Celebrating the life of Commander Brian MichaelBourgeois, USN.
Sponsored bills
Celebrating the life of the Honorable WilliamTayloe Murphy, Jr.
Commending the Honorable William C. Mims.
Commending Barry C. Faison.
Commending Daphne Tamara Fulson.
Voter identification; identification containinga photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisionsof law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required formsof identification to vote after signing a statement, subject tofelony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registeredvoter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voteris entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide voter photo identificationcards containing the voter's photograph and signature free of chargeto those voters who do not have another valid form of identification.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable ArthurR. Giesen, Jr.
Local school divisions; in-person learning.Requires each local school division to make in-person learning availableto all students by choice of the student's parent or guardian. Thebill contains an emergency clause.
Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program. Establishes the Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizes the Governor to award grants to political subdivisions from the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund as part of the Program. Such grants, in amounts up to $25,000, shall be awarded on a competitive basis to support infrastructure development projects that support local food production and sustainable farming. The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to develop guidelines for the Program that favor projects that establish or maintain farmers markets; businesses or organizations that manage the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of food products primarily from local and regional producers; and primarily locally owned processing facilities.