Sen. Joe Morrissey

Virginia High Speed Chase Alert Program.Creates a program for local, regional, or statewide notificationof a high speed chase, defined in the bill as an active attempt byan on-duty law-enforcement officer while driving a conspicuouslymarked law-enforcement vehicle to apprehend or stop another movingmotor vehicle and the driver of such other vehicle is resisting apprehensionby maintaining or increasing his speed or by ignoring the law-enforcementofficer's attempt to stop such vehicle, and the ongoing pursuit posesa credible threat to the health and safety of other motor vehicleoperators or the general public and under such other circumstancesas deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police.

Application of parole statutes. Repealsthe abolition of parole. The bill also provides that the Virginia Parole Board shall establish procedures for consideration of parolefor persons who were previously ineligible for parole, because parolewas abolished, to allow for an extension of time for reasonable cause.

Application of parole statutes. Repealsthe abolition of parole. The bill also provides that the VirginiaParole Board shall establish procedures for consideration of parolefor persons who were previously ineligible for parole, because parolewas abolished, to allow for an extension of time for reasonable cause.

Memorializing Congress; deported veterans of the United States Armed Forces; medical treatment and other benefits. Urges the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to provide medical treatment and other benefits for deported veterans of the United States Armed Forces.

Petition for vacatur and expungement of convictionsand police and court records of victims of human trafficking.Allows any person who was a victim of human trafficking at the timeof an offense that led to a criminal charge or conviction of certaincrimes to petition the court to vacate such conviction and expungethe police and court records related to such conviction or to expungethe police and court records related to such charge. The bill provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that a person's participationin an offense was a result of having been a victim of human traffickingif there is official documentation, defined in the bill, of the petitioner'sstatus as a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense.

Expungement of police and court records; pardons. Allows a person to petition for the expungement of the police andcourt records relating to such person's conviction if he has beengranted a simple pardon for the crime. Under current law, policeand court records relating to convictions are only expunged if aperson received an absolute pardon for a crime he did not commit.

Expungement of police and court records.Allows a person convicted of certain offenses, or charged with such offenses which charges were deferred and dismissed, who was under21 years of age at the time of the offense, and who has successfullycompleted all terms of probation to file a petition for expungementafter at least seven years have passed since (i) the date of dismissalof the charge; (ii) the date of conviction, if no active sentenceof incarceration was imposed; or (iii) the date of completion ofan active sentence of incarceration, if an active term of incarcerationwas imposed as a result of the conviction. Any conviction that isexpunged will be considered a prior conviction for purposes of prosecutionof any subsequent offense for which the prior conviction statutorilyenhances punishment. Convictions for violent felony offenses andoffenses for which registration with the Sex Offender and CrimesAgainst Minors Registry is required are not eligible for expungementunder the bill.

Expungement of police and court records; misdemeanorand nonviolent felony convictions. Allows a person convictedof certain misdemeanors or nonviolent felonies to file a petitionrequesting expungement of the police and court records relating tothe conviction if such person (i) has been free from any term of incarceration,probation, or postrelease supervision imposed as a result of suchconviction for (a) at least three years for a misdemeanor convictionand (b) at least five years for a felony conviction; (ii) has no outstanding costs, fines, or restitution; and (iii) has no pending criminal proceeding.

Alcoholic beverage control; prohibition on mixedbeverages at strip clubs. Removes provisions that prevent thegranting of a mixed beverage license to establishments that allowstripteasing, topless entertainment, or entertainment that involvesemployees who are not clad both above and below the waist.

Transportation agreements. Recognizes that public-private transportation partnership agreements that containprovisions prohibiting or frustrating the construction of non-tolledtransportation facilities as alternatives to tolled facilities througheconomic disincentives are against public policy.