Commending Laurice Malbon Yarn.
Del. Kelly Fowler
Sponsored bills
Commending Mark E. Smith.
Commending Voodoo Brewing Company Virginia Beach.
Commending Peter A. Blake.
Celebrating the life of Michelle Antonette Leete.
Acknowledging with profound regret the unethicaluse of Black bodies by medical institutions. Expresses the sentimentof the General Assembly in acknowledging with profound regret theunethical use of Black bodies by medical institutions in the Commonwealth.
Firearm locking device required for sale ortransfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty.Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensedimporter, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearmto any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer,or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a lockingdevice for that firearm and the firearm is accompanied by a warning,in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a labelaffixed to the firearm and on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms should be lockedand kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminalliability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions forlaw-enforcement and governmental agencies.
Land records; recording and indexing fees.Provides that no clerk of a circuit court shall assess separate recordingand indexing fees for one document that contains two or more instrumentsthat may serve independent legal purposes, including a record ofa mortgage as a financing statement, unless the person presentingsuch document or instruments requests that such document or instrumentsbe recorded and indexed in more than a single instance. The billalso provides that no recordation tax shall be required of a quitclaimdeed between a grantor and grantee when no consideration has passedbetween the parties, provided that such quitclaim deed shows on itsface that no consideration has passed.
Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices; days and hours of operation. Authorizes the governing body of any county or city establishing voter satellite offices for absentee voting in person to prescribe, by ordinance, the dates and hours of operation for such offices. The bill prohibits any reduction in the dates or hours of operation of such offices to be enacted within 60 days of any general election.
Black Women's History Month. Designates April, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Black Women's History Month in Virginia.