Sen. Jennifer Boysko

Provision of abortion; ultrasound requirement. Eliminates the requirement that a pregnant woman seeking to obtain an abortion undergo a fetal transabdominal ultrasound at least 24 hours prior to obtaining an abortion, or at least two hours prior to obtaining an abortion if the pregnant woman lives at least 100 miles from the facility where the abortion is to be performed. This bill was incorporated into SB 733.

Traffic incident management vehicles. Authorizes traffic incident management vehicles, defined in the bill, operated by persons who meet certain training requirements to be equipped with sirens and flashing red or red and white secondary warning lights and to be exempt from certain traffic regulations at or en route to the scene of a traffic accident or similar incident.

Health insurance; formula and enteral nutrition products. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for medicines to classify medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products as medicine and to include coverage for medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products for covered individuals requiring treatment for an inherited metabolic disorder. Such coverage is required to be provided on the same terms and subject to the same conditions imposed on other medicines covered under the policy, contract, or plan. The measure provides that the required coverage includes any medical equipment, supplies, and services that are required to administer the covered formula or enteral nutrition products. These requirements apply only to formula and enteral nutrition products that are furnished pursuant to the prescription or order of a physician or other health care professional qualified to make such prescription or order for the management of an inherited metabolic disorder and are used under medical supervision. This bill was incorporated into SB 605.

Protective orders; possession of firearms; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person who is subjectto a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with amaximum duration of two years) for subjecting another person to anact of violence, force, or threat to possess a firearm while theorder is in effect, which is equivalent to the existing penalty forpossession of a firearm by a person subject to a permanent protectiveorder for family abuse. The bill also provides that such person may continue to possess and transport a firearm for 24 hours after beingserved with the order for the purposes of selling or transferringthe firearm to another person.

Allowing access to firearms by minors; penalty. Provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecuredfirearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any personunder the age of 18 is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Current lawprovides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecuredfirearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any childunder the age of 14 is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Goat grazing on stream buffers. Authorizes a locality that procures and utilizes goats for the temporary grazingof stream buffers to remain in compliance with a resource managementplan for pasture land. Such compliance qualifies the locality formatching grants for agricultural best management practices providedthrough the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-ShareProgram. The bill also clarifies that such grazing is not prohibitedby certain provisions of the State Water Control Law.

Campaign contribution limits; civil penalty.Prohibits persons from making any single contribution, or any combinationof contributions, that exceeds $10,000 to any one candidate for Governor,Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or the General Assembly inany one election cycle. Of the $10,000 single contribution or anycombination of contributions, no more than $5,000 may be contributedprior to the primary election or other nominating event for the officethe candidate is seeking, unless designated by the contributor asa contribution for the general election. No limits are placed oncontributions made by political party committees, the candidate,or the candidate's family to the candidate's campaign. Civil penaltiesfor violations of the limits may equal up to two times the excesscontribution amounts.

Campaign finance; prohibited contributions tocandidates. Prohibits any candidate from soliciting or acceptinga contribution from any public service corporation, as defined in§ 56-1, or any political action committee established and administeredby such a corporation.

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of voters; automatic restoration of civil rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of civil rights for persons convicted of felonies upon completion of their sentences. The present Constitution provides for restoration of rights by the Governor, and the amendment retains this right.

Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.