Sen. Ryan McDougle

Commending King George County.

Commending Elnora F. Tompkins.

Robert O. Norris Bridge and Statewide SpecialStructure Fund. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Boardto allocate $80 million in funding to the Robert O. Norris Bridgeand Statewide Special Structure Fund in fiscal year 2021.

Commending Megan Watson.

Expungement of certain charges and convictions. Allows a person to petition for expungement of convictions and deferred disposition dismissals for marijuana possession, underage alcohol possession, and using a false ID to obtain alcohol when the offense occurred prior to the person's twenty-first birthday, all court costs, fines, and restitution have been paid, and five years have elapsed since the date of completion of all terms of sentencing and probation. The bill provides that any person seeking expungement of a marijuana possession or alcohol-related charge shall be assessed a $150 fee, which shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Department of State Police. This bill was incorporated SB 608.

Driving under the influence; secure transdermal alcohol monitoring; penalty. Provides that the court may, upon request of an offender convicted for DUI who has not been previously prohibited from operating a vehicle that is not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock system, order that the offender (i) wear a secure transdermal alcohol-monitoring device that continuously monitors the person's blood alcohol level and (ii) refrain from alcohol consumption. The bill provides that if an offender is ordered to wear such a device, the only conditions that will be imposed upon the offender's restricted driver's license, if one is issued, shall be the wearing of such a device and the existing requirement to have an ignition interlock system. The bill also provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to tamper with or in any way attempt to circumvent the operation of a secure transdermal alcohol-monitoring device. This bill was incorporated by SB 439.

Virginia Retirement System; increased retirementallowance for certain judges. Increases, for the purposes ofdetermining benefits provided under the Judicial Retirement System,the retirement multiplier from one percent to 1.70 percent. The increasewould apply only to judges appointed on or after July 1, 2020, whoare participants in the hybrid retirement program and who are atleast age 55 at the time of appointment.

Tobacco Indemnification and Community RevitalizationFund; broadband. Authorizes the Tobacco Region RevitalizationCommission to distribute funds from the Tobacco Indemnification andCommunity Revitalization Fund to tobacco-dependent communities inan equitable manner throughout the Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck,Southside, and Southwest regions of the Commonwealth in order to expandaccess to broadband Internet in those areas.

Commending the Washington Nationals.

Office of Medicaid Fiscal Oversight and Accountability. Creates as an independent state agency the Office of Medicaid FiscalOversight and Accountability and charges the agency with the preparationof the Official Medicaid Forecast for the state, monthly oversightof Medicaid expenditures, review of the fiscal impact of policy changes,and other oversight and accountability responsibilities. The billcreates the position of Director of the Office of Medicaid FiscalOversight and Accountability, to be appointed by the Governor subjectto confirmation by the General Assembly.