Commending Michael C. Maxey.
Sponsored bills
Licensure of professional counselors; CounselingCompact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the CounselingCompact. The Compact permits eligible licensed professional counselorsto practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensedin at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective dateof January 1, 2023, and directs the Board of Counseling to adoptemergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. TheCompact takes effect when it is enacted by a tenth member state.
Celebrating the life of Leigh B. Middleditch,Jr.
Commending David K. Paylor.
Celebrating the life of Rebecca Kellam Chalmers.
Commending Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University.
Pretrial Intervention and Diversion Program.Authorizes the attorney for the Commonwealth for each judicialcircuit of the Commonwealth to create and administer a Pretrial Interventionand Diversion Program for the purpose of providing an alternativeto prosecuting offenders in the criminal justice system. The billprovides that entry into such program shall be at the discretionof the attorney for the Commonwealth based upon written guidelines and that no attorney for the Commonwealth shall accept any offenderinto such program for an offense for which punishment includes amandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment.
Commending Jesse Waltz.
Commending Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University.
Celebrating the life of Sally Lamb.