Sen. Frank Ruff

Commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. RobertRussa Moton.

Regional alternative education programs; funding.Requires the funding transferred from the Department of Education to the relevant school divisions in support of a regional alternativeeducation program to be based on each such school division's needfor the current school year. Under current law, such funding is transferredbased on data accumulated during the prior school year.

Killing or injuring police animals; penalty.Provides that the punishment for any person who maliciously killsor injures an animal owned, used, or trained by a law-enforcementagency, regional jail, or the Department of Corrections, while suchanimal is performing its lawful duties or is being kept in a kennel,pen, or stable while off duty, shall be separate and apart from,and shall be made to run consecutively with, any other sentence.

Constitutional amendment (second resolution);reapportionment; technical adjustments permitted. Gives the GeneralAssembly the authority to make technical adjustments to legislative electoral district boundaries following the enactment of any decennial reapportionment law. Such adjustments may be made solely for thepurpose of causing legislative electoral district boundaries to coincidewith the boundaries of voting precincts established in the countiesand cities and shall be permitted only to the extent necessary toaccomplish this purpose. Any change made shall be consistent withany criteria for legislative electoral districts adopted for thepreceding decennial redistricting.

Constitutional amendment (first resolution);immunity of legislators. Limits the immunity of legislators byallowing the arrest of a member of the General Assembly during thesessions of the respective houses upon issuance of process for arrestby a judge with authorization of the attorney for the Commonwealthor the law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the offense.

Commending Mission BBQ.

High school graduation requirements; standarddiploma; workforce skills training. Requires the Board of Education,in establishing high school graduation requirements, to permit anystudent who has successfully completed during high school at leasttwo years of workforce skills training as evidenced by written certificationfrom the training provider to graduate with a standard diploma withoutcompleting the remaining credit requirements for such diploma.

Commending William H. Goodwin, Jr.

Virginia Lottery Board; regulation of the manufacturing, distributing, operating, hosting, and playing of dominant skill video games; penalties. Authorizes the manufacture, distribution, operation, hosting, and playing of dominant skill video games, defined in the bill, in the Commonwealth, to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board. The bill specifies the licensing requirements for the manufacture, distribution, operation, and hosting of dominant skill video games and imposes criminal and civil penalties for violations of the law and regulations related to dominant skill video games. The bill imposes a 20 percent tax on all gross profits generated from the play of dominant skill video games and the sale of fills, defined in the bill, by distributor licensees to operator licensees and provides for how the tax proceeds are disbursed. The bill also establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, administered by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to provide counseling and other support services for compulsive and problem gamblers, develop problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to support organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers.

Historical horse racing; transfer of regulatoryauthority from the Virginia Racing Commission to the Virginia LotteryBoard. Transfers administrative and regulatory authority overhistorical horse racing from the Virginia Racing Commission to theVirginia Lottery Board. The bill also codifies certain existing regulationspertaining to historical horse racing.