Powers of special police appointed pursuantto a city charter. Authorizes special police officers appointedby authority of a city charter to issue summonses in lieu of warrants in misdemeanor cases if such officers are in uniform or displayinga badge of office.
Management of the menhaden fishery. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (the Commission) to adopt regulations to implement the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden and authorizes the Commission to adopt regulations for managing the Commonwealth's menhaden fishery. The bill also requires that any moratorium on the fishery be subject to legislative review. The bill repeals several Code sections relating to quotas, allocation of allowable landings, and administrative procedures that will be included in a regulatory framework for managing the fishery. This bill was incorporated into SB 791.
Regulation of stormwater; airports. Providesthat localities shall provide for full waivers of certain stormwater charges for public use airport runways and taxiways.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable Mary T.Christian.
Recognizing that the Virginia Beach TragedyFund is performing an essential government service with respect tothe Virginia Beach mass shooting. States that the Senate of Virginiarecognizes that the Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund, which is administeredby United Way of South Hampton Roads in cooperation with the City of Virginia Beach, is performing an essential government servicewith respect to the Virginia Beach mass shooting.
Commending Mission BBQ.
Commending the Washington Nationals.
Study; Secretary of Administration;State Board of Elections; electronic return of voted military-overseasballots; pilot program; report. Requests the Secretary of Administrationto oversee and develop a charter and directives for the State Boardof Elections to form a working group to study implementation of electronicreturn of voted military-overseas ballots. In conducting its study, the State Board of Elections with the working group shall study anddevelop initial instructions and procedures that (i) consider issuesrelated to accessibility, auditability, authentication, verification,and security through encryption, in order to ensure that any processimplemented would guarantee the accuracy and integrity of voted military-overseasballots, and (ii) recommend (a) security measures necessary to reasonablysecure the transmission, processing, and storage of voter data frominterception and unauthorized access; (b) methods for verifying andauthenticating the identity of the voter electronically when registeringto vote and when requesting a ballot from and returning a ballotto the voter's jurisdiction; (c) methods for the encryption of votedballots; and (d) a procedure for security reviews after an election.The study shall focus on implementation of electronic return of votedmilitary-overseas ballots first as a limited pilot program in 2021,and later on a statewide basis.
Hospitals; emergency departments; screeningpatients for depression. Requires every hospital licensed by the Department of Health that operates an emergency department todevelop a protocol for (i) screening each patient who receives servicesin the emergency department for depression and (ii) providing informationabout depression, symptoms of depression, services that may be availablefor individuals experiencing depression, and providers of such servicesto each patient for whom a screening indicates reason to believethe patient may be experiencing depression. The bill directs the Departmentto develop such information.
Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.
