Sen. Mark Obenshain

Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.

Liability for sale of alcohol to an underageperson. Creates a cause of action against an alcoholic beverage control retail licensee who sells alcohol to an underage person whowas visibly intoxicated if the consumption of the alcohol causedor contributed to an injury to person or property while the underageperson operated a motor vehicle. The plaintiff must prove such negligenceby a clear and convincing evidence standard.

Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides for local jails to be compensated for the actual cost ofincarcerating convicted felons at the rate calculated in the CompensationBoard's annual jail cost report. Current law provides for jails tobe compensated for the cost of incarceration of convicted felonsas provided for in the general appropriation act.

Elections; conduct of elections; annual post-electionaudits. Requires that each local electoral board and generalregistrar conduct a post-election audit annually of at least one fifth of all ballot scanner machines in use in the locality such thatall ballot scanner machines in use in the locality are audited atleast once every five years. The bill requires the local electoralboard and general registrar to submit a report on the results ofeach audit to the State Board of Elections. The bill removes therequirement that annual audits be risk-limiting audits.

Public employees; labor union dues deductionauthorization. Requires consent by public employees authorizedto engage in collective bargaining before union or employee associationdues are deducted from the employees' pay directly by their employers.The bill allows public employees to stop paying union or employee association dues at any time and gives public employees an annual opportunity to reconfirm that they want to continue union or employeeassociation membership and pay such dues. The bill provides thatif an employee does not reconfirm then the dues deduction must cease.

Project labor agreements; prevailing wage; collective bargaining for employees of local governments. Repeals certainprovisions of the Code that (i) require contractors and subcontractorsunder any public contract with a state agency or certain localitiesto pay the prevailing wage rate; (ii) authorize any public body,when engaged in procuring products or services or letting contractsfor construction, manufacture, maintenance, or operation of publicworks, to require bidders to enter into or adhere to project laboragreements on the public works projects; and (iii) authorize a localityto recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargainingagent of any public officers or employees or to collectively bargainor enter into any collective bargaining contract with any such unionor association or its agents.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable ArthurR. Giesen, Jr.

Use of communications systems to facilitatecertain offenses involving children; consecutive sentence; penalty.Provides that any mandatory minimum term of imprisonment imposedfor violating the electronic solicitation of a minor statute shallbe served consecutively with any other sentence.

Control of firearms by localities; concealedhandgun permit exception. Provides that any local ordinance thatprohibits the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, orcomponents or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or partthereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes;(ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) anyrecreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or any other placeof whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwiserequire a permit shall not apply to any person who holds a validVirginia permit to carry a concealed handgun.

Firearms; concealed carry for law-enforcementofficers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and judges; exceptionsto certain prohibited activities. Provides that any (i) activelaw-enforcement officer, (ii) qualified retired law-enforcement officer,(iii) attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant attorney for theCommonwealth, (iv) qualified retired attorney for the Commonwealthor retired assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, (v) judge orjustice of the Commonwealth, or (vi) retired judge or retired justiceof the Commonwealth may carry a concealed weapon about his person,hidden from common observation. The bill also permits such law-enforcementofficers, retired law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealthor assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth, qualified retired attorneysfor the Commonwealth or retired assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth,judges or justices of the Commonwealth, and retired judges or justicesof the Commonwealth to carry a firearm in many of the areas where firearms are prohibited from being carried.