Allowable purposes for restricted licenses. Adds travel to and from the offices of the Virginia Employment Commission for the purpose of seeking employment to the list of purposes for which a court may issue a restricted driver's license. This bill was incorporated by SB 439.
Allocation of remote sales tax collections;Transportation Trust Fund. Allocates sales tax revenues collectedfrom remote sellers, pursuant to Chapters 815 and 816 of the Actsof Assembly of 2019, to the Transportation Trust Fund to be used for the maintenance and repair of existing highways.
Capital murder of a person in a school setting;penalty. Provides that the willful, deliberate, and premeditatedkilling of any person by another when such person is upon the propertyof any child day center, any public, private, or religious preschool,elementary school, middle school, or high school, or any institutionof higher education is punishable as capital murder, a Class 1 felony.The bill also provides that any person convicted of such offenseshall be sentenced to no less than a mandatory minimum term of confinementfor life.
Virginia Board for Court Reporters. Createsthe Virginia Board for Court Reporters as an independent board toestablish the qualification of applicants for licensure or registrationof court reporters in the state. Beginning July 1, 2021, no person may engage in or offer to engage in work as a court reporter unlesshe has been licensed by the Board. The bill establishes principlesof conduct for court reporters and creates the Board for Court ReportersFund to receive licensing and registration fees to fund the licensureand registration program.
Violations of protective orders; penalty.Provides that any person who commits any assault, assault and battery,or bodily wounding upon any party protected by a protective orderis guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, the Class 6 felony is onlyapplicable if the person commits an assault and battery that resultsin serious bodily injury to the protected party.
Land preservation tax credit; verification requirements.Requires verification by the Department of Conservation and Recreation of the conservation value of a donation for credits of $500,000 or more. Current law only requires such verification forcredits of $1 million or more.
Commending the Washington Nationals.
Holding handheld personal communications devices while driving a motor vehicle. Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits (i) the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating and (ii) holding a personal communications device while driving in a work zone. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that are being held and used (a) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (b) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services. This bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. This bill was incorporated into SB 160.
Public schools; immunization rates. Requireseach school board to publish on the official school division websitefor each school in the school division the number of students admittedto the school with documentary proof of immunization, the numberof students who have been admitted with a medical or religious exemption,and the number of students who have been conditionally admitted.
Building and fire codes; notice requirements.Requires that notice mandated by the Statewide Fire Prevention Codeor the Uniform Statewide Building Code be provided to the owner ofthe building, structure, property, or premises in question by theenforcement agency or local building department, respectively. Suchnotice may also be provided to other persons as appropriate.
