Sen. Mark Peake

Primary SB 336

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; right to speak at open meetings.

Requires that every elected public body afford an opportunity for public comment during any open meeting. The bill permits elected public bodies to choose the approximate point during the meeting when public comment will be received and to adopt reasonable rules governing the public comment portion of the meeting, including imposing reasonable restrictions on time, place, and manner. Such rules shall not limit public comment to only the submission of written comments. The bill requires that the notice given by any public body prior to a meeting include information as to the approximate point during the meeting when public comment will be received.

In committee Mar 6, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 783

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Pretrial services agencies; Department of Criminal Justice Services to review, report.

Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (Department) to annually review each pretrial services agency to determine compliance with its biennial plan and operating standards. Current law requires the Department to review each pretrial services agency periodically. The bill also requires the Department to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the performance of each pretrial services agency. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 5, 2018 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor SJ 175

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending W. Taylor Reveley III.

Introduced Mar 2, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 871

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Amherst, Town of; amending charter, alters election of members of town council.

Alters the election of members of the town council of the Town of Amherst from two-year terms to four-year staggered terms. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor HB 162

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Proceeds of a sale, a partition suit, or condemnation proceeding; persons under a disability, etc.

Increases the amount of funds that a court can distribute, without the intervention of a fiduciary, to a person under a disability who is the recipient of those funds pursuant to a suit for the sale or lease of lands, a partition suit, or condemnation proceedings. The bill further provides that such funds may be distributed to a special needs trust at the request of an appointed fiduciary or guardian ad litem of the person under a disability or upon the court's own motion.

Signed into law Mar 2, 2018 1 co-sponsor

Primary SJ 152

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Commending Jimmie Straley.

Introduced Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SJ 151

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Commending the Appomattox County High School football team.

Introduced Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 511

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Optometry; scope of practice.

Provides that the practice of optometry includes the evaluation, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal or diseased conditions of the human eye and its adnexa by the use of medically recognized and appropriate devices, procedures, or technologies but that it does not include treatment through surgery, including laser surgery, other invasive modalities, or the use of injections, except for certain injections by TPA-certified optometrists and for the treatment of emergency cases of anaphylactic shock with intramuscular epinephrine. The bill authorizes a TPA-certified optometrist to administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents by injection for the treatment of chalazia by means of an injection of a steroid included in Schedule VI controlled substances, provided that the optometrist provides written evidence that he has completed certain training requirements to the Board of Optometry.

Passed Mar 2, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SJ 153

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Commending David Scott Morris.

Introduced Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SJ 155

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Commending the Appomattox County High School golf team.

Introduced Mar 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track