable electronic database. Requires the Department of Electionsto provide an interface to the campaign finance database maintainedby the Department that allows users to easily search for and sortinformation by individual candidates and types of elections, offices,committees, and donors; donations, expenditures, loans, and othercategories of information included in campaign finance reports; andlate filings, incomplete filings, and other violations. The interfaceshall also provide users tools for manipulating and exporting data.The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.

Failed Mar 12, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 196

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Adeline Rose Krizek.

Introduced Mar 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HR 165

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending M.E. Marty Hall, Jr.

Introduced Mar 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 396

Passed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Adam Jeffery Oakes.