Absentee voting; absentee voting in person;available beginning 30 days prior to election. Limits the availabilityof absentee voting in person to 30 days before the election. Undercurrent law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to the election.
Law-enforcement officers; Internet publicationof personal information; exemption. Prohibits publication ofthe personal information of active and retired law-enforcement officerson the statewide geographic information system (GIS) if a requestto redact such information is made by the officer to the entity that manages the GIS in the officer's locality. Current law prohibitsthe Commonwealth from publishing personal information on the Internetof public officials only if a petition has been granted by the circuitcourt.
License plate reader systems; civil penalty.Provides requirements for the use of license plate reader systems,defined in the bill, by law-enforcement agencies. The bill limitsthe use of such systems to scanning, detecting, and recording dataabout vehicles and license plate numbers for the purpose of identifyinga vehicle that is (i) associated with a wanted, missing, or endangeredperson or human trafficking; (ii) stolen; (iii) involved in an activelaw-enforcement investigation; or (iv) in the vicinity of a recentcrime and may be connected to that crime. The bill authorizes andrequires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish a permittingprocess for installing and using such systems in state highway rights-of-way.
Comprehensive community colleges and schoolboards; dual enrollment agreements; parameters. Requires dualenrollment agreements between comprehensive community colleges andschool boards to permit any student to complete an associate degree,the Passport Program, or a one-year Uniform Certificate of GeneralStudies from a comprehensive community college concurrent with ahigh school diploma or high school equivalency program. Current lawrequires such agreements to specify options for students to completean associate degree, the Passport Program, or a one-year Uniform Certificate of General Studies from a comprehensive community college concurrent with a high school diploma.
Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. Allows a retired law-enforcement officer to return to work full time as a law-enforcement officer and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System. Such person shall be required to have a break in service of at least six calendar months before reemployment. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable BernardWaugh Crigler.
Commending the Orange County Chamber of Commerce.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable EdwardDeJarnette Berry.
Commending Major General Timothy P. Williams,VNG.
Celebrating the life of Karen Harrison Jones.
