Michael P. Mullin - Virginia

Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; provisional surface water withdrawal permit. Authorizes the State Water Control Board to issue a provisional surface water withdrawal permit within the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area to an applicant that has not identified an end user for the water. Such permit shall not allow the withdrawal of water until an end user has been identified and the permittee has provided a report containing information on the need for and proposed use of the surface water, a description of the raw water intake, and other information. The bill provides that once the Department of Environmental Quality approves the report, the permittee shall request a permit modification. Finally, the bill provides that no potential withdrawal amount of any provisional permit shall be used in the calculation of available water when assessing a subsequent surface water withdrawal application in the affected stream reach if the provisional permit has not been modified to reflect an end user, the Department and the subsequent applicant have found the provisional withdrawal to be inappropriate, and the provisional permit holder has failed to state that an end user will be secured within 12 months.

Passed Feb 25, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Primary HB 673

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Cruelty to children; increases penalty to a Class 4 felony.

Cruelty to children; penalty. Increasesthe penalty from a Class 6 felony to a Class 4 felony for any personemploying or having custody of a child who willfully causes or permitssuch child to be tortured physically or psychologically, tormented,mutilated, beaten, or cruelly treated. The bill includes such offensein the definition of "violent felony" for purposes of determiningfelony sentencing guidelines. The bill also includes willful andnegligent acts of cruelty and injuries to children in offenses prohibitinga person from operating or residing in a family day home and, if suchoffense is in conjunction with a homicide, requiring registrationunder the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act. Thebill moves the provisions criminalizing cruelty and injuries to childrenfrom Title 40.1 (Labor and Employment) to Title 18.2 (Crimes and Offenses Generally).

Passed Feb 24, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor SJ 129

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending the Zion Baptist Church of Lightfoot.

Introduced Feb 24, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 122

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of William Griffith Thomas.

Introduced Feb 24, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Del. Michael P. Mullin

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