Del. Michael P. Mullin

Commending the James City Ruritan Club.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable GeraldL. Baliles.

Duties of the Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court. Adds to the duties of the Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court that he be custodian of records of administrative functions performed by persons employed by him or acting under his direction and of aggregated data regarding Virginia courts that may be obtained from systems maintained by his office.

Local grievance procedure. Incorporatesinto the local grievance procedure certain provisions in the stategrievance procedure related to appeal of final decisions to the circuitcourt.

Study; expungement of criminal records; report.Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study expungementof criminal records.

Habitual offenders; driving while intoxicated. Decreases the penalty for driving while intoxicated while a habitualoffender revocation is in effect, provided that such driving doesnot endanger the life, limb, or property of another, from a felonywith a mandatory minimum of one year confinement to a Class 1 misdemeanorwith a mandatory minimum of 10 days confinement.

Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; equityand fairness in Virginia's criminal justice system; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study equity and fairnessin Virginia's criminal justice system and to submit its findingsand recommendations to the General Assembly no later than the firstday of the 2021 Regular Session.

Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; swornmembers of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Adds sworn membersof the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles tothe membership of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System.

Conditional release of geriatric, terminallyill, or permanently physically disabled prisoners. Provides thatany person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felonyoffense, other than a Class 1 felony, who is terminally ill or permanentlyphysically disabled is eligible for consideration by the Parole Boardfor conditional release. The bill also provides that any person servingsuch sentence (i) who is 65 years or age or older and has servedat least five years of the sentence imposed or (ii) who is 60 yearsof age or older and has served at least 10 years of the sentenced imposed is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditionalrelease without the need to petition the Parole Board.

Protective orders on behalf of incapacitatedpersons. Allows an employee of a local department of social services (local department) to petition a court on behalf of an incapacitated person for a preliminary protective order in cases of family abuseor non-family abuse. If the court finds by a preponderance of theevidence that the person is an incapacitated person and lacks thecapacity to file such petition for himself, the court shall granta guardian ad litem to represent the interests of the incapacitatedperson and may issue an order granting the preliminary protectiveorder if other conditions required for the issuance of a preliminaryprotective order are met. The bill allows the employee of a local department who filed the petition to testify on behalf of the incapacitated person at any hearing for the preliminary protective order and atthe full hearing on the petition. At the full hearing on the petition,the court may issue a protective order for a specified period oftime, up to a maximum of two years, if the court finds by a preponderanceof the evidence that the employee of a local department who filedthe petition has proven the allegation of abuse or that the incapacitatedperson has been subjected to an act of violence, force, or threat.